Saturday, April 27, 2013

Happy 80th Birthday, Carol Burnett!!!


I just read on Facebook where Carol Burnett turned 80 today.  Can that really be possible!?!

How did time go by so fast!?!


Two of The Beatles died too young, John murdered when only 40 and George taken by cancer just two months before his 59th birthday.  Had they all survived, their ages would range from 70 through 73 before the end of this year.

How young they look in the picture below!  Even Ed Sullivan doesn't look as old as I remembered him looking when I was eleven and The Beatles appeared on his show.  I guess it's a matter of perspective.

Back in February of 1964, he was 51 years my senior, but the guy I'm looking at here today is only about 2 years older than I am.


It's hard to believe that it's going to be 50 years next year since The British Invasion began--and, I must add, a much more wonderful and positive British Invasion than we went through back in the 18th Century.

There are signs that there will be another revolution here in America more sooner than later--perhaps, in the form of another Civil War, or, perhaps, in the form of another World War.

Or, perhaps (and I hope), it will take the form of a peaceful revolution.

I'm weary of war.  We've had too much of it.

But we do need a revolution because there are a lot of things that need changing for the better.

What if somebody decided to throw a war, but nobody showed up to participate?

What if, instead, we decided to go this route?


I believe that we can do it if enough people would make the right choices to bring it about.

Don't look to see if anybody else is doing it!  Just make your own decision.

Imagine...

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Roberto Le'House
4/11/27-9/11/78
Would Have Turned 86 Today
Gone Too Soon

Even though
Roberto Le'House
was far better looking
than this:
This happy, dancing Buddah
still reminds me so much of him.

I wanted to get a birthday tribute posted for my very special friend, Roberto, while it was still his birthday, so, I'm putting up this much of it now and will be adding more to it over the next hour or so.

It will still be his birthday where his son is now living--and will still be his birthday several places in the world even after that.
As Roberto was always a traveler of the world, this fits well.

The video at the very bottom of this blog-entry reminds me of his love of the dance and how he always wanted to encourage others to dance--not only on the dance floor but, also, within their souls!

To be continued...

Whenever I hear the song The Older The Violin The Sweeter The Music, I'm taken back to a very special day in 1975.

This was the day when Roberto turned 48.  I hope you'll read the story to which I've linked you to find out more about how we met, his birthday, other times, and that sad day in 1978 when I heard of his untimely death.

I had thought for a long time that he had been killed in the wee hours of the morning (September 12, 1978), but I guess this actually took place on September 11, 1978--a closer-to-home version of 9-11.

It's the same with Uncle Jim (James Walter Phillips who lived at the Marion, Indiana Veterans Hospital for several years prior to his passing).  He passed away during the night in 2001, and I'm not sure if his passing took place on September 12 or September 11.  It would have been fitting for his passing to have been on September 11, 2001, because he was a veteran who gave a whole lot when it came to World War II where he served in one of the most dangerous assignments:  as one those who flew in The Gliders and parachuted into enemy territory.

I had often wondered what had become of Roberto's son (only 12 when his dad was taken from him) and feel so blessed to have recently come across him in a few places on The Internet, with two of those places being Facebook and Twitter.  "Little Roberto" is now just a year younger than his dad was on April 11, 1975, and he's amazing!!!

The feelings expressed in the following songs (even though they're about babies and children who are still young instead of being 47 and the stories are different than what happened in the case of Roberto) remind me of how I feel when I see the man this little boy has become and how I wish that Roberto's grandchildren could have gotten to have him in their lives on this side of life.  Someday, the circle will no longer be broken!

First Song  --  Second Song  --  Third Song  --  Fourth Song

And, of course, the following song expresses how Roberto's mission in life was to empower people and uplift them--and his son, in his own special and unique way, is following in his footsteps!!!

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

I'm Joining This Network For Sure!!!



This seems like a very helpful group to join.
 

In order to open the link included in their message (or, at least, I would assume this), you have to be a member of and logged into Facebook.  

However, you should be able to open this link to their regular website.

Here is a great affirmation for writers. Keep it where you will see such as on your desk next to where you work. Read it often. YOU ARE A GREAT WRITER!
Spiritual Writers Network




Sunday, February 24, 2013

Progress Report


I'm back here at this blog again after far too long of being away from it. 

At this time, I'm working on quite a project that will get me better organized and effective in Cyberspace.

I'm doing this with (among other things) a kind of network of personal blogs.  It will take me who knows how much longer to get the enterprise to the place where it can be grand-opened.

In the meantime, I'm going to share a few bits and pieces from it here:

Unapologetically CUTE!!!

On My Good Ship Entrepreneur

We Are Important To Each Other!!!

When Nature Calls

Yes, You May Quote Me On This...

Train Ride To Random

Jukeboxes, Attics, Backroads, and Rocking Chairs


Hope you enjoy checking them out--and remember that they're only a small portion of what will be part of my enterprise when I finally grand-open it!!!


Tuesday, January 1, 2013

How I Spent January 1, 2013...


For starters...

It's now a little after seven in the morning here on this first day of a brand new year, and I'm going to be adding to this entry throughout the day until I'm ready to go to bed tonight--and, if I don't break one of my resolutions, that's going to be by or before midnight (much earlier preferred), as I'm trying to get into a sleep schedule that will work best for me for at least the first part of 2013.

Last night, I went to bed at around ten-thirty and woke up a little bit after four--which is exactly the way I wanted to celebrate:  by going to sleep in one year and waking up in another.

At this time, I won't be saying much more than this except to invite you to visit my Epinions profile page while I still have my most current Christmas decor still up.  A little later, it will be changing over to a Happy New Year theme.

It will go back to various versions of Christmas decor after that through--and a bit beyond--The Twelfth Night.

On January 8, it will have an Elvis theme, as this would have been his 78th Birthday.

After that?

Well, you'll just have to keep tuning in to see.

I'm also going to be stepping up my activity when it comes to writing Epinions as well.

Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

It's hard to believe that it's almost one-thirty in the afternoon at this time!  

So far, I've had a wonderful breakfast of peaches & cream oatmeal and water.  I've been decorating my Epinions profile page for New Year's Day 2013 and have that all finished now.  Besides that, I've been popping in and out at places like Facebook and Writing.com--along with (natch!) Epinions.

I had a wonderful mother & daughter talk with my mom.  We usually talk on the phone these days at around ten in the morning and seven in the evening.

It turns out that she was rather upset at not being awakened (claimed she wasn't even asleep) and taken to the phone for what was to have been our New Year's Eve call, but the nurses and I were in agreement that she really needed her bedrest more.

Today, she's much better from her urinary tract infection.

We plan on talking again this evening.

After we hang up, I'll probably eat my supper (unless I already have), work a bit more online, and, then, retire by on or before midnight.

I have so many exciting projects going on and hope to finish at least some of them by the time I'm ready to go to bed.

Most of today's projects will, likely, be online ones, but, come tomorrow, I'll be adding real life to those in the form of getting some bills paid and straightening up a bit more around here.

I have the feeling that January is going to be a very busy month!
    
That's all for now...


tay uned or ore...