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On my just-completed musical tour of Ireland with friends, fans, and guests, an Irishman told our group that we were great representatives of the United (!) States.
This was a humble, curious, open-minded, engaging, attentive, sensitive, respectful, music/poetry/prose-loving, and grateful group of people.
What have we come back to? There would be more than 6,000 different answers among you, I would imagine.
I also imagine we all don't agree on all things.
When asked what his religion was, His Holiness the Dalai Lama responded with one word: "Kindness". Where has kindness gone? Where can I find it in myself and in others, especially those I disagree with? How can my actions (not just thoughts and prayers) open a locked door even a sliver? This my self-inquiry when I encounter the outright ugliness of imagined right and wrong and when I experience who I perceive as immovable.
I know this: I will not impose my beliefs on others.
I'll listen more than I'll speak.
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Ketanji © 2022 David Roth
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There’s a new name in our awareness
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Who has climbed a height where few have gone
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This is a wondrous appointment
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Ketanji, Ketanji Brown Jackson
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There are those who did oppose you
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There are those who lent support
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One generation from segregation
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We’ve got a new judge on our Court
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We sing your name with praise
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In a moment history changes
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In an instant consciousness shifts
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When you raise your hand, you raise us all
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We will be better for your gifts
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Rise above the spite of shallow haters
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You shine a light, you are the change
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You bring us to a brand new day
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There’s a new name in our awareness
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You have climbed a height where few have gone
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And I stand in the light of your guidance
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Ketanji, Ketanji Brown Jackson
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JULY
5 ~ Kennett Square, PA ~ Crosslands Concert Series (I'm Zooming in)
21 ~ ONLINE ~ Mid-Summer's Night Dream concert/afterparty ~ 7:30 PM
* Join me from anywhere in the world for this concert hour
and hear "Ketanji" sung for all the world to know ~ and become (re)acquainted with my special musical guest and tech person, Glen Roethel!
24-30 ~ Stony Point, NY ~ 24th SummerSongs songwriting camp!
* This is our first in-person gathering since the summer of 2019, and we can't wait. Instructors include Anne Heaton, Pat Wictor, Sloan Wainwright, Mark Dann, Glen Roethel, Melinda Wood-Allen, Steven Prasinos, and yours truly, all at the amazing Stony Point Center in Rockland County, NY. Farm-to-table food, free-trade gift shop, spacious grounds for social distancing. Many (including me) call this event "life changing". Join our generous, humble, and loving gaggle! There is time to register for the week.
Click on SummerSongs
30 ~ Poughkeepsie, NY ~ Hudson Valley Folk Guild concert series
31 ~ Middleburgh, NY ~ 4 PM ~ Middleburgh Public Library
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OCTOBER
6-14 ~ Scotland Music Tour (full) ~ Edinburgh, Isle of Skye, Inverness
23 ~ ONLINE ~ sermon in song ~ UU Central Delaware
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