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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Ghost and Mrs Muir – Yesterday When I Was Young – Charles Aznavour
One of my favorite movies that played at 4pm when we got out of grammar school. So good to finally find a song that tells the story.
Two Sarek songs (Spock’s father):
Star Trek – Slipsliding Away – Simon and Garfunkel
Star Trek – Leader of the Band – Dan Fogelberg
Three Servalan songs (villain in Blakes 7):
Blakes 7 – High Flying Adored – Evita
Blakes 7 – She Don’t Love Nobody – Desert Rose Band
Blakes 7 – Maids When You’re Young – The Corries
Good morning, Mary 🙂
A wonderful morning, Garrison. Though I admit it’s now almost noon. It’s always morning when one wakes up, regardless of the time.
Well this just lovely, Mary. I did mention once that this movie remains one of my favourites. And the music you’ve chosen suits it perfectly.
I’m so glad the Hollywood powers that be have not tried a remake of this, as they did with The Bishop’s Wife. Perfection shouldn’t be tampered with.
One of the most romantic movies ever made.
I’m trying to find a song for Miracle of the Bells, but haven’t found one yet. Frank Sinatra, et al.
Here is a song “Miracle of the Bells”
Fascinating. Many thanks. The movie is fairly complex and this song could cover one simple aspect. It’s the story of a press agent who falls in love with a young, and very sick, actress whom he helps get the part of Joan in Joan of Arc. The part we’d question today is her obsession with becoming a real professional to the extent that she won’t treat her disease as she works her way through the movie production, dying as it ends.
She gives little back, but gratitude, to the press agent, who brings her body back to a coal mining town that seems obsessed with money, instead of humanity. And when the movie producer would scrap a picture being released with a dead actress, the agent uses his press background to tell the world that the body of the girl in the poor church has caused a statue to bleed tears. Is this a miracle or is this the callous actions of a press agent to make sure the girl’s last sacrifice is not in vain? Frank Sinatra is the virtuous, and poor, parish priest in whose church the girl lays.
So this music would talk of love and you could even get in some of the statues turning to look at her casket. The problem is that you don’t get the story of her choosing self-sacrifice, which is so important to the movie.
This is why “literary song videos” are so hard to do. You need to carve down to the essence of a story and find a song that lets the story shine through.
Actually, as I think of it, this problem is similar to the computer project videos I did. I was weird in that I trained in computer science but preferred writing the books or the movie scripts, so it was not uncommon that I spent time early on arguing with the project leader about what their project was all about. They were used to people they controlled because they were fully dependent on the project leader for understanding. The project leader usually had a narrow focus and I was after displaying their project in a wider impact. My very first video I spent the entire night arguing with a Nobel Prize winner from Zurich about the meaning of his project. I hope that we both won by the time dawn broke.
I remember this as a TV show. Don’t know if I ever saw the movie.
I didn’t watch the TV show, though I probably should have. The original movie was so embedded in my head that I didn’t want to lose the emotional reaction I’d had to the story. Or, I should more accurately say, to Rex Harrison. He played the captain with a range that made me adore him. From his self-centered attempt to control the future of his beloved home, to his growing attraction to the widow, to his magnificent, and ultimately stupid, self-sacrifice for her happiness. It was an hour and a half that stayed with you over the years.
It was kinda cute, nice actors and and a funny romance atmosphere between them, which was obviously impossible; but cute. Boy, that was a long time ago! Funny what you remember. 🙂
I still have my autograph from The Grey Ghost. The first autograph I got MIGHT have been the Oscar Meyer weiner mobile driver. There are only two numbers I know by heart and to my heart – my social security number and my mouseketeer number. And who will ever forget Princess Summer Fall Winter Spring?
Really Funny! 🙂
We saw that thing driving around sometimes in So. Cal.
I still have a photo. I’ll put it up for you when I find it.
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Same. Got off bus, time to change, grab cookies & ice cream sandwich, watch 3:30 Million Dollar Movie. Most of them old films like this, some a bit more modern.
This remains one of my favorites.
🙂 The Million Dollar Movie! Now yer goin’ back! I can’t remember, was that on channel 9 or 7?
That period of our lives engraved those great old movies on my heart. I still collect them. One of the lovely things about these music videos and movies is that you don’t have to devote an hour and a half to remembering. You take this little nibble and the taste brings the memories flooding back. Sometimes I desperately want to make myself a video snack, rather than needing to tell a dinner story.
I have seen this long ago when they used to show some of the cool 60’s series stuff like this, The Avengers, Man From Uncle, etc
I liked the series. Good video. Ty
Avengers was wonderful! And adored Man from Uncle. Really pleased you liked it. Thank you.
The imminent return of Christ is His second coming; “at the last trump” when the Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout, and the voice of the archangel . . . and the dead in Christ shall rise first, including those beheaded under the reign of the Antichrist; and then we who are living and remain to the coming of the Lord shall be caught up, caught away into the clouds; changed in the twinkling of an eye, into our new glorified bodies; for ever to be with the Lord. He that “ENDURES TO THE END” shall be saved!
The old gang wouldn’t approve 🙂
Always enjoy your comments.
? Old gang, new gang. Truth is truth.
I know whereof I speak.
Thanks.
If this is who I think it is DM me on Gab. You may have to become a “follower” for it to get through.
The old faculty email still works.
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They are truly majestic dogs. We were able to breed our Sheltie to a champion because they’d just moved to town and had no reputation yet. The breeder came over to the apartment while mother was there for dinner. Mother tried very hard, and with great dignity, to ignore what we were doing just beyond the table.
Ah…shelties…Now we are in my world….! This one is beautiful!
And that is a funny story! “Just beyond the dinner table…” LOL.
My little dude went to the doctor yesterday for a check up….He is a now, whopping 9.9 pounds…still “Owl Bait”….at 21 weeks.
In a brief conversation with my agility instructor…I mentioned that I opted for a sheltie as opposed to a border collie because I thought the high drive and intelligence (I did not want a dog smarter than me!), of the BC was above my skill set…my instructor is a border collie type person…
Looked at me and said “And you got shelties, why?”….LOL
The first dogs I got as an adult were border collies. Wonderful dogs that probably needed more obedience training than just the love I gave them. Then I went to shelties and never regretted it for a minute. Unless I was running with them and one would run across my path and stop, causing me to almost fall over it. If you didn’t want to be herded, you didn’t run with my guys. There was no fur matting, but there was fur all over the house. Went from the shelties to my dream dog, the Irish Wolfhound. Idiot love that never looked to see if you were under him when he collapsed on the bed. I look back on life as a series of canine relationships that let you view the world through the eyes of simple loyalty and love. They’re such fine teachers.
Border collies adopt us. We don’t adopt them . . . 🙂
Aren’t I beautiful??
(short answer…I’ll say!)
You can tell she is well cared for. A Beauty is right!
She’s fit for Crufts or Westminster Dog show…and doesn’t she know it.
I’d give her Best in Show.
Ah yes; and with such elegance! 🙂
Shelties are a very sweet and sensitive breed…if you look at them ‘wrong’, they remember and can be ‘damaged for life’….so loving and sweet.
The fellow that does this is in Canada and has had shelties for decades….lots of cute episodes…
Beautiful, but I will leave the daily chore of brushing all that out to someone else. Even as a kid I knew that Lassie was a put on. No way you can keep a dog that runs around through dust, water, woods, and fields of burrs, looking like she did in nearly every scene.
Then avoid the bichon, not the sheltie. It’s either pay for frequent grooming or learn how to trick them into thinking that being groomed is a pleasant way to rest quietly. (And if you do figure that out, please teach me!)
She had “People” for that, rah, as all Hollywood stars do.
They also had multiple Lassies as I recall.
I believe you’re correct. And they all had their own “People”. 😉
You are so right! Lassie dogs take a ton of grooming! Usually take several baths to get all that debree and dirt out of their hair and then blow dry to help get some of the loose hair out. They shed a lot of hair and undercoat all the time. But they are beautiful when groomed.
I keep looking at your picture and wanting to throw my arms around it and bury my face in its fur. This breed always seemed like the kind that took care of you rather than you taking care of it. Could it be that I’m still affected by Lassie?
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Another great one. Really like the colors here. I don’t remember seeing anything remotely like this. The touch of red on the left is fantastic.
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Isn’t that touch of red one of those trees that jealously hordes its autumn leaves until spring?
I wondered about that, but I’m in MA and the trees here do give up before the snow.
Good morning, Mr jay. I must agree with Mary on those splendid colours. When a sky is that blue, it is guaranteed to be cold. Sun or not. We’re de-icing now thank goodness.
Maidin Mhaith Betsy, I think we’re about done with the freezing now. 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
Yes, please…. limbs on an oak in the back are bowed down with the weight of the ice.
Yes, Betsy. When the sky is that blue it is really cold. But the beauty of all that “crystal” sparkling in the sunshine just makes the heart burst with the beauty of our Lords creation. It is like living in a crystal palace.
Be safe out there on the ice. No ice here in Pa, just cold and sunny. Dogs all waiting to go out for a walk this beautiful morning. Cold just makes them run and jump more.
Bless, marti. Dogs do love their walks. And it is lovely to see them coming alive in the brisk day. Fur helps of course.😉
At the moment I’m seeing icicles hanging everywhere. I just went out to feed our feathered friends. The seedcake I put out in its hanger is gone, 2 more arrive today I hope…so I throw their breakfast on the path and before long it is gone. I also put a lot of fruit and nut in the covered shallow feeder which we out on the side of the house for the squirrels.
This year our oak trees produced no acorns, which continues to puzzle me. I’ve never seen that happen. So I must provide for those busy tailed creatures.
But our skies have been full of so many chemtrails daily the past year, cynical me really wonders…
Enjoy your walk, my friend. I’ll be with you in spirit. 😊
And as long as we are speaking of cold…
I see that the “Green Conservative” government in Britain is now enforcing their lunatic cult diktats.
They are sending out their Climate Gestapo enforcers to fine those who burn wood to keep warm in the brutal British winters… £300 per offense.
The first rule of these humanity haters via their masters, the WEF, is “thou shall not have a wood burning stove”.
And, by golly, they mean to enforce it.
And real environmental protection would be to stop immigration, yet they do the opposite, thus they are liars and frauds, alas for us and the wildlife & environment!
“The liberal urge to ‘save’ humanity is a false front to enslave humanity” (borrowed from mencken, modified by one of my pals from Rhodesia)
That’s interesting about the acorns. There were very few acorns around here this year. We have a large oak tree beside the house and there is usually almost complete ground cover with acorns. We have to rake them up and take a wagon load out into the woods to spread for the critters. This we didn’t have to rake anything. There is scant acorns in the woods and this is the first time wild turkeys came rite up to the house for the available acorns. Six of them scrounged around the tree, ate everything and then left thru the back yard into the woods. It was a real delight to see them.
Same here, we’re in New England and I’ve never seen a year without acorns (or so few).
Bless you remembering our beloved Birds! I just saw the Hermit Thrush again in my yard. Looks like he’s is kinda sticking around. Last year I had a lone Yellow-rumped warbler hit my bark butter for most of the winter. I haven’t see the Kinglet’s this year. Such is the wonders of birding, you never know what you will be lucky enough to see every day/year.
Cheers btw my friend and to your family and the Treehouse
Hi, jay 🙂
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That is beautiful. That is what it looks like here where I live in the woods. The sun shines on all that ice and it looks like crystal. It glitters and sparkles and makes you sing praises to God for all that beauty.
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jay 🙂
Once more . . .
Howdy Garrison 🙂
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LOVE Doris Day! Was just talking about Pillow Talk today.
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Morning, Garrison. Here I am with my cup of tea, nearly off to gwelli, enjoying Doris. Wonderful. I loved all her movies. And a small secret..I always wanted to look just like her when I grew up. Alas…
She really did have a great love for all animals. I think I’ll remember her most for that.
I always liked her too. Listened to her music on KRLD, “Music ‘Til Dawn” 50,000 wats out of Dallas. If you were driving across the Western US—doing the Austin/LA run, you could listen to it all the way. Imagine doing it in a Ferrari 250 GTE late at night, all 12 cylinders pulling you like a great turbine, cruising on I-10 at a solid 100mph . . . Halcyon days . . . 🙂
Oh now there’s is a lovely word I hadn’t thought of in a long while….Halcyon days indeed.
WILD! Husband and I courted with cars. He had a corvette and I had a fiat spyder. He could get me on the straightaways, but I had him on the mountain curves. Why we’re both not dead will never be known.
Who of us, when younger, has not tempted fate, not realizing what we know now.
We here would be annoyed greatly if that were the case, Mary (hat tip: you😉)
So glad you and your husband are not..
Makes you think about all the contributors whose journey was interrupted and who would have been here with us if they could have been. A toast of morning diet pepper to those missing the fun.
I still play with cars . . . 🙂
Jealous. Envious. Green.
Hi B-
(wink emoji)
Que sera sera
My favorite sorry about the adds:
My daddy used to sing that to me…
That was a song you sang along with at the top of your lungs.
Many people today don’t realize that Doris Day was a recording artist in addition to being a top billing movie actress. Thanks for posting some of her more well known songs.
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Flyover: Every time I hear Eva Cassidy, I get goosebumps.
Well, patty, there went my heart💕
The little boy with May May is just the sweetest thing. Just pure love from both the little boy and the horse.
This really is so wonderful! Just amazing!
I have to think, that God is letting some people have a little glimpse of what’s to come.
Thanks Patty, That was really really cool! 🙂 Wouldn’t it be fun to have the horse come into the house? Just Awesome!
“I have to think, that God is letting some people have a little glimpse of what’s to come.”
I sure hope so, Michael. Seeing my beloved horse, Joey, again is right at the top of my post bucket list.
🙂 We will see!
2/1/2023
Matthew 21:18-19 “Now in the morning as He returned into the city, He hungered. And when He saw a fig tree in the way, He came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on you from this point forward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.”
This was the beginning of the last day that Jesus would come into the Temple and speak to the people before the Passover. This sign which He did was for what was transpiring right at that moment with God concerning Israel. He was there in the flesh, and they received Him not; the culmination of all the long centuries and so many generations coming to find fruit, was now that He would leave them and hide His face from them until the end of the age. As we read how the whole rest of the day went, while the Lord was teaching in the Temple, and dealing with His adversaries; everything He said all told the same things. Let’s look at all the things Jesus said, and what was the end result of the days dealing with the unbelieving and hostile who rejected Him.
1) The chief priests and elders came upon Him and encircled Him as He was teaching, and demanded, “By what authority do You do these things? and who is it that gave You this authority?
2) Jesus uses an example of a man who had two sons, whom he told to go work in the vineyard; and one said he would go, and didn’t; but the other who said we would not, repented and did go; so “Which one did the will of his father?”
3) Jesus tells them the parable of the man who had planted a vineyard, and let it out the husbandmen; but when he sent to receive the fruits at the season, all his servants were abused or killed. Finally sending his own son, expecting that they would respect him; instead they murdered the son, and stole the vineyard. Then, in finishing the parable, Jesus says unto them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. The chief priests and the pharisees knew that He spoke of them, and wanted to lay hands on Him, but were afraid of the crowds.
4) The Lord answers their anger and plotting by telling them another parable: about the king who had made a marriage for his son. The king’s citizens did the same as the wicked husbandmen from the previous parable; they made light of the invitation, and went everyone to their own things; while others of them insulted the servants and killed them. So the king sent his armies and destroyed the murderers, and burned up their city.
5) In the same parable, Jesus gives warning to whoever else may yet try to get into the wedding without the appropriate and official attire; that they will not be allowed, but will also be cast out into the outer darkness, where shall be the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.
6) Then the Pharisees tried to come up with a scheme to entangle Jesus in something said, that they might have an accusation against Him; so they ask Him a question about paying tribute to Caesar. Apparently they really thought, that there was no safe answer to that; because if He said not to pay, they could accuse Him to the Governor; and if He said to pay it, then the subjugated Jews would not like Him. But as usual, Jesus’ wisdom is nothing that any of His enemies can keep up with, and He completely dumbfounds them with His most logical and simple answer: “Whose image is this? Then render to Caesar the things that are his, and to God the things that are God’s”
7) Then come the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection or spirit, to try to trick Him, again with what they thought was impossible to answer. They find the law which says, that if a man die and leave no children, that his brother shall raise up seed for the deceased, that his name may continue in Israel. But the Lord has no trouble with those who don’t know the Scriptures, and don’t believe in the power of God; and handily exposes and embarrasses them in front of the crowds.
8) By now the Lord’s adversaries are running out of ideas; (not that they are prepared to acknowledge the truth, or have any intention of repenting); so they make one last grasp at straws. If anyone in all Israel knew the Scriptures, it was Jesus; and He had publicly humiliated many of them, many times, because they themselves did not know the Scriptures: but now they imagine to catch Jesus with the question, Which is the great commandment of the law? But if they had a heart at all for the truth, then they would have known from Jesus’ teachings and all that He did, that this “great commandment” was entirely all that He lived and taught to everyone.
9) Now the Lord sees, that all those who oppose Him are at their wit’s end; so He puts the question to them directly, of all their contradiction and opposition to Him: What do you think of Messiah, whose Son is He? . . . (true, David’s Son is correct; however) How then does David in Spirit call Him Lord? There it is right there; Christ is the Son of God come in the flesh through the line of David… God manifest in the flesh, is our Redeemer and Savior, and the King of Israel. And as usual, they couldn’t answer Him again to any of these things! Why? Because they did not know, and did not believe the Scriptures.
10) So the Lord has let His opponents have the time they needed, and now He shows His control over all, and finishes the day’s encounters and contentions, by telling the crowds out loud, that because the scribes and Pharisees were sitting down in Moses’ seat; that they were obliged to obey them in all things, whatever they command them; but not to follow their example of hypocrisy and stupidity. Chapter 23 is the last word of God to denounce the stiff-necked and rebellious shepherds of Israel, just as He was giving them up to their own ways, and from now on would no more be among them. The hour of visitation was being terminated for Israel, and God was going to hide His face from them now, until the end of the times of the Gentiles.
11) Leaving the Temple for the last time, Jesus pronounces its destruction; and then continues His discourse of the last days to His disciples, outside the city, on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, across the Kidron Valley.
So we see, that the whole last day that Jesus spoke to the children of Israel, was summarized by what was done in the morning, with the sign of the fig tree.
From this we must understand, that what He did once in Israel, counts for all the nations. When He has come seeking fruit, and finds nothing but leaves; then He will pronounce the same doom as He did upon the House which is called by His Name, upon all the nations which are under Israel: as it is written; In thee and in thy seed shall all nations be blessed: and I will bless those who bless thee, and curse him that curses thee. God gave Abraham, through his son Messiah, all the nations of the world. So regardless of what the world thinks of Israel today, and how far away they seem to be today; God’s gifts and calling are without repentance; and the end of all these things shall be, that Christ is King over all the earth from Jerusalem; and His people given the dominion over all nations. For this reason, we have to take heed to everything that God has done and said concerning Israel; because it also applies to us!
This, in my opinion, is how all interview processes should happen. Companies would be the better for it if they conducted theirs this way.
https://igvofficial.com/man-rejected-job-interview-reception-trick-test-failed/
I saw this article earlier today and was reminded of two interview stories I’ll share.
Betsy, of all things, I have an interview today! You my friend have communicated with me unknowingly! (although mine is via camera spying)
But I haven’t said anything to anybody here, it’s because I was let go from my job (contract not renewed due to financial situation of company). Thank you FJB.
I like thousands others are out of work. Hope to find something soon, although I am not a tranny, nor LGB etc. The competition today is not like it was decades ago (credentials don’t matter). A couple of questions on corporate websites ask how I “identify”. Seriously.
They should have the same kind of thing for political positions. There should be a character and attitude test done under cover, so the arrogant and nasty ones don’t even get qualified to run.
This is a favorite Cursday video of mine. I think it says everything about how we can involve dogs in our lives. They so readily return our love in ways that cannot really be understood or fully appreciated . . . until they are gone.
When I went to check the mail yesterday, for the first time in a long time it seemed, I paused to check the extra screen wire I’d put up so many years ago. . . . One day when I got home from school, I found a bedgrggled, wet little dog tied to our front door. My wife had spotted him running through our neighborhood in a pouring rainstorm. It was also thundering and he was both loose and scared. She immediately climbed into her pickup (she was definitely a pickup kind of girl . . .) and took off after the little guy.
She explained that he was trailing a long chain so the used the truck to roll over the chain and stop the terrified little dog. She brought him home—of course—tied him to the outside front door and left him for me to find.
And that’s where I found him. He was wet, cold, hungry, thirsty, lost, and scared. I brought him onto the enclosed front porch so I could get him fed and dry. I used two big bath towels to get him more or less dry. Turned out he was a “tootle”, a terrier-poodle mix. He had short terrier legs, poodle fir. When he got a good bit dry he was a cute little guy.
I wasn’t at all sure what to do with him. At the time we had seven kitties, all of whom were comfortable around dogs. The question was whether he would be comfortable around them. This question was solved when I went to the porch to check on the little guy and found two of our cats sitting close to him . . . problem solved. “Scamp” didn’t have a chip, and Animal Rescue didn’t have room for him, so he soon became our dog.
Although, he got along fine with the kitties, he absolutely hated the postman. I had to put two layers of chicken wire on the front door to keep him from chewing his way through so he could attack the postman. This was worrisome for awhile, until my wife taught him to transfer his aggression to some stuffed toys instead. The postman that it funny to see little Scamp attack a fluffy bunny whenever he brought our mail . . . I’d left the thick chicken-wire up all these years and, really, only thought about these memories when I went out to get the mail. RIP little Scamp. You were a good dog.
Good story. Thanks.
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Isn’t it funny how suddenly some memories just appear unbidden. From nowhere. And when you least expect them. That is a beautiful one, Garrison, pulled from your mental cocktail cabinet. Perhaps it is age, but I seem to be having a few of them myself lately. Thank you for sharing yours.
Memories are life, Bet. Anthropology tells that memories can become lore, often told they are signposts to our lives . . . Little Scamp was a wonderful companion. He was with us for a number of years. Loyal, affectionate, “our” dog . . . but he really hated postmen . . .:-)
No matter how short or long we have them, we give them the best we can. And in Scamp’s case, you gave him one so much better than I’m sure he would have had elsewhere💕
I think when we were kids we learned this kind of character from dogs, and would think, That is the way to be!
Dog spelled backwards…..
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When the family Standard Poodle, Argyle, died, I was in 3rd grade.
When Mom told me, on the way to the school bus, they were putting Argyle down, all that Church stuff they took me to became very real. Knew immediately, I was all for Jesus, and God. Had to get myself to Argyle again.
Have never waivered since. What’s changed is how many more cats/dogs/people have joined Argyle.
Argyle had been a wedding present to my parents 6 years before I was born.
Oddly, can never see a Cary Grant film without thinking, He’s just like Argyle !
All dogs go to heaven! 🙂
Things that hurt us aren’t always for the worse,
and even if we think our heart will burst;
somehow we learn that we can’t hold this life to ever after:
and know the Spirit of the Voice of the Holy Letters.
Ecclesiastes 7:3 “Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.”
My favorite kind of story, Garrison. Stirs up emotions deep within.
Our last dog “found” us in similar way. One morning, pitch dark, I went out my back door and “stepped on” something furry.
Screamed to high heaven, as I thought it was a coon. Turned on light, and there was a six month old puppy, shaking, wet and scared. She also had an orange rope tightly around her neck, and her neck fur was tinted with color where the rope had rubbed for a time.
In summary, after a week of what to do next, she became a family member. A beautiful, devoted dog who never forgot. Honey was mixed – yellow lab/golden retriever.
A trailing thought – Honey “hated” the UPS man and would chase him back into his truck, flying up the road. Other than that, she was such a sweet dog. 😂😂
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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.
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.
Amen. Amin🙏🏻
Good morning, Bet. 28 degrees and cloudy in my area. Probably not a good day to go water skiing at Twin Lakes.
Hey, have you seen this yet? I’m gonna miss this guy’s blog when it closes down. But again, I can see his reasons for shutting it down. Andrei is one very talented individual. And the comments on his site reflect a lot of knowledge and insight from around the world.
Blog archiving and other issues | The Vineyard of the Saker
And just to be clear, there’s also a lot of knowledge and insight that shows up on this web site.
Love you, Treepers. This is my go to site.
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)
Thursday of the 34th Week of the Epistles
Holy Martyrs Inna, Pinna, and Rimma (+ 1st, 2nd centuries), disciples of Saint Andrew in Scythia
Saint Evthymios the Great (+ 473)
Saint Leo I, emperor (+ 474)
Saint Peter the Publican (+ 6th century)
Saint Evthymios, Patriarch of Trnovo (Bulgaria) (+ ca. 1400)
January 20th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
February 2nd – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
I very much approve Bessie. Hoping our Garrison hears this.
The most well known performance of the entire Variations on piano was by Glenn Gould. When recording them, such was his intensity he had to start over on many of them because the recording people kept getting a strange sound.
It turns out that Mr Gould was humming through sections of them as he played, a habit he which made getting perfect recordings by this exquisite pianist a very difficult task.
Thank you for this. It’s beautiful.
Home run! Thanks! 🙂
Bach and guitar. Pure bliss.
perfect
Perhaps we share a love of lucianne.com. Her passing was one of those milestones of life.
Here’s to Betty White:
https://animalwellnessmagazine.com/betty-white/
The world cooled this last month:
UAH Global Temperature Update for January, 2023: -0.04 deg. C | Watts Up With That?
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Of course what you all probably heard was that January was one of the warmest on record for the US despite someone leaving the deep freeze door open at the end of the month.
Europe is going to get their feet cold in 8-9 days as the Arctic air decides to move there. China already had their deep freeze. About 1,000 ships were icebound in the north a couple weeks ago.
We’ll have to wait and see if old Man winter has another excursion south in him this winter. I would not be surprised at all if he does.
BTW, it has been an unusually cool summer for most of the southern hemisphere and Antarctica has been colder than usual for this time of year also.
Its funny, but to me, every year’s the same as it ever was. Sometimes this way, sometimes that way; who cares? I have to laugh when people sound so shocked that its hot in the summer, or cold in the winter . . . Yeah? 😐
your global temperature graph and last statement (cool in southern hemisphere) brought to mind the ENSO variation. the enso graph closely resembles the global temperature graph, and – I think – explains quite a bit of it
we’ve been in the La Nina cool phase of ENSO, with upwelling of cold bottom water off tropical South America. that’s a big coolant infusion for the globe, and likely contributes – oh, just off the top of my head I’ll say 1/4 of the global temperature variation. maybe less, not likely much more, but I throw it out just as an example
when things shift to the warm El Nino phase, that upwelling halts and warm equatorial surface water sloshes back onto equatorial Central/South America, adding a large heat generator to the global equation
now, North American cold snaps are governed by polar and mid-latitude dynamics
but a global summary of temperature will contain a large ENSO component of forcing
just a couple observations for the conversation. by the way, they’re forecasting warm-phase El Nino for the coming year 2023
How inconvenient for the climate terrorists… What puzzles me is how so many of them make such an exorbitant living when their predictions keep proving woefully wrong again and again and again…. Yet they persist and seemingly smart people buy into their snake oil.
Sugar Daddies?
Stand fast.
“It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
Tennyson
Each day I strive to prepare for what is coming and curse the necessity.
Damn the lot of them for screwing with the best deal mankind ever had.
02 February 2020 Ivan Král, Czech-American bass player, songwriter, record producer (Patti Smith; Iggy Pop; John Waite), and filmmaker, dies of cancer at 71
02 February 2015 Joseph Alfidi, American classical prodigy pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 65
02 February 2007 Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader of Motown’s house band – The Funk Brothers (1959-64), dies at 79
02 February 2007 Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
02 Febrauary 2007 Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners – “The Rubberband Man”), dies at 67
02 February 2002 Paul Baloff, American singer (Exodus) (b. 1960)
02 February 1999 David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Triffids, 1976-89; The Blackeyed Susans, 1989–93), dies after unsuccessful heart transplant at 38
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02 February 1996 Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (An American in Paris; On The Town, Singin’ in the Rain), dies of a stroke at 83
Also appearing
Olivia Newton-John September 26 1948 – August 8 2022
02 February 1994 John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62
02 February Sid Vicious
(1957-1979)
English musician and bassist (Sex Pistols), dies of a heroin overdose at 21
So Billy Idol did it Sid’s Way? Well, without the massacre at the end.
Good thing Billy quit before Fentanyl hit the streets or would have found the same road without a detour.
There are more than likely not to many Exodus lovers on this thread MMW, but if you are there is an excellent doc on Roku about the birth of Thrash Metal, with loads of original footage showing many of those bands in their pre-fame days. I believe it was called “Get Thrashed”. They were one of the founders and best thrash bands of them all. I have a wide range of musical likes. Cheers and always thanks for the music artist memorials/reminders.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Wonderful wonderful Scriptures; thank you duchess. The Lord bless you.
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.
Psalm 149:5-9
“Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
to execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints.
Praise ye the Lord.”
Matthew 18:18 “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be [having been] bound in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be [having been] loosed in heaven.”
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Thursday, February 2, 2023
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“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Romans 10:13 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!
Amen, amen, amen…and for blessings yet to come.
Romans 8:9 “But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.”
John 6:63 “It is the Spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are life.”
Romans 8:5 “For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.”
How do we walk in truth? How do we walk in the Spirit? How do we “Be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect?” How did we receive mercy and forgiveness and deliverance from our old sins? How do we keep God’s commandments? How did we receive the Holy Spirit? How are the gifts of the Spirit activated and exercised in us? The words which Jesus speaks, how are they Spirit and life? The New Birth from above, and being made a New Creation in Christ; can any of this happen by man’s strength? Does any of that happen by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Are we not right to say, after we have done all that Jesus has commanded, that we have done but our duty to do, that for which He has saved us; and that we are of ourselves good for nothing? Yet there is a strong deceit holding millions of would be followers of Jesus, which they hold on to as if their salvation depends on it: that essentially says, that there is no power in their religion; because they are really left on their own to be holy and keep God’s commandments; which they are convinced is impossible!
But who has muddied the waters, and trampled down the good healthy pastures till there is nothing for His people to eat? Not the Holy Spirit! Not Jesus! But someone else, an enemy has done this! And the shepherds were sleeping and could not protect the Lord’s flock. Now you can’t even speak the truth about what Jesus has done for us, without the would be followers of Jesus, lining up by troops to contradict and deny the power of the gospel. What is not understood, and not believed, is the very heart of our Redemption and Restoration to God. Christ came into the world to save sinners from their sins; by overpowering the devil, and binding him, and taking away all his armor wherein he trusts, and plundering his goods. Does any of that happen by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
So what is done of God is a miracle! Our faith is a miracle; the Lord receiving us and forgiving us is a miracle; being set free from our old sins, and enabled to walk now with a good conscience is a miracle; having the Word of God available to read is a miracle; having the Holy Spirit given into our hearts is a miracle; answers to prayers is a miracle; understanding the Scriptures and being able to remember them at the appropriate time, when we are in trouble or being tempted, so we can stand strong and true in our integrity is a miracle! So what part then of being a Christian is not a miracle, and a mighty work of God’s power? And if that is true, which I believe it is, then how can there be any part that is left unaccounted for, or any practical need for our time here unprovided for?
The following is a very small sample taken from Scripture, that tells us about how to manage our hearts, and how to direct our spirits, to keep God’s commandments. Jesus said, that it is the doing, or not doing, of all that He has said, that will determine our standing or falling in that day. Repentance that shows no real evidence of conversion, is a spurious salvation, and the one who holds on to that is deceiving himself under the risk of eternal damnation. Either make the tree good and its fruits good, or else make the tree evil and its fruits bad; for every tree is known by its fruits!
2 Corinthians 10:3-6 “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.”
Proverbs 4:23 “Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
Deuteronomy 26:16 “This day the LORD your God has commanded you to do these statutes and judgments: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.”
Matthew 5:28 “But I say unto you, That whosoever look on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
Proverbs 6:25 “Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.”
Proverbs 3:1 “My son, forget not My law; but let your heart keep My commandments:”
Proverbs 4:4 “He taught me also, and said unto me, Let your heart retain My words: keep My commandments, and live.”
Matthew 5:19-22 “Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said by them of old time, You shall not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”
Matthew 6:23 “But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness!
John 12:35 “Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, that not darkness come upon you: for he that walks in darkness knows not to what place (to what end or purpose) he goes.”
What was the “righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees?” Outward show and long prayers for a pretense, while devouring widows and loading men with impossible burdens, but not moving a finger themselves to do them. Making converts through missionary work in far away places, and then turning them into twice the children of the devil as themselves. etc. etc. etc.
Except your righteousness surpass that of the hypocrites and abusers who hide behind religious decorations; we will in no case enter the kingdom of God. That means real righteousness; love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith! Being perfect with the Lord our GOD all our days, in deed and in truth!
Mornin’ all!
And here is a cute website to honor those interested in celebrating this day:
https://woodstockgroundhog.org/
January 2
MORNING
Sing unto the Lord a new song. Isa. 42:10
Sing aloud unto God our strength; make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Psa. 81:1, 2
He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Psa. 40:3
Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Josh. 1:9
The joy of the Lord is your strength. Neh. 8:10
Paul … thanked God, and took courage. Acts 28:15
Knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. Rom. 13:11-14
EVENING
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psa. 141:2
Thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: … and thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: . . . and when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. Ex. 30:1, 6-8
[Jesus] is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Heb. 7:25
The smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand. Rev. 8:4
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. I Peter 2:5
Pray without ceasing. I Thess. 5:17
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/01/0102.html
Amen, Amen 🙂 Praise the Lord! “Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee.”
Watch these crazies (pilot and RIO in an F-4 Phantom) do a low level, high speed pass
:47 on the video. No need to have the volume turned up.
Yeah! They (the actors) were in the back seat but the navy pilots really pushed the limits on the ac to ac proximity and low passes.
I think Tom Cruise, and everyone who worked on this with the Navy, deserves great thanks and praise, for showing us what our freedom is worth. I was privileged to work at the Commissary for about ten years; and our brothers and sisters in the Military really are the BEST of us! Setting aside what we see evil with the politicians’ leadership; the real Americans who represent the best of who we are, are those in Uniform serving.
Thank you to all, for your service.
Well I see Phil saw his shadow. I reckon he has got it right this year. A few years ago I saw a statistical comparison of Phil’s accuracy compared to that of the weather models. It was a tie. But Phil obviously beats the stuffing out of the climate models and the likes of Jim Hanson, Al Gore, Michael Mann, etc.
I think he has it wrong. We will have 10 more weeks of winter.
Phil didn’t set the parameters.
Huge release from Columbia journalism review detailing the medias coverage of trump for the last 6 years. This will be THE SOURCE to use to knock down any leftist poo pooing of the Russia gate hoax:
https://www.cjr.org/special_report/trumped-up-press-versus-president-part-1.php
4 part massive series. I’m on page 1 and it’s good folks don’t miss it.
Good morning Treepers.
This is a bit disturbing to read that there is a new scientific paper coming out indicating new Adult Onset Type 1 Diabetes after getting those Covid-19 vaccines.
Dr. McCullough substack article, with link at the end of it to the study:
https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/new-onset-type-1-diabetes-after-covid
Hooded Warbler. Old breeding bird surveys said they nested in my old woods, but not anymore, as the habitat changed. Saw and heard them during migration and their call is loud and distinctive.
Suppose they gave us a war and nobody came?
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Satanic Temple Opens New Abortion Clinic to Kill Babies in Ritualistic Abortions
https://www.lifenews.com/2023/02/01/satanic-temple-opens-new-abortion-clinic-to-kill-babies-in-ritualistic-abortions/
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Satanic Temple sues GOP-led states to protect their ‘Satanic abortion ritual’—and the MSM LOVES it
https://www.glennbeck.com/contributor/satanic-temple-sues-gop-led-states-to-protect-their-satanic-abortion-ritualand-the-msm-loves-it
Daily rosary meditations
https://schooloffaith.com/rosary-archive
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This story on ZeroHedge needs MUCH more attention.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/inside-secret-government-meeting-covid-19-natural-immunity
Why?
Because it was always seni-insane to think a vax for a corona virus (think common cold for which there’s never been a vax), would have durability. Israel proved quickly that covid vax immunity isn’t durable.
Israel also proved quickly (mid-2021 latest) that natural immunity was ~7x better than vax immunity. The reason why is simple COMMON SENSE.
The vax results in antibodies to the S1 spike protein only, whereas natural immunity results in antibodies to numerous epitopes: the S1 spike, the body of the virus, and the nuclear capsid. Add also that it was known from the beginning that the vax fails to stimulate production of IgA antibodies in the mucosa of the nasopharynx, while natural immunity does. This means it was known from the start that the vax would never prevent the spread of covid. If it did, preventing spread would have been a safety trial end point. It wasnt because they knew it wouldnt. And they lied about that fact.
Why anyone would now, or then, claim vax-based immunity is better than natural, especially in the complete lack of any evidence that the vax saved lives (per the vax safety trials that showed no benefit in reducing deaths), can only be for defense from the charge of crimes against humanity.
These claims are and have always been completely ludicrous. This stuff is immune system 101.
This ~story of there having been scientific debate on this question is 100% bullshit. They are lying.
The only question is whether this lie will become the “new science” for every professor who wants to remain in their current position OR whether any immunity experts have the courage to stand up and speak the simple truth.