Smiling…

A younger blogger from the east said this earlier today: “Now that things have changed, I have started to feel, “is that all to life?” I have new desires, new wishes and new dreams. I have evolved. I can almost feel my wings now. I want to fly . . . There will always be [...]

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Something to make us all happy?

“Cause I just don’t have the words right now…. Dear Mister Fantasy play us a tune Something to make us all happy Do anything take us out of this gloom Sing a song, play guitar Make it snappy You are the one who can make us all laugh But doing that you break out in [...]

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Not Intentional

This evening, the teacher asked us what we were doing for our spirtual renewal. “What are you doing about your spiritual growth?” “What do you do, each day, each week, each hour, whatever, to achieve spiritual renewal?” “Specifically, what do you do?” This question battery was a lead in to a talk on Lectio Devina, [...]

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The Best Record of All Time

I watched a movie on the DirecTv thingy the other day — a little thing called The Lather Effect. It was – is? – supposed to be a sort of The Big Chill for Generation X. Now, The Big Chill was loaded with music from the 60′s. The Lather Effect music was from the eighties. [...]

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Headlines

Iran opens nuclear fuel facility Iran’s president has inaugurated the country’s first nuclear fuel production plant, making what correspondents say was a defiant speech. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cast doubt on Iranian claims of major progress. “We don’t know what to believe about the Iranian program,” she said at a news conference in [...]

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Black Coffee

A friend of a friend posted a Humble Pie you tube video of Black Coffee as a tribute — I liked ….

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Stuck in 1969 . . . In the Presence of the LORD . . .

I have finally found a way to live just like I never could before. I know that I dont have much to give, but I can open any door. Everybody knows the secret, everybody knows the score. I have finally found a way to live in the color of the lord. I have finally found [...]

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. . . . MUST . . . . ADD . . . . FUNK . . . .

  Maceo Parker

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A Short Musical Interlude….

I’m a Van Morrison fan.  My favorite Morrison piece is “And it Stoned Me.”  I heard it on the radio today on the way home from work, and got a case of Van-itch. I’ve been listening to Van-covers for a couple of hours now and can’t seem to get enough.  Didn’t find a listenable cover of [...]

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Complicated Life

A discussion with my brother about mom’n’dad and our new family situation brought the Kinks’ “Life is Complicated” song to mind.   Here are the lyrics to their 1971 offering: Well I woke this morning with a pain in my neck, A pain in my heart and a pain in my chest, I went to the doctor [...]

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