It's National Poetry Month: Here's succinct verse to celebrate both the lows and highs of life

 The Lingering Pain that Will not go away 

A solitary cry I cannot breathe 

I hear only the silence

 of petals floating at a calm sea

Sudden pain on my chest

Like the weight of 50 bricks

The medics rush to rescue

All I hear are the sounds of silence 

Celestial Love 

Slipstreaming in winter skies 

Two centripetal bodies drawn ever closer

Echoing the harmony of the spheres

-Haiku inspired verse composed in honor of Women’s History Month (3/8/21)

Celebrating Unsung heroes: Contributors to the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County and the Kitchen Staff at Greenwich High School

 First, its wonderful to see the overflowing Food Bank bin at my local Newfield Greens Grade A supermarket where shoppers are responding with generous weekly donations to the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County. It is so heartening to see so many  reach out to help feed the many many hundreds of indigent and hungry residents of our communities especially during these pandemic times. 

                                        The overstocked Foodbank bin at Grade A Newfield Greens  Supermarket 

Likewise I wish to commend the food service employees at Greenwich High School who daily prepare hundreds of meals to feed the hungry residents of the community. 

                                            The kitchen staff at Greenwich High School prepare

                                             lunch boxes that buses deliver to distribution centers 

Deb Haaland becomes the first Native American to achieve Cabinet Level status as Secretary of the Interior

 

Kudos to the U.S. Senate which by a vote of 51-40  last month  confirmed Congresswoman, Deb Halaand of New Mexico to the cabinet post of Secretary of the Interior. 

It is my sincere hope that she will act with fairness and integrity in dealing with issues relating to Native American citizens as well as being a steward of the vast tracts of public lands. 

For my previous blog discussing this inspiring cabinet appointment against a backdrop of the history of  abuses directed against Native Americans in our country click here.