Sugar Plum Fairy Dance

The Way it was MEANT to be Heard:

" Some older references say

 that Tchaikovsky's first draft of 

the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" 

from the ballet The Nutcracker 

called for glass harmonica, "

Wikipedia

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Dear Preppers

A  L  O  H  A !

Dear Preppers:

“ Apocalypse

 does not point

 to a fiery Armageddon

 but to the fact

 that our ignorance

 and our complacency 

are coming to an end… 

. . .What is the kingdom?

 It lies in our realization

of the ubiquity of the 

divine presence . . .

. . . in our neighbors,

 in our enemies,

 in all of us. ” 

 Joseph Campbell, 

Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor

Enemies Too !!??

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" I am he as you are he as you are me

And we are all together

See how they run

 like pigs from a gun

see how they fly

I'm crying

Sitting on a cornflake waiting for the van to come

Corporation teeshirt, stupid bloody Tuesday

Man you been a naughty boy. 

You let your face grow long

I am the eggman, they are the eggmen

I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob "

LENNON, JOHN WINSTON / MCCARTNEY, PAUL JAMES

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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A Moment in Unison

A  L  O  H  A !

 " The dream 

was always running 

ahead of me. 

To catch up,

 to live for a moment

 in unison with it,

 that was the miracle. "

Anais Nin

" If a man insisted 

always on being serious, 

and never allowed himself

 a bit of fun and relaxation,

 he would go mad 

or become unstable 

without knowing it."

Herodotus

" We ought to see

 far enough into a hypocrite

 to see even his 

sincerity. "

G.K. CHESTERTON

Heretics

" Despise not any man, 

and do not spurn anything;

 for there is no man 

who has not his hour, 

nor is there anything 

that has not its place. "

Ben Azai

Thank YOU
for making this place
OUR place!  
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Well Met

A  L  O  H  A !

 " Good ideas

 alter the power balance. . . 

 that is why good ideas 

are always initially

 resisted. -

" Good ideas 

come with a heavy burden. 

Which is why 

so few people have them. 

So few people 

can handle it. "

Hugh Macleod

Yellow Fellows

" Be sincere 

as God knows 

a pretender. "

Kirk Cameron 

=^..^=

' Take Peace & Smiles - Leave Your Comment '

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Monday Keeping On

A  L  O  H  A !

" On Monday mornings

 I am dedicated to the proposition 

that all men 

are created jerks. "

H. Allen Smith 

Sometimes

your 3rd eye

just will not

light up

But then

the kindness

 of another

will get it going

Then we can

shoulder our burden

and continue.  .  .

=^..^=

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Cruise n Snooze Sunday

A  L  O  H  A !
                                                               

Click on the ships

"Mixed Use"

Recreation, Small Barge Towed,

 Sanko Line

" I'm not confused.

 I'm just 

well mixed. "

Robert Frost 

" The problem with any 

unwritten law

 is that you don't know

 where to go 

to erase it. "

       Glaser & Way

" All the dreamers

 in all the world 

are dizzy in the noodle. "

Edie Adams 

" Keep the dream alive:

 Hit the snooze button... "

 Punit Ghadge 

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See "The Butler"

A  L  O  H  A !

A film may be entertaining,

involving,

exhausting;

But it is only the next day,

and the next,

that you know:

"This is a great film."

The Butler

is such a film.

I saw it yesterday.

In a manner of speaking

I am an extra in the film.

Every American

who lived

 through those times,

is.

If you want to remember,

gain perspective,

or understand

who we are

and how we got here:

Go See

 "The Butler."

The "Negro domestics"

that my husband and I both

knew in our homes

educated us,

raised us,

made us 

who we are.

Mine were ladies

who rode that long bus

out to the suburbs

to clean our house

one day a week.

They taught me

that life was not fair

 to all,

that there is great 

dignity

in work

and in how you 

carry yourself.

I knew that their

 children

did not enjoy

what I had,

what I could do;

their future

was circumscribed

as mine was not.

Kids know:

Unfair!

My husband

had practically

a second mother

who loved him,

scolded him,

and helped to give him

the heart that I love.

We speak of her often.

When I was little,

I couldn't fathom

the courage

of the Freedom Riders.

Heroes;

Children;

Defenseless.

When I was a little older,

Dr. King was shot

and my city burned.

Dad, uncle, others,

who worked in the neighborhoods

stayed home

for days

worrying.

Some of them

lost businesses.

So much of this film

was a trip through my own times

and life.

It was a powerful experience.

Watching the film trailer below

got me emotional again.

At a time

when voting rights

are under attack

in this country

AGAIN

we need to remember

the aged warriors

who already laid their lives

on the line.

We're not there yet.

But someday,

We're gonna get there.

Together.

Take a young person to see

The Butler

and discuss it with them.

Share your life,

your wisdom.

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