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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OK, I’ll do you a favor. Today I won’t put down those adhesive pest traps to catch the mice you have failed miserably to control. How’s that?
Really right now we aren’t having a problem but last winter we did for a while. For some reason the conventional traps weren’t catching some of the buggers. So I put down some of those adhesive pest pads and that revealed why the regular traps weren’t getting them all. They were too small and light to trip and traps and could steal the bait with impunity.
A couple days/nights with those strips and the problem was over. But my wife wouldn’t touch em. They sat until I got home because she didn’t want to see the little critters stuck there looking at her.
I say live and let live until they invade my home or garage and then it is war.
Had same problem with traps, then tried glue boards, except them little buggers usually fought like hell to get free, ripping out their fur. So, knowing exactly where they try to get in, I set two traps, surrounded by glue boards, but the traps were set in opposite directions … the mice would clean up on the first trap, then go over it to the second trap … by the time they cleaned up all the peanut butter they would get careless and experience the slamming of the jaws of the trap … those little black plastic traps I got from Amazon work better than the usual classic wood traps. The plastic traps are easy to clean with hot water, better than the old wooden traps.
Just had my first hearty laugh for the day. Thanks!
I suspect when/if things get poopy, it would be a safe place around rah. Niiiiiice.
I have 5 cats so it has been several years since we have see any live mice or chippies. I live in the woods so there was an abundance of them before the cats. They are 3 years old now and love bringing “presents” in and leaving them on the doorstep. Haha!
Thank you for your post about your truck driving. My brother drove truck for many years, but never said much about his trips. you have given everyone here tremendous insight into the trials of delivering goods in all kinds of weather and places.
Thank you too for your history lessons. I wish this was all taught in schools. We need our children to know what happened in our American history. We had to learn the Gettysburg Address in fifth grade and stand in front of the class and recite it from memory. At 77 I can still recite it. (of course I had to write it many times for getting caught chewing gum in class)
God bless you and your family and keep you safe on the road.
Our presents usually are a wing or a few feathers.
I would rather have a wing or feathers than the insides on the rug. We are careful where we step when we go out the door.
In Wales we used to get rabbits delivered in the middle of the night (cat flap). It distresses me to remember. We saved most.
Hi Betsy – Lucky for you with rabbits… one of my dogs brings me live opossums, thank the Lord they ‘play dead’… I tip the recycling bin over them and push them to the door – tip it back up and if they don’t run I push. Ugly little creatures – isn’t it curious that we are happy to see cute, fluffy little animals survive a tragedy, but the ugly ones… On the other hand, we have a small family of mice (very cute little brown ones) in the house/cellar this year and one brave little soul came upstairs to scope out the bird seed stash. Dogs go wild when one comes up… fun to watch.
Not so lucky, parichute. Have you ever heard one in distress? It’s not nice…tear inducing. Horrible sound.
We get possums in our garage, and yes, bless them, they were last in line for cuteness, and by that time, the storehouse was empty. But they are gentle creatures really. Here in Texas they are a godsend for eating ticks, never carry diseases. We have a woman near us who commissioned a watercolour from my hubby (he is a very good watercolourist) of a possum. She rescues them, bless her.
However, I’m with you. I would NOT want to find one in the house! We also had hedgehogs in our Welsh garden. They’d come up to the house at night and we’d fed them wet cat food. My youngest here, the grade school teacher, bought a hedgehog (after much research)…Heidi…and took care of that little creature as well as she does her children.
A while back, when she started teaching science at grade school level and had all sorts of creatures in her classroom.and secured a bearded dragon (which I swear is as dog-like in its affections as anything I’ve ever seen), and she’d bring him home over the weekends because she couldn’t bear to leave him by himself over the weekend. So a friend of hers had a little girl who loved her hedgehog. She was allergic to cats and dogs but was all right with Heidi…so my daughter re-homed Heidi to this little girl, who was over the moon in her joy.
It seems I’ve gotten carried away here with various animal stories… Oh dear…
nice ramble down a furry path Betsy – you have possum, we have opossum here – my husband tells me so when I use the term ‘possum’. He is one of those wonderful savants in many ways – sometimes trying, most times endearing 😉
And its true – they are natural icky-bug-eaters a nice-to-have with Lyme Disease everywhere – I welcome a tick-eating friend in my backyard with 4 dogs in our clan. God Bless the ugly creatures too.
Hahahaha!!! Forever I’ve always called them Opossums…so much so I was the butt of ridicule here😉 ; and yes, to each creature a God given purpose. This is why when I moved overseas, it was refreshing to learn no one where I lived gave tuppence about anyone’s looks. I came to love the phrase so much apart of the lexicon “take me as you find me.” It really was a wise and beautiful saying, as we are all made in the image of God.🌟🤗
If you’re in a rush and want to save a consonant or vowel, there’s always “ossum!”
The weirdest of all I’ve had was an armadillo that the first batch of dogs that we had in the Hill Country (the ones that moved with us from Houston had dragged in our bedroom. The poor thing was scared to death and had some minor spots of blood on the sides. It was hiding under the bed and had his claws hooked in the berber carpet. Had to move the bed then unhook the armadillo from the carpet and get it out. All the while using gloves and a towel since 30% of them carry the leprosy bacteria.
Sometimes knowing too much stuff can be a female dog. 🦔
Since I don’t have an armadillo in my emojis I decided a hedgehog will do in light of Betsy’s story.
Oh bless you, G, you softie🤗. And bless it’s heart. I’m relieved you were successful. Those suckers are faster than one would give them credit for being. I was, I think, chased by one long ago…that, or he just started moving and I was in the way which I think was more likely. No matter. He was faaaaaaast!
Love the emoji. Why no armadillo I wonder. My Kindle doesn’t even recognize the word, ignorant thing. What can we expect from techies??
They are fast and they are strong, I had to wrangle him to get it out. I guess should’ve used a gender neutral pronoun but I must be a transphobe.
You could just say he/she….then you’re covered. I don’t believe armadillos care anyway😁
sorry to hare about the rabbits 🙁
Oh nice!! 😁
I think you would love these children’s books!
Mine were gophers or what Freddie left, on the rug in front of the kitchen sink. One time it was the gopher and the trap it was caught. Freddie was always such a thoughtful kitty. LOL
Before we bought our house we lived in an upstairs apartment at the other end of the same street. At the time our cat population was 5 kitties, all of whom were largely inside kitties. A small stone courtyard connected a garage apartment on the property. It had a clothesline that we were using that morning. One of our kitties came out with us. The mere presence of a cat caused a number of rats in the garage to make a break for it. Instantly our lazy snuggle-kitty transformed into a deadly predator. Moving with a surprising agility, in literal seconds he dispatched half-a-dozen large rats by precisely biting them behind their neck.
I was astonished that ‘ole Spot could be that deadly. Then, having visited instant death on the rats, he went back upstairs . . . and took a nap. No wonder rats don’t like being around cats.
Not snuggling, Garrison…just resting up for the fray.😉
I think you’re right. 🙂
I don’t think there’s any question about it. Conserving energy before…replenishing after.
Awww he’s a beauty! A perfect watchcat ❤️
Looking at that furry visage, I feel I’m being judged.
…and have been found wanting.
Nah!! He’s a little skittish of your tomohawk. 😂
🙋♀️ good Morning Betsy!
Yes. I’d best put it away. It’s due for a sharpening anyway.😉
Good morning Cat, good morning Betsy! We had some wicked wind coming from the South. Kept me up all night long and is still blowing.
I think kitty was up too and that’s why he is grumpy.
Looks like the guard cat that my sister-in-law had many years ago. Never gave me any trouble but scared many a poor souls halfway to death. 😾
Good Morning grandpa ❤️
Morning, G. Wind here comes and goes. But it seems we’re in for it. About midnight for the worst. Birds are feeding after a day or two of not, as if they know something. The map on Accuweather shows a pretty wide area of Texas getting hit with the potential for tornadoes. Oh dear…here comes Spring.
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‘We could use some rain but besides the two drops we got this morning none in sight. The Lord wants us to trust Him completely.
Ours coming at midnight apparently. And we certainly need it. I hope you get some. And then the temps start dropping. I know it is still winter, but yuck.
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I second your post. Good morning!
Good Morning Frank!
To me, it’s like a game of dominoes. Each period of time sets the stage for God’s placement of the next one. And the next and next. Then Wham! God sets everything in motion. 🥰 ❤️
Good morning, Frank…just for you.
“The Gospel is not God asking you to do something for Him; it is God telling you that He has done something for you.”
Amen!💓
Good morning, Frank! 😁
Morning, Cat🤗
Good morning W_P! Considering that God created the time and space as we experience them He truly sees the beginning and the end, and all that is in between. He is the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega, the aleph tov.
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus says the Lord:
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find rest for your souls.
The old paths…yes, please. The “new” ones are fraught with terrible danger. Give me the tried and oh so true🙏
Love it! Thanks. 🙂
🥰 thanks trapper. ❤️
I know I’m a little late to the face mask issue🙃, but did you know that medical face coverings are specifically mentioned in the Bible, along with detailed instructions for their use?
Leviticus 13:45(KJV) And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
As best I understand the passage in context of the chapter, God’s design for medical face covering is as follows:
A Symptomatic Individual is brought to a Trained Medical Professional where he is diagnosed with Leprosy based on the Presence of the specific Signs/Symptoms laid out. Once diagnosed with leprosy based on those symptoms, the leper places a covering Below his Nose (“upon his upper lip”). This is coupled with separate housing, distinctive appearance, and a pronouncement of disease state when in public for as long as symptoms are present. Once the leper is given medical clearance based on absence of the specific symptoms upon re-examination, the directives no longer apply.
Desiring to follow God’s plan, those (and only those) are the conditions under which I would gladly wear a ‘face mask.’
In context, the ‘leper’ was sent to a Cohen/priest, not a ‘trained medical professional’, to be pronounced clean or unclean. That is a very important detail to remember Even in Luke 17:14 Yeshua/Jesus, told the 10 ‘lepers’, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests’…………..as they were going(to the priest) they were cleansed.
Seems this really is a spiritual condition, that eventually manifests itself on the outside. (The unhinged left come to mind?)
You are correct for sure! 🙂 The priest was the one checking out the leper. I chose my term ‘trained medical professional’ for two reasons. One – In the course of training for the priesthood, the priest learned animal inspection and slaughter, building inspection, medical inspection, and etc. So in trying to be as brief and thorough as possible I emphasized only the medical aspect of the priest’s training. I do recognize that he was not a doctor as we know today, but this was a part of his professional training as a priest, and he was the only one whose profession permitted him to do this inspection according to Law. Two – In current practice, everyone and their brother are diagnosing SARS COV-2 based on all sorts of criteria. So I emphasized the diagnosis of disease according to Law being done by one who had had extensive training in recognizing that disease based on symptoms.
I had actually covered part of this in a study of Matthew a week or so ago. (Psalm 40:7 “Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me”, repeated in Hebrews 10: 7 confirming the verse was speaking of Jesus. Also John 5: 38-39 “And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. Search the Scriptures [Old Testament]; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me.”) Jesus expected His audience to have read, and for the most part memorized the Old Testament (Tanakh).
I just pulled up the Hebrew and Septuagint interlinear of Leviticus for comparison of chapters 13-14. From the texts, it appears the entire head was to be covered if the afflicted person was bald, most likely as protection from sunburn. Additionally, the infected were to be physically separated from those not infected.
Leprosy, like leaven, is archetypal of sin, separating us from God and ultimately life-destroying. Two chapters are included regarding scrupulously, cautiously identifying it, and the sin and trespass offerings that are to be sacrificed if it is cured. Leprosy is painless, terminal, and incurable without medication. (An aside: compare the treatments listed by Moses in the Torah to the treatments he would have been taught in Egypt).
Naaman the enemy Syrian was cured by a miracle performed by the prophet Elisha, God’s representative. He did not head off to the priests afterwards. Matthew 8:2 is the only recorded location in the Bible where the priests ever had to declare someone clean and perform the trespass and sin sacrifices and annointings required. This is likely Simon the leper (Matthew 26:6), who otherwise would not have a house in a village that friends could come visit him at. Apparently, the priests were highly offended at yet another healing.
It would be nice if any of our governmental betters spent more time reading the scriptures and getting the leaven out of their lives and our country.
Amen! God’s Word is always the answer!
They have false gods. We have Christ Jesus, our Lord and Saviour.🙏💓
Probably a very naive thought, aren’t the vaccinated in this category? 🤷♀️
I was wondering what is happening with givesendgo.
I know that GoFundMe returned the money and then we sent it to givesendgo.
Are they going to return and then find a new avenue to get the money to the truckers?
I know they said that the Canadian government had no say over them but with freezing accounts how are they going to get the money to them?
Thanks for any information.
GSG’s website is up and operating. They posted a brief message on Feb 12 about the Freedom trucker fund:
“Update #3
Freedom Convoy Still Has Funds
February 12, 2022
Dear Freedom Convoy Donors,
Thank you for your generous donations. Despite news reports, please know that the Ontario Government does not have possession of your donations. The Order announced by the government is only a temporary block of your donations to be passed on to the truckers by Freedom 2022 to the truckers here in Ottawa.
Our legal team is challenging the government’s order and we are working at ways around this.
Once again the repeated actions by governments to prevent your donations from getting to the Ottawa truckers shows the importance of this fight for freedom.
The best way is to continue donating to help the truckers here on the ground and not request a refund.
We thank GiveSendGo For for their commitment to ensure that the donations flow directly to the Freedom Convoy truckers here in Ottawa.
Thanks for your kind donations! Stay strong! Stay Free!
Sincerely,
Freedom Convoy 2022 Team
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Site looks like it did before the hack, so IDK if they’ve secured the site and hardened it against further hacking.
Thank you.
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Pretty sure they’ve secured it, GB…AND have said they know who the hacker is. I saw a tweet earlier but no other confirmation. It seems turn about is fair play, as GSG has announced. More coming.
Thanks Betsy, I saw that report earlier today. At this point, I don’t trust ANY report about the hacker being caught since IMHO the hack was most likely done by some government or government contracted entity.
If they can hire one hacker they can hire more, so now decent American and Canadian citizens are not only being attacked by foreign hackers we are also under attack by our own governments here in North America (probably using foreign resources or spoofing their IP and router trail to foreign sources). Sad state of affairs but that’s the reality of our own lawless and unconstitutional government.
No, nor I. Perhaps the 4th branch outsourcer their hacking. I’m in no doubt they have whole divisions dedicated for just that purpose. How far we’ve fallen. The enemy is us indeed..
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New info on Citizen Free Press…FWIW.
This was an awesome post in the technofog substack comment section re the new spying revelations from Durham:
Greg RubiniWrites Greg Rubini – The Secret Knowle… ·11 hr ago·edited 11 hr ago
Great article, thank you, TechnoFog! – Correct, the CIA is NOT allowed to spy or operate on the US territory, on US citizens. So what the CIA does? it outsources the Spy Operations to the British GCHQ, which IS allowed to spy on US citizens (GCHQ = British NSA).
GCHQ does the spying job, then it sends back the info and data to the NSA, the CIA has access to the NSA data, and can gather any data it wants from the NSA (and from the GCHQ).
Easy peasy. This is routine, for the CIA. This is how the CIA circumvents laws and regulations. It is called “Outsourcing”.
There is an undersea cable connecting directly the GCHQ Station in Bude (Cornwall) to the NSA Headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. In 2010, the NSA paid to the GCHQ $20 Million for improvements of the GCHQ Station in Bude.
By the way: John Brennan (CIA Director) met with the GCHQ Director, Robert Hannigan in early August 2016.
Robert Hannigan resigned on January 23, 2017: 3 days after Trump Inauguration.
Coincidence? I don’t think so.
John Brennan was the Mastermind behind all the Spy Operations on Trump.
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Another way the CIA uses to circumvent the law: the CIA contracts HAKLUYT, a private British Spy Agency (founded by two fmr MI6 Agents), HAKLUTY does the dirty job of spying on US citizens, then sends back the info to the CIA. No FOIA: HAKLUYT is a private company.
Interesting to note that the HAKLUYT office in New York City is at 540, Madison Avenue: a 3 minutes walk from Trump Tower.
I’ve been there.
Will Durham find this out?
I don’t know. There are classified UK/USA agreements. I doubt Durham will be given access. The Sussmann/Joffe affair is just scratching the surface of what really happened with the Spy Operations on Trump. Durham interviewed John Brennan on August 21, 2020. For 8 hours: quite a long interview. I would have liked to be a fly on the wall at Langley.
The technofog substack page where this comment was found:
https://technofog.substack.com/p/the-unstated-scandal-the-cia-collected
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The CIA doesn’t contract with foreign entities to dump stuff into the NSA databanks that the NSA already has, and the CIA then still would need “grounds” to retrieve. This was a direct spying operation by those with tech access to the GSA networks.
Moreover, respondeat superior. It the CIA tells, asks, authorizes, or facilitates a third party, be that private or foreign, to do something, it effectively has done it itself. That’s not a “loophole”.
Brennan is an ideologue, not a mastermind. Be that as it may, this was no complicated spying operation.
Last para: Perfect summation.
Frank, I read what you wrote this morning but scanning the thread now for a second what you wrote looked to me like Pass the ammo. 😆
Please explain the memorandum of understanding between the FBI and the CIA that allowed private contractors working for either one, full and unsupervised access to the NSA database through the FBI access system. As included in the judge Collyer report on abuse of the system.
Also review how the CIA access is restricted so that the CIA doesn’t violate those laws, but that the FBI isn’t so restricted, but must follow internal procedures like getting warrants. Thus enabling contractors for both agencies to avoid all restrictions.
Further explain how it could be that the Collyer report said that data was downloaded and that they had to insist it be returned. (It leaves me feeling safe, that the government that set up this loophole to abuse us made sure that they got our data back. /s)
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Slight shift in topic, private contracting of government services seems to be another Democrat corruption mechanism. More money laundering of government cash into political donations. As such it is a way for Democrat actors to enrich themselves. Speaking of Brennan, he took a pause from serving Tenet to be such a contractor before serving Obama. Did John Brennan suck as a contractor? The CIA thinks so. | MONEY DOESN’T TALK, IT SWEARS (timshorrock.com)
(Like everything uniparty, it is highly likely that there are Republican abusers of this system too. But only as second class actors.)
This whole Russia Trump lie was created by contractors! Even when the contractors were working for private parties, Steele, Crowdstrike, the government took their absurd claims at face value allowing them to attempt to destroy a sitting president.
BTW, Durham not attacking the Crowdstrike lies is a good indicator that he is protecting Mueller, who used them as justification for his abusive investigation. “Yes, we trust Crowdstrike to not lie to us when they refuse to let us look at the computers, copies of their evidence, or even the details of their report. So we have ‘proof’ Russia hacked the DNC on behalf of Trump. No it doesn’t matter that Crowdstrike was paid by the DNC to make this accusation. And heaven forbid, don’t let anyone know that the lawyer who hired them was involved in bringing multiple other false accusations to the FBI and lied to the FBI while doing so.”
And now we have a govt contractor abusing the contracts to generate false accusations by spying on the opposition. But no curiosity into any possible government involvement, direction or knowledge of this abuse.
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Yeah right. This is all on Hillary’s despicable minions. She abused the government and the government was too stupid to figure it out. Yeah, that is the story we are sticking with. We never sent spies to spy on and entrap Trump campaign people before Hillary created these lies. And Obama was never involved, not when Strzok and Page said he was and not when he had meetings about it in the Whitehouse. /s
Seems like a good place to drop this, which I’ve saved for a long time.
Does this sound familiar?
“As I walked one day with my father, he suddenly asked me, ‘Besides the song of the birds, do you hear anything else?’
‘Yes,’ I answered. ‘the noise of a wagon.’
‘Excellent,’ he said. ‘and it’s empty.’
‘Empty? And how do you know if we haven’t seen it?’
‘Very easy…because of the noise it makes. The emptier the wagon is, the greater the noise it makes.’
Since then, when I see someone talking too much, bragging of what he has, and belittling others, I seem to hear my father’s voice…
The emptier the wagon is, the greater the noise it makes.”
Durham is mostly quiet, but when he does make a sound, there is a lot of noise.
And throughout, the news has made a lot of noise about nothing. Whether ‘the walls are closing’ in, or it’s the ‘tick tock’ parade, there have been a lot of empty wagons rattling around us.
I truly believe each one is empty, Jim. Especially the Congressional Rs who seem content to be out of power but whiny, full of empty words in those empty wagons.
These investigations are never, ever supposed to get close to members of the Deep State. So . . . an interesting question is what happens when the investigations do, indeed, start getting too close to members of the Deep State elite?
Are there whistleblowers I wonder. If so, will they have to go into Witness Protection. I’m not sure I’d ever sleep well again if that were the case. I’ll have to keep wondering as we will probably never know. Just as we’ll never know the true degree of corruption, sabotage, and traitorous activities within our depraved government.
Blast from the past …….
The Lovin’ Spoonful
Daydream
Did you ever have to make up your mind…..
Interview on American Bandstand
Good Morning Catus! Memories of the oldies playing on the car radio! I miss my first cars, 62 Ford falcon, Ford galaxie 500 and my fav 67 mustang (literally, got my pilots license in that), remember racing for pinks in the streets? Fun times
thanks for making my mornings fun! ❤️
If you don’t mind, one more okay?
RT
Why the CIA cannot be trusted and violates what the US should stand for
https://www.rt.com/news/549449-cia-us-citizens-data-trust/
The CIA essentially sets its own rules over what data it collects, and politicians know it. Here’s how it is allowed to do so
EO 12333
Got back in time to go pay my respects at the funeral home where my last uncle on my Moms side lays. We used to have family reunions, but these days we are seeing each other at the funeral home or at memorial services at churches most often.
This morning at 04:00 I depart to do that same run up in the Chicago area that I did during the last snow storm. Skokie, Elk Grove Village. High wind advisory and a light trailer is going to make it an interesting drive up and back. Lots of I-65 going up that way runs through open farm fields.
The forecast conditions are of course the reason why no regular driver wanted to cover the load.
And so once again, into the breach.
I suspect rah likes adrenaline. Enjoy the roll!
Terribly windy here this morning with more to come. So it’s no trouble for me to imagine covered loads plus wind. One wrong gust. God be with you on your journey, good sir.
Fly Away Home is one of my favorite movies. It’s a coming of age movie about a preteen girl’s loss. Her mother suddenly, tragically, dies and she goes to live with a father she hardly knows. The movie communicates her sense of loss and confusion—she’s just a kid after all. But it also shows the love and devotion of a father who is determined to form a meaningful relationship his little girl. The movie centers on her finding a nest of abandoned goose eggs which she nurtures until they hatch. What progresses from this is a father-daughter adventure where, using ultra light aircraft, they lead their “flock” to safety. This is not just fiction. It actually happened.
What ties this movie together is Mary Chapin Carpenter’s wonderful performance of 10,000 miles. I have to say, listening to her sing this wonderful song is always a transformational moment whenever I listen to it. It is especially poignant when you hear it accompanying the scenes is this film.
Over the years, I’ve become a huge fan of Mary Chapin Carpenters music. Her personal life has not been all that great. The costs of celebrity can be challenging when relationships stop working .; . . Mary, to my great respect, often wrote about her experiences in her music. Honestly, I don’t think I could have do that and, equally honestly being married for 54 years, I am thankful I don’t have to. Still,. I have great respect for Mary for facing love and loss in ways that allow her survive. Her songs about this are fundamentally emancipations: It’s her way of way of setting herself free. Even though we are most probably on opposite end of the political spectrum, I still have great respect for Mary Chapin Carpenter. Good on ‘ya Mary . . .
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10,000 Miles. I have wanted to hear this song for decades – since when I saw that lovely film. I tried and tried to find it, to no avail. I seemed to recall the song was during the scene when the girl is in the car with her mother. For a while I remembered the song itself, then eventually, I lost the song, but kept the feeling and I wanted so badly to find that song to join the feeling. I suppose, looking back, I could have just purchased the CD assuming it would be on it, but for whatever reason, that never occurred to me. Then, today, you posted a song from the movie and I wondered, oh my goodness, could this be the song??? And once I started it, I realized it was. You cannot imagine the feeling to hear this again. And especially now, it fell into my life and just the right moment………. I feel so blessed that you posted that. I cannot describe the feeling….
Good afternoon Sarah, as always excellent way with words. We have the movie, I have never watched it. Now between Garrison and you, I’ll have to dig it out and watch it. 🙂
I bought the DVD several years ago. I had to call to get the order straightened out and when I told the woman on the other end the title of the film she immediately started a conversation about the film, the wonderful story, and Mary Chapin Carpenter’s rendition of 10,000 miles. There are films that never seem to get old. This is definitely one of those.
My bride has wanted me to watch it forever. Now she’ll get her wish. 🦆
I reckon the duck can fill in for a goose.
I can imagine it, Sarah. It has happened to me with a couple. A real gift. And a lot of joy. 💓
Oh…and btw, another piano has shown up on our buy sell site.
This is an upright Steinway, free to “a caring home”. 🤔
Is this a subtle reference to Anna Paquin’s other amazing role in The Piano, or just coincidental that you shared this? She really was quite an amazing child actress.
Utter coincidence. How funny is that.
I had forgotten about that movie.
🙂 I think you can still find it on Amazon.
Oh dear. Watching YouTube and potentially buying something from Amazon, all on the same day. Hmm. Not sure I can bring myself to do it.
Have to watch the movie now – this song is stunningly beautiful!
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The movie is truly lovely and I have little doubt you will be charmed and entranced by it.
Here’s another Trout and Coffee video narrative. While I like the New England winter snow scenes, I think I’ll stick to Texas where it gets cold for awhile . . . and then warms up for a few days..
Good.morning, Garrison💓 We are extremely windy here this morning with an early storm apparently headed toward us. So says Accuweather. Batten down the hatches!
Hiya, Betsy. Well, it is winter after all. I think I’ll take Texas over Ottawa though. 🙂
As will I!!. Those stalwart Canadians are made of sterner physical stuff than I am.
FDA Exec on Camera Reveals Future COVID Policy on Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) “Biden Wants To Inoculate As Many People As Possible”
Thomas Renz – The Coverup Phase Has Begun, The Evidence Will Bring Down Big Pharma & Fauci
https://rumble.com/vurelj-thomas-renz-the-coverup-phase-has-begun-the-evidence-will-bring-down-big-ph.html
May it be so, Linda. The odious powers have put pedal to the metal.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20103&version=NKJV;NIV
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Good morning, Flyover. Glorious!
seen on Gab
Damn onions!!
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Great story. 🙌✝️🙌
My sister in law in Wales has a property with stables and of course horses… all her life. It is a desperately sad and unpleasant thing when she has had to say goodbye to her magnificent animals. This reminds me of those times. Once my husband went over to be with her as the vet performed his duties. He was affected by it for a long time. It really never leaves you.
Bet Mungrel is part owner! 😝
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2022/02/09/karens-diner-urges-patrons-to-unleash-inner-angry-white-woman/amp/
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. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
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.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
These are the children God has given me. God has been good to me.
https://www.insight.org/resources/daily-devotional/individual/the-bricks-and-mortar1
Lovely, G. And he’s right. Our children are not ours really. They are God’s. His arrows in our quiver. Entrusted to us to rear and to instill into them all that is right and Christ-like. And we need all the strength and patience He can give us to do just that. It is a sacred job for us, a and possibly the most difficult one we will ever have. 💓🙏
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2022
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“The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped…”
Psalms 28:7 (KJV)
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)
The Orthodox Church and the Psalms of the Holy Prophet David
The link uses http rather than https. An alert from a browser might show, but clicking through is and has been safe in my experience.
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/typicon_psalms.aspx
thank you, Sepp.
At one time, in order to become a bishop, a priest had to be able to recite the psalms from memory.
Fr. Jarmus, in his lecture on body and soul, presents a study that shows how music affects the mind: singing allows us to remember things that just speaking the words does not. Thus, stroke victims, who cannot talk, can sing the liturgy. Same for Alzheimers patients. God made us, and He knows what we need to live.
more here:
https://www.ancientfaith.com/specials/glorify_god_in_your_body/what_current_clinical_research_is_discovering_about_the_age_old_spiritual_p
What a beautiful lecture! Saved to listen to whole lecture tonight.
Big 🤗 hugs!!!
Thank you Lonestar 💕
You are welcome, Cat. 🙂
There are three parts to the whole lecture. the first one is introductory material, but the second and third are both very meaty.
https://www.ancientfaith.com/specials/glorify_god_in_your_body
Lonestar, and people that stutter can sing without a glitch. God is great!
Saint Arsenios of Cappadocia (+ 1924) used the Psalter as a Book of Needs for various circumstances and problems in life.
The link uses http rather than https, so an alert might show, but clicking through has been fine in my experience.
http://www.voskrese.info/spl/arsenios.html
Looks pretty chilly!
Mornin’ infidels!
I kept watching, hoping, praying this was satire… It is not…
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https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/i-kept-watching-hoping-praying-this-was-satire-alas-not/
The comments were the best!
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Bore da, Treepers!
Glorty to God for all things.
Bore da Lonestar!
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Bore da, Lonestar.
Time for the most poignant Welsh word I know. One that encompasses so much and for which there is no English word I can think of which is as redolent in meaning.
Hiraeth (here-ithe)
A homesickness for a home to which you cannot return; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past.
I don’t need to explain further. Given where we are at this moment, everyone will understand…and feel…it.
So true, Betsy. I understand completely.
My family saved letters over the years; we have some back to the Revolution. My great-great-grandfather (1803-1857) grew up in Connecticut (the homestead is still there), married a girl from Virginia, and they moved to Illinois as newlyweds. He wrote home to his mother: “The farther I go away, the harder the string of affection pulls me back.”
Hiraeth, indeed.
I understand his feeling so well, LS.
Further to that, Somerset Maugham in his tome The Moon and Sixpence wrote “Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs. Here is the home he sought, and he will settle amid scenes that he has never seen before, among men, he has never known, as though they were familiar to him from birth. Here at last he finds rest.”
That is exactly how I feel about the unexpected place I found myself oh so many decades ago. It just felt right. As if I’d been born in the wrong place and was fortunate enough to find my way home.
This is exactly why the word means so much to me. It is powerful, and it is real, and it is why I am able to feel what your great-great grandfather felt. 💓
Good afternoon, Lonestar!
Afternoon, GrandpaM!
Blessings to you and yours
I just think that the silent majority has been silent for far too long. It is time for Conservatives to get loud!
A sentimental song that has stood the test of time; but doesn’t get much attention. To my surprise, few artists have covered this song
Enjoy.
“O Canada”
I am a 12th generation American, descendant of American Revolutionary War soldiers in the Continental Army and Vermont Militia.
But – I’m starting to enjoy the Canadian National Anthem, “O Canada”, as sung by the truckers during the Freedom Protests.
Tucker: Trump was right about this – FOX NEWS VIDEO
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2022/02/tucker-trump-was-right-about-this-fox.html
Quip O’Day Wednesday February 16, 2022 – another unverified ‘truth’
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
Makes me wonder after drinking too much mead if the groom was able to perform his duties.
Didn’t think of that. I thought it was a ploy so the groom didn’t have a chance to get out of the marriage during the trial period.
I worry when we don’t hear from Mungrel
Don’t know the truth of this post
Patience
February 16, 2022 7:06 pm
https://www.bitchute.com/video/vwUA3AQYL8Tw/
EVIDENCE EMERGES OF WAR CRIMES COMMITTED IN CANBERRA – MICROWAVE ENERGY WEAPON USED ON CIVILIANS
And prayers. Not liking this ms Idaho and I don’t think we are the type to jump to hysterics
Thank you for posting
I picked it up on Sundances ‘Canadian Prime Minister (etc) thread. The only place I’ve seen it.
Fingers and toes crossed
Prayers up
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Someone found this for me.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/australian-police-confirm-use-of-lrad-sonic-weapon-at-protest-against-covid-19-vaccine-mandates_4280693.html
gulp
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My friend found this in gab too. No confirmation Looks like they dialed up the machine since last year’s use Imo
That didn’t work. Being told gab, under Australia, look up salty Sheila
This link video seems to be last year? I guess that since the fb page screenshot mentioned March
https://www.bitchute.com/video/aZsgN3Pv9DgG/
I don’t do videos – rely on others to tell me about them
If news is shut down / censored its scary….
Gotcha covered ms Idaho. Sleep well. g’nite 😘
And no Mungrel today. Worrying. He pops in every day for at least one or two comments. 🙏🙏🙏
well, you and feral cat often get to message with him after I have quit for the day or before I am up and about in the morning – so hoping you will hear from him tonight or tomorrow
Philippines election season sees a promise that is afe to assume won’t come true. Getting Winnie the Xi to get out of territorial waters https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/02/16/news/national/bbm-to-push-sea-code-of-conduct/1833156
Amen
Amen 🙏
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
I called off work this morning. The longer I was up the worse I felt. Some kind of stomach flu bug I guess. Coming out both ends.
I have slept all day and am feeling better, though a little washed out. Still not eating anything. Just staying hydrated.
Told them I can work tomorrow and so I will be doing that Skokie, Elk Grove Village run I was supposed to do today, tomorrow. Right up to the Chicago area into the band where they are forecasting 12 to 18″ of snow.
I don’t expect to make it back tomorrow night. Heck, if it is a bad as they are forecasting I may bet stuck and not get back until Friday night or Saturday.
You’ll be in my prayers Rah ❤️ 🙏
God be with you, rah.
Hey Lonestar, since we posted at the same time exactly did that give our prayers super powers for Rah?
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Will keep you in my prayers too. May the Lord be with you and keep you safe and healthy.
At citizen free press daily thread I found this beautiful post. Seems fitting tonight as well as the morning
Beer for my Texan horses posted:
A friend sent this to us in our grief:
“There was a moment when Moses had the nerve to ask God what his name is. God was gracious enough to answer, and the name he gave is recorded in the original Hebrew as YHWH.
Over time we’ve arbitrarily added an “a” and an “e” in there to get YaHWeH, presumably because we have a desire for vowels. But scholars and rabbis have noted that the letters YHWH represent breathing sounds, or respirated consonants. When pronounced without intervening vowels, it actually sounds like breathing. YH (inhale): WH (exhale).
So a baby’s first cry, his first breath, speaks the name of God. A deep sigh calls His name – or a groan or gasp that is too heavy for mere words. Even an atheist would speak His name unaware that their very breathe is giving constant acknowledgment to God. Likewise, a person leaves this earth with their last breath, when God’s name is no longer filling their lungs.
So when I can’t utter anything else, my cry calls out His name.
Being alive means I speak His name constantly. Is it heard the loudest when I’m the quietest?
In sadness, we breathe heavy sighs. In joy, our lungs feel almost like they will burst. In fear we hold our breath and have to be told to breathe slowly to help us calm down. When we’re about to do something hard, we take a deep breath to find our courage.
When I think about it, breathing is giving him praise. Even in the hardest moments!”
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One Tin Soldier – The Original Caste [Original]
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.