Author: Jack Leitmeyer
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You’ve Got A Name- A Letter to My Grandkids
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“Like the pine trees linin’ the windin’ roadI’ve got a name, I’ve got a nameLike the singin’ bird and the croakin’ toadI’ve got a name, I’ve got a nameAnd I carry it with me like my daddy did”Jim Croce (1973) You come from a big family tree of wonderful ancestors.…
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Out In The Country
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“Whenever I need to leave it all behindOr feel the need to get awayI find a quiet placeFar from the human raceOut in the countryWhenever I feel them closing in on meOr need a bit of room to moveWhen life becomes too fastI find relief at lastOut in the countryBefore…
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Mr. Leitmeyer Goes To Washington
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From February 25 – 27, 2024, I had the opportunity to attend my 4th annual Zero Prostate Cancer Summit in Washington DC. I started going to the summits shortly after I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2019. I previously attended the “education track” to get updated on the latest…
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Gimme A Head With Hair
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“Gimme a head with hairLong, beautiful hairShining, gleamingStreaming, flaxen, waxen Give me down to thereShoulder length or longer (Hair!)Here baby, there mamaEverywhere daddy daddy Hair, hair, hair, hairGrow it, show itLong as I can grow itMy hair” (Hair Broadway Musical – 1968) One of my biggest arguments with my father…
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Time Passages
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Well I’m not the kind to live in the pastThe years run too short and the days too fastThe things you lean on, are the things that don’t lastWell it’s just now and then, my line gets castInto these time passagesThere’s something back there that you left behindOh, time passages…
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Dear Dad
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“Oh, my pa-pa, to me he was so wonderfulDeep in my heart I miss him so today”– Eddie Fisher (1953) It’s hard to believe you’ve been gone for 14 years now. I still remember getting that phone call from mom, sobbing as she told me you stopped breathing and the…
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Tribute to Cora
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“Daylight, see the dew on the sunflowerAnd a rose that is fadingRoses wither awayLike the sunflower, I yearn to turn my face to the dawnI am waiting for the day” – Andrew Lloyd Weber (from Cats – 1981) In March of 2020 we already had 3 cats and certainly weren’t…
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Fancy Colours
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“Going where the orange sun has never diedAnd your swirling marble eyes shineLaughingBurning through the lightBittersweet the drops of lifeMemories only fadingFancy ColoursFancy Colours” – Robert Lamm (Chicago) – 1970 Five days after my corneal transplant and artificial lens surgery, and my vision continues to improve. The first 3 days…
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Doctor, My Eyes
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“Doctor, my eyes have seen the yearsAnd the slow parade of fears, without cryingNow I want to understandI have done all that I couldTo see the evil and the good, without hidingYou must help me if you canDoctor, my eyesTell me what is wrong” – Jackson Browne (1972) A few…
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The Queen of Pop
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“It’s time for the good timesForget about the bad times, oh yeahOne day to come together to release the pressureWe need a holiday” Eva and I both liked Madonna when she first burst onto the scene in 1983. We saw her perform a few songs at Live Aid in Philadelphia…