4/10/2020   Isle Verde   (in process) They say he was crazy. He looked at the sun and stars and saw multi-colored explosions. He looked...

RED CLOUD - Mahpiya Luta (Lakota) Born 1822, died Dec 10, 1909 Nationality—Oglala Lakota Parents — Walks As She Thinks and Lone Man  RC’s...

7/28/1920 Michael Easterling Looking at little asthmatic Teddy  who could imagine that one day his face would be carved on Mt. Rushmore...

A Wordsketch by Michael Easterling 11/18/20 How could the death of a stooped 87 year old woman have such an effect on so many? Her bent...

9/4/2020 by Michael Easterling Ernest Miller ‘Papa’ Hemingway Born  July 21, 1899   Oak Park, Illinois     Died   July 2, 1961   Ketchum,...

8/18/20 Modified Michael Easterling Norma Jean Baker got what she wanted…or… she got what she thought she wanted. But how many could...

A Word Sketch by Michael Easterling 10/27/20 John Winston Lennon Musician   Poet   Artist   Peace Activist   Philosopher It could be said...

Michael Easterling       9/27/20 Happy Birthday Jeri! Hillary Rodham always sat at the front of her class. Always prepared, listening to...

5/2/20    Isle Verde Michael Easterling When I was a kid I believed my dad was a superhero. When I would cry in the night he would come...

A Word Sketch by Michael Easterling 1/1/21 Emily went to a Prep School as a child, then to one year at Mt. Holyoke. Other than that she...

Michael Easterling 10/08/20 Edgar’s death at 40 was as shrouded as his life— found in the street in the rain,  delirious, wearing shabby...

CHAP’S TRANSATLANTIC SAIL     © April 2, 1976   Revised August 29, 2014   I was talking to a withered prune today about Chap’s pending...

6/26/20    Michael Easterling Isn’t she pretty? Every baby girl hears this. One wonders if little Mildred ever heard it. Hannah Didrikson...

April 14, 2014   Aretha Franklin came out on stage. looking heavy, garish, wearing a too short mink coat, not that it mattered when she...