Hello in There

So if you're walking down the street sometime
and you should spot some hollow ancient eyes,
don't you pass them by and stare
as if you didn't care.
Say, "Hello in there. Hello."

- John Prine

You don't have to be ancient to have hollow eyes. Look anyone in the eye who has been traumatized by war, rape or a horrendous natural disaster and you will see that they are not all there.

Up Against the Wall

Sometimes when you can't get to the mountain, the mountain comes to you. Today, the American Veterans Traveling Tribute and Operation Gratitude brought The Wall to Van Nuys, CA so we could pay our respects.





Arthur and I went to Spalding Elementary School together in Newton, MA and spent many overnights back and forth with each other.



Paul and I went to Meadowbrook Junior High School and Newton South High School in Newton, MA and had many a snowball fight on the hills of the Charles River Country Club.



Evan was the son of my good friend Jane Bright who told me how her hurt and anger threatened to rip her apart until she kept remembering his last letters home that said: "When I get home from Iraq, all I want to do is help people." Because of that, she and her husband Jim founded The Evan Ashcraft Foundation.





Dedicated to the men and women who have sacrificed so much to bring peace on Earth, so that they can regain their peace of mind.