Author: dancingpalmtrees

An African/Native American Queen, Wordsmith, Photographer, Free Spirit and Teacher.

Awesome Stories 252

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Living with Grace.

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This week Awesome Stories brings you immigrants giving back, Anam Cara, buildings for tomorrow, beautiful places and graceful aging.

Immigrants Giving BackSt. Jude Hospital, Awesome Stories

The story of St. Jude Research Hospital is a touching one. Originally founded by Danny Thomas as a way to give back and express his gratitude for the opportunities afforded Arab and Lebanese immigrants in this country. To this day all the services provided by St. Judes are provided free of charge to families and the children who are patients. The hospital is supported by the dedicated efforts of the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) which was founded strictly to be the fundraising arm of St. Jude. So it’s an interesting story of how an Arab family was welcomed into the US, made good and decided to give back by creating a hospital dedicated to helping reduce childhood disease. In case you didn’t know like I didn’t…

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The Daily Prompt ~~ Pour Some Sugar on Me!

On By dancingpalmtreesIn Chocolate, Honey, Jackie Gleason, Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is To Be Loved by You (1965), Ralph Kramden, Sugar, Sweet, Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This Eurythmics Lyrics, The Daily Prompt ~~ Pour Some Sugar on Me!, The Honeymooners, The Ohio Players4 Comments

Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden How Sweet it is!
Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden
How Sweet it is!

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/pour-some-sugar-on-me/

Pour Some Sugar on Me

What is your favorite sweet thing to eat? Bread pudding? Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies? A smooth and creamy piece of cheesecake? Tell us all about the anticipation and delight of eating your favorite dessert. Not into sweets? Tell us all about your weakness for that certain salty snack.

My favorite Sweet to Eat is CHOCOLATE!!!!

Honey  ~~ The Ohio Players

 

 

Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me

https://youtu.be/AQ4xwmZ6zi4

 

Sugar Sugar – The Archies

 

Candy Girl official video New Edition 1983

 

Sammy Davis Jr. – The Candy Man (1972)

 

The Four Tops-I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)

 

Tommy James and the Shondells- “Sweet Cherry Wine” 1969

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama

 

Marvin Gaye – How Sweet It Is To Be Loved by You (1965).avi

 

Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This Eurythmics Lyrics

 

Peter, Paul and Mary – Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (25th Anniversary Concert)

 

Ain’t She Sweet – The Beatles

 

Are Self-Exploding Beings inwardly Imploding?

On By dancingpalmtreesIn 1%, Activist, America, Blood, cacophony, Cadaver, Creativity, Creator, Crushed, Darkness, Darwin Award, Death, DeBorah, DeBorah Ann Palmer, deception, Decomposing, Deliverance, despair, Detour, Dissonance, Dung heap, Embalming fluid, Empty Kingdoms, Evil, Explore, false profits, False Prophets, Fears, Gangrenous wound, Gory, hatred, horror, Hypnotize, Hypocrites, Infantile prattle, Innovation, Inquisitive, Isis, Koyaanisqatsi, Limbo, maggots, Memories, Memory, Museum, Nightmares, Outhouse, Pakistan, Poems, Poetry, Prisoners, profane, Revolution, Rivers, Sacred, Scorn, sorrow, Sword, Sympathy, Wicked5 Comments

 

Are the self-exploding inwardly imploding?

Not knowing that the seeds of their self-destruction reside quietly inwardly already taking root. Ready to root out fabricated dogmas.
Boston Bomb crushed avian souls flying towards Heaven. Chaos rules the lands. Demonic Fairytale stories being lit up global TV screens.
Carnage Couture is all the rage!!

Socialites debate levels of thinness while screaming crying babies suckle on long dried up teats.

Life continues on in glass castles unfazed by human suffering. Walking Stepford skinny chic walking decorations immobilized shields of Oil dollars. One piece of glittering jewelry could feed and house one thousand lost humanities. Let us trip the light fantasies weaving around hunger, blight and destruction all the while knowing it will never touch our gleaming manors. Golden parachutes always on hand.

Mankind marches on towards dinosaur extinction by our own hands. WinTourist DashKardian superficial fantasies supplicate the masses fill the empty plates providing empty calories while Rome burns. Politics, religion unreasonable fears of contamination. Moon-Skitters thrive on cell division.

Say Their Names!! Never allow their memories to fade!!

Our decision whether, how, & when to escape the matrix.

Are the Self-Exploding inwardly Imploding? Truth, Compassion, Understanding and Victory shall win out over evil, wickedness and animosity!!  For the sacred has now become filled with the filth of the profane. An Outhouse disguised under the mantle of being a Holy Temple.

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/23/imran-qureshi-ikon-gallery-birmingham-review-hauntingly-beautiful

http://www.artspace.com/imran_qureshi

 

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All Photos are the artwork of Imran Qureshi

Joy, Peace, Happiness of Soulful Struts

On By dancingpalmtreesIn Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, Brownsville, Edward G. Palmer, Edward Gordon Palmer, Edward Palmer, Grover Washington Jr - Soulful Strut, Pitken Avenue, Soulful Strut, Stephen Vincent Palmer, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized4 Comments

My little Thanksgiving mini-vacation is coming to an end.  I’ve been off from work since Thanksgiving and I had a great time being with Stephen and my New Jersey cousins. That was lots of fun. Always great breaking bread with those we Love.

Friday Stephen and I spend a rather quiet day together and Yes I had him outside walking with me on a Soulful Strut. He rather enjoyed it. Stephen had a big smile on his face as the two of us pumped arms and legs strutting proudly like peacocks along Fulton Street in Brooklyn.  I did not make him walk too far and we did stop so I could purchase him some much need clothing. So he got some goodies out of the deal as well as exercise.  When I retire Spring 2018 I will be taking photos full-time.

I Love My Soulful Struts. Part of my inspiration for taking long leisurely daytime strolls aside from my doctor telling me to exercise was reading the book Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit.  Excellent book. I highly recommend reading this book.

Every day I tell God and the Universe that I want to be able to do my Soulful Struts five days a week enabling me to not only get much needed exercise but present me with more photographic opportunities. As many of you know I have a Photography Blog called Roaming Urban Gypsy and that’s what I am, a Roving Street Photographer.

My Dad Edward G. Palmer was an amateur photographer. He used to have his photos made into Kodachrome Kodak slides. I still have the slides many dating back to the early 1950s in my closet. Let’s hope they are not dissolving!!  Dad also specialized in Black & White photos.  This was back in the days of film and having to get that film developed. Daddy had a great day of expertise and would have made an excellent photo-journalist.

I Love taking pictures of my Beloved New York City then showcasing them on Roaming Urban Gypsy.  Whenever I’m in photo mode I feel so happy, joyful and centered.  Anytime I’m doing either writing or photography I feel I’m in my Purpose, my reason for being.  Also the walks exhilarate me.  I can feel those endorphins pumping me up!  Walking exercise and taking pictures gives me a peace of mind and a sense of creativity.

Allow me to share the gems of my photographic excavations!

Pitkin Avenue Mural Dreams

Pitkin Avenue Mural Dreams

 

Pitkin Promenade

Pitkin Promenade