Paul Luvera Journal

Surveys about how people feel regarding the poor, the homeless and the disadvantaged report not merely a lack of sympathetic concern, but resentment toward them. Perhaps it is the result of the political attitude of this administration and Congress that poroduces this attitude or perhaps this adminstration merely reflects the attitude of the voters. However, political support for the wealthy at the expense of the middle class and poor by this Congress is unhealthy and unAmerican. The red and blue…

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Garrison Keillor is a masterful story teller as well as a wise commentator on America and it’s politics. For a link to A Prairie Home Companion website: http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/

This is a website with quotations of every kind: Quotations. For an article about my Italian father’s book and the history of his writing it see How to Carve Totem Poles. While the information in the article about how to aquire the book is outdated, it can still be obtained from my sister Phyllis Ennes in Anacortes, WA ennespl@comcast.net. For an article about my dad’s book see Mother Earth News at http://www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/1978_January_February/How_To_Carve_Totem_Poles

"Musicians don’t retire. They stop; when there is no more music in them" Louie Armstrong. "The question isn’t at what age I want to retire. It’s at what income" George Foreman "Retire? I’m going to stay in show business until I’m the only one left" George Burns

William Barclay, Scottish professor, has observed it is a curious paradox of learning that the more one learns about any subject the more one realizes there is still much to learn. In the Academy at Athens there was a three year course. In the first year students were called "The wise men." In the second year they were called "Those who loved wisdom" But in the third year they were called simply "The learners."