August 28, 2021

Here's a feel good story for Saturday morning.

From my cousin in Ohio…..

“It was an exciting night on Buckeye Lake yesterday. My neighbors and I rescued a duck last night that had a fish hook lodged under its wing and fish line wrapped around its body - it could swim but could not fly and it was clearly in discomfort.After an hour of chasing it, it went under my pontoon and I jumped in and swam between the pontoons to swish it to the back where Parker and Cam were on a jet ski and snagged it in a net. We took it on the boat and performed a minor surgical procedure armed with garden gloves, a scissors and a needle nose pliers to remove the hook and then set it free. It was flapping its wings and a very happy duck at that point! Another neighbor said he saw it last week but couldn’t catch it, so it had been suffering for a while.Poor thing!”



Great job, Teri!!

August 26, 2021

And here's your standard right wingnuts hypocrisy....

August 25, 2021

Something to consider.....

August 21, 2021

Democrat vs Republican

Edit to add….
The man yelled up, "You're about 100 miles west of Austin and 100 miles northwest of San Antonio. Where do you want to go? I can get you a car to take you there." She rolled her eyes and said, "It's none of your business! I'll go where I want to! You can't make me take a car! If I'm meant to meet my friend, God will take me there!" The man said, "Be sure to wear your sunscreen in this hot Texas sun, and please try not to land on I-10 - you can cause an accident." She said, "It's Commies like you that are destroying the American way!"

August 18, 2021

friendly reminder....

August 16, 2021

Shamsia Hassani-Afghanistan-woman street artist....Talent and lots of courage!

August 16, 2021

Baby Fights for Life After Being Infected With COVID and RSV at Same Time

“I’ve had multiple doctors at Children's tell me like you need to get vaccinated," she said. "And I'm like, I get it. I do. But like if it comes down to saving my kid's life, sure. I mean, I'll get vaccinated."

http://a.msn.com/05/en-us/AANnFeU?ocid=se

So like now that this has directly affected YOU, you’ll like listen to the medical professionals. Sick and tired of these covidiots!

August 16, 2021

"What took you so long?" (By John Roedel)

my brain and
heart divorced

a decade ago

over who was
to blame about
how big of a mess
I have become

eventually,
they couldn't be
in the same room
with each other

now my head and heart
share custody of me

I stay with my brain
during the week

and my heart
gets me on weekends

they never speak to one another

- instead, they give me
the same note to pass
to each other every week

and their notes they
send to one another always
says the same thing:

"This is all your fault"

on Sundays
my heart complains
about how my
head has let me down
in the past

and on Wednesday
my head lists all
of the times my
heart has screwed
things up for me
in the future

they blame each
other for the
state of my life

there's been a lot
of yelling - and crying

so,

lately, I've been
spending a lot of
time with my gut

who serves as my
unofficial therapist

most nights, I sneak out of the
window in my ribcage

and slide down my spine
and collapse on my
gut's plush leather chair
that's always open for me

~ and I just sit sit sit sit
until the sun comes up

last evening,
my gut asked me
if I was having a hard
time being caught
between my heart
and my head

I nodded

I said I didn't know
if I could live with
either of them anymore

"my heart is always sad about
something that happened yesterday
while my head is always worried
about something that may happen tomorrow,"
I lamented

my gut squeezed my hand

"I just can't live with
my mistakes of the past
or my anxiety about the future,"
I sighed

my gut smiled and said:

"in that case,
you should
go stay with your
lungs for a while,"

I was confused
- the look on my face gave it away

"if you are exhausted about
your heart's obsession with
the fixed past and your mind's focus
on the uncertain future

your lungs are the perfect place for you

there is no yesterday in your lungs
there is no tomorrow there either

there is only now
there is only inhale
there is only exhale
there is only this moment

there is only breath

and in that breath
you can rest while your
heart and head work
their relationship out."

this morning,
while my brain
was busy reading
tea leaves

and while my
heart was staring
at old photographs

I packed a little
bag and walked
to the door of
my lungs

before I could even knock
she opened the door
with a smile and as
a gust of air embraced me
she said

"what took you so long?"

~ john roedel (johnroedel.com)

August 11, 2021

I really like the bass on this song!

Thanks to my son for turning me on to this song.

August 11, 2021

Lyrics with wisdom from the best..