Tag: hope

• Our Appeal To The Great Spirit

  [Source: Google Search] It was the icon of our school. It stood in the large foyer of the Owego Free Academy high school. The title of this equestrian sculpture is Appeal to the Great Spirit.  The artist was Cyrus Dallin and it dates from 1909.  The original bronze statue is at the entrance of the…

  patrickjegan

  September 4, 2015

  Blogging, Childhood, Everyday Events, Friendship, Holding onto the Past, Memories, non-fiction, Objects of Beauty, Real Personal History, Religion

  age, Appeal to the Great Spirit, class of 1965, Cyrus Dallin, death, graduation, hope, Owego Free Academy High School, owego ny, seniors

• The Resurrection of Forgotten Love

  In my youth, I loved with an intensity that burned hot and blinding-white, like a strip of Phosphorus.  It consumed me and took control of my personal and private self.  All my waking moments were devoted to devising ways to make this love, love me in return.  In this vain attempt, I failed.  How can…

  patrickjegan

  July 28, 2014

  Creativity, Everyday Events, Family, Holding onto the Past, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Objects of Beauty, Real Personal History

  chemo, fear of death, hope, illness, losing love, love, love in the wrong places, love of life