@HenryAWallace
near the high country.

Good day Henry,
Who knew, back in the day a simple gift to the university could secure a seat.

Appreciate the April Showers; great tune.

Have a wonderful day and weekend.

attacking the women who have complained about Biden's perviness grabbing them by the shoulders for a second.

Oh, well, not my circus, not my monkeys.

Am I the only one who didn't know that bribing someone like a proctor to get your kid into college was a crime? I never thought about that, one way or the other, but, now that I have, it seems like bad parenting, but prison time?

The first week in April flew by me. I have, however, been noticing that we have so many more hours of sunshine than we did a bit ago. My mother in law says she loves December 21 because, from then on, days get longer.

The pseudo intellectual in me want to agree with T.S. Eliot about April, but I just cannot. I enjoy the extra sun far too much. And, yes, even the "April showers."

Possibly not "fair use" because the wiki article is very short, but here goes anyway:

"April Showers" is a popular song with music written by Louis Silvers and lyrics by B. G. De Sylva. First published in 1921, it is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "Bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer. ("So keep on looking for a bluebird, and listening for his song.")

The song was introduced in the 1921 Broadway musical Bombo, where it was performed by Al Jolson. It became a well-known Jolson standard: the first of his several recordings of the song was on Columbia Records in October 1921. It has also been recorded by many other artists.

Spike Jones and Doodles Weaver produced a parody that began with the lyrics: "When April showers, she never closes the curtain..."

The British comedians Morecambe and Wise performed a skit featuring the song, which involved a light sprinkling of water drizzling on straight man Ernie Wise whenever he sang it, but a bucket of water being thrown over Eric Morecambe whenever he did the same.

Of course, Al Jolson performed it in blackface, but the song has had many covers, including by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. In the 1920s, the song was performed as a Charleston. In the 40s', they made it swing, daddy-o or sang it as a dreamy, poignant ballad! Here's the original and quintessential Jersey Boy, Frank Sinatra, 1947.

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@QMS
Thanks for reading and have a good one.

learning in community carries tunes melodically

shared awareness awakening

cheeerios!

@randtntx
Yep, Cream, an old favorite. Thanks for the Shiva video, bookmarked.

Imagine it's a warm day in TX. Hope you've a wonderful weekend.

thanks for all the music and art. That Cream song made me smile....takes me back... and it's such a good tune.

We all know that things are looking pretty grim on this planet of ours (so what else is new?). But I'm gonna choose the bit that says; "learning in community carries tunes melodically in the streets, libraries, choruses, and hearts, even".

Last week Lookout posted a video clip of Vandana Shiva being interviewed by Chris Hedges. So then I spent a chunk of time looking into what she does. She is all about community and teaching. In her book, Who Really Feeds the World? : the failures of agribusiness and the promise of agroecology she writes:

The Paradigm of industrial agriculture is rooted in war: it very literally uses the same chemicals that were once used to exterminate people to destroy nature. It is based on the perception that every insect and plant is an enemy to be exterminated with poisons, and is constantly seeking new and more powerful instruments of violence, including pesticides, herbicides, and genetically engineered pesticide-producing plants. While the technology of violence grows more sophisticated, the knowledge of ecosystems and biodiversity shrinks.

So she teaches people about seeds and dirt.

@randtntx

more Pavarotti, because Saturday and all (and we are talking about beauty).

@Lookout
Mid-may before it's safe to plant outside as you may recall. But since we had snow last Tuesday, the warmth of today feels good as does the 10 day forecast; it looks good, too, with rain included; we are tired of winter.

Thanks for reading and have a good one.

As I topped the hill above trade day you could see the yellow haze above the forest. We got a couple of inches of rain last week which washed most of the pollen away, but its back....

I've learned a new trick the last couple of years. Get rid of pollen on your porches and decks with a leaf blower. When you sweep it up it just flies in the air to settle again, but the leaf blower will push it through the screen to the outdoors.

Hope the botanical orgy is pretty where you all are. Dogwoods are happening and redbud still adding color here. It has been a lovely spring. We are almost at our freeze safe date...in a week of so. The house plants are ready to go back outside after their winter torture session.

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@Shahryar
Clinton can and probably will do real damage to the revolution movement during the campaign; hell, he's started.

Thank you for the heads-up

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/437692-obama-im-worried-progressives-m...

no mention of the Dems threatening people who work for new candidates. It's all typical "oh no, lefties!"