tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post2833522175004206405..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: The ghost of Chavez over the Venezuelan fleetDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-50239821798682619832013-07-25T14:54:51.160+02:002013-07-25T14:54:51.160+02:00The embers of the dying/dead Chavez can always be ...The embers of the dying/dead Chavez can always be stoked.These are the emotional memories, the larger than life iconic ones.I seemed to recall writing about that after a dream I had years ago ....something that went like:<br /><br />you can go out some early morning<br />to the ridge at the edge of dawn<br />there the embers will still smolder<br />though they burned all the night long<br />and his Ghost will dance in silhouette<br />like streaks against the sky<br />as if the streaming ground itself<br />reached fingers up on high<br /><br />Howsomever,You have to admit that one perk living in Venezuela has is more vacation time than just about anywhere else in the known world.You can enjoy that anyway.<br />firepigettefirepighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158275219887987252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-18190721711825315102013-07-25T04:20:39.585+02:002013-07-25T04:20:39.585+02:00Time to ponder again the wisdom of Samuel Johnson ...Time to ponder again the wisdom of Samuel Johnson and colonel Dax: "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel".<br /><br />Closer to home, my wife had no time to honor the fatherland today, the local drugstore got a shipment of toilet paper.Charlynoreply@blogger.com