The Holy Land – The gods bleed children’s tears, the bombs fall like raining fears. A mother shrieks her nightmare flame as the blinded world looks for someone to blame. The gray smoke gentley settles to the streets down below…
Author: C. Jines
Internationally published social documentary photographer and author.
Kill one another blues
The Arabs are killing the Jews, and the Jews are killing the Arabs. The Bears are killing the Saints, and the Cubs destroyed the Cardinals. The drug fiends killed their mothers’ hope, and the fellas spiked the crackers’ dope. The…
The circle of life, planting trees
We promise to protect and care for this tree for as long as we are able so that the next generation can bask in its shade! Planting trees is BIG medicine.
No fight left
No fight left in him anymore… I came across an old raven while out walking my dogs. He was surely old, with ruffled and ragged feathers that matched his time-worn black beak. It just didn’t seem as if he wanted…
Book bans and long-lasting erections
The topic of book bans is in the latest news cycle. My mom would try and hide the books I was reading when I was a kid. I loved Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, but the real thrill was his…
The Silence of Sunrise
There is an infinity of sound located within the silence of Sunrise. I can still hear the first breath of ancient man echoing across the golden horizon. On that first sacred Dawn so long ago, mankind awoke from his animal…
Tinley Park Memorial School Class, 1975!
That’s me in the lower left wearing the scout uniform. Who else can see themselves in this classic class photo from Memorial school, 1975!
The Jan 6th “free speech” defense
The day after Trump’s indictment for his involvement with the January 6 attempt to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power, one of the leading defense arguments that is being put out by right-wing news outlets, is that this is a…
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