Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'"
Musician Tom Petty (20 October 1950 - 2 October 2017) #TomPetty #FreeFallin
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Oct 1, 2017
- 1 min
Chance Encounters
What will happen as we tune out or tune down the world around us with headphones and earbuds and earplugs? Will we lose the ability to...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Sep 28, 2017
- 3 min
Night Shift: Mystery, Desolation
"Nighthawks" (1942), an oil on canvas by American artist Edward Hopper The following piece appeared in Deadline, a publication of the...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Sep 26, 2017
- 1 min
Utopia
“Plato holds that commonwealths will only be happy when either philosophers rule or rulers philosophize: “How remote happiness must...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Sep 20, 2017
- 1 min
University Class Challenge
“Educating Rita” (1983) Julie Walters and Michael Caine; screenplay by Willy Russell A 27-year-old hairdresser from Liverpool strives to...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Sep 18, 2017
- 1 min
City Sounds
"They say my music makes dogs howl, that it wakes the dead and hates the living. But I don’t hear it that way, and neither do my cohorts....
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Sep 13, 2017
- 1 min
"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying. . ." - Robert Herrick Or "Carpe Diem," as the Robin Williams character in...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Sep 8, 2017
- 1 min
Mirror, Mirror . . .
“Let’s not get existential, Angel. I’m not talking Camus’ The Stranger here. I’m talking about having a body to wrap my arms around at...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Sep 8, 2017
- 1 min
Mr. Right, Ms. Wrong?
"I'm afraid Mr. Right wouldn't want me." - Turn On, Tune Out - Find out more: https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Tune-CYNTHIA-ADINA-KIRKWOOD/dp/...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Sep 4, 2017
- 1 min
Easy Sex, Rampant Loneliness
“Last night was nothing more than one of those desperate lunges at intimacy so common in this part of the world, where sex is easy and...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Aug 31, 2017
- 1 min
Breathing Technology
"Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its pressure. So (in 'Koyaanisqatsi'), we...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Aug 30, 2017
- 1 min
"Virtual Immortality"
“The utopia of the technological order is virtual immortality, hitherto only ascribed to the gods, to the divinity. Now, we have a new...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Aug 29, 2017
- 1 min
Knotted Gun
"Non-Violence" is a bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward. There are many copies around the world: this one is in...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Aug 16, 2017
- 4 min
Time Stands Still for U.S. Writer in Ireland
The author, at far left, in Listowel with fellow writers, poets, playwrights and storytellers - This piece was originally published in...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Aug 13, 2017
- 5 min
Gloria Naylor: Life From a Black Legacy
Author Gloria Naylor (1950-2016) in 2007 (Photo by David Shankbone) (This piece was originally published in the Los Angeles Times in...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Aug 11, 2017
- 2 min
Trying to Get Pregnant at 40
“I want to have a baby,” Emma said. “Hope I haven’t shocked you. Is it shocking that carefree, fun-loving, happy-go-lucky Emma wants a...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Aug 11, 2017
- 2 min
"Ha Festa na Mouraria" (Mariza)
This year, I arrived too late for the candle-lit evening procession of saints’ statues from the church. However, on Sunday morning, I...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Aug 6, 2017
- 1 min
Festas Felizes, Portugal
AMALIA RODRIGUES Ha Festa na Mouraria There’s a Festival in Mouraria (A. Amargo/A. Duarte) ...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Aug 6, 2017
- 1 min
Homage to Sam Shepard (Nov. 5, 1943-July 27, 2017)
He wrote the screenplay for “Paris, Texas,“ directed by Wim Wenders. I watched it again tonight. Brilliant writing! #SamShepard
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Aug 4, 2017
- 1 min
Brahms Violin Concerto, First Movement
Of all the proofreaders, Emma knew who she was and was happy to be herself. “All right, then,” Angelica said, playing with her hair,...
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