America; my favorite country:

Land of  Joseph Mercola. Of Bob Dylan. of e.e. cummings . . .  Of Helen Keller. Of Jack Kerouac.  Of Thomas Edison. Of Martha Stowe. Of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Of hippies & bohemians . . .

Land of New York City. ‘Frisco Bay. Boulder, Colorado.

Land of democratic republicanism. Land of rock & roll. Land of freedom of religion, land of freedom of the press, land of free love.

Land of cars, planes, power, phonographs, phones, washing machines, computers, internet, social media, pizza.

& The land of thousands of years to come. Bless us & bless the world.  

Happy Columbus Day.