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Tuesday, November 1. 2016

The male heart


The power of women to make men act insane: "He Wasn't In His Right Mind.


I have not met Gerard but I feel like I sort-of know him. Naturally, I do not like him because he is more clever than I am, and a gifted writer. Reading that confession reminded me that this was perhaps just the first time he was saved from imminent death. The second time was when his heart (again) gave out on a sidewalk where he was rescued by passers by.


The male heart is a fragile thing.

Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:58 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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This was published before, but well worth the re-run. I've followed him for years as apparently you have. We were all put here to do something, something we probably do not know, but destiny intervenes with each of us as it has with him. We each need to go forward and do what our sense of right and wrong compel us to do. It will all work out, but we must all contribute with sincere commitment.

May your day be great and each of us contribute what we can to the betterment.
#1 Guaman on 2016-11-01 16:57 (Reply)
Gerard Van der Leun (American Digest - http://americandigest.org/ ) is one of the best writers alive today, no two ways about it. I've had the good fortune to have been reading him for years. Reflective, searing, funny - his depth of experience illuminates all that he writes.
#2 The Old Salt on 2016-11-01 20:32 (Reply)
Not bad for a guy back from the dead. Damn good!
#2.1 Sam L. on 2016-11-01 21:29 (Reply)

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