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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Amen!
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Kitty says , “Please , Mama , just a few pieces so I can lick the butter off”
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In one of Lucy’s litters, there was a little male we named Bear. He liked to fight me for the popcorn in the bowl. He was a gutsy little guy. I sometimes wonder how things turned out in his adopted home.
Good morning, 1530, one of our cats, SweetPea will come with me every afternoon when I feed the deer and have a bite or two of raw corn. Then she walks with me back to the house.
Niiiiiice
Howdy Frank, just checking back in myself. Had a busy day then picked up the little guy from school and now waiting in the truck to hand him back to mama. He is out. The Norther is blowing in already. Not too bad, yet. Not sure how it is in your corner of Texas.
CaptKyle Patriots🍊
Forwarded from
Lin Wood
The true Patriots need a genuine leader who loves freedom and serves We The People and not his or her self-interests or those of his or her political cronies.
For those of you who may have unfortunately bought into the latest rounds of anti-Trump propaganda, ask yourself who do you want to be your leader in the fight for freedom if not President Trump?
Here are some possible choices:
Mike Pence
Mike Flynn
Ron DeSantis
Brian Kemp
Vernon Jones
Greg Abbott
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Glenn Youngkin
Ben Crenshaw
Mitch McConnell
George Soros
Clay Clark
Lindsey Graham
Tim Scott
Doug Ducey
Bill Gates
Anthony Fauci
Pope Francis
Andrew Cuomo
Jeffrey Epstein
Justin Trudeau
Hillary Clinton
The late Joe Biden
Cabala Harris
Mike Obama
If you have a selection not mentioned above, let me know.
As for me, I stand with Donald J. Trump.
Lin 🙏❤️https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.1.0/svg/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg
President Trump and General Michael Flynn as his Vice President.
I’m curious.
Not saying I agree or disagree – or that I have a different choice …
Why would you choose Michael Flynn as VP?
A few years ago classical guitarist Roxanne Elfasci became instantly famous when she posted this video of her performance of Debussy’s Claire de Lune. Her performance of this demanding piece showed that we were hearing a true virtuoso. And yet, she was a complete unknown. Talented and showing a musical sense that qualified her as among the best of the best . . . yet nobody in the guitar world had heard of her.
When I checked tonight, her debut video had racked up 7.5m Youtube viewers. Listening to it again, it is as musical and stunningly invigorating as it was when I first heard it. Happily Roxanne has gone on to record more music by Debussy which I put up here. But what’s really important is that Roxanne has recorded a CD of her music. New performers who can play with her level of virtuosity are real treasures to anyone who appreciates great musical talent. Enjoy Treepers.
One more . . .
A brilliantly masterful rendering of Claire de Lune on the strings! Loved it! Thank you for posting, especially since normally I’ve heard this song on the piano. 🙂
Inspired by yesterday’s piccolo music, I tried looking for a “windier” version of Claire de Lune … Closest I could get was the flute.
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Beatiful, Garrison. Thank you for introducing us to her.
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Thank you, Garrison! Great way to start the day.
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Garrison, so beautiful! I haven’t listened to Claire de Lune since 2019 when my mother was dying of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis in our home hospice set up. She loved that piece. While it was playing she asked me, “Honey, am i dying?’. I had never lied to her as an adult so i answered, “I think so, Mama, but its OK. You wont hurt anymore.” She loved President Trump so much. I am thankful she passed when she did so she didn’t have to see the aftermath of the 2020 election and the China flu and the BLM riots etc…. But i miss her so much. This is a special piece of music.
Thank you for sharing such a touching last moment with your mom. When you are caregiving the poignancy of such moments is never very far away. 🙂
Memories are music. All of them. It’s only the piece which differs. What a peaceful one to accompany your mother into her eternal home. And to pass with those she loved by her side I’m sure was a comforting blessing for her. I know I’ll never listen to Claire de Lune in the same way because of your bittersweet post, Rileytrips. Thank you for sharing it.
One of an infinite number of amazing scenes from Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet.
Zefffirelli was an artist’s artist. I was captivated the first time I saw this amazing movie with its atmosphere and costumes. The casting was perfection I thought.
But his production of Otello with a properly made up Domingo (no shrieks from the offended. politically correct could be heard) took my breath away.
Wonderful. Thank you for posting
Personally, I’ve always liked Jacob and Lot. Mystifying to me that people would speak ill of them.
Hi CTH – you need to make this front and center on your site as a warning for all Conservatives!
The state of Western Australia here in Oz has gone full North Korea – if youre unvaxxed, you can buy food – and thats it!
We kick out the worlds No. 1 tennis player – no problem!
What happens in Australia, will be in the USA in about 6 months – get ready!
Your papers, Bitte!
https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2022/01/Proof-of-vaccination-to-be-expanded-State-wide-from-January-31.aspx
“Based on the latest health advice, from Monday, January 31, proof of vaccination requirements will apply State-wide and be expanded to include new higher-risk venues.
“Double dose proof of vaccination for those aged 16 and older will be required for:
“Community sport and school-based events, unless at one of the specific venues listed, are exempt from the proof of vaccination requirement.
“People will be required to show proof of their COVID-19 vaccination, either in a digital or paper-based form, along with approved identification if not using the ServiceWA app. Visit https://www.wa.gov.au to see information on getting proof of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Make sure you sale ze Fuhrer/King Brandon when he goes past…..
“What happens in Australia, will be in the USA in about 6 months – get ready!”
Nope! For several reasons, but if nothing else it’s an election year here and the party that is primarily driving the tyranny is in a very weak position already.
And, we still got guns.
Hang in there. 💪✝️💪
The real covid figures show the vaccinated are in hospital the most .
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Documents/covid-19-surveillance-report-20220113.pdf
“COVID-19 WEEKLY SURVEILLANCE IN NSW
“EPIDEMIOLOGICAL WEEK 52 ENDING 1 JANUARY 2022
“Published 13 January 2022”
“Appendix D: Additional tables and figures”
Page 29
“Total COVID-19 cases by vaccination status and week reported, NSW, 16 June to 1 January 2022”
“Vaccination Status”
“Fully vaccinated 72,042 (71%)
“Partially vaccinated 671 (1%)
“No effective dose 634 (1%) – ( either 21days < since vaxxed, or unvaxxed – not specified )
“Under investigation 19,616 (19%)
“Not eligible (aged 0-11 years) 7,874 (8%)
“Total 100,837 (100%)
“No effective dose” means either its been less than 21 days since first shot, or unvaxxed. Its not clear what the split between the 2 states might be.
raw numbers add up, so they are separate categories.
my question is why don’t they have an unvaxxed category? At some point those investigations make a conclusion and come to an end. don’t they?
Maybe because over 83% of Australians over the age of 5 ARE vaccinated. It seems inevitable that the vaccinated would be the majority of cases, given that almost everyone IS vaccinated and that the movements and contact with unvaccinated are quite limited.
If 90% of the population is vaxxed, and only 71% of cases in hospital are vaxxed, does that then mean the vaxx is 19% effective????
Of course not. We could throw numbers around all day. They are nothing more than distraction.
We are now in danger from big pharma pushing new drugs, vaxxes whenever they can bring it to market. All old rules were lifted and apparently the public is just fine with that. We should be demanding an end to the use of EUA and a return to long accepted safety/medical standards. Crickets.
The facts, in my healthcare system, the majority of admissions and people in the COVID ICU are not vaxxed. Almost all are obese, or multiple poorly managed co-morbidities, or very old. None are being treated with anything proven effective. Instead of batting around the numbers, how do we get them to TREAT US before we need hospitalization. I prefer focus on that.
I love this site for the analysis Sundance often brings, but this past year, we seem to have lost focus and our priorities. Lots of misinformation and hysteria here. The tragedy, the problems, IMO, are not avacados and wet cat food. We have lost our way. We have lost our freedoms, and recipes for saltines and baking soda don’t even hit my radar. I am left scratching my head.
I can live my life happily and fully eating only seasonal produce and simple foods. I cannot live a happy life without faith, freedom and family.
If we cannot organize and put all time, energy and focus into a very simple coordinated action, we don’t deserve anything more than what we get.
Last year I posted on this site to have a “maskless” date. IIRC, I suggested June 1st. Crickets. But we can get post after post on recipes and sick pets. 🤔
It doesn’t come across as an attack. I do have 2 inside sources who work directly with COVID patients in the ICU and on the COVID response team.
I fully understand the issues behind not treating. We remain stuck on analysis paralysis. We are aware of the problems. Not good enough. My point remains, what are we going to do about it?
In my world, I am down to one anecdotal data point that I cannot forget. My friend and golf partner died from/with Covid before Christmas. He refused to get the vaccine and I supported him in that decision. It is thought he got Covid from a grandson that got it at school, but no one really can know. He was in his 70’s, lung damage from the war, diabetic, a bit overweight but a strong as an ox ex-marine. I do not know what treatment he got but he died on a ventilator. I suspect he got nothing in the way of treatment such we talk about here but our local physicians will not use or they are kicked out of the system.
I don’t dwell on what could have happened as it can not be changed. But, you are absolutely correct that we must focus on early treatment. The standard protocol seems to be stay home until you must go to the hospital where they try to kill you. In my opinion, the greatest tragedy is the number of people we have lost from not throwing everything possible at this early before people are in critical condition.
I read the following article this morning. It seems the hospitals have significant incentives to do the wrong things. We already know a lot of this but it is conveniently presented in a single article.
https://aapsonline.org/bidens-bounty-on-your-life-hospitals-incentive-payments-for-covid-19/
I agree with everything you say and that article describes exactly what I experienced with my mom. She passed from/with COVID in December. They cut family out totally. They blantantly lied and refused to follow my instructions even though I was legal medical director. The only saving grace in all of it was that my son worked at the hospital, mom signed their documents and he had access to her chart. Of course it did little to get her treatment, it just enabled us to stop things like remdesivir and vent. They intentionally cut us out. She was admitted for low BP and dehydration, but once she tested positive for COVID, cha ching$$$$$.
It doesn’t stop there. The day of her funeral, the director handed me FEMA phone number. FEMA will pay up to 9k for COVID funerals! No thank you.
We are flush with COVID cash. Look at all the “free tests”. They created the shortage, drove the hysteria, and now everybody wants their tests!!!! Almost everyone I know who voted for Trump has jumped on this train. They don’t get it. Better than the Cabbage Patch marketing.
I’m sorry for what I know was a terrible loss for his family and, as his great friend, you, VM.
A few months back, I read an article on Mike Adams’s superb site Natural News.
The headline was stark…Hospitals Are Murder Factories.
I was stunned by reading those words. And shocked, so raw were the words. But he was not wrong then, and as time moves on and the deaths pile up, the truth of his statement only becomes clearer.
Yes, there is a government paid bounty for those deaths and the rest. Remember the vile death merchant Ezekiel Emmanuel operates in the blackest shadows of the very Stalinist sounding Covid-19 Committee…he who says 75 years of living is quite enough, thank you. He who has set up protocols, no doubt in connivance with Fauci and his merry band of genocidal operatives, which are a mirror image of Britain’s hideous Liverpool “Care” Pathway (my italises) which withdraws food and water for elderly patients hastening their demise. He who no doubt has ordered the crimes against humanity for hospitals to follow in their refusal to treat those past a certain age by rationing care. In other words, a monster to rival all the monsters throughout the ages.
I don’t know where we go from here. There is much talk about Nuremberg 2.0. Those who would be putatively charged for the most heinous humanitarian crimes worldwide would have to include all governments, their “leaders” and institutions, “scientists”, Big Pharma, hospitals, doctors, pharmacists, judges…did I leave anyone out? I’m certain I have. The list is long. And the first defendant should be the psychopathic murderer Bill Gates and his wife with their Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation…the funder of all this death and misery.
But bringing the charges and the justice which in a saner world would happen seems less and less by the day. It will take an act of God Himself to strike down this terror which plagues us all. And I pray for that.
Vengeance is Mine, sayeth the Lord. In the meantime I say for your beloved friend Requiescat in Pace🙏. And for all who loved him, I pray for the peace which only the Holy Spirit can provide. B
I have answered you, VM…a lengthy reply. But it has gone to awaiting approval, worst luck. It will show up eventually.
Everything is going to “approval…”
Ahhhhh…thank you Leenie…and good afternoon😊
This site has excellent information on the efficacy of early covid therapeutic protocols like Ivormectin
flcc.net
Correction: https://covid19criticalcare.com/
LORD ENTHRONED IN HEAVENLY SPLENDOR – Bryn Calfaria
Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”
But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be. The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”
— Luke 1:28-33, WEB
The tune is the Welsh Bryn Calfaria. I think this music is glorious and suits the words very well.
1 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor, first begotten from the dead,
You alone, our strong defender, lifting up Your people’s head.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Jesus, true and living bread!
Jesus, true and living bread!
2 Though the lowliest form now veil You as of old in Bethlehem,
Here as there Your angels hail You, branch and flow’r of Jesse’s stem.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! We in worship join with them;
We in worship join with them.
3 Paschal Lamb, Your off’ring finished once for all when You were slain,
In its fullness undiminished shall forever more remain,
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Cleansing souls from every stain;
Cleansing sould from every stain.
4 Life-imparting heav’nely manna, stricken rock with streaming side,
heav’n and earth with loud hosanna worship You, the Lamb who died.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Ris’n, ascended, glorified!
Ris’n, ascended, glorified!
Thank you, 1530.💓
Amen
Blast from the past…..
“Down Yonder”
Blast from the past…
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
The evolution of the “vax” narrative:
In 2020 we were told that if you get the jabs you won’t get sick and you can’t spread the infection.
In 2021 we were told that even if current on the jabs you can get infected and you can still spread the infection but at least you won’t get seriously ill.
Now in 2022 we are told even if current on the jabs you can get infected and can get sick enough to be hospitalized but at least you won’t die.
What’s the next lie???????
I will repeat what I have said from the beginning and challenge anyone to dispute this statement with facts. Mankind has never in its history been able to control or even contain a viral contagion transmittable by aerosol that has a non-human animal reservoir.
And they claimed from the start that covid had natural non-human animal reservoirs.
While nobody has proven that it started out in animals, they sure have proven that it has made its way to lots of different animal reservoirs.
But may I remind you of what their reduced promise was when they rolled out the jab? (Long before Delta)
Vaxxed won’t get sick, but when you do,
Vaxxed won’t get severely sick, but when you do,
Vaxxed won’t go to hospital, but when you do,
Vaxxed won’t go to ICU, but when you do,
Vaxxed won’t need respirator, but when you do,
Vaxxed won’t die, but when you do,
We have been granted immunity.
I of course stuck the ‘but when you do’ on the end of each promise back then. But they made all those promises at the same time. Each and every promise negates the previous promise. And each and every promise was disproven by the initial virus. Except for the promise that they have immunity.
All you say is true. Wasn’t it Andrew who would say “So what?”
I mean no disrespect to you Jim. We know the problems, what are the solutions? How can we piggy back on what truckers are doing? What sector of our population has the highest MAGA folks? How do we organize them to work stop in combo with truckers?
I am there with you flyover and at our age, thankfully a lot of this doesn’t impact me the way it does working folks. I still believe there is much we can do if we shifted our resources of time and energy on actions.
I had a very wise boss. Her golden rule at staff meetings was, if you bring a problem into a meeting, you must have a viable solution. Absent that, it’s just a b!tching session.
Maybe when Sundance asks for ground reports, we can keep that in mind.
Good Morning Jim ☀️
Wish I was talented enough to make this 👇 a meme!
Vaxxed won’t get sick, but when you do,
Vaxxed won’t get severely sick, but when you do,
Vaxxed won’t go to hospital, but when you do,
Vaxxed won’t go to ICU, but when you do,
Vaxxed won’t need respirator, but when you do,
Vaxxed won’t die, but when you do,
We have been granted immunity.
Personally it has the feel of the old lady who swallows the fly theme
Most excellent!!!!!!! 😉
Good morning, FC! I can’t make memes either, but
Vaxxed won’t die, but when you do,
it’s with less severe symptoms.
🙂
There is a meme – I’m just too stupid to know how to post it here from my phone 🤔
“… as high as 95% effective”
Here’s another thing the narrative propagandists can put it their pipe and smoke it: no viral pandemic in human history has lasted more than 18 months. Karen Kingston mentioned this interesting fact. It is something learned experts and guardians of public health should know, right?
It is a real virus, but we understood early on that they were milking it for political gain. Nothing they are doing is about human health and compassion. It’s all for control and has nothing to do with compassion.
You didn’t say the really scary part (for the truly afraid), did you!
What does it mean – “a non-human animal reservoir”?
People are afraid of the kids – a la … put them in the trunk of the car to drive to treatment … keep ’em masked … keep ’em socially isolated …
Nobody is afraid of their dog and cat pets?
I thought that the no -human animal reservoir meant Fauxci.
oh-you-kid
ha ha ha ha ha ha
Here we go:
Is The Press Emerging From Their Medically Induced Coma? | Real Climate Science
emerging – as in ammonia under the nose?
I read a comment recently – magically the virus will be cured in time for the november elections.
Watch for it!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
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.
The Trisagion Hymn
and the
50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Psalm 51 (Masoretic)
Feast of the Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ
The Baptism of the Lord
(The Orthodox Church commemorates the Three Magi at the time of the Nativity of Christ.)
January 6th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
January 19th on the civil or commercial calendar
An especially meaningful article that explains several aspects of the Feast of the Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ is at the link below.
http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/theophany_e.htm
To Garrison,
I have one question for you.
” I think we got played last night”.
A generalisation in the least.
My question is : Do you include me in your generalisation ?
🙋♀️ ❤️
Morning, cat!💓
What a wonderful way to start the day Betsy!
You and mungrel on the same thread. 🥰
Perhaps a grrrreat day is in store for today. 🤞 Good good morning my dear friend 😘
Good morning, Betsy, great to see all of our friends in one place. Haven’t seen Frank, but still scrolling through the thread. 🙂
Good now afternoon, GrandpaM!💓 MIA Frank is no longer MIA. As you’ve seen by now down thread, he is very cryptic. Just got back from WM and Sprouts for a few plug ins but ended up doing some damage in anticipation of being unable to get things later. Both stores relatively well stocked still but WM was pasta-less. I didn’t need any bit use that product as my marker for how the supply chain deficiencies are going.
Anticipating another round of ERCOT’s incompetence tomorrow and the next day. Hope you all have the heavy blankets ready🙏.
Got firewood, blankets, and a kerosene heater if needed. Got an email from CPS San Antonio (I still get them even though don’t have the business anymore) in which they mentioned that they don’t anticipate any outages or increased consumption of power. Of course, where I am is 5-10 degrees cooler and the provider is different.
Bizzy boy
O happy day!! What beautiful surprise is this, Mungrel! We kept your branch warm.💓 I kept hoping your Granny would have a quiet word. Prayers answered😊.
Goodaye Betsy, I don’t lie so l cannot say I am exactly gleefull.
I am waiting for Garrisons response.
To others here as I previously stated I will respond individually as promised.
I much appreciated your resposers collectively and surprisingly how easy you all came up with a not to far off “profile” of myself.
This is actually two folded because without my honesty you conclusions would not of been close, this is a very good point of fact for anybody seriously seeking truth.
If you like to yourself you are then obliged to lie to everybody else, I right essentially of memory and would not be able to do that with a head full of sh*t.
For you Betsy just step this one out, my reasons will become clear later, keep in mind what I said to you in a very early post about the word “stupid” hope you can remember.
I think I owe it to those here to go back and evaluate the whole situation on the tennis bullshit.
In light of current circumstances my posts are now proven to be the correct analysis overall, this I will explain later and in doing so hopefully enlighten you mob on the different psychos of populations involved.
I will involved the main culprit with full explanation as well as those of tho OT thread who commented and two excellent othe commenters from this site.
I will not comment on any other page for reasons that will also become apparent.
All I want to do is set this straight and if I even as much start replying now it would only create “fog”.
If it’s OK with you mob I would like to travel this path !
A saying that Granny had, I do not know where she obtained it or made it up herself.
It takes two to speak the truth, one to speak, the other to hear.
I will read your resposers.
Cheers.
Dear Mungrel, Based on past posts of yours, I think we are about the same age, but I cannot claim the the same degree of heartache, danger, or “spicy-ness” that you have had in your life. (Although many people would disagree about my “spicy-ness!”)
What I can say is this: Responding in anger to “injustices” and insults, real and perceived, have gotten me into more troubles than I had bargained for. Oh, not the ones when I was right, (…and usually I am! 🤪) The ones when I was wrong.
Those were the “wake-up” moments. Unfortunately, I didn’t become aware of the moments I was “wrong” until well after the fact, and well after the chance to remedy it had gone. And I was left sitting with myself, realizing I had screwed up and could not fix it, too late.
My suggestion to you, most respectfully, is pause a moment before you take napalm to the Treehouse., (unintended consequences and all…).because based on what you wrote, I’m worried that that is what you intend to do.
Forgive me if I’ve over-stepped… or stepped in it! 😳
M. I’ll be waiting patiently. Be blessed.
Cheers
At your request I will sit this one out as I wasn’t involved in the tennis thread. Nevertheless on the day you bid adieu, I hope you read the responses of those were much shocked and remorseful over your announcement, mine included. Do go back and read them, please.
You have many friends here as you will see. I, for one, am relieved to see you back. And will stand aside until I see any messages from you. 💓 Be well, my friend.
Just as long as you know I’m by no way slurring you, I did go back and red all, in absolute confirmation I also contact peers in three states and all agree with the position I take and took.
As you are aware of my “inconvenient past” you know that sometimes my faith hangs by a thread, you were the one that inspite of my hesidentcy brought me over here and introduced me to the other fine people here, this is a great help.
I am very well respected here by all that know me, quite funny really when you think that I am an “outlaw”.
And by the way I am three weeks shy of 60 but have squeezed many more lifetimes into that number!
All the best my forever freind.
More later.
I know you’re not, Mungrel. I can read you😊 and I understand…truly.
There are very good people on this thread…friends to me and I’m so grateful. I felt you’d be comfortable on this one because it is much more intimate with more latitude to converse on many things. It’s really like walking into a familiar pub and recognizing everyone, only without a pint.
I’ll watch for you. I wish you a good birthday as best as can be had in these times. And yes…no one can say you haven’t packed so much living into your life. You are an honourable man in my view and I’m proud that you call me your forever friend, because I am. B💓🙏
Like I’ve said before son, you make your pop proud!
Good to see you, Mungrel. I hope all is well.
Glad to see you, I have been hoping and I still am that we had not lost another friend.
Morning, Mungrel
Howdy son! Good to see you.
MUNGREL!!!!!!!!! 😄
Please hang with us Mungrel
We who love your posts just ignore everyone else.
Remember – those who think they know it all are a sore spot for those who really do know – or words to that effect.
and this one attributed to Mark Twain: The trouble with the world is not that people know too little; it’s that they know so many things that just aren’t so
You write about the life you are living. Others have opinions – not facts.
My view as well, ms idaho.
Yes. Stay in the tree, bro
I love you, you mongrel!
😊😊😊
Mungrel,
You’ve been an absolute delight and pleasure to hang with! I loved tagging along. Thanks for putting up with my fleas and thank you for your life’s lessons as well as all your observations
I’m a better person for knowing you ❤️
HSSSS 😘
I love ‘The Girl With The Flaxen Hair’.
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I always wonder who she was.
Good Morning Treepers!
Especially to:
The Mongrel
Ramen Roller
Not Midler
The Old Geezer
Tame Lion
DubuyuhP
DeeDee
Hehee
And to you, Frank. 💓🤗
And here he is!
For some reason my post to Frank is waiting approval. Somehow I must have gotten on the sh!t list.
Nah – everyone’s going to moderation today… another day in paradise!
What is the “trigger word? “ Mungrel?
EVERYONE is in moderation.
thanks WeeWeed and good morning.
Mine to, to Mungrel…Two times!
Too many f bombs, bro
Hehee
LOL! I’ve been really good today.
Mornin’ Frank
Fellow Texan!
Good morning, Frank! I thought I already said it but don’t see my post. May get a double post.
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.
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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“Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:”
Isaiah 55:6 (KJV)
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
We have a great niece 6 weeks pregnant. Contemplated/planned for an abortion in OK.
Wife and I prayed. Told her not to. Told her we’d take the baby.
She/they changed their mind!
Glory!
Bone crushing joy!
Praise the Lord! Well done, Frank!
Sending up
Prayers for the wellbeing of all. May angels surround you and may this situation bring abundant blessings
Mornin’ infidels!
“As you get older, you’ve got to stay positive. For example, the other day I fell down the stairs.
Instead of getting upset, I just thought, “Wow!! That’s the fastest I’ve moved in years!!”
Attitude is everything😉.
Roflmao 😂!
Bet you’re full of witty positive sayings. Please keep them coming 😎
Thanks for this one.
Betsy
Love your thought 🙂
To expand on it …
Every time I see the commercial – Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up – I think it’s FJB
(and hope he stays down)
Hahahaha!!! I am so with you there!😂
Thanks, Betsy! 😂I’ll remember about the attitude as I try to fix a couple of things today. And I’ll try not to let a bad word or two of my former language slip out.
I’ll try really hard, I promise! 🙂❤️
DON’T DO LADDERS!!!!!
Leenie, done with the chores and safely tucked in. 🙂
And no ladders today. Just made sure the generator is working, a few other things. Then picked up the first grader grandson from school, entertained him and fed him for 4 hours, then drove 15 miles and met his mama and handed him back. And forgot to check for ant home work, he, he.
Good Grandpa!!!!! “Forgot to check for any homework.” (Did I get that right?). You are so lucky!!! Making memories with your grandson, bucking the “system.” You have a grandson born 6 years ago!!!! Before the Sh*t hit the fan…All of my 30 something’s are fully vaxxed and their wives.
I am not normally a pessimistic person, but I envy you…I don’t anticipate any grands. My oldest son said to me, “If we can’t have kids, we’ll adopt. We will have a family.”
“Fed him for four hours?!” I’m coming to your house!!!
One last thing: do not go up on a ladder!!!!!!m. (Learned that the hard method! Almost crushed my dog when I fell! 😂)
Just for you, Grandpa!
Many years ago, in my younger days, we had a home that had 20 foot ceilings. Over the front door was a ledge and a giant window. When we built the house I had the electricians wire the top plug of the electrical outlets in the front windows to be able to be controlled by the “Christmas Switch” in the master bedroom. (Candles in all of the front windows!!!! )So that every night I could turn all the Christmas lights on and off from one switch without having to go around the entire house.
Every Christmas I would climb the ladder at put a 6 foot white tree with white lights in that window. Neighbors told me they knew it was Christmas-time when that tree went up! I did that for maybe, 10 years. Then one year, coming down off the ladder, I missed a step. My dog happened to be lying down under the ladder and I fell the last three feet onto him. I wasn’t hurt and neither was he. The next year, I hired a young man to climb the ladder, and the year after…I sent an email to my neighbors, “Sorry my friends but MERRY CHRISTMAS!”
NO LADDERS!!!!!! I even hire a guy to come every two years and change all of the smoke detector batteries! (My husband tried to do that several years ago, and he is younger than I, As he is up on the ladder and I and holding it steady….right…)
“I have the vocabulary of a well educated sailor”. So said an anonymous meme maker. Too good not to steal😁.
Praise God! I love you sis
morning, Treepers.
have a blessed day
Good morning, LS!
Our Holy Father Macarius (Makarios)the Great (~390)
He was born around 300 in Egypt and in his youth was a camel driver. While still living in his village, he withdrew to a small cell to devote himself exclusively to ascesis and prayer. When the people there wanted to make him a priest, he fled to another village. There a young woman who was discovered to be pregnant falsely accused Macarius of being the father. Macarius was seized, reviled and beaten, but made no effort to defend himself; instead he took on more work in order to provide for the mother and her child. When his innocence was finally discovered, the townspeople came to ask his forgiveness; but he fled to the desert of Sketis (now called Wadi Natrun). He was then thirty years old, and for the rest of his life he dwelt in the desert.
His humility and detachment from earthly things were so great that once, when he discovered a thief stealing his few possessions, he helped the man load them onto his camel, even pointing out to him the few things he had missed. Once a demon spoke to him thus: “Everything you do, I do too: you fast, but I never eat; you keep vigil, but I never sleep; you only exceed me in one way: your humility. Because of this I am helpless against you.” The Saint said that the demons could be put in two categories: those who arouse passions such as anger, lust and greed; and others, much more dreadful, who deceive us by spiritual illusion, blasphemy and heresy.
Saint Macarius soon became known throughout Egypt, and many visitors came to his isolated home. He welcomed all with joy, judging no one and providing hospitality for all. His compassion extended to all, and he prayed even for the damned. Once he found the skull of a pagan priest, which addressed him, saying, “Each time you have pity on us who are in torment, immersed in fire and darkness, we receive a measure of comfort and are allowed to see the faces of our fellow sufferers.”
Saint Macarius became a disciple of St Anthony the Great, and in his turn became the spiritual Father of many who came to live near him in the desert. He is considered the founder of the ancient and venerable monastic community at Sketis. At the age of forty he was ordained a priest at the urging of St Anthony, so that he and his brethren would not have to walk the forty miles of desert to Nitria to go to church.
Knowing that he was soon to die, he visited his disciples one last time, saying to them with tears in his eyes, “Let us weep, brethren, so that our eyes flow ceaselessly with tears, before we go to where our tears will scald our bodies.” Soon thereafter he reposed. His relics now rest in the Coptic monastery that bears his name. The collection of fifty Spiritual Homilies attributed to St Macarius is a treasury of Orthodox spirituality.
Personally, this has stirred my inner soul immensely
I am eternally grateful for your post today Lonestar 💗
Thank you and good morning ☀️
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Hello Impatience my old friend.
I’ve come to confess you again!
My goodness, I have been such an impatient person!!!
If you know me, I’m sure you’re nodding your head. Well, I’m here to share what I’ve learned so far about this (not so) subtle tendency of mine, which has sabotaged so much of my life. Impatience isn’t really a thing so much as it is a lack of something. The problem is that if left unchecked, it leads to a lack of everything!
Why don’t people feel heard by me? Because my mind tends to race ahead of them.
Why do I try and force feed my lessons down other people’s throats? Because I haven’t taken the time to listen to their real needs.
Why don’t I feel understood? Because I don’t have the patience to explain myself.
Why am I too emotionally detached? Because I believed that feelings only slow me down.
I could go on and on, but this is a confession – not a pity party.
I have been known to get frustrated in traffic, to be “direct” (putting it nicely here), to send more texts than I receive, to get angry if I have to repeat myself, and to get frustrated with anyone who makes me wait for anything. This has caused me to miss out on so much of what makes life beautiful! I’ve even counseled people not to pray for patience, because whenever I do it’s not long before I am forced to wait.
This is one of the trickier vices for me, so I can’t honestly say “NO MORE,” but I have finally gotten a (loose) grip on it and I have no intention of going back to my (not so) old ways.
Here’s a quick story about one of the many ways I’ve begun to see how impatience has robbed me:
I was working out in the yard a couple of weeks ago, and when I came in, both of my daughters were laying in bed watching their tablets. I went into Rachel’s room, gently took her tablet away from her, and told her “This is only for times that you have nothing better to do, and I want to play with you!” She jumped up, gave me a big hug, and went with me into Hannah’s room (the older sister).
When we did the same thing with Hannah, she got upset and almost began to cry. This really bothered me. How could I get two completely different responses to the same thing?
Then it hit me: she believes I’m too busy for her. A wave of shame washed over me.
You see, I never saw myself as too busy for my own family, and told myself all along that I was just doing my best to love them. But my impatience, borne out in busyness, allowed this subtle lie to enter Hannah’s heart.
And so, through tears, after I had confirmed it with her, I told her “I’m sorry that you ever thought that, and I want to prove to you that I’m NEVER too busy for you.” It took a while, but eventually she came around and we all went out and jumped on the trampoline together. Thank goodness I caught it before she became a teenager!
Of course, I have commitments I need to honor, but I am also committed to taking the time to slow down and explain that in the moment – Instead of my usual steamrolling.
Please, If you catch me falling back into impatience, I give you permission to call me out on it!
Just do it patiently or I might not be able to hear you 😉
Adrem, two of my posts, one to Frank and one to Betsy for some reason are waiting approval. Am I on the no-fly list and if so, please kindly let me know why?
Thank you!
Well, it’s already been answered so please remove this post. Thanks. 🙂
It has been confirmed!
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJa7noQXEAEEUs7?format=jpg&name=medium
In one of Lucy’s litters, there was a little male we named Bear. He liked to fight me for the popcorn in the bowl. He was a gutsy little guy. I some
Quip O’Day – Wednesday January 19, 2022
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.
ps – I wonder if this is still true
Occupying forces… 365 days… Geneva Convention, US forces on US soil… tick tok… gonna be a great week.
Good morning/afternoon, Ad rem. It looks as if I’m in permanent “waiting for approval” mode today.😪
Everyone is.
Any enlightenment as to why?
It’s a long story. Also extremely inconvenient.
This has to be as frustrating for you as it is for us…will we ever know what is going on?
Probably not.
Thank you!
More frustrating for us. We have to read EVERY comment!
Not posting anything more here today so you won’t have to wade through me!
After reading this I’ll stop posting today. All you moderators hang in there and a BIG Thank You, for what you do.
No.
Yikes! Must be pretty bad.
For decades we have had a candy and ice cream shop in town. Goods Candy has always been excellent. As I write this I am munching on a bit of Turtle popcorn. It’s caramel corn and caramelized pecans drizzled with milk chocolate.
For years I have shopped there for gifts and stocking stuffers for Christmas.
Now, after 40 years the company has been sold. I’m afraid that it will never be the same.
Bummer
Here comes that second blast of Arctic air I warned about last weekend. Looking like once again the south is going to see serious icing. Serious blizzard in the Dakotas right now as it heads down this way. Niagra Falls is frozen. Snow in the Holy land and even snow in the Sahara desert in NW Algeria with the dunes covered in snow.
This period is the usual height of the winter season. The middle of January through the middle of February are typically when it is coldest in the Northern Hemisphere.
Give me some of the good ole global warming please!
I head out for Kansas City at 22:00 tonight. Tomorrow morning after a double drop & hook at the Toyota distribution center there, I pick up powdered pizza dough.
Then I’ll take a break at the TA truck stop at Oak Grove, Kansas a little east of KC. Then take off about 21:00 Thursday night and on Friday morning I will deliver the trailer with pizza dough to the Casey’s distribution center in Terra Haute. I’ll drop the loaded trailer in a dock there and hook to the empty trailer and come home.
Stay safe
Hi to all of you!
I am a lady in my 70’s living in Florida. Thank you Lord!
I love to go through this blog everyday ,it makes my day. I rarely post ,but agree with almost everything that everyone else does. Not vaccinated and do not intend to be.
I have a sister in upstate NY who got the 2nd jab and ended up in the hospital with CHF. A month later she was back in the hospital with covid ,but she survived and is in her 80’s. My husband and I often talk about how blessed we were to live in the time era we did ! Blessings to all .
Welcome, Lynne!!😊 There’s room for all here. Make yourself at home. It’s a very comfortable place to visit with the most wonderful, loving people. You’ll fit right in!
Lynne is a treeper now, awesome add another branch.
You’re still making history girl!
Glad you’re here
Welcome, Lynne! Plenty of room here for another friend.
All together, slap your foreheads and in your best Homer Simpson voices shout in unison “DOH!”
How did the FCC just NOW finally notice that 5G cell phone service operates so close to airplane system frequencies that it might interfere with them? What in the world was everyone at the FCC doing for the past years? Extended Out To Lunch? Playing video games at the office? Sleeping at their desks? WTF?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/boeing-takes-hit-as-its-777-787-planes-appear-susceptible-to-5g-network/ar-AASW0GM
With Boris Johnson ending COVID mandates, it starts making it more politically risky for our tyrants to continue the tyranny. Obviously, the massive protests in the UK worked. Bless the people who continue to protest all over the world. Of course, it could be that Boris can’t fathom life anymore without all his parties. Reason doesn’t matter. It is good news.
I shop at Wegman’s in Corning, NY. The cat food has been dwindling for weeks, and today it’s just about empty. They said that just can’t get can food, not even their brand. So I’m going going online for it.
Wondering out loud if the lack of canned cat food is because of lack of cans to put it in; was thinking on this earlier today and the article Sundance posted with the information from the farmer, about not having enough jugs for the milk and suck.
If so wondering what type of container wet cat food will soon be in, perhaps waxed cartons like kid’s milk carton sizes.
All things in moderation, 😉
Am I the only treeper whose noticed that every time the Turtle brings his posse to the podium he has Joni Ernst with him?
Just curious why she is getting the exposure.
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and his family as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen!
Amen. And prayers up for political prisoners everywhere.
Especially political prisoners held in Washington!
Amen.
Peoria Jones did your kitty get better!
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.
Does anyone know if anyone has written a refutation of Dale Carnegie’s “Go Along To Get Along?” I’ve seen it quoted on several sites recently…