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Mary Sojourner M.A
Mary Sojourner M.A
Memory

A gift for you - on my seventy-first birthday

Come on, people...


It's the last few hours of my seventy-first birthday. My friend Jeff sent me three youtube videos - I watched them with tears in my eyes - and then the Youtube tracking songs marathon began. When I found this one, I knew I wanted to send it to you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WybIhLJjlTY
With this footnote from Wikipedia:
Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the media conglomerate Clear Channel Communications included The Youngbloods' recording of "Get Together" on a list of "lyrically questionable" songs that was sent to its 1,200 radio stations in the United States.
If you are too young to know who the Youngbloods were, here's your introduction. If you are in my clan, no matter your age, you may already know this song - in memory, with longing, with sorrow.

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About the Author
Mary Sojourner M.A

Mary Sojourner, M.A., is the author of She Bets Her Life: A True Story of Gambling Addiction (Seal Press/ April 2010) and Going Through Ghosts (U.Nevada Press, 2010).

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