Sep 30, 2007
Down in the Valley
Down in the Valley
I walked one day
My heart heavy with sin
And I called out God's name
No one answered
Down in the Valley
I walked one day
Birdsong filled the air
I whistled back
And the world fell silent
Down in the Valley
I walked one day
A man met me on the road
I nodded my head in greeting
Then I noticed he was blind
Down in the Valley I walked one day
And I knew I was alone
Friday, March 25, 2011
Sasquatch update
Oct 28, 2007
Sasquatch update
There is a brand new set of Bigfoot photos getting into the news this week. See the photos at www.bfro.net. Here's the main story:
RIDGWAY, Pa. (Oct. 28) - It's furry and walks on all fours. Beyond that, about the only thing certain about the critter photographed by a hunter's camera is that some people have gotten the notion it could be a Sasquatch, or bigfoot. Others say it's just a bear with a bad skin infection.
Hunter Rick Jacobs shot a photo, right, that some believe is a bigfoot creature. He captured the images on Sept. 16 in the Allegheny National Forest, northeast of Pittsburgh.
Rick Jacobs says he got the pictures from a camera with an automatic trigger that he fastened to a tree in the Allegheny National Forest, about 115 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, hoping to photograph deer.
"We couldn't figure out what they were," Jacobs said of the images captured on Sept. 16. "I've been hunting for years and I've never seen anything like this."
He contacted the Bigfoot Research Organization, which pursues reports of a legendary two-legged creature that some people believe lives in parts of the U.S. and Canada. The group posted a photo captured by Jacobs on its Web site, www.bfro.net.
"It appears to be a primate-like animal. In my opinion, it appears to be a juvenile Sasquatch," said Paul Majeta of the bigfoot group.
However, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has a more conventional opinion. Agency spokesman Jerry Feaser said conservation officers routinely trap bears to be tagged and often see animals that look like the photos. It's a skinny mangy bear.
Top ten Big Foot nicknames
10. Big Feets
9. Kevin
8. Skunk Ape
7. Dude
6. Sasquatch
5. Abominable Snowman
4. Guy in a Gorilla suit
3.Yeti
2. Croatian
1. Dad
Sasquatch update
There is a brand new set of Bigfoot photos getting into the news this week. See the photos at www.bfro.net. Here's the main story:
RIDGWAY, Pa. (Oct. 28) - It's furry and walks on all fours. Beyond that, about the only thing certain about the critter photographed by a hunter's camera is that some people have gotten the notion it could be a Sasquatch, or bigfoot. Others say it's just a bear with a bad skin infection.
Hunter Rick Jacobs shot a photo, right, that some believe is a bigfoot creature. He captured the images on Sept. 16 in the Allegheny National Forest, northeast of Pittsburgh.
Rick Jacobs says he got the pictures from a camera with an automatic trigger that he fastened to a tree in the Allegheny National Forest, about 115 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, hoping to photograph deer.
"We couldn't figure out what they were," Jacobs said of the images captured on Sept. 16. "I've been hunting for years and I've never seen anything like this."
He contacted the Bigfoot Research Organization, which pursues reports of a legendary two-legged creature that some people believe lives in parts of the U.S. and Canada. The group posted a photo captured by Jacobs on its Web site, www.bfro.net.
"It appears to be a primate-like animal. In my opinion, it appears to be a juvenile Sasquatch," said Paul Majeta of the bigfoot group.
However, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has a more conventional opinion. Agency spokesman Jerry Feaser said conservation officers routinely trap bears to be tagged and often see animals that look like the photos. It's a skinny mangy bear.
Top ten Big Foot nicknames
10. Big Feets
9. Kevin
8. Skunk Ape
7. Dude
6. Sasquatch
5. Abominable Snowman
4. Guy in a Gorilla suit
3.Yeti
2. Croatian
1. Dad
Kuchen
Jan 13, 2008
Kuchen for Liz
Here is my mom's recipie for Kuchen (pronounced kugen). The name just means cake, but in our family it always means this coffee cake. It's been handed down for generations, spanning the last few hundred years. Hence it is not a terribly sweet cake.
The Crust
1 pkg. dry yeast 1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 cup milk 1/2 cup shortening
1 tablespoon salt 1 egg
1/2 cup water 1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional but yummy) 4 cups flour or more
Dissolve the package of yeast in the 1/4 cup of lukewarm water. Set aside in a warm place. Put 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup shortening, and 1 tablespoon salt in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Let cool to lukewarm and add 1 egg, 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Add yeast mixture and flour to make a soft dough, just so you can knead it. Put in a greased bowl and cover with a towel. Let rise for about 1 hour, until it doubles. Knead down and let rise again. Separate into three parts and roll a 10 inch circle from 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick and place in a greased 9 inch cake pan, (remember the recipie makes three). Let the dough rise in the pan for 15 minutes.
Add a layer of fruit such as raisins, prunes, fresh apples, rhubarb...etc if you wish. The pour on the Filling.
The Filling
2 cups milk 1/2 cup sugar
4 Tbsp flour 1 egg
I use Wondra Quick Flour
Mix milk and flour well and boil until it thickens. Stir constantly.
Remove from heat and add 1 egg adn 1/2 cup sugar. Pour about 1/4 cup of the filling mixture into each crust. Sprinkle cinammon on top.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 to 30 minutes or until filling is set
Kuchen for Liz
Here is my mom's recipie for Kuchen (pronounced kugen). The name just means cake, but in our family it always means this coffee cake. It's been handed down for generations, spanning the last few hundred years. Hence it is not a terribly sweet cake.
The Crust
1 pkg. dry yeast 1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 cup milk 1/2 cup shortening
1 tablespoon salt 1 egg
1/2 cup water 1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional but yummy) 4 cups flour or more
Dissolve the package of yeast in the 1/4 cup of lukewarm water. Set aside in a warm place. Put 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup shortening, and 1 tablespoon salt in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Let cool to lukewarm and add 1 egg, 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Add yeast mixture and flour to make a soft dough, just so you can knead it. Put in a greased bowl and cover with a towel. Let rise for about 1 hour, until it doubles. Knead down and let rise again. Separate into three parts and roll a 10 inch circle from 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick and place in a greased 9 inch cake pan, (remember the recipie makes three). Let the dough rise in the pan for 15 minutes.
Add a layer of fruit such as raisins, prunes, fresh apples, rhubarb...etc if you wish. The pour on the Filling.
The Filling
2 cups milk 1/2 cup sugar
4 Tbsp flour 1 egg
I use Wondra Quick Flour
Mix milk and flour well and boil until it thickens. Stir constantly.
Remove from heat and add 1 egg adn 1/2 cup sugar. Pour about 1/4 cup of the filling mixture into each crust. Sprinkle cinammon on top.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 to 30 minutes or until filling is set
Easter thoughts
Mar 23, 2008
Easter thoughts
Current mood:adventurous
The physical
Ham is one of man’s greatest discoveries.
Green is the best color in the world. When the trees explode with leaves and the grass jumps from the ground the whole world is a joy.
The mental
Holding on to the joy of the physical world is one of the best ways to keep a positive outlook. Everyone who can should get out and walk every day during the spring just to hear the birds sing and smell the grass. I swear it makes the day better.
The religious
Sure it’s a day with religion at its center, so even the nonreligious should take a second to think about it. Why did Jesus die on the cross? Even if you don’t believe in religion I’m sure you can appreciate that he died as a symbol of change and peace. The religious interpretation is that he died for our sins and was resurected. I sometimes look at it as a tale about change. That he was washed clean by death of the old hating ways and brought back to show us all that there is life beyond hate. I’ll agree that he may never have really come back in a physical sense, but I do believe that his message and beliefs sowed the seeds of a change in the human heart. A belief that trying matters, that hope is something you work at and that change can happen. I only have to look at people such as Ghandi or Martin Luther King to see that. Take it or leave it.
Easter thoughts
Current mood:adventurous
The physical
Ham is one of man’s greatest discoveries.
Green is the best color in the world. When the trees explode with leaves and the grass jumps from the ground the whole world is a joy.
The mental
Holding on to the joy of the physical world is one of the best ways to keep a positive outlook. Everyone who can should get out and walk every day during the spring just to hear the birds sing and smell the grass. I swear it makes the day better.
The religious
Sure it’s a day with religion at its center, so even the nonreligious should take a second to think about it. Why did Jesus die on the cross? Even if you don’t believe in religion I’m sure you can appreciate that he died as a symbol of change and peace. The religious interpretation is that he died for our sins and was resurected. I sometimes look at it as a tale about change. That he was washed clean by death of the old hating ways and brought back to show us all that there is life beyond hate. I’ll agree that he may never have really come back in a physical sense, but I do believe that his message and beliefs sowed the seeds of a change in the human heart. A belief that trying matters, that hope is something you work at and that change can happen. I only have to look at people such as Ghandi or Martin Luther King to see that. Take it or leave it.
In the beginning
From Jun 18, 2009
In the beginning
What captures a person's interest? It's rarely what you think it's going to be.
Bland or bold compliments wash over, but a misplaced dis can open up a world of possibilities.
How did I ever capture her? I think it was a crazy rant.
It was a Journalism as Literature class. I don't remember who we were discussing, but I remember my response.
"I don't buy into it that women and men are completely different. I think there's almost no difference. Physically there are a few bits and pieces, but we're all people. We think, we feel and we eat and we drink. Most everything else is enculturation. We are placed in our roles by our families and our society. And for tho most part we are happy to play them out.
But that doesn't mean that you have to. Many artists don't. I don't. I think if people get past the indoctrination you'll find that the woman or man you are trying to be with is just a person. And if you can connect there you'll find they aren't very different from you."
Quickly dismissed. Oh well.
In the corner this little red haired woman stared at me. I think maybe that's when Robyn noticed me.
Next class she became a one-minute friend before the class started. Saying hi and asking about homework. Then she became an hour friend and finally a daylong friend.
In the beginning
What captures a person's interest? It's rarely what you think it's going to be.
Bland or bold compliments wash over, but a misplaced dis can open up a world of possibilities.
How did I ever capture her? I think it was a crazy rant.
It was a Journalism as Literature class. I don't remember who we were discussing, but I remember my response.
"I don't buy into it that women and men are completely different. I think there's almost no difference. Physically there are a few bits and pieces, but we're all people. We think, we feel and we eat and we drink. Most everything else is enculturation. We are placed in our roles by our families and our society. And for tho most part we are happy to play them out.
But that doesn't mean that you have to. Many artists don't. I don't. I think if people get past the indoctrination you'll find that the woman or man you are trying to be with is just a person. And if you can connect there you'll find they aren't very different from you."
Quickly dismissed. Oh well.
In the corner this little red haired woman stared at me. I think maybe that's when Robyn noticed me.
Next class she became a one-minute friend before the class started. Saying hi and asking about homework. Then she became an hour friend and finally a daylong friend.
That moment (old myspace blogs)
From Dec. 2009
That moment
We all live in the world through our minds and our hearts but rarely do they speak with the same voice at the same time.
I remember one time when they both spoke with the same time and the world became one whole thing of feeling and mind. A perfect moment when everything came together and I could see with perfect clarity.
It didn't happen because I was trying or even at my firm control. It just happened.
I was on vacation in Oahu and I had just had lunch at the Crouching Lion Inn. As I walked through the parkng lot I stared across the two-lane highway and I could see a small beach down a small incline bracketed by some scrub trees. The band of bright blue water shimmered as it lapped up to the shore. The sun was just past its zenith in the sky and suffused everything with bright white light and a sultry warmth. I walked across the highway and down the incline and stood on the beach. And I knew that everything was perfect. Nothing was out of place. The world was one and I was one. That's the moment.
That moment
We all live in the world through our minds and our hearts but rarely do they speak with the same voice at the same time.
I remember one time when they both spoke with the same time and the world became one whole thing of feeling and mind. A perfect moment when everything came together and I could see with perfect clarity.
It didn't happen because I was trying or even at my firm control. It just happened.
I was on vacation in Oahu and I had just had lunch at the Crouching Lion Inn. As I walked through the parkng lot I stared across the two-lane highway and I could see a small beach down a small incline bracketed by some scrub trees. The band of bright blue water shimmered as it lapped up to the shore. The sun was just past its zenith in the sky and suffused everything with bright white light and a sultry warmth. I walked across the highway and down the incline and stood on the beach. And I knew that everything was perfect. Nothing was out of place. The world was one and I was one. That's the moment.
Today's Sermon
From May 18, 2009
Today's sermon
Gather in and take a pew. Open up your book to Kevilations 1,23.
Skip past the part about Lizmas and the trials of the Skittery's Lament. Take a left at Seino's Perdition and you'll find today's subject.
And so Kevin's dream was this: to be left alone. Less and less he wanted from the world around him. There are no more dreams in this black world. Beyond it there is a serene blankness. Nothingness.
This is the situation he found himself in. Bereft and blank. Slowly, he turned from his friends. He sees less and less of them and withdraws from the tribe around him. One by one he shuns them. He refuses their comfort and solace to face the darkness of truth alone.
It is at this point in the middle part of his life, with nothing left but his intellect, that he loses himself along a forest path. Down the path rolls until he comes upon a great set of gates. On them is written "Abandon all hope of finding better deals. Lucifer's electronics bazaar."
Inside were lovely deals on flat screen TVs and laptops. Turns out Satan had given up the evil business and was making it big as a discount retailer. Kevin's only Kevilation was that you had to stay away from the 1 soul same as cash deal and the credit card interest rates included torture.
So, Kevin bought a nice TV with surround sound and had a party for all the friends he was ignoring and asked them to forgive him for being a jerk. And he bought beer. Really good beer.
Today's sermon
Gather in and take a pew. Open up your book to Kevilations 1,23.
Skip past the part about Lizmas and the trials of the Skittery's Lament. Take a left at Seino's Perdition and you'll find today's subject.
And so Kevin's dream was this: to be left alone. Less and less he wanted from the world around him. There are no more dreams in this black world. Beyond it there is a serene blankness. Nothingness.
This is the situation he found himself in. Bereft and blank. Slowly, he turned from his friends. He sees less and less of them and withdraws from the tribe around him. One by one he shuns them. He refuses their comfort and solace to face the darkness of truth alone.
It is at this point in the middle part of his life, with nothing left but his intellect, that he loses himself along a forest path. Down the path rolls until he comes upon a great set of gates. On them is written "Abandon all hope of finding better deals. Lucifer's electronics bazaar."
Inside were lovely deals on flat screen TVs and laptops. Turns out Satan had given up the evil business and was making it big as a discount retailer. Kevin's only Kevilation was that you had to stay away from the 1 soul same as cash deal and the credit card interest rates included torture.
So, Kevin bought a nice TV with surround sound and had a party for all the friends he was ignoring and asked them to forgive him for being a jerk. And he bought beer. Really good beer.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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