Lunchtime NYC
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I'm Marty Luster, a retired attorney and politician. In 2010 my wife, mother-in-law, dog and I relocated from Central NY to Gloucester. I hope my photographs and poetry(?) reflect my love for this place and her people. My picture-poem posts can be seen at http://matchedpairs.wordpress.com and selected black and white images can be found at http://slicesoflifeimages.wordpress.com View all posts by Marty Luster
Good Morning Gloucester 
Thanks Marty! Rocking in the New Year with Dick Clark legacy dropping of the ball.”
You know it’s cold when they are lining up for a steaming dog or pretzel (another form of sea smoke except on land! Thanks Marty for sharing – I wanted to share some from a book the author gave me permission to quote I dedicate this to my mom and other families as we are about to enter into 2018. Happy New Year to entire community and team quoted from (Red Thunder book)
SOURCE: (From the book Red Thunder by David Matheson 2002)
Chapter 2 Good Food and strong family: Powerful Medicine Page 13
“As always we will pray to express our thanks for the food, and for life. We are a rich people because we have each other, and because we still have our elders among us to guide us and teach us. They are the ones who know life because they lived it, and they have the wisdom reserved by the creator only those who have walked through the doorway of old age. The people admired and rewarded generosity. The truly rich people did not own the most, they gave the most.”
A home put together Page 187
“Your mother is the best friend you’re ever going to have in this world, elders always said. When she’s gone, no one will take her place and love you as freely and unconditionally as she did.” (My comment goes for dads too)…
The Spirit of the home: Page 213
“A mother’s love for her children is the most powerful force on earth, except for Kolunsuten’s (Great Spirit-God) “In turn, she will get behind you make you more than you are. It takes a man and woman together to make both of you achieve and be the most that you can be, to make a healthy and vibrant home spirit. Always remember, son, your successes are because of your wife. Take care of her accordingly.
The best man is not necessarily the best looking one, or the fastest talking one. What will hold a Woman’s love for a life time is the man who is kind to children and elders, good to animals and prayerfully ceremonial in his everyday life.”
Page 214
“Let Mother Earth and all that grows upon her and walks upon her know them as one family, one home. Let your divine spirits of nature and the four winds recognize them….”
Epilogue:
“Even though, many years have passed since the glory days of my youth. I still pray with morning dawn, sometimes at the hilltop. I understand why I always saw the elders shed tears when they prayed. It was the great feeling stirred by the realizations of living life, and understanding that this life is a precious, truly special and sacred privilege extended by the (Kolunsuten-Creator), God, Great Spirit, and your higher power whatever name).” “When you really know way down deep (Kolunsuten-Creator) promised no one a tomorrow or an easy time, then you know how to be thankful in a spiritually joyous way. And you can make sense of life while truly making the most of it yourself.”
Dave & Kim
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