Prayer
It is in the giving
That we shall receive
In forgiving
We will be forgiven
And in dying
We shall be reborn
To eternal life
St. Francis
We don't have to wait until death
Each day there is a reconciliation
Each day there is a rebirth
Each there we are reborn
To eternal life
Family Resurrection
The big family celebrations
Somehow bring this about
With six children
There were all the Bar/Bat Mitzvahs
Then the graduation parties from High School
Now there seems to be so many weddings
And brand new babies the rebirths
I can't keep up with the Great Grandchildren
There is so much going on with college
Michael Morse
Each with some springtime partner
Adam at St. Johns School, Sante Fe
I remember him so intense
Soccer, chess, delivering newspapers
Then it was golf, tournaments
I participated in them all
Now there is in the same family
Laurent, so beautiful, at Davidson College
Applying for jobs in Economics
Economics? Who is this brilliant lady
So beautiful, so serious
Yesterday we played tennis
And her coach gave me free lessons
He loved that in my eighties
I could still bat that ball back and forth
As I had done for some 60 years!
Sarah Morse
Then there is Maurie
Hey, Maurie what are you doing with guys?
Now at Grinnell she is grinning giggling
That's what I did in Spring
Some 70 years ago when I was sixteen
Toby, still in High School, plays his sax
A brilliant scholar, not ready for girls
Abby and Joey are still kids!!
Alan Wiseman
In the Wiseman family
Its one wedding after another
And more and more babies
First Steven, the wedding in Venice
Already Annabelle beautiful Annabelle
Who took me to foreign films
Now a mother, hey Annabelle
Dont you have time for grammy now?
In Los Angeles, she is involved
Baby crying, baby doing well
Baby this, baby that
Another great grand child, oh dear
Now David, that little shy kid
Alan calls it a Manhattan Wedding
What's going on in the Wiseman family?
The engagement party in Alan's home
Six bedrooms, one water fall, tennis courts
Swimmng pool, gorgeous paintings and sculptor
Is this my son Alan? The eagle scout?
Knights of Dumanus, with Ike Eisenhower
Ike loved Scouting, and Alan was in his Honor Guard
Now David already with his own home
His own computer business
Laurent who took me to Woody Allen film
At my favorite Bethesda Row Cinema
And the Engagement Party
Never in my life have I seen THIS
A tent, attached to the home
Decorated in beautiful draperies
Magnificant as a Chief's of a Bedoin tribe
Well heated against the chilly weather
Gale Morse
Among some of the tallest people I know
Jay, husband of Space Engineer Gale Morse
Towers above me, tells me his business
Has slyrocketed beyond their dreams
Hey, Jay, when do you have tme for guitar
Marathoning running, trips to Portugal?
This extraordinary activity in the Morse progeny
Sitting among the flock of children grandchildren
Sits Sarah. She from Grinnell. David Grinnell
David brilliant economist with high level job
In Energy Regulatory business
Took 15 years to get that PhD degree
And now his ideas respected in government
Michael and Mary
Another Government worker theres Michael
National Science Foundation
And wife Mary
My neighbor who lets me live alone
But protects me takes me shopping
Takes me to Davids services
Keeps the computer running
And with wife Mary keeps me alive
Each family has one such a member
At his fathers funeral he sobbed
My father took care of me
When I needed him most
I will take care of my mother always
Now he takes care of me
My birthday present to myself at 86
Alan
Golly I sit on the steps to talk to Julie
Another child of Alans clan
Two marriages in his family
Must be contagious two brothers married
Now I meet Entien a beau for many years
Hey Julie whats with this guy serious?
Her eyes light up
Another wedding thinks me
Another great grand child
No No I say to myself
Can't keep track of this progeny
Ilene
Mingling in the crowd in the tent
Is Ilene without Dan
A beacon in the church
The y recently visited the Pope
He is deacon in Catholic Church
And all wrapped up in death of Pope
Melvin
In Seattle the son the doctor
Recently on Sony lot, Calif
TV shooting of life and work
A Keynote speaker
30th Anniversary
International Conference
Montreal Dawn of New Light
Connections with Universe and God
Transformative Effects
A grandfather five adopted children
A busy Pediatric practice
But time for touring USA and Europe
I am a constant companion
I marvel with the adoring New Age fans
My son the doctor
I remember him in the crib
Always with a book and his hat
Malcolm
As a Political Activist I was never home
It was Malcolm who raised the children
No TV No Radio
Homework checked each night
Before bedtime children gather for books
Shakespeare, poetry, classics
Way above children's heads
But they learned words ideas sunk into heads
Later to be remembered in classrooms
Back on the Road
I am so happy
I am so free
The road for me
The little train to
West Virginnie
Today at 5 PM
To Farzad
After some 15 years
On the Road
Farzad Mahootian
Settling into Farzads Project
Science and Spirit
Is Music really healing
Does Music keep us happy
Does Music feed the soul
Is it true what they tell me
Is it true that I am all lit up
I am retiring haha
My doctor says slow down
Pauline Oliveros says even slower
Now more time for the extended family
Metanexus at Shepherd
Farzad nourishng my babies
Templeton Foundation award
Metanexus Science and Spirit
Quantum Mechanics
Plato Newton Einstein
Honoring my 86th birth month
Left Boston to live in West Virginia
Large two acre gorgeous property
Three children home schooled
Gorgeous T I love her so much
This is my adopted son Farzad Mahootian
Weekend celebraton 86th Birthday
Pauline Oliveros
Ione, Rick, Sheila
Off with Farzad to Rensselaer
A Glorious Renaissance at Rensselaer
Wined and dined
Plenty of sleep at Best Western
Tour of the Rensselaer Campus
Exciting changes
Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
Stimulating brilliant people
Pauline Oliveros with her students
Distinguished Professor of Music Research
Farzad was in his glory among long lost cousins
Later visit at Kingston to Deep Listening Studio
And then to the New Alternative Bookstore
Celebrating 86th Birthday
Impromptu Poetry with Farzad Drumming
Children serving birthday cake
children young folks hundreds of books
The place was buzzing with vibrations
New books by Pauline and Ione
Surrounded in the Alternative Bookstore
Later in robber barons home on the Hudson
Incredible what seemed like 5 story home
Lost track of bedrooms, old Victorian home
Once the home of the very very rich
Now too big for most people
But Rick and Sheila turned it into a
Playground for a young couple
Three children at play noisy dancing
Bringing new life into the old mansion
Pete Segar brought life to the aging area
With is passion for cleaning up the water
Now in his twighlight years
We all benefit from his pioneering work
What now seems so very long ago
More Metanexus
The 86th Birthday Party never ended
Another round of activities at
Metanexus at Shepherd College
Lectures on Quantum Mechanics
Plato Religion can't keep up
Good audience brilliant kids
And all professors with PhDs
Self Limitation in Science and Religion
Myth Thinking and the Business Mind
All organized by Farzad Mahootian
Bringing profound intellectual life
To Apalachia home of aged Sen Byre
Pork for the State brought government
To Apalachia Census Bureau
Bureau of Water Protection
Many civil servants
New homes developments
And farms broken up for developments
Hildegard von Bingem
Brilliant performance of Hildegards
Ordo Virtutum by the Music students
Simple not at all Cathedral production
But beautiful voices beautiful students
Singing in Latin and telling us
About Virtues and overthrowing Devil
It was fascinating in 1200
And I can see a production any time
Hildegard von Bingen now alive in 2005
Jim and Gina Vitarello
The Birthday 86th has got to quiet down
Oh, no, upon arrival home Jim Vitarello
Reminded me of Black Tie affair at
Atrium of the Gallerie at Lafayette Center
Gorgeous women in exotic scarfs and gowns
Young people determined for media attention
On the occupation of Palestinian
Loss of Civil Rights
Good food good vibes beautiful people
Eager to help people in lands of their origin
Radwan Masmoudi
Ending the weekend was three days
Scholars Meeting at Marriot Wardman
Under leadership of Radwan Masmoudi
President for Six Years
Democracy and Development
Challenges for the Islamic World
Islamic Development
Social Construction of Religion
Reconciling Secular Government
And Islamic Law
Islam and Civil Society in Indonesia
I feel I am watching a Feudal Society
Bible day civilization emerging
Into the Third Millenium
So much suffering, society torn in shred
How long must this go on in the Third Millenium
I stay at the Cosmos in total luxury
Never dreamed of in my early youth
It was the Depression and FDR was chief
There is "'Nothing to Fear but Fear"
He told a suffering nation
As labor pulled away from Robber Barons
Suffering and sacrificing for the people
Another battle for democracy
And striking against the power structure
Going on since ancient civilizations
Came and died in the Land of Israel
Divine Plan?
What is the Divine Plan?
And how long must it take?
To absorb ancient wisdom
Love thy neighbor
Love the alien in your country
Feed the poor the hungry
Clothe the hungry
So that all will prosper
Passover, Easter, Ramadan
Each year since ancient Temple days
We celebrate the Passover
Now at the end of this Conference
I am the Lord Thy God
I took you out of the Land of Egypt
The Chosen people freed from Egypt
Moses the little boy found in bullrushes
Climbing Mt Sion for Ten Commandments
Now Three Children of Abraham
Try to learn to live together
In the New Millenium
Always Robber Barons
Robber Barons now Global Corporations
Pollute the planet provide weapans
To kill and murder people in their way
Robber Barons still with us
Destroying forests murder people
Always people in their way
Villages families destroyed
Always people in their way
How many conferences?
How many black tie galas
How long must people unite
Before Robber Barons
Learn to Love their neighbors
The planet is so small now
We are all
neighbors
Caretakers
A warm
thank you for all
The working people
Dedicated people
Who make the planet
Just a little better
Because they care
About our Lonely Planet
And many thanks
For an enlightened
86th Birthday
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