Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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Why it leans, of course … Happy Caturday, y’all
Military Airlift Command is drawing from a new talent pool for their Load Masters
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-Monty Python sillywalks
Good morning Patience! ❤️
Thank you, Patience!
A family favorite.
I am going to send it on to folks to put a good laugh into their Saturday.
fun. Let’s have lots and lots of this… eases the pain. Thanks.
That’s me today…lots to do. Coffeed up and onward. Good morning one and all!!
Bless-ed be everyone’s day in this sheltering Tree💕.
Like General MacArthur, I shall return.
And like Antarctic hero Captain Oates (adapted), I’m off and may be some time.” 😎
Love the illustration. From a children’s book? If so, please post title, author and illustrator.
Thanks!
It must be, aDoozy…borrowed from another site. Artist’s name is in the lower left corner. Amy Grimes.
So you are a lover of illustrations in children’s books as well….💕
Lower right, I see….
Good morning Bet! I’ll be away, too. Got to go to San Antonio. My granddaughter Ms. V got taken to the ER yesterday with stomach and bowel issues. Because of her special medical condition she dehydrates very easily and last night they transferred her to San Antonio because her GI team is there. Doing better this morning but I’m headed to the hospital to see her and her mom. Yesterday while I was talking on the phone to her mama V asked for Grandpa to pray for her. 💜❤️
Prayers up! Be safe in your travels and for successful healing!
Thanks, Aggiegirl! Her mama is an Aggie, too.
Ohhhhh!!!!!! No!!!! Lord, heal your precious and beloved child, Violet💕 May those who tend to her be compassionate. May the knowledge given to her doctors be strengthened so that through Your grace, they will return her healed and whole to those who love her. Ease her distress and pain please, Almighty God. Please let her family feel the peace which only the Holy Spirit can deliver. I ask these things in the name of the Father and in the Name of His beloved Son, Christ Jesus.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
We all wait for news, G, my beloved brother.💕
Mornin’ Bet. Kinda looks like a busy Saturday. 🙂
Morning, Garrison. Yes.
I don’t know what me stop what I was doing for a quick moment. But with the worrying news about Violet, I’ll be checking back in frequently for hopeful word about her.
My busy day can wait…
Norovirus and E. Coli. She’s doing much better but now her bottom is very sore. Quite uncomfortable, waiting on the doctor to order Motrin so they can give it to her. Thank y’all for all the prayers. They are keeping her another night to make sure she’s getting enough food.
Deo gratias, G. 🙏🏻
When you wrote that she had asked you for prayers? I’m not ashamed to tell you the tears started flowing…God bless her sweet, loving heart💕
Just get her home………
And I’m so glad you have an SA bolthole…
Back home, the combination of het daddy showing up with some chicken and rice soup that she had requested, Desitin, Motrin, and a cool pack on her bottom made the pain go away. Daddy is spending the night tonight at the hospital while mom gets to go home, shower and change clothes, then pick up her brother from the current play performances at 9 PM. He’s got two today. V is in the play, too. Hopefully, by next Saturday she’s up to snuff, cause we got tickets for the last show. 💜
I’m very thankful to God and relieved that she got to the right place. My daughter had a 12 hour fight with the other hospital’s ER to get them to do anything right but that’s a story for another time.
Today I praise God!
I praise Him, too, G, with grateful tears. What on earth have doctors come to??
I have just answered a commenter on the “People behind Biden announce…” thread. You may recognize his name “Quoheleth”. He is a doctor who is quitting because of what medicine has come to. I’m sure after today you’d agree.
Twelve hours??? Is that what it takes today to get proper treatment?? Poor Violet. God bless forever her mother for grabbing hold and not letting go. That that is what it takes is criminal, shameful, disgusting.
Violet was, is, in Almighty God’s loving care. I am relieved she is on the mend. All of you get some rest, my dearest brother. I know it has been a too long couple of days. Prayers still up🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💕
And tell your young thespian “break a leg” for the next performances…but please do tell him that’s just a figure of speech!!!!😁
LOL! He knows, Bet, he knows. 🙂
My daughter called me a little while ago, now she started puking. 🙁
🙂 Gramps . . .
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I am praying!💕🙏
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Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ jay 🙂
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That looks magical! Thank you..
Aurora borealis in my top five of natural wonders🇺🇸🥶🇺🇸
Good morning jay!
Howdy gramps🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Easter Island Moai are not just heads, they’ve found out
That’s probably one that didn’t make it to a final guarding position. Many positions have them standing, facing inland, guarding fresh water (a precious commodity when you’re on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean). Many weigh 40-60 tons and there’s even one in a quarry that, if completed, could have weighed as much as 100 tons. And they had quite a trick moving them … no, not spacemen … once the statue was upright, teams would rock them with ropes, getting them to “walk” to the desired site, sort of like a penguin. Three teams, one on each side to make the rocking motion, and one in the rear for stability and to guide it.
Wow !
Good Info , Leon , Thanks !
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No problem. Anyone can find all sorts of interesting facts about this subject; just enter “Easter Island Moai” in your preferred search engine and see what’s revealed. I saw a demonstration a few years ago where self-absorbed western civilization “experts” couldn’t figure out how the primitive islanders were able to move such heavy weights on rollers … they never thought to query the surviving natives about their oral history of how it was done. The usual illustrations we see are the odd abandoned statues, but you can find that there are also rarely seen images of the full statues standing guard all lined up neatly in a row as well as videos showing the natives “marching” a figure down a path. We, in modern civilization, are so full of ourselves that we can’t imagine the cleverness of our ancestors. If the Egyptians had a good oral history, maybe they could teach us how they really performed so-called impossible feats to build the pyramids.
Thanks… always interesting. Doubt that this is taught to the non-inquiring minds in the schools today.
Silly 🙃
Yikes , Nim !!! 😄😄😄
As far as I’m concerned, when it comes to these idiots gluing or cementing themselves to roads. Leave them there! Don’t divert traffic. Just leave them there until they collapse or die one way or another and then remove the carcass. One or two or possibly three doses of that medicine and even the idiots that think they want to do something like that will catch on.
Yep
the hot trend this year … Herringbone
I do believe that black and white pattern is called Houndstooth.
thx, 4gyp, my mind was searching for an alternate term but didn’t have that one in my memory banks
I love herringbone, 1968 Camaro with herringbone interior, ummmm good. That smell, of an ole Chevy. Add headers and a nice choppy cam, nice 671 blower, heaven can be on earth. Oh, race fuel added.
you know that’s why stereos had no meaning in the 60’s and 70’s that V8 rumble.
I am so using this in my dual credit chem class! We just got to this chapter this week! THANK YOU!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmhzb5pJId5QY0r6gZqMDdA
For Ann. Love you darlin’. Always . . . 🙂
Formatting problem sorry . . .
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Morning Garrison!
04 March 2020 Alan Cartwright, British rock bass player (Procol Harum, 1972-77), dies at 75
04 March Keith Flint
(1969-2019)
English singer, musician and dancer (Prodigy), found dead after committing suicide at 49
04 March 2017 Valerie Carter, American folk-rock singer-songwriter, and session vocalist, dies of a heart attack at 64
Ooh Child …… Qued from remembrances.
04 March 2013 Fran Warren [Wolff], American big band and pop singer (“A Sunday Kind of Love”; “I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Pray’rs)”), dies on her 87th birthday
04 March 2011 Johnny Preston, American pop singer (Running Bear), dies at 71
04 March 2010 Lolly Vegas [Candido Vasquez], American rock singer (Redbone – “Come And Get Your Love”), dies of cancer at 70
04 March 2010 Fred Wedlock, British folk musician (b. 1942)
Tights In White Satin
04 March 2009 Joseph Bloch, American concert pianist and professor of piano literature (b. 1917)
04 March 2009 John Cephas, American Piedmont blues guitarist (b. 1930)
04 March 2004 John McGeoch, Scottish rock guitarist (Magazine: Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Spellbound”; Visage; Public Image Ltd.), dies at 48
04 March 2002 Eric Flynn, British actor and singer (b. 1939)
04 March 2001 Glenn Hughes, American disco singer (The Village People (Biker)), dies of cancer at 50
04 March 1992 Mary Osborne, American jazz guitarist, dies of liver cancer at 70
04 March 1992 Christian K. Nelson, American inventor of Eskimo Pie (now Edy’s Pie)), dies at 98
October 2020 RIP Eskimo Pie>>>>> Edys Pie
Say hello to Aunt Jemima & Uncle Ben and the Land O’ Lakes
nativegirlwoman… birthing person.Birth Notice:October 2020
04 March 1986 Richard Manuel, Canadian rock vocalist and pianist (The Band – “The Shape I’m In”; “Tears Of Rage”), commits suicide at 42
04 March 1986 Howard Greenfield, American song lyricist (“Calendar Girl”; “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”; “Love Will Keep Us Together”; theme to “Bewitched”), dies of a brain tumor at 50
now I know where Bo got his name
Well I guess there’s a 1 in 365 chance of dying on your birthday…
Except if your birthday is on February 29.
My grandfather (dad’s side) also died on his 89th birthday.
That Grand Hotel’s a helluva album
It’s Cateday Treepers. Pet your kitties for me . . .
Morning Garrison
If I had one I would 😊
Have a good day
☘️
Good morning Molonlabe, time to get one. 😁
Maybe one will find you. That’s how kitties always came to our house. 🙂
another addition
i dont know
actually i have been downsizing my tribe
hate to do it
but sometimes , less is better
i recently said bye bye to three big tribesmembers
they went with peeps just like me , so they are good
miss them but dont miss the work it took
I love, love, love my kitties!
🐾🐾💕🐾🐾💕🐾🐾💕🐾
Lorrie
I want to get some , but i cant !!
John 14:18 “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”
Daniel 8:25
“And through his *policy (prudence, insight) also he *shall cause craft (set forth the meaning; discretion, knowledge, policy, prudence, sense, understanding) to prosper in his hand (or, He will cause deceit to prosper through his cunning and by his influence); and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.”
Daniel 11:31-34 “And forces by him shall be mustered, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress, then they shall take away the continuity (as an indefinite extension), and place the abomination of desolation. And those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with the flattering [lip]: but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out [great exploits]. And those who understand of the people shall instruct many: and yet they shall fall by the sword and flame, by captivity and plundering, [for many] days. Now when they shall fall, they shall be aided with a little help, but shall join with them many by intrigue.”
Joel 3:9-13 “Proclaim this among the nations; Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men, let all the men of war advance and attack! let them come up: beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Assemble and come, all you nations, all around and gather together – there cause to go down, Yehovah Your mighty ones. Let be awakened, and come up the nations to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations surrounding. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, go down; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for great [is] their wickedness.”
2 Peter 3:2-4 “That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior: knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
Luke 17:26-29 “And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the cataclysm came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.”
Matthew 13:30 “Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into My barn.”
Luke 21:12-19 “But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for My Name’s sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what you shall answer: for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. And you shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And you shall be hated of all men for My Name’s sake. But there shall not an hair of your head perish. In your patient endurance possess your souls.”
Mark 13:23-27 “But take you heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then shall He send His angels, and shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.”
Matthew 24:29-31 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
The order of events are clearly laid out. All things will continue seemingly as they have been forever; but all moral restraint being taken away, will come to the full. In those times, those who did not receive Jesus, who came in His Father’s Name; will receive him coming in his own name; and joined with them will be the entire adulterous assembly, who have likewise done wickedly against the Holy Covenant; and they shall be the ones putting the lawless one, the son of perdition, on his throne of world dominion.
The same spirit of the wild beast who “began to be mighty in the earth” will live again, and they will make an image, and have power to give life to that image; so that it will speak, and cause all who will not obey and worship him, for all their property and rights to be confiscated, to be outlawed and imprisoned, and to be killed. As they began to do under the first beast, so will they be given to do all that they have imagined, until Jesus returns, and renders them worthless.
The “catching away” of the saints, who are still living and remain till the coming of the Lord; will be at the Lord’s coming. We will in the meantime see the entire vision come to pass, and we will witness the Antichrist’s rise to power, and all that he will do. We will witness the Abomination of desolation. We will be called upon of God to testify and bear witness for Jesus; and He will give us a mouth and wisdom to answer, and to confound all that the wicked pretend for judging us: for it will be instead for us to tell them from God, what is His judgment of them.
The Day of the LORD will be like a great scroll being rolled together: the stars of the heavens shall fall to the earth, and the sun and moon will be darkened, and there will be an earthquake, and a heaven-quake, in which all that we see shall be torn away like a great curtain; and every eye on earth and under the earth shall see the Lord Jesus Christ coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory, and all the holy angels with Him. THEN will He call to His angels to gather together His elect from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first; and then we who are still living and remain up to that day; shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and caught up into the clouds, to meet the Lord; while the angels are gathering into bundles to be burned all the ungodly of the earth.
Thus will this world as we know it come to its end, and the everlasting kingdom of God under our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the King of kings commence. The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea; and everlasting joy shall be upon our heads.
John 14:18 “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”
set me free why don’t ya babe ..
get out my life why don’t ya babe ..
good night Treeps
Cute
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Late entry for:
03 March 2023
David Perry Lindley (March 21, 1944 – March 3, 2023) was an American musician who founded the band El Rayo-X, and worked with many other performers including Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton. He mastered such a wide variety of instruments that Acoustic Guitar magazine referred to him not as a multi-instrumentalist, but instead as a “maxi-instrumentalist.
Werewolves of London
Another
02 March 2023 Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Art Blakely’s Jazz Messengers; Miles Davis; Weather Report), dies at 89
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
First Saturday of Great Lent, or the Fast
Commemoration of the most glorious miracle performed by the Holy Great-Martyr Theodore the Tyro (the Recruit), through the boiled wheat
Holy Apostles Archippos and Philemon of the Seventy and Martyr Apphia (+ 1st century)
Saint Dositheos of Gaza (+ 7th century)
Holy New Martyr Philothei the Nun of Athens (+ 1589)
Several more Saints, including Martyrs, are commemorated today.
February 19th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
March 4th – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
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COULD THIS BE TRUE OF ME?
“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself.” Acts xx. 24
It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires; common sense is your guide, veneered over with Christian sentiment. You will be more prosperous and successful, more leisure-hearted, if you never realize the call of God. But if once you receive a commission from Jesus Christ, the memory of what God wants will always come like a goad; you will no longer be able to work for Him on the common-sense basis.
What do I really count dear? If I have not been gripped by Jesus Christ, I will count service dear, time given to God dear, my life dear unto myself. Paul says he counted his life dear only in order that he might fulfil the ministry he had received; he refused to use his energy for any other thing. Acts xx. 24 states Paul’s almost sublime annoyance at being asked to consider himself; he was absolutely indifferent to any consideration other than that of fulfilling the ministry he had received. Practical work may be a competitor against abandonment to God, because practical work is based on this argument – “Remember how useful you are here, or – Think how much value you would be in that particular type of work.” That attitude does not put Jesus Christ as the Guide as to where we should go, but our judgment as to where we are of most use. Never consider whether you are of use; but ever consider that you are not your own but His.
Oswald Chambers
March 4th Devotional
Hi Stevie, thank you for the post. “What do I really count dear?” Apparently what we might call contemporary Christianity, was around when Chambers was still here; for he pretty well describes what most are content to call being Christian. The first thing I thought of while I was reading this, was the part in Romans, that says, we are all called; and what is all in our calling.
Romans 8:28-30 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”
I believe that every Believer has a commission and a calling. Born again from above, Baptized into Christ, Baptized in the Holy Spirit; our understanding opened by God to understand Scriptures, the Holy Spirit called in to help us with the rehabilitation process, to form the character of Christ in us; all these things provided to us for our successful passage through this world, to prepare for the Presence of God! Where is the room for a slip-shod casual and worldly kind of Christianity?
I hope you have a good day.
Paul was stoned several times.
You see your life is in complete fortitude when serving others not self, therefore to be stoned was nothing. Stoned is to death. Jesus was crucified but yet rose on the third day…….for you. Not himself. It was mandated by his father, as all service is.
What do we see in this time, season of time? Men and women looking for eternal life in these lifeless bodies yet serving who? Themselves at everyone else’s expense. Is that life, hell no. And yes hell was intended.
It is that choice of heaven or hell, servitude or self.
What use are we to serve ourselves only? We know within ourselves it is serving others that encapsulates heaven and it’s attributes yet, we choose self. That is the very essence of fallen or separated.
I will serve God, I am an individual who chooses to serve and in that service I find fellowship with the great “I am” who is always the majority. The world is not compromised of today only but all of eternity, figure that in whilst you contemplate service, while you choose conformity not God.
In God…meaning with a relationship with our lord and creator, all things are possible, “all things”. Imagination is not a coincidence it is an easel for your goals, your life.
Good morning all. Hope you all have a blessed Caturday.
Good morning rah
Hope you have a good day
☘️
Good morning rah nd blessings to you and yours!
GrandpaM
will keep Ms V in my thoughts and prayers
mean it
🙂
I hope you all don’t mind if I post this again. Beautiful guitar picking and strumming.
Karen Carpenter had one of the greatest alto voices on the planet: she could have done wonders in Classical Music with songs by e.g. Gustav Mahler (From his Symphony #2 Urlicht (Primeval Light).
Here she is – in the 1970’s – waxing nostalgic about the 1950’s, a relevant emotion in these days of turmoil.
When I was young
I’d listen to the radio
Waitin’ for my favorite songs
When they played I’d sing along
It made me smile
Those were such happy times
And not so long ago
How I wondered where they’d gone
But they’re back again
Just like a long lost friend
All the songs I loved so well
(*) Every sha-la-la-la
Every wo-wo-wo
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they’re starting to sing’s
So fine
When they get to the part
Where he’s breakin’ her heart
It can really make me cry
Just like before
It’s yesterday once more
Lookin’ back on how it was
In years gone by
And the good times that I had
Makes today seem rather sad
So much has changed
It was songs of love that
I would sing to then
And I’d memorize each word
Those old melodies
Still sound so good to me
As they melt the years away
Repeat (*)
All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry
Just like before
It’s yesterday once more
Melancholy fact: Karen Carpenter starved herself to death from Anorexia/Bulimia.
I thought about musical competence in Popular Music recently (yes, there used to be popular singers who could actually hit the notes correctly and enunciate the words), because my wife was watching The Today Show, which was lionizing some talentless musical genius du jour, who was hopping around chanting and yelling while human hyenas hooted and made noise in the background.
Anyway, Karen Carpenter came back to my mind as someone who had an excellent voice.
For those interested in hearing The Ultimate Alto Voice of the last century, here is Kathleen Ferrier in Mahler’s Urlicht mentioned above:
The lyrics and translation are under “See more.”
She also died too young, at age 41, from cancer.
There is The Kathleen Ferrier award given every year at the Royal College of Music to an outstanding singer in classical performance.
My favourite Welsh baritone, Sir Bryn Terfel, was a recipient.
Another was Kitty Whately, which will mean nothing to most…unless they have enjoyed the British series “Lewis” shown on Britbox and PBS Masterpiece. She is the daughter of Kevin Whately who stars as the eponymous protagonist.
Thank you for showing why Kathleen Ferrier’s voice was so perfect for Mahler lieder and why, yes, it was the ultimate.
You are quite welcome, as are your links to the performances by Terfel and Whately!
I should also mention concerning Kathleeen Ferrier: this recording of Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) with Bruno Walter conducting, is considered to be other-worldly:
Here is the last movement: Abschied (Farewell)
Die Sonne scheidet hinter dem Gebirge.
In alle Täler steigt der Abend nieder
Mit seinen Schatten, die voll Kühlung sind.
O sieh! Wie eine Silberbarke schwebt
Der Mond am blauen Himmelssee herauf.
Ich spüre eines feinen Windes Wehn
Hinter den dunklen Fichten!
Der Bach singt voller Wohllaut durch das Dunkel.
Die Blumen blassen im Dämmerschein.
Die Erde atmet voll von Ruh und Schlaf.
Alle Sehnsucht will nun träumen,
Die müden Menschen gehn heimwärts,
Um im Schlaf vergessnes Glück
Und Jugend neu zu lernen!
Die Vögel hocken still in ihren Zweigen.
Die Welt schlaft ein!
Es wehet kühl im Schatten meiner Fichten.
Ich stehe hier und harre meines Freundes;
Ich harre sein zum letzten Lebewohl.
Ich sehne mich, O Freund, an deiner Seite
Die Schönheit dieses Abends zu geniessen.
Wo bleibst du? Du lässt mich lang allein!
Ich wandle auf und nieder mit meiner Laute
Auf Wegen, die von weichem Grase schwellen.
O Schönheit! O ewigen Liebens- Lebenstrunk’ne Welt!
–Mong Kao-Jen (German by Hans Bethge)
Orchestrales Zwischenspiel (Orchestral Interlude)
Er stieg vom Pferd und reichte ihm den Trunk
Des Abschieds dar. Er fragte ihn, wohin
Er führe und auch warum, es müsste sein.
Er sprach, und seine Stimme war umflort:
“Du mein Freund,
Mir war auf dieser Welt das Glück nicht hold!
Wohin ich geh? Ich geh, ich wandre in die Berge.
Ich suche Ruhe für mein einsam Herz.
Ich wandle nach der Heimat, meiner Stätte.
Ich werde niemals in die Ferne schweifen.
Still ist mein Herz und harret seiner Stunde!
Die liebe Erde allüberall
Blüht auf im Lenz und grünt
Auf’s neu! Allüberall und ewig
Blauen licht die Fernen!
Ewig . . .ewig . . .”
The sun departs behind the mountains.
The cool shadows of evening
descend into all the valleys.
Look! Like a ship of silver
the moon floats in heaven’s blue lake.
I feel a light wind stir
behind the dark firs.
The brook sings so beautifully in the darkness.
The flowers grow pale in the twilight.
The earth breathes deeply, filled with peace and sleep.
Now yearning inclines toward dreams,
the weary turn homeward
to sleep, where they recapture
forgotten happiness and youth.
The birds crouch quietly on their branches.
The world falls asleep!
From the shadows of my firs comes a cool rustling.
I stand here and await my friend;
I await his last farewell.
Oh, my friend, I long to enjoy
this evening’s beauty at your side.
Where are you? You are leaving me alone so long!
I wander back and forth with my lute
along paths covered with soft grass.
Oh beauty! Oh world, drunk with love and life forever!
He dismounted and offered him the drink
of farewell. He asked him where
he was heading, and also why he had to go.
He spoke, and his voice was soft with tears:
“My friend,
fortune was not kind to me in this world.
Where am I going? I go to travel in the mountains.
I seek peace for my lonely heart.
I’ll turn toward home, where I belong.
I will never stray far.
My heart is calm and awaits its hour.
Everywhere, the beloved earth
blooms in the spring and
is newly green! Everywhere and forever
the distances are blue and bright!
Forever . . . forever . . . ”
How generous you are, Ausonius, to take the time to print out the lyrics…or should I say poetry as that is what I am reading.
I’ve always loved classical music no matter how it is performed. But as I’ve grown older, my preferences for certain composers has changed. I came to Mahler late. With both his symphonies and his lieder. And I’ve discovered that I am profoundly moved by both.
Last week, I mentioned the very untimely death of one of the most superb baritone voices I have ever heard, Dimitri Hvorostovsky. And I feel the same about Kathleen Ferrier whose voice was silenced at 41. Too soon, too soon.
I’d like to think Almighty God had places in His choir which needed those voices. If so, we can hardly begrudge Him theirs, as it was He who gave them their extraordinary gifts.
No coincidence I am certain, by the way…last week when I posted Sir Bryn singing the most powerful orchesterally backed recording of the national anthem of his beloved Wales for St David’s Day, I started to mention that he was a recipient of the much sought after award rightfully named in her honour. But I didn’t and was sorry that I didn’t.
Imagine the surprise and thrill it was for me to see you post her astounding voice singing the very moving Mahler lieder.
And I truly do thank you for following up with this very poignant one.
I’ll leave this one from on Sir Bryn’s first album because “Farewell” reminded me of it.
Who, in remembering times past in their lives, could fail to feel “hiraeth”…the longing for those people and places to which one cannot return?
Admitting here, that this one speaks to me at a certain age as no other.
” Whither Must I Wander?
~Ralph Vaughan Williams~
Many thanks for the nice replies!
You are most welcome.
Quickly scrolling through. Long day.
Kevin Whately’s daughter, that is cool.
He was in “A Murder is Announced” with Joan Hickson back in the 1980s.
Excellent actor.
Church of St Michael Lviv Ukraine
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
Matthew 18:20“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
An angel ‘of God’ will not take any accolades, no worship, no glory, or recognition for his place. He will not act unless God himself speaks that word to him.
Just saying!
There is no division of power between heavenly hosts, only God and is sovereignty. Even common sense has given us that knowledge. For there is a hierarchy we follow in our military that mandates only to follow orders of the superiors, it is obvious why.
March 4
MORNING
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Col. 3:2
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. I John 2:15
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matt. 6:19-21
We walk by faith, not by sight. II Cor. 5:7
We faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory: while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. II Cor. 4:16-18
An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. I Pet. 1:4
EVENING
He bowed his shoulder to bear. Gen. 49:15
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. James 5:10
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. I Cor. 10:11
Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? in all this did not Job sin with his lips. Job 2:10
Aaron held his peace. Lev. 10:3
It is the LORD; let him do what seemeth him good. I Sam. 3:18
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee. Psa. 55:22
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. Isa. 53:4
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matt. 11:28-30
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/03/0304.html
Owe no one anything, except to love each other. – Romans 13:8
Barring an unforeseen circumstance, it is sad to hear about those who claim to be Christians not paying their bills, being consistently late to work, or mistreating others at their job. Unfortunately, unbelievers may be quick to publicly report such things – it is certainly a bad testimony for the Christian.
In Romans 12 and 13, the apostle Paul talks about the conduct of the follower of Christ. Both in the positive and the negative, Paul instructs believers in the way to live. Christians are to submit to authority (unless it goes against God’s Word), which includes paying taxes to whom taxes are due. Today’s verse moves to the individual’s duty to “owe no one anything.” Christians need to meet their commitments as a matter of spiritual and moral obligation.
Loving your neighbor is as real an obligation as paying your debts and your taxes. Love in this sense is neither romantic, sentimental, nor sensual attraction. It is love that instills in you the desire to do what is right. You care about the impact your actions have upon others and recognize that keeping the Lord’s commands shows respect and honor to God and others as you live a disciplined life.
Loving your neighbor includes concern for their safety and security. Take action when someone is within your sphere of influence or if you are in a position to assist someone in need. Pray for wisdom and discernment for government leaders who are inundated with requests for help, that they may know what is expedient and prudent to do.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
Good morning to you Poyeema
Love your daily devotionals
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PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
I can smell the roses
I like to challenge the spirits that reside here at the treehouse.
Do not discount any olfactory hallucinations, they are blessings sent to awaken you within or alert you.
The smell of flowers has meaning, be aware and investigate the occurrence.
Amen, dear duchess🙏🏻
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
duchess01– this prayer is my fave!🙏💕
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Saturday, March 4, 2023
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“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.”
Psalms 31:24 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Morning duchess
Be of good courage 🙂
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Psalm from todays MasPsalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8
R. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!
Blessed are they whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord.
Blessed are they who observe his decrees,
who seek him with all their heart. R.
You have commanded that your precepts
be diligently kept.
Oh, that I might be firm in the ways
of keeping your statutes! R.
I will give you thanks with an upright heart,
when I have learned your just ordinances.
I will keep your statutes;
do not utterly forsake me. R.
Poet’s corner Lonon England
Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.
C. S. Lewis
Good morning Treepers. 39 degrees outside and sunny. Millie and Lacey are in the back yard, roaming around with their noses to the ground. They are quite the pair.
Good morning Joe
Cats ?
Dogs ?
Deer ?
☘️
Good morning Molonlabe.
Millie’s the black lab (she’s older), Lacey’s a female brindle pit bull who follows Millie around. When it was raining, Lacey refused to go out; Millie has no problem with getting wet. They’re both well behaved dogs. Most of the time.
I hear that,
“Most of the time” 🙂
☘️🌸☘️
Rare Historical Photos
History’s Oldest Color Photos Show How The World Looked Like in the Early 1900s
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/oldest-color-photos-in-the-world/
Thanks, those were interesting to look at.
Fascinating, thanks
The photos were fascinating. Wow. Goose bumps. I love looking at old photos of people.
Imagine, if you will (paraphrasing Rod Serling), being able to go back in time and meeting some of those people.
I wonder what the reaction would be.
Mornin’ all!
Just a heads up for anyone that may have an IPhone
I have an older version 8 and this was installed on my phone without any notification.
In the Apple iOS 16.1
update, they released a nasty little feature called Clean Energy Charging. Clean Energy Charging tells your battery to not allow itself to be recharged if the power source you are connected to does not meet strict sustainable standards set by the Climate Change Nazis
When that happens, your iPhone will either charge super-slow, or not at all. I highly recommend you
go to Settings | Battery | Battery Health & Charging until you see Clean Energy Charging, and toggle it to Off
Thanks for letting me know that! I had no idea.
If you are interested, you should try a couple of AI based search engines:
You.com
Perplexity.ai
I’ve been playing with them for a week and compared to Google, they are amazing. You find what you are looking for… no woke shadow banning. Also, no advertising.
It has been said that Google gets 80% of their cashflow from search engine advertising. I think that “pond” is going to dry up.
Happy “cartoons and cereal day” everyone.
have a blessed saturday.
(for those who are new here, this is a quote from a previous treeper that we havent seen for a while. I am trying to do this every saturday in his honor)
Thank you!
If only we could find Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, or Tom and Jerry cartoons on Saturday morning these days!
Too violent, too politically incorrect for today’s woke snowflakes!
Solution: your own DVD/Blu-Ray library of the Classic Cartoons!
And NO commercials! 😉
Thank you! I miss him a lot. It is indeed for his honor that I smile when I read this. It is a very good memory I have of him. Bless you for keeping the memory alive. He would be quite pleased.
Wherever dear Levi is, may God bless him always.
This Halloween I will be 73.
Deep into my dotage, I realize that I have been wrong about everything.
I wish I could tell you I fell off of my horse outside the walls of Damascus, but the process, as usual, is the punishment.
For my sins, I have been made to suffer the gradual, ongoing, realization, that I am stupid. My hubris and arrogant self regard is part and parcel of the path to this unholy realization, this “awakening”. That way, on a cellular level, I must endure, on a daily basis, as I slip the bonds and tubes in that vat next to Keanu, the recriminations I so richly deserve.
This rhetorical self flagellation might or might not ameliorate my sins, but sackcloth and ashes for this feckless fop is a punishment far less bloody than what I wished visited upon the heads of foreigners I never even met.
From the Civil War on, my family has always gone to see the elephant and served in the military. My grandfather Charles was at Belleau Woods where he was gassed and then machine gunned in the guts. My Father was at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and went on to fight at Midway, Coral Sea, Savo Islands. I was drafted in 1969 and served. All of my friends with few exceptions served as did their families going back as far as mine.
Slogans, bumper stickers, tattoos, rah rah “America right or wrong”, “Death Before Dishonor” we all read the books, saw the movies, wore the T-Shirts and ate the ice cream.
I believed that December 7th, 1941, as did my dad, was THE seminal event in American history. I was wrong.
THE seminal event in American history, going back even to 1776, is the assassination on live TV of John Kennedy. He had just defunded by 20% the CIA and fired the 6 most prominent people in the Secret Service.
With the assistance of LBJ, the CIA-Deep State in Washington D.C., the Radix Malorum of evil they shot him dead.
This is a list of governments we have overthrown in our freshly remembered past.
https://williamblum.org/essays/read/overthrowing-other-peoples-governments-the-master-list
99% of Americans were shocked on 9/11 when people flew planes into the World Trade Center. We should have, as did the Mossad, CIA /Deep State, expect it.
Here is the prophet, the prescient, Dwight David Eisenhower warning us what to expect in the coming decades.
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address
This is the most important and meaningful speech ever given by a president. Not “Let the word go forth, NOT Gettysburg, not “Day Of Infamy”, THIS speech, read it all. It is astonishing in it’s prescience, foreboding, foresight and perhaps divine warnings of what was to come.
A quote, “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
For decades, we have all been lied to again and again by the forces of evil in Washington D.C.
The Gulf Of Tonkin = LIE
WMD =LIE
Afghanistan = 20 years of LIES
Ukraine = LIES
We have, for 75 years, stood by, as our “leaders” made bank on the backs of the dead. It’s just another Tuesday, as politicians, media moguls, the military, government contractors, Wall Street parasites and more recently, Big Tech royalty can buy second yachts and fly private jets to “Climate Summits” where they decide if we will live in “15 Minute Cities” and eat bugs for dinner.
Now, the unending enfilade from the elites, directed at we proles, includes a bioweapon. Maybe we should be grateful they didn’t just nuke us. I imagine they considered it, but, that pesky fallout would inundate St Bart’s too.
So, they poisoned us. The Malthusian whack jobs in the corridors of power, from the aforementioned entities, The Deep State/Federal Government, Big Media, Big Tech, Wall Street, the Military Industrial Complex, in conjunction with Big Pharma created a virus that would convince us of the necessity of a “vaccine” which is NOT a vaccine and kill off 1/2 of Western Civilization.
https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/mikes-antivax-grab-bag-memes-blurbs-and-links/
Over the next 10 years, the population collapse, disease, death and burden of the disabled will gobsmack even the most virulent and radical left wing supporters of the “narrative” that brought us to this point.
We will all, Conservative, Liberal and Independent, be made equal in the democracy of death.
It’s coming, sure as God’s vengeance for our sins.
Very powerful chuck.
My friend, who just passed away in november at age 100 , said pretty much the same. He was in the pentagon during WWII, and often (often) said, “the govt only tells you what they want you to believe”.
these are very sad times.
I just met a friend the other day, again, but I went out on a limb and got into current events for the first time. She is a good-hearted , hard-working, honest, caring christian. She also is clueless and watches lester holt.
when I discussed current state of affairs, and gave multiple examples (on ukraine, east palestine OH, the border, toxxines, child porn, drag queens, the economy, take down of christianity, and egg prices), her response was “what can you do about it! They’re all billionaires and politicians and have been on the take for decades”
I came away frustrated, sad, and confused.
after all, I am very, very stressed about everything going on (as those who know, are), yet here she is not letting anything bother her at all!
“but damnit”, I thought, “my father fought in WWII, (d-day veteran) and I love this country and I HAVE to care and pay attention”
so I left that get-together scratching my head and wondering who the hell is better off… those who care or those who don’t.
my own damn brother doesnt even give two craps.
I just have so much frustration (as I’m sure we all do).
I try to “live my best life”, but, sometimes I dont even want to see friends or family because nobody wants to talk about “things” and I cant pretend to not know. I realize that’s not very healthy, and in fact it’s what the evil people want (isolation, no communication), so again I find frustration.
***big sigh***
Slowcobra, do not lose your peace. Even if it means withdrawing for a little bit.
Because that’s what the evil which walks amongst us wants as well. Our peace upended. Do not give it to them.
Those like your friend don’t want to know what you do. Either that or people know and cannot face our realities. Whichever it may be, I find that when I encounter people with that mindset, nothing I say will move them.
When I lived in Britain, I learned the value of a quiet cup of tea. It was just so civilized and calming. Grab a cup, and turn it all over to God. It has taken me a long time to start to learn to let go. Still learning, but making progress…
Blessings my wise Treeper friend💕
Hello sis…I’m checking in 😏 and thought this would be a good place to send you a greeting! 🙏
I’m with Chuck and Cobra…It’s so very hard knowing the real truth and also knowing very few people understand the dangerous ground this country is treading, much less willing to talk and learn about it. The headlines in the mornings are enough to make a grown man cry!!! Between the J6’ers, abortion, vaccines, and now Biden is going to give our national sovereignty to the WHO, etc…how few of us truly understand this is astounding!
Pour me a cuppa sis…lol! and add just a lil something to soothe the soul! 😏
Big hugs 🤗
Good evening, sweet sis. It has been a strange and worrying day with GrandpaM’s granddaughter in hospital. She’s on the mend but in desperate straits for a while. So I haven’t been as present as I normally am.
I think we are all in agreement. I still have trouble understanding how fast the curtains have been opened on these atrocities, aided and abetted by raw evil which has captured millions…not a few…millions.
I am heating the pot as we speak (pouring the water in to warm it ready for the tea). Digging around for the little extra😉
I always wondered why in British productions when the worst has happened, the first thing that is done is to have a cup of tea. But I really do get it now.
The way things are going, we are all going to be swimming in it!
God bless you, my dear friend. We will get through this eventually. Or as I should say, faith in our beloved Father, Who is always with us and has prepared better things than we know of, will help us through. Someone the other side has no knowledge of, which disadvantages their monstrous intent.
We here all wrap our arms around one another with love and prayer. One way or another, none of this is permanent.🙏🏻😘!!!
💝
One of my life sayings:
This too shall pass.
It’s gotten me through a lot.
Thank you betsy, for the encouragement.
Feeling it with you, dear friend.💕
Understand completely Cobra…😭
If you are adjusting the rabbit ears on your 4X3 RCA to get a better look at Lester Holt, then you might be too leaky a ship to much hope in.
God Bless You All.
This USAF retiree and I imagine a lot of others who also served are all in the same situation.
You put it more eloquently but its hell to face the mirror these days for veterans.
To realize that you helped enable, even though it was unwittingly, our nations decline.
We all volunteered and served with the exact opposite intent.
Of course in the final analysis, “We all got it coming.” or biblically “There are none righteous, no, not one.”
Thank you sir, for your intent and your most eloquent summation of current events.
Chuck, I’d like to add something to your powerful post. I can’t. You eloquently describe what honest people are having to admit about this country.
Don’t beat yourself up. Most Americans swallowed it all, myself included. Thank you for stating what is horrible to realize and excruciating to admit.
The worst part is counting the sacrifices of those who willingly and honourably served under a deliberate false flag. As for those who did not survive, there will, one day, be a reckoning for those who sent them to their deaths.
Bless you, sir.
Amen Chuck!!! 😭
’twas a dark day in Dallas , November ‘63
a day that will live on infamy
President Kennedy was a-ridin’ high
good day to be livin’ and a good day to die
being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb….
Tchaikovsky – Dance Of The Swans
Tchaikovsky-Dance Of The Little Swan Extended
In Britain all speaks are owned by the King or Queen, and are under Royal protection. To injure or kill one is a prosecutable offense.
Perfect music for these beauties, my friend.
Rano Raraku Moais Easter Island
Continuing. How I got in SF.
I am not going to go into details about every portion of the Phase I training. That would take a book. I will though talk about some highlights.
The survival portion consisted of building shelter, starting fires, procuring food, and the use of various military survival and rescue equipment.
It was a hungry and cold time since it was late fall moving into winter in the backwoods.
We were taught the uses of pen flares, and the survival rafts.
River and stream crossings consisted of the rope work to construct bridges and transport hauling systems. The commando crawl across a single rope bridge and the construction and use of poncho rafts. It also included a slide for life from a 50 ft. tower into a creek that had a glaze of ice on it. After the instruction was done we were ordered to build a bonfire to warm up and dry ourselves. If they hadn’t done that we all would have become hypothermic.
Land Navigation. SF is, at least, was, acknowledged to have the toughest land nav course of any armed forces on earth and a lot of wannabes failed it and rode the bus. It started in the classroom with extensive training on using a military map and protractor and figuring declination, which magnetic north to true north which is grid or geographic north, and identifying terrain features. Then to a simple compass course which allows the trainee to ensure that he can follow and azimuth and to refine his pace count.
Then comes the test. The points one must find are simple drive in metal fence posts, the top foot of which was painted with a reflective paint as used on road signs. Attached to the top of each post was a punch that made a distinctive pattern. The points were 2 1/2 to 8 kilometers apart. Each trainee is issued a card with a blank square for punching the pattern for the point.
The trainee was given the grid coordinate of six points and the terrain feature the point was located on. The trainee has his M-16 and LBE and must move tactically using no roads or fire breaks. Roads and firebreaks, fields and such are danger areas and the instructors were out guarding these areas. To be caught walking the roads or firebreaks was an honor code violation and any caught were immediately riding the bus and never could try to go through the course again.
It is all timed. A trainee must get a minimum of 6 points to pass. Two of the points had to be found at night.
It is all timed from starting from the time you get the card with the grid coordinates for the points on it. So in the morning your given your stuff, you plot the grid coordinates of the points given and select the most efficient order for getting at least the minimum of three that you need.
To complicate things it was deer hunting season and the hunters were out there, some with dogs.
The first day it was raining hard. My card with my stamps fell out of my map case into a puddle and went to mush. I failed.
Each trainee gets two shots. The next day I got 4 points and made it back before the required time. That night I got three points, even though an instructor with night vision saw me cross a road intersection and chased me, I lost him.
I passed. I would reckon over 50 others rode the bus.
I will describe the Dismounted Patrolling in the next post.
I love this.
This place is so cool.
Thanks rah.
I will be keeping an eye out for the next chapter.
I’m glad you are here🤗
Get Ready!
“Monster” winter storm coming next weekend for some of us.
(2) Joe Bastardi on Twitter: “Old school PSU rule of 3 weeks of widespread cold once block reaches Greenland. Last test case we showed you was Dec 10-30. Think this one will beat it as far as deviations from the average. March 4-24 https://t.co/jKlkRr1urz” / Twitter
(2) Joe Bastardi on Twitter: “Wild storm is exiting New England. Monster likely next weekend or early following week. top 3 or 4 cold March 11-20 on the way. Winter making up for lost time Power outage map https://t.co/QUYjkp75Bn” / Twitter
Happy Caturday Treepers
I see he/she didn’t neglect the eyeliner. Expertly applied😊
Bett
That was the first thing I noticed!
Very dramatic😁💕
💕💕💕💕💕💕!!!
Out for a walk , ran into these guys just hanging around.
Nice!
Trying to catch some rays and charge their batteries.
They jump in the water real quick
You can’t get very close
They got eyes on you the whole time
It’s nice in the woods now
Bugs aren’t out yet
But
Gotta watch out for snakes
Yep!
rah
there was a time when i knew who every speaker was at cpac
now i count turtles
followed everything closely
now i follow a different path
im not puttin my head in the sand
im takin it out of the dirt
and i get everthing i need , right here
St John Cathedral Spokane Washington
Good night treepers
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen
Amen.
Amen.