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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Do they have CatNip in ’em?
label says ‘Catnip Mice’ and ‘catnip sparks fun’
Yep , Little Catnip Mice 😊
My Cats Love Them 😊
Outside I have Catnip planted in a low , wide planter .. the Cats love to get in there and roll all around on that Catnip !
🐈🐈⬛🐈 Hilarious 😄
Very Pretty Cat 😊
Happy Day to
Feisty and Leon 💐
“Nice try…but they’re not real.”
“More; please”
-oliver twist 😼
A devotion for today
Please God, delivers us from these global minions of Satan— so we can remain free to enjoy our family and friends.
Free— to protect even our vulnerable, precious family members — those with their four paws, wagging tails, and charming antics.
We ask that they have divine protection, too.
They give joy and enrich our lives.
“Outside are the dogs . . .”
Revelation 22:15
One of my very favorite orchestral pieces. The first time I heard “The Enigma Variations” I was captivated. This version is especially good. Enjoy, Treepers. 🙂
Good morning, Garrison💖
He wrote so much, but this is my favourite of his as well. Just wonderful. And you are right. This is an excellent version. Thank you🤗
Good morning, Bet. 🙂 Youtube is a great music resource. There’s so much there, it’s always fun to drill down and find timeless gems like this.
Agree….even find gems not often played. When I’m at the computer I look for them and have found some real diamonds. I heard one at Christmas, a choral work, on the symphony channel Sirius XM, that took my breath away so ethereal and joyous was it. Looked for it on YouTube and found only small parts of it. Very disappointing, as I know it has been recorded or else I wouldn’t have heard it on that channel. Ah well…
I had not realized that Sir Edward Elgar’s ‘Pomp & Circumstance Marches’ was much more that Number 1, but #3 and #4 are very nice as well. (I think #1 became the graduation march for US colleges after it was played at Yale’s commencement in 1903 a few years after it’s well-received premiere in London. The London Philharmonic always do a great rendition of #1 at the Last Night of the Proms when they play all the British-themed patriotic music…despite Remainers waving E.U. flags in the stalls and boxes..). Of course, Ralph Vaughn Williams’ “Fantasy on a Theme of Thomas Tallis” is very sublime and I play it on the way to Mass. (although Williams was I guess an atheist but Tallis composed for both Catholic and Anglican churches).
As I lived in the UK for 20 years, I am more than familiar with the Proms, the Last Night being just wonderful…a real celebration. I couldn’t await for it to start in July and run through to mid September. And the last half of the Last Night just the best! Always loved to see the “Name” come out to sing Rule Britannia, many if not most times in costume. Dame Kiri te Kanawa’s was one of the best.
I love Vaughan Williams Fantasy. Sublime is the exact right word. When I was a teenager long ago, I was so captivated by it that I would sit and listen to it, over and over. And while those years are well behind me, I still feel very peaceful for the hearing of it.
I miss the Proms, although I can get the Last Night on Britbox. No other country gives over two months to a celebration like the Proms. And as Britain decays further and further, I’m glad to see that at least is still intact.
Cheers, William, for your post.😊
22 June 1969 Judy Garland [Frances Gumm], American actress (The Wizard of Oz; Meet Me In St. Louis; Easter Parade), and singer (“Over The Rainbow”); dies at 47; coroner determines cause as unintentional, incautious overdose of prescription barbiturates
22 June 1987 Fred Astaire [Austerlitz], American stage and screen tap dancer, singer (“Night And Day”; “Cheek To Cheek”; “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off”), and actor (Royal Wedding; Easter Parade; Swingtime), dies of pneumonia at 88.
Also appearing in this clip:
25 April 1995 Ginger Rogers [Virginia McMath], American vaudeville, stage and screen dancer, singer (Top Hat), and Academy Award-winning actress (Kitty Foyle; Stage Door), dies at 83
Like! 🙂
Whoops, I clicked reply to My Magic Wand. Oh well. Hi all.
It’s not Eric Clapton, but the kids pretty good 😉
HooooWee !
His Joy came right through the screen at me !
Very Unique Rendition !
Made me think of Jimi 😊
Thanks for posting that Feisty !
Now you leave me wondering if Clapton ever did this, so distinctive I can pick him out almost immediately in collaborative pieces of music. No time to search tonight tho.
He (this guy) is talented.
Awesome!
What tone quality on steel string guitars!
Bach on a steel string.
On a lighter note:
My favorite guitar piece ever – Christopher Parkening Mozart K339 Laudate Dominum
Always liked his music. He is one of Segovia’s better students. 🙂
Mike’s a really good player. Thanks for posting these. 🙂
Wow – VERY Creative!
Please explain how the 10 yr Treasury yield magically dropped from 3.5 to 3.2 in 1 and 1/2 trading days? What are the “special emergency measures” taken by the Fed? Did EU Central Bank buy all of our debt or did Fed print more fake fiat currency and buy up debt in order to prop up stock market?! Isn’t that illegal?!
I think we have to assume that “whatever it takes” to keep the dam from bursting is most likely illegal in one way or another. But as with all criminals in charge, the term “illegal” is fluid.
June 22
Morning
Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Col. 3:3
How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Rom. 6:2
I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Gal. 2:20
He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. II Cor. 5:15
If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. II Cor. 5:17
We are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. I John 5:20
As thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us. John 17:21
Ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. I Cor. 12:27
Because I live, ye shall live also. John 14:19
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. Rev. 2:17
Evening
Behold how he loved. John 11:36
He died for all. II Cor. 5:15
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
He … liveth to make intercession for them. Heb. 7:25
I go to prepare a place for you. John 14:2
I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:3
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am. John 17:24
Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. John 13:1
We love him, because he first loved us. I John 4:19
The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. II Cor. 5:14, 15
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. John 15:10
J. Bagster
Good morning everyone. A calm morning here permits the sounds of the world awakening around us to be appreciated in greater clarity. That means it is time to give thanks and praise as a chosen one. And as each of you join in this morning, congrats, to each of you, for being among the chosen ones. Aren’t we all so incredibly blessed?
Off topic, what does everyone think of Arizona’s Kari Lake for Gov? She sure comes off as a pistol to me, a real firecracker. I don’t catch a lot of her interviews but those I do make me chuckle. Reminds me a bit of our guy, DeSantis, in her direct confrontation of lies and propaganda. Good stuff
Well, here’s hoping each of you have a firecracker of a day. May your box of cracker jacks hold the gift of God’s grace throughout this day. And when you finally rest your eyes this evening, may the smile still linger.
God bless all. Cheers!
Thank you for this beautiful post and blessings. May you also find yourself in God’s loving arms, today and everyday.
Good morning, oldschool💖. May blessings be all yours today.
Thank you Betsy. Blessings abound and I hope the same for you❤️
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You are welcome Oldschool and I thank you in kind. Cheers!
Good morning, Levi💖 What a wonderful greeting.
I really like her. She gives as good as she gets (as we say in Blighty)…and then some. Pity the upstart reporter who is so sure they’ll get her, trip her up.
She can see them coming and is always prepared. she is an absolute masterclass in how to swiftly and intelligently expose those whose arrogance and ignorance enter the room before they do. Lucky Arizona!!
I hope your day is as full of joys as ours is for your being here.🌷🙏
Thank you Betsy. Yes, I get a similar vibe from her. Hope your day has been altogether beautiful. Cheers!
Hotsie totsie are we but that is summer for you. Otherwise, disconcerted by those who need prayer and better health. Hoping you are better, Levi.
Thank you, Levi. You really brighten my day. I love reading your post. Have a great day and God bless you. Hugs to you
Thank you Marti, for brightening mine in return. Blessings, love and hugs to you and yours. Cheers!
June 22 Oswald Chambers
The Unchanging Law of Judgment
With what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. —Matthew 7:2
This statement is not some haphazard theory, but it is an eternal law of God. Whatever judgment you give will be the very way you are judged. There is a difference between retaliation and retribution. Jesus said that the basis of life is retribution— “with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” If you have been shrewd in finding out the shortcomings of others, remember that will be exactly how you will be measured. The way you pay is the way life will pay you back. This eternal law works from God’s throne down to us (see Psalm 18:25-26).
Romans 2:1 applies it in even a more definite way by saying that the one who criticizes another is guilty of the very same thing. God looks not only at the act itself, but also at the possibility of committing it, which He sees by looking at our hearts. To begin with, we do not believe the statements of the Bible. For instance, do we really believe the statement that says we criticize in others the very things we are guilty of ourselves? The reason we see hypocrisy, deceit, and a lack of genuineness in others is that they are all in our own hearts. The greatest characteristic of a saint is humility, as evidenced by being able to say honestly and humbly, “Yes, all those, as well as other evils, would have been exhibited in me if it were not for the grace of God. Therefore, I have no right to judge.”
Jesus said, “Judge not, that you be not judged” (Matthew 7:1). He went on to say, in effect, “If you do judge, you will be judged in exactly the same way.” Who of us would dare to stand before God and say, “My God, judge me as I have judged others”? We have judged others as sinners— if God should judge us in the same way, we would be condemned to hell. Yet God judges us on the basis of the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We begin our Christian life by believing what we are told to believe, then we have to go on to so assimilate our beliefs that they work out in a way that redounds to the glory of God. The danger is in multiplying the acceptation of beliefs we do not make our own.
Good morning, Cat💖 What can be said of this Chambers devotional except Amen. We show up in His presence, hideous warts and all and hope He will be merciful. You just know Lewis has something to say about this…
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
Blessings to you, girl, always.🙏🌷
Good morning all
There is both good and bad news on the oil and natural gas drilling front in the Gulf. As one expect with the current occupant of the WH the bad outweighs the good.
Biden Ahead of Schedule in Destroying US Offshore Oil Production – Watts Up With That?
Not sure I should send that to my petroleum engineer son in law, just promoted to international head of his company. Due to move to Houston area. He probably is right on top of everything which affects his industry, so will leave it. Malice and ignorance are the only two things cretins like Biden and his evil string pullers know. There is no purpose they are fit for.
Congrats on his promotion Betsy. He has his hands full I’m sure.
Thank you, rah. They are looking to move from Midland to the Houston area. Apparently had the option of staying put. But they prayed about what to do and decided to go. House on the market but in these climes, it may be a while before they are able to shift it. It’s in His hands.
Nowhere…it’s nowhere on the ballots, sato422. And to make you madder it is now 14 traitorous RINOs.
Let me make you even madder. My execrable senator (small s) Cornyn is so full of his perfidy he has now said it’s time to tackle amnesty. If we as voters are ignored on the second amendment, get ready for the worst on this issue.
Mexico has proposed a union of North American countries similar to the EU. Can you imagine?? The unelected at the head of such a group, same as the EU jackbooted tyrants?
And there is squat we can do about it. We must leave this in the hands of Almighty God, Whose will will be, is being, done. Blessings to you. Keep your faith strong.
Good afternoon Bet. I’m so upset we couldn’t get rid of Cornball the last time around. Such a malodorous rino.
I find solace in the Word. Two things come to mind right now: Pride cometh before the fall, and
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Had a very busy day so far, catching a little break and shall keep going.
Blessings! 💗
Hi Gramps. Busy day here too. Keep it going, sir. Cheers to you and yours!
And to you, G.🙏 He barely won last time, and I remember his campaign rhetoric was made up entirely of sloppy stupid platitudes not even worthy of a high school student running for some insignificant office on the student council.
I hope you are keeping on inside and not out. It’s brutal out there. Even a short shop to World Market for the biscuits(cookies) from Germany which our three here adore, plus Coleman’s mustard which we cannot get anywhere else drained us both.
As my mother in law used to say, “Old age is the bunks.”
You and the Mrs and your mum take care. (I never write that word that I don’t think of our Leenie…I hope she is all right…crossed fingers.)
Similar here. I am a conservative American. I support no party, only other conservative Americans. Which means I fill in far fewer circles on my ballots than I used to. But I will never again lower the value of my vote by casting it for someone simply because of their party.
“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.”
Hebrews 11:3
It is awesome to me to realize this age we live exists by His word alone. Why am I here now?
Faith is part of my answer; it’s all I have to give.
Good morning, Phflipper. It’s all that is required of us. Blessings to you.
Mornin’ comrade infidels.
October 12,1961
On this day in SOF history—October 12th: JFK authorizes the wear of the Green Beret | SOFREP
“The Green Beret is again becoming a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom.” JFK
The Army fought it to the end until finally JFK as Commander & Chief wrote a Presidential Order authorizing the Green Beret as part of the official uniform. From that time forward, though the Army at time, forced others, like the Airborne, to give up their berets, SF never had to since it’s wear was authorized in a Presidential order that has not ever been canceled by any subsequent President.
At JFKs funeral 21 Special Forces soldiers stood guard over his Casket.
Every year SF puts a wreath at JFKs grave with the eternal flame marking the special relationship.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
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
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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“…I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.”
2 Timothy 1:12 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Good morning Flyover. All is change, from moment to moment. Circumstances over which we have no control. But while we can’t direct the wind, we can surely adjust our sails.
So no matter how fierce the storms that envelop us, if we realize Who is at the tiller of our boat, trusting completely in Him, may we all take great comfort that He will never abandon us. Even when we feel we are alone, we most definitely are not.🙏
Beautiful, Just beautiful.
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I am out of the loop for a few days as I have had a bad heart attack. I suspect there is no good heart attack. I am recovering but we still do not know the long term. Prayers are requested and all will be appreciated. I will be checking in from time to time, but I won’t be posting much. I consider you friends I have never met.
Praying for you.
God bless you and heal you. He walks with you whatever comes.
May God bless you and keep you and give you His peace as you recover, Vibeman! Of course your Treeper friends here will pray for you!!
Lord, have mercy. Saying prayers for you and your family, VibeMan. May you have a quick recovery. God bless you and keep you. 🙏✝❤️
Blessings
Here is mine for the Best of out comes VibeMan.
I mentioned the problems of the daughter of one of my Nephews, Ivy. She goes in for brain surgery today. Her skull is deformed in such a way that her brain is pushed forward in the cranium so that both of her eyes bulge. She cannot blink and Mom & Dad have had to keep giving her eyedrops. They put a little face shield on her when they take her outside to try and prevent dust and pollen from getting in her eyes. She has full sight in one eye and at least partial sight on the other.
So prayers for a great outcome for little Ivy would be much appreciated.
Her parents have been very strong during this. But they decided not to show up for Fathers day so we have not seen her since Easter. The prognosis is guarded.
My wife has had brain surgery for a ruptured aneurysm. Brain surgeons are a different sort and most have great skills or they do not get there. I will certainty pray for her, her parents, and the hands of God to be in the hands of the surgeon.
Oh God truly bless her heart, rah. There is an unending supply of prayers from all of us for Ivy. And yes, as with Vibeman, praying that her doctors are able to make her as right as can be done. Prayers also for her parents who love her so much.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌷
Prayers up for Ivy! 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
God Bless her and the family.
Thank you for letting us know about Ivy. I have kept her in my prayers since you told us about her. I pray too for her family, for God to give them all the strength they need to get thru this. lots of hugs and prayers for all of them
Prayers for ivy, too, rah.
Rah…offering prayers for your nephew’s daughter Ivy.May her surgery be successful and her return to full health be swift.
Oh no, VM!! Thank goodness you got quick access to medical care. Of course…prayers are starting now for you, and for your doctors in whose hands you are. Hoping they will get you back to good health in no time. You are not alone. God, and we, are with you, my friend. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Please, if you can, keep is apprised of your progress.💖
Prayers up VibeMan – May God Bless and Heal you. Godspeed.
Praying for you VM. Solomon called me and asked to let you know that years ago when he had a heart attack and couldn’t take any medication, Hawthorn extract helped him make it.
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Bless him, G…and you, both my friends.💖
I drink a Hawthorn tea since I am very limited as to what meds I can take. I think it helps keep my body going. I have had three heart attacks. They tend to slow one down a bit. I pray that VM recovers fully. Praying hands and hearts to him and his family
If it’s any consolation to you VibeMan, I had a “small” one at age 46. I guess the “big” one, you don’t get to discuss. Anyway ended up with 4 stents. 17 years later and still kicking, BUT, I did cool the bad stuff, quit alcohol completely, eat healthy and keep a reasonable fitness level. Why this summer I even dusted off the surfboard and did my best to be 25 again. So God willing, and the damage is not too severe, one can get back to an even healthier and “younger” state than before.
So glad, Oldspeak. Can’t stand to lose you, or anyone, from our congregation.
God bless, Vibe. Know that prayers have been delivered and will continue. Stay strong in faith and spirit.
Praying for your full recovery. These heart attacks are NO fun. I have had three of them so I know what you are going thru. Please take care of yourself and do not forget to get a lot of rest. Are you home yet? I wish I could do more to help you. Everyone here is very supportive and all will be praying for your recovery. Hugs and prayers to you.
Prayers for you vibeman.
Prayers for you Mr. VibeMan.Don’t worry about posting…you take care of yourself.You have many friends here wishing you a speedy recovery.All our best to you and your family.
Please accept my prayers for both you and your family VibeMan. Hopefully you will have a rapid and complete healing of the heart. Will pray for your heart to be in the hands of the Great Physician.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (thrice)
The Apostles’ Fast
Holy Five Consecrated Virgins beheaded in Persia (+ 346) – Thecla, Mariamne, Martha, Mary, and Ennatha
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Good morning, ms Idaho. His mercies I pray for you as always. I left a reply for you late last night to your (approximately) 2 pm post. 🙏
Dear Dear Betsy
re: your reply to my post yesterday
Of course, the enemy is fear.
Last visit, june 7, retina specialist said pressure in eye had gone down some after 2 weeks of drops. Added another drop to regime. 2 weeks later it is hard for me to tell status quo vs more loss.
Current concern is that the ‘foggy vision’ I have is due to increased pressure inside eye which will lead to glaucoma and potential optic nerve damage. Drops are supposed to lower pressure and improve vision.
Optic nerve damage means blind in right eye. Left eye has dry macular vision loss in central vision. If the l-tryptophan and NAD+ is doing DNA repair, it is not obvious to me.
I noticed the ‘fog’ in early April – especially at night. The ‘fog’ has only persisted and been present 100% of the time, whereas when I first noticed it it would come and go.
It is a side effect of the Lucentis shots, and seems from my side of things to be on the increase.
I have an appointment with a glaucoma specialist in about a month and am due for my next shot in early August.
Bottom line – I can see. My problems pale in comparison to those posted by our beloved treepers.
Fear is because of what ‘might’ happen. Doctors are working hard as they can to prevent the bad outcome. For whatever value that has.
I am on hold with the Naturopath who was treating my liver. I get the feeling that none of my 3 doctors is able to do much about the inevitable.
Would I have declined the first Lucentis shot 3 years ago had I known then what I know now? Trade visible blood dead center on my right eye blocking vision for the chance to reverse the effect and prevent its reccurrence? So, we fix and prevent that problem and cause others. That is probably somewhere in the rule book.
In my twisted way I compare my problem to the larger one of Biden-itis. Arrows in the sky point to probable / possible end results. But will it really turn out the way we all fear?
Only God knows. All we can do is fight the good fight and pray for a good outcome.
Not my will, but Thy Will Be Done….
Yes ma’am. I hear every word and follow your thinking perfectly. And it sounds as if you, like me, are always thinking. The what ifs are the disconcerting ones. And I’ve found that in so many cases had I done the what ifs, I might be in a totally different place, as far as life and experiences are concerned.
As you say, none can be sure of a specific outcome, Bidinitis-wise or otherwise. One foot in front of the other, day by day is all we can do with the situations we find ourselves in…plus prayer that we are given the strength to deal with what comes.
In the end I realized that the prayers I was making, asking please for this thing or the other for all whom I love…family and friends…have already been answered one way or another in the future by a loving God who is omniscient. It is just that I don’t know His answer, as He does. He has a roadmap for us all called His will, as you say. So while I still diligently pray for others’ situations no matter what, I add in a prayer for the strength and peace to face whatever comes. And that Presence to surround and enfold anyone, wherever he or she may find themselves with whatever tribulations are being faced.
I don’t know if you feel your incredible knowledge is a help or a hindrance for you. I would consider it a help, because no doubt, you are constantly reading for any new techniques or meds…and are able to look for side effects which might make things worse. As I said in an earlier post, I give thanks that your good doctors know they have as a patient a woman who knows her stuff, and that they do not patronize or dismiss you…that really you work as partners in your treatments.
Thank you for responding, my friend🌷. And as always for the future, do if you feel like it and if not, don’t. Support is always on my end for you. And of course those heartfelt hugs that I send your way every day. Count on it 🙏🤗
well, I am well versed in the adage
good luck comes to those who work their butts off (being polite)
sometimes I feel like the twin who got a room full of horse droppings for Christmas (vs the twin who got a room full of toys- the pessimist) – with all this ‘stuff’ here there has to be a pony in here somewhere.
as long as I can see I can keep looking for ways out of this situation. Or learn how to submit to the inevitable. Problem is – I have never learned how to ‘submit’.
I get that completely. I am not a submitter either. Sometimes too obstinate for my own good. I think that’s supposed to be a character flaw. If so, I plead guilty, your honour. Working on it.
Sometimes it can be a good thing though. I remember my granddaughter when she was three and when I was teaching her to tie her shoelaces using a two finger approach to looping the laces. I reached down to help her, and she yanked away saying that she could do it herself. And by golly she did after a few tries.
So I know where she got that from. She’s been that way ever since tackling new skills from sewing to painting to drawing to making the most gorgeous stuffed animals by commission…all at 14 years old. She’ll never give up, and that will serve her well.
No, don’t submit. You haven’t had the extraordinary life you’ve had by doing that. Don’t start now. If the time comes, you will know it. Until then (and it may not happen) keep going and hoping. I’ll join you from this end, for whatever that may be worth.🌷😁
your burning desire to help everyone solve their problems (prayer is helping) keeps shining thru
hugs
And back to you as well🤗
Hello ms, I have been keeping up with you and Betsy and add my prayers for your eyes to be healed. I am not very good at saying things so I am glad for Betsy. She is great. It must be very discouraging with your eyes and trying to take care of Doc. I hope that our prayers and support will help give you strength as you go thru these eye problems. Hugs and prayers to you.
Thank you Marti. As I have said, some days are diamonds, some days are stones. It must mean that I have the ability to ‘cope’ because all your prayers create a lift.
Does that make sense?
Dunno if the eyes can be healed. I thank God each day for the vision I have. My most fervent wish is to be able to keep what I have without further deterioration.
My ‘research’ is a search for how to ‘preserve’. At this point I also have to rely on my doctors – and I suspect they only sorta kinda know what is happening (based on their history with other patients). But we all know each of us is unique.
What my role in this little scenario is I don’t know. I only know that as long as I am able I must keep on looking.
What bothers me the most are the bad reports re: gene therapy – and Lucentis IS gene therapy. Side effects are to be expected – and are recorded.
As I said, my problems pale next to what other treepers have to endure. Love you all for caring.
ps – re: gene therapy. Nothing I have read about any kind of gene therapy side effects (no matter the drug, no matter the ‘problem’ being treated) has ANY information that bad effects can be or are being reversed or at least mitigated.
That is the distressing part.
My finding that l-tryptophan can make NAD+, which can effect DNA repair is the most encouraging info I have found.
There is one more – coconut oil delivers ketones to the body. Ketones have many benefits – but for brain / neurologic function (like alzheimer’s and dementia), despite the ‘real doctors’ (as Doc calls them) saying there are no studies to support their benefit, the brain (add optic nerve) will use ketones for energy.
We recently got big jars of coconut oil – as many scoops per day as we can do. I believe I see an improvement in Doc’s behavior. My vision not so much. Its really hard to separate diamonds and stone days.
Ms Idaho…do you know anything about Hyland’s Ferrum phos 6x products?
I have been reading about its use in people with eye problems, especially with lens transplants and after care.
I KNOW this isn’t your problem, but I thought I’d drop this here for your persual and research. It seems to be an extremely efficacious product for many things. One never knows…
In his prime, Sting was an awesome musician
The program to develop the B-29 bomber that dropped the bombs cost more than the Manhattan project to develop the weapons.
Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima was a simple gun type bomb. Fat Man however using Plutonium was of the design that could be adapted for multiple reactions and thus was that which from which H-bombs would eventually be developed.
Though Fat Man was the more powerful weapon it killed far fewer people because hilly topography of Nagasaki masked much of the population from the explosive effect of the bomb.
The use of those bombs, almost certainly saved lives on both sides in that current situation as it stood. But the development was in essence a suicide note. No one consciously wrote it, but it was there. A note that said that if Mankind did not change its ways there was a high probability it would destroy itself and the civilizations it had developed over the millennia.
Though despite the impression that our world is a more violent place than it has been in past times, it is in fact actually a far less violent place and as a rule the quality of life and life expectancy continues to improve even as the population grows. But the note that says it could all end in a flash by our own hands is still there and it looks like it will remain so for the rest of our existence.
Interestingly, Fat Man and Little Boy (1989 movie starring Paul Newman) is playing on Pluto today (free streaming TV). Hollywood’s dramatic look at the intense effort to design and create the bomb in 19 months…
Mornin’ Treepers
Glory to God for all things
Good morning, Lonestar.💖 Today doing what we do best…praying for beloved members of our congregation here and those they love who need them. Blessings to you.
Amen and always, Lonestar. Cheers!
14 Senate republicans bucked the National Rifle Association and other Second Amendment advocates on Tuesday to advance bipartisan gun control and school safety legislation. In a 64-34 vote, the Senate voted to begin debate on an ambitious rewrite of the nation’s firearm laws.
Here are the RINO traitors:
Mitch McConnell
John Cornyn
Joni Ernst
Todd Young
Susan Collins
Thom Tillis
Shelley Moore Capito
Bill Cassidy
Mitt Romney
Lisa Murkowski
Lindsey Graham
Rob Portman
Roy Blunt
Richard Burr
In other words, the usual suspects.
Barrasso and Thune missing
To counter the hype about temperatures now.
The 1930s were by far the most extreme in the history of this country. 1934 and 36 saw the most extensive extremes of hot and cold of the years in that decade.
The reports of new high temperature records in France are for the most part lies. France has suffered far more extreme heatwaves in the past.
Eyes of hateful evil. Goebbels look at a photographer after he was told the man was a Jew.
NASA to start powering down the two Voyager probes. Launched in 1977 they are, as far as is known, further from earth than any man made object. Voyager I is now 14.5 billion miles from earth.
The Plutonium power to the probes is running out and by reducing the load by shutting down some systems it is hoped that they will get another 4 years of communications with the probes.
These probes have redefined the extent of our solar system demonstrating the suns overriding influence extends much further than what was previously thought.
Murphy’s Laws – Murphy was an optimist
If everything seems to be going well, you obviously don’t know what is going on.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FV3Hnk0WQAUtC6X?format=jpg&name=small
Federal Gas taxes. In March Pelosi said it was a bad idea that would not be effective but Biden wants to do it though congress has a say.
you know they will get tax money no matter what they have to do to get it
give up this tax, create another
What a crock!
Navy Holding Climate Change Wargame
By: Mallory Shelbourne
June 21, 2022 4:30 PM
The Navy next week will host an open-source table-top wargame to experiment with how climate change could affect a future conflict, a service official said today.
The half-day exercise will feature individuals from Capitol Hill, the Defense Department, the defense industry, think tanks and academia, Navy assistant secretary for energy, installations and environment Meredith Berger told reporters during a Defense Writers Group breakfast.
The purpose of the June 29 exercise is “to come together and really think about and experience what it means to operate in a climate-impacted environment,” Berger said.
“We’re going to create the right level of stress in a very responsible way to see that it is hard to make these choices and there [are] unanticipated consequences and there’re costs and impacts and all sorts of intervening circumstances that we need to think about from each other’s perspectives,” she added.
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“By 2030, poorer nations and poorer populations are most adversely affected and lease able to cope with the worst effects of climate change. Migrations increase in frequency and scale as the poor move toward the urban littorals,” the document reads. “Influxes of people of difference religions, ethnicities, tribes, and family and belief systems create new tensions. Moreover, increasing migration begins to overburden social welfare infrastructure in places already struggling to cope with societal issues.”
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Each military service now has a chief sustainability officer in an effort to follow President Joe Biden’s executive order on sustainability, Berger said. That position is held by each service’s civilian head for energy, installations and environment.
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Read more: https://news.usni.org/2022/06/21/navy-holding-climate-change-wargame
The Navy and the Merchant Marine have long experience in working in “Climate impacted environments”.
Pull out the records of the North Sea Convoys. The invasions of Attu and Kiska and support operations for them. Watch Tower and the subsequent costly naval battles for Guadalcanal and Solomons in the South Pacific and the 7th Fleet’s experiences in the SW Pacific. Besides, if you need more recent information what you do is the ships and crews out on those extreme environments and conduct sustained, hard, realistic training.
And quit worrying about giving the Trans, and “menstruating persons” their “safe places” and people addressing their fellow sailors by the preferred pronouns.
What they need to do is make it so they have people on their ships that can fix stuff on their ships when it breaks which is a capability they have lost in the last couple decades and is very serious.
Who knew that The Village People were actually prophets?
IN THE NAVY—VILLAGE PEOPLE, Official Music Video (1979) HD – YouTube
oooo – I can’t resist this headline (won’t read the article)
Lets divert Mississippi river water to the Colorado
Here’s an idea for you
divert the Yellowstone and Madison river water to Las Vegas (lake Mead) and Phoenix (lake Powell)
at least the distances would be shorter
of course, that will only help if we get lots of rain up near Yellowstone Park
ha ha ha ha
I care more about defeating incumbent Republican RINOs than I do about defeating incumbent Democrats.
I would rather kiss my own — than hold my nose and vote for a RINO.
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen…
Amen.
Amen.
Conspiracy reality, still thinking about you and hope all is ok, and that you are getting through your troubles.
I pray that somehow you are reading our posts, despite not being able to reply/post yourself.
Second that Slowcobra.
Boris ‘summoned’ by ears.
https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-to-meet-prince-charles-in-rwanda-after-reported-criticism-of-appalling-asylum-policy-12638527