Little Prince. Niggle and his leaf. Tom Bombadillo and Willow, Rivers daughter. The Boy with the Sun and Moon and Seven Stars on his forehead. Dreams and dreamers. Sandman's sand in our eyes. Crossed stars in our heaven's. This verse with a rhyme for the last, making heart strings s ail, oar, like the harp of a thousand strings. The souls of just men made perfect. I dreamt I was a father. To a son I have never seen. To a voice I heard calling. Have you forgotten me? Have I ever been? To a daughter. A life so precious. Life within Life unseen. Fragile and unprotected. Fortressed in armor with steels' glistening sheen. And helpless under the stars I lift up: breath, blood, and logos gleaned: from time in water, air, and fire. Rhyme again here poet. The wisdom or folly or fall is writ, sealed, pressed together.
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It is a cold dark star-light December 24th and Lt Col Brown was pushing forward on the yoke leveling the B-1 Stealth off at 60,000. At mach 2, twice the speed of sound or in the neighborhood of 1400 mph the crew would be ready to deploy their load in 20 minutes. The American political Left and Right had finally fractured and when the embassy in China was taken hostage the out-going President launched an nuclear strike on Beijing. The morning news would have read " US at War with China" and the ghastly holocaust that was Beijing would fill horror stricken people of the world except a lone astronomer Hou Won on Mauna Kea Observatory's main telescope eyed the silhouette of the B1 crossing the face of the full moon. Knowing the network news anchor Cin Di in New York he wasted no time in relaying the news. Along with his speed and direction calculations that left little doubt Beijing was the bombers target. The news hit the media with more force than the nuclear warheads.
In response to the United States Supreme Court ruling concerning church congregations and Covid-19 epidemic deaths. John 2:19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days .” Like Apostle Paul, How long and how many deaths will there be before We accept Jesus is not speaking about a building made with men's hands?
God, we believe, does give us free will. Zachariah spoke back to the Angel. Mary was free also to reply. She could have replied perhaps, "Lord let this cup pass by me" as Jesus asked in the garden of Gethsemane. It was her Right. Dedication to Theophilus 1 Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, 3 I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the very first, [ a ] to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed. The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold 5 In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 Both of them were righteous befor
News: prison inmates are being used to move deceased Covid-19 bodies into refrigeration trucks, paid $2 per hr or less. News: Florida denies Voting rights to released prison inmates whom are in-debt to the Florida Government for court fees levied against them for court cost to imprison them. DOUBLE JEOPARDY in the form of a question, said Alex Trebeck. .
Reflections on aliens, elections 2020, and a time for all seasons. Science, science-fiction, and faith all share one thing: Logos. The thing that sets us apart from other animals, plants, and minerals. As far as we know so far anyway. Tonight again the airwaves are full of visitors from other worlds dominating and wreaking havoc on the people of Earth. The scientists are at a loss. Alien technology is beyond their understanding. The Worlds great religions how ever have predicted the tribulation and uniformly promise an eternal reward for the faithful. Call me crazy but I am not a great believer in tech, but am a great believer in people, their resiliency and the hope that wellsprings from the heart. So, grok me this. If aliens are coming, they have been coming a long time. It takes a long time to get across universes. They obviously have high tech, they are traveling across universes. If they are coming here it's probably not for the tacos. Of course truly advanced beings would
Two things Never to Talk about...Religion and Politics. So I will talk about Both. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has been laid to rest and her replacement is storming the gate before she is even in the ground. So let us consider the replacement. Amy Barrett. Ms. Barrett has written extensively in journals and I have finished her recent Notre Dame Law Review - Originalism and Stare Decisis. It is essentially a review and endoresment of Justice Anthony Scalia. The take away from it for today is Originalism, i.e. reading and applying the Constitution by it's text at the time the pertaining part was Ratified over and above Stare Decisis (precedent case decisions). Ms Barrett holds that this is not objectionable in the view that few, if any, cases of "super precedents" will come to the Court and if they did by objectivity they would be decided with a view to consideration of historical events, current events, and practicality. It concludes with a warm and fuzzy
For my teacher Scott Devine who mentioned watching Netflix Cobra Kai. So I tuned in, and watched the entire series. I feel as a Judo student and brother of a Karate 3rd degree black belt I can share my interpretation of how Miyagi-do methods apply to bass teaching. As Miyagi-do uses wax-on, wax-off, sand-the-floor, and paint-on paint-off, I think similar physical exercises can help the bass player The First is "Swim the Pool." Ask the student to find their best way from end to end of the pool via either Backstroke, Breast-stroke, Australian Crawl, or Sidestroke. The item to notice is finger control. Do the fingers stay together, in a unit pulling water? Or do they spread, passing thru water with no pull? This exercise develops finger strength and focus on finger positioning. Next is " Pull the Weeds, Plant the Tomatoes." This especially for the finger apart swimmer. Get the fingers in the dirt, grab the weeds by the roots and pull them out. Once clear dirt i
I spoke with bassist Eric "Pik Funk" Smith last nite viz Zoom Conference bass hang. His performance with Justin Timberlake led me to JT's music. The Woods concept of JT is one that dates back to Woodstock era, see Walden Pond, as I well remember. Off The Map, or Grid, is a passion many still pursue. I am beginning a new artistic project that will combine lyric, prose, paint, music, and performance, it will be call The Woods Back. It will address the troubling and life-threatening issue that there are no longer Woods for any of us to go Back TO. This publishing is my copyright of the title. 09 26 2020
Luke 23:46 Authorized (King James) Version 46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. Where are those hands? Invisible? In the Past? God Spoke and the World was made. In the Future? Here we are, are we the recipients of Jesus Spirit? Well, the Bible says Yes. Jesus gave up the Ghost and on Pentecost The Holy Ghost descended upon the Disciples giving them tongues to speak The Word and power. The Holy Ghost in Jesus' words is one like him who comes to give us comfort and strength. If We are recipients of the Spirit, then the generations in the Future which lay before us must also be recipients. Look into the Future that is approaching us at breakneck speed and literally descending from the heavens and will be rolling them up and replacing them with a new heaven and a new earth. Science has confirmed it. The enormous body of stars above our heads and on a collision cour
What to write Today? My home is torn apart. The freedom I thought I had vanished like smoke because the hatred my countrymen had surrounds me still. And the youth who did not know my fathers blame me. Satan holds the places of power and hates me. And he makes those who would love me if they knew me, hate me. So I ask, "Who do you say I am?" 12 Bible results for “who do you say I am” from New International Version. Results 1-12. Book of Amos Isaiah 41:13 For I am the Lord you r God who takes hold of you r right hand and say s to you , Do not fear; I will help you . In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Isaiah 65:5 who say , ‘Keep away; do n’t come near me, for I am too sacred for you !’ Such people are smoke i n my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Jer
Sweet and Sour Chicken from China Wok restaurant sparks me to note the following: If it is the case that Andromeda and the Milky Way are on a collision course as astronomers say, and if there are Black Holes at the center of each, and that after a billion year dance they will collide and join into a larger and more dynamic entity. And if Gravity Waves are the results of such collisions, and Gravity Waves move through the physical universe in such a way so as to physically expand and contract mater. Might Andromeda and the Milky Way be a microcosm of a larger picture? Might it be possible, thinking outside of the box, outside of the Universe we see, i.e beyond the "Afterglow the remnants of "the big bang." There exists, or has existed, another collision of as gargantuan order and magnitude as "the big bang." This second big bang would produce a Gravity Wave of enormous dimension. And such a wave's effect upon our Universe would be to expand and contract
Ephesians 3:16-21 New International Version 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Read full chapter on our 28th wedding anniversary - thank you God for placing Christine in my life
I woke up this morning after a revealing dream and read this in a book from my table. "As the prime generator of form 'the point' indicates a position in space. " "A point extended becomes 'a line' with properties of length direction and position." "A line extended becomes 'a plane' with properties of length & width, shape, surface, orientation, and position." "A plane extended becomes 'a volume' with properties of length, width & depth, form & space, surface, orientation, and position. Paul Klee says, " All pictorial form begins with the point- that sets itself in motion. The point moves - the line comes into being. The first dimension. .. the line shifts to form a plane, we obtain (a) two dimensional element. In the movement from planes to spaces, the clash of planes gives rise to body. (Three- dimensional). Paul Klee I disagree with wholeheartedly. IMHO, He has his perceptions cart in front of th
Children have Rights. They have a Right to Learn how to read; without being forced What to read. They have a Right to Learn how to manipulate numbers; without being manipulated Who to manipulate numbers for. They have a Right to Learn how to write; without being forced Which ideas to write. They have a Right to Where they learn to be a place Safe from violence. They have a Right to When they learn to be a Time of Domestic Tranquility. They have a Right to Why they learn to be for Their Own fulfillment, not Societies.
We are all inside of our heads looking out. And as we get older looking back. Looking forward becomes and exercise in imagination. Using the colors we have taken in thru our eyes and forming a landscape somewhere between world that beats on our faces and the heart inside us that pushes that landscape into the world through our fingers and voices and tears and blood. Once upon a time there were two white beings. Born near each other and growing up alike except for one difference. One looked up constantly, at the clouds. And yearned to fly there. Climbing everything at hand to get closer to the clouds and throwing it's self freely into the air to be like them. The other looked down and followed the course of the ground. And followed it to the edge of the world where the ground was frozen, and the air was frozen, and everything all around was cold. The two were taken into their surroundings and became akin to their surroundings. Taking on the qualities of their surroundings. The sky
View From the Sidelines : “To Serve Mankind” This noble phrase may not have the noble connotation it may first bring to mind in our 21 century “All Lives Matter” atmosphere. But I will come back to this later. In the 8 years that Barack Obama was President I was pretty much oblivious to the work his administration was doing. I heard all the haters bringing the bad news about his birth origin, his policy about immigrants, his stand on women’s rights including reproductive rights, his stand on recognition of the rights of homo-sexual and people of gender identity. And to tell the truth I was much to occupied trying to pay my bills, get through the deaths in my family, and fulfilling the oaths to public safety my job included, to think much about; Why The First Afro-American President representing the people that lived under 400 years of Government endorsed enslavement followed by 153 years Government endorsed oppression, was getting such a hard time. Now we are almost 4 years
Father's Day 2020 , What If? We are not alone in the Universe. If around a more prominent Sun a more prominent planet spins and there has evolved a more prominent species. With more variations, more characteristics and more aptitudes and abilities. What if we thought about that Lived Up to Our Best Capabilities? Just in case.
Nobody asked for my opinion but I am going to give it, as the namesake of Ratifier of The Constitution of United States of America Peter Zabriskie: People with guns not withstanding their social standing, be that Citizen, or Military, or hired for public service Police do not come out from under the 2nd Amendment which says ""A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."" A WELL REGULATED ....Not as a Military personel, as a Citizen, OR as a Police Officer is your right to bear arms EVER - NOT - WELL REGULATED. To me this also includes the interference of a Labor Union in the Regulation. So Get Under the Law of the Land and be a part of the Solution, or continue to break the Law and suffer the consequences and be a part of the Problem.
Success !!! Alex Dumble your imagination has come to life again. One day to clean all the old pots an re-wire the Humbucker circuit with a new On-On switch for that cuts the Gibson choke in and out. That was great, and the Humbucker sounds great again, with an .047 orange drop cap. DAY TWO: With the all the parts and push-back wire in hand I solder up the 3 pole/4 position rotary switch to my diagram. Months of planning an years of waiting have all been worth it. I my plug 1967 Gibson EB-3 Alex Dumble Modified 1974 via it's XLR stereo jack to Y split to 1/4" plugs, to in-line Low-Z to High-Z transformer on 1/4" plug #1 and into 4 channel mixer channels 1 & 2. Out of the mixer/ Into my TC Electronics BH800 an VOILA!! Sound, Sound and More Sound. All 4 positions work....and with a few minutes of alligator clipping in a selection of different caps...lo and behold the Kemet Aluminum Electrolytic 35v/4.7uf capacitor is the best sounding of the bun
On trying to fill Life Insurance Forms and Reflecting on my good friend Mack's loss of his wife Liza. There is no such thing as Strong When the heart is broken. When Life has ended. Because your Light is gone. There is no such thing as drink away the pain. When your other half has drained the cup, and left dry the World your in. There is no such thing as tomorrow. Even though the Sun comes up and sets. Because the Light that filled you rooms has fled. Even the Stars withdraw into their heaven net.
Words on a page. Snow blind staring at empty pages. Black, ink, the color behind closed eyes. All held in limbo, behind a dam. Ancient ruins in the rear-view mirror of miss-spent youth indelible ink stained, with rye. Grain from the field tortured by a man into a liquid in brown glass and poured down the open throat of the unsuspecting youth ready to become a man. Dizzy flight. Longer than ever expected, even after the morning after church prayers for forgiveness. 53. My number given by this calendar. Born under the "bad" sign. 19,666 days to come out from under the shadow of this brown glass into the cover of sunshining glass, clear and shinning like gold. And my Father's hand takes mine and holds it, and I hold it back. That is today.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. [5 c.dickens.
Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020 has given us a pause in the World. Families are confined in close quarters and confronting the values that make family values. The media News world shows a picture of medicine and doctors and psychologists and happy families pursuing the Information Age ideal of culture neutral, ideological, and theological absent blonde/age 20-30something with non-handicapped natural born children. Not the real world, nor I hope, any world, though I know many of the millennial generation are pursuing this fantasy. It is a time now, just as the time was for Jesus, ripe for harvest. The evangelist message of Jesus is more true today, and the witness of Jesus more profound. Jesus is the healer and the friend of the poor, the meek, those over-looked or pushed aside by the makers of the world of Mammon, the world of money. Jesus healed the leaper, gave sight to the blind, caused the lame to walk, returned the peaceful mind to the tormented, restored the withered hand to th
Open letter to ACLJ, Jay Seklow, Hillsdale College and my friends purporting to represent the values of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and our other Founding Principles: Jesus said,"You may not serve God and Mammon both." Until You resolve in Your core values whether to serve the call of Jesus or the call Mammon you will live under threat Jesus made saying, "If you are going to Court with your neighbor, make peace with him before you enter before the Judge. Lest You be held in judgement and found lacking." There for do not ask for whom the Bell tolls, it tolls for Thee. Find and Help Women of this Mammon centered World.
So I am confused. IF you are So concerned how and why did Mitch McConnell PASS FISA extensions and his cronies fight like hell to shut up Senator Mike Lee? You are a liar Sir. I watched while Senator Lee fought for our Freedoms and you and your group squashed him with the boot heel of Senator BURR of North Carolina! I watched it happen. I downloaded the transcript from the Congressional Record JUST so I wouldn't forget the day the Benedict Arnold's of the Republican Party lead by you Mr Seklow sold out the Constitution, the Declaration and The American People. Your hypocrisy is astounding. cc Peter Zabriskie Despite concern from Utah Sen. Mike Lee, Senate approves short ... https://kslnewsradio.com/1921362/despite-concern-from-utah-sen-mike-lee-senate-approves-short-term-extension-of-surveillance-powers/
In the Garden. We're Children in the Garden. To see the Garden. See the Children in the Garden. Through the eyes of a Child, come out and see. All the World spinning 'round. Look up there above us, between the Heavens and the Sky. There are two Hearts beating, beating for us below. But we do not know Yet why. Running wild in the Garden. Wind free in our hair. Touching everything, every touch New to our care. New wetness, new green. New roses, new stream. New Sunshine, new bark. New stars in Heaven, New Lark. All to our care. A gift out of Air. No thought of a Why. No sight of an Eye. But when danger blood red comes the two Hearts beating do run. To Our side with caress, never stopping to address the World that caves in upon Them who take it on the chin. So We small and frail may grow too into tall Beating Hearts guarding in the Garden's Gale. pz 03 15 2020
Acts 10 New International Version (NIV) Cornelius Calls for Peter 10 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. 2 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. 3 One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, “Cornelius!” 4 Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. 5 Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter. 6 He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.” 7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. 8 He told them everything that had happened and sent them to Joppa. Peter’s Vision 9 About noon the fo
Do you now see my darling Wife the mystery revealed? Which is that in the Garden the Fruit you offered and which I ate is not something that went into our stomach, but is the Fruit of Labor. Labor which brings great satisfaction as well as great rewards. Labor that made us independent and separated us from God's womb-like support in His Garden. The knowledge of our independence which made it necessary for God to put us out of His Garden and put on our choice, the yoke of Labor. You with child birth and me in the field, with the Devil at my heel. Labor is the Fruit God gave us. Disobedience was the temptation offered by the Devil; but the Devil was knowing that labor could be corrupted with money and God in his mercy gave us the freedom to choose again: to labor for money or labor for God. By the Fruit of our Labor we are known. Our Hope is in the coming of Jesus. Who by hanging on a Tree offered Himself as the new Tree in the Garden. Teaching us to lay an ax at the root of Ev
Ephesians 3:16-21 New International Version (NIV) 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
31 “Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. 32 “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. 33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 17 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Prays to Be Glorified 17 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. Jesus Pray