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married to Mary Mac. we bought a house in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. huge music fan. interested in film, tech and politics too. lean strongly left. open to other well defended viewpoints. if your 1st interaction with me is a dm u are likely to be blocked
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based on U.S. studio albums the answer is -->
the cover of The Rolling Stones' Exile On Main Street (1972). a collage of B&W photos of circus performers and freaks.
October 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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good morning
dirt road in front of The Pink Salon in the Las Delicias neighborhood of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.
September 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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$5 worth of tomatoes (6+ pounds):

#BeachLife #SanJuanDelSur #Nicaragua
a blue and white striped plastic bag, sitting on a counter, filled with 6+ pounds of roma tomatoes
September 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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how I discovered You Make Me So Hot —> (2/2)
1996 compilation album, Stop and Listen Vol. 1, compiled by D.r Bob Jone and released by BBE Records.
July 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath— America will be! Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. The mountains and the endless plain— All, all the stretch of these great green states— And make America again!
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Let America Be America Again
by Langston Hughes (1935)

#FourthOfJuly #LangstonHughes #LetAmericaBeAmericaAgain
Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above. (It never was America to me.) O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe. (There's never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.") Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? And who are you that draws your veil across the stars? I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars. I am the red man driven from the land, I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek— And finding only the same old stupid plan Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak. I am the young man, full of strength and hope, Tangled in that ancient endless chain Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land! Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need! Of work the men! Of take the pay! Of owning everything for one's own greed! I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil. I am the worker sold to the machine. I am the Negro, servant to you all. I am the people, humble, hungry, mean— Hungry yet today despite the dream. Beaten yet today—O, Pioneers! I am the man who never got ahead, The poorest worker bartered through the years. Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream In the Old World while still a serf of kings, Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true, That even yet its mighty daring sings In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned That's made America the land it has become. O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas In search of what I meant to be my home— For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore, And Poland's plain, and England's grassy lea, And torn from Black Africa's strand I came To build a "homeland of the free." The free? Who said the free? Not me? Surely not me? The millions on relief today? The millions shot down when we strike? The millions who have nothing for our pay? For all the dreams we've dreamed And all the songs we've sung And all the hopes we've held And all the flags we've hung, The millions who have nothing for our pay— Except the dream that's almost dead today. O, let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be—the land where every man is free. The land that's mine—the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, ME— Who made America, Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain, Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain, Must bring back our mighty dream again. Sure, call me any ugly name you choose— The steel of freedom does not stain. From those who live like leeches on the people's lives, We must take back our land again, America!
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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opened a beautiful avocado this morning that I bought at #SanJuanDelSur's Saturday Farmers Market from #YocateFarm (Jinotepe, Nicaragua). soon after the wife and I were eating some wonderful #AvocadoToast on Sourdough (from #LaTostaderia, local cafe and bakery). absolutely yummy!

#SJDS #Nicaragua
a large beautiful avocado that is sliced in half with the pit still in one side.
June 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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the view from Buena Onda, the hostel I’ve stayed at the last two nights in Matagalpa.
on my way to San Juan.

#TravelDays #HostelBuenaOnda #Matagalpa #Nicaragua #MatagalpaNicaragua #SanJuanDelSur #SanJuanDelSurNicaragua #SJDS
photo taken from a balcony in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. hanging plants can be seen in the foreground. two women are walking in the sidewalk across the street. hills can be seen beyond the street. the morning sky is overcast.
May 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Love for Sale (2021) [69 Years] (44/44)
cover of Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Love for Sale (2021)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Willie Nelson: I Don’t Know A Thing About Love (2023) [61 Years] (43/44)
cover of Willie Nelson: I Don’t Know A Thing About Love (2023)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Chuck Berry: Chuck (2017) [60 Years] (42/44)
cover of Chuck Berry: Chuck (2017)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020) [58 Years] (41/44)
cover of Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Jerry Lee Lewis: The Knox Phillips Sessions - The Unreleased Recordings (2014) [56 Years] (40/44)
cover of Jerry Lee Lewis: The Knox Phillips Sessions - The Unreleased Recordings (2014)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Taj Mahal: Savoy (2023) [55 Years] (39/44)
cover of Taj Mahal: Savoy (2023)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Barn (2021) [53 Years] (38/44)
cover of Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Barn (2021)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Bonnie Raitt: Just Like That . . (2022) [51 Years] (37/44)
cover of Bonnie Raitt: Just Like That . . (2022)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Etta James: The Dreamer (2011) [50 Years] (36/44)
cover of Etta James: The Dreamer (2011)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Randy Newman: Dark Matter (2017) [49 Years] (35/44)
cover of Randy Newman: Dark Matter (2017)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Ornette Coleman: Sound Grammar (2006) [48 Years] (34/44)
cover of Ornette Coleman: Sound Grammar (2006)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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John Prine: The Tree of Forgiveness (2018) [47 Years] (33/44)
John Prine: The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What (2011) [46 Years] (32/44)
cover of Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What (2011)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Boy Named If (2022) [45 Years] (31/44)
cover of Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Boy Named If (2022)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas (2012) [44 Years] (30/44)
cover of Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas (2012)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go (2008) [43 Years] (29/44)
cover of Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go (2008)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Loudon Wainwright III: Older Than My Old Man (2012) [42 Years] (28/44)
cover of Loudon Wainwright III: Older Than My Old Man (2012)
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM