OTs are my favorite, even if they are just placehoders. I second the sentiment about no worries Smiley. Hope you are doing OK.
I'm enjoying a cup of coffee this morning for the first time in about 3 weeks as my stomach was not doing well and coffee was out of the question. It's amazing what you can do without when you have no choice in the matter. I never thought I could go so long without coffee. It's one of my favorite indulgences.
The sun is gearing up to burn down on us here in central-south Texas. I don't think it will reach triple digits but it will be close. The humidity is a bit high so it feels like triple digit temps. I found a book that I'm going to try to read a bit of today in between errands and chores. It's called The CIA As Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America And The World by Douglas Valentine. I haven't started it yet, just skimmed through it and read a bit about the author. He has written several books that sound interesting and also writes for CounterPunch and Consortium News.
OTs are just blank space for people to to communicate or fart around in. Content is cool, generally informative and entertaining, always appreciated but never necessary. Dunno today, but time was, in a strange place, you'd seek out the community bulletin board to see what the haps were. Same-same.
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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
First thunderstorm was at 5:30AM, no problems but very growly thunder. Maybe I can get my tomatoes and pepper planted before the next downpour.
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Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Harvested my first green beans this season. Mmmmm, those were good.
Have been buying those packages of small (1 or 2 inches long) mini sweet peppers in multiple colors the past couple of years. A few months ago I harvested some seeds from some of them and started them under a growlight. They came up and I just transplanted them around June 1st and they are budding fruit now. Until Monsanto puts a stop to it I'm going to try my hand with other store bought veggies and fruit.
Since I have retired now for 13 years the garden has been a wonderful hobby. It is a learning experience that is not that challenging but results come slooowly. I don't know how farmers do it for a lifetime. What do they do when they retire? I know they don't hang pipe like I did as a career.
I should spend some more time in rural farm country and get to know some of them. I sure they're great people with pretty much the same wants and desires as a city dweller like myself.
While letting my mind wander, it occurred to me just now. With all these things I'm learning about growing food, why let it go to the grave with me?
I must try to get my kids or grandkids interested in what I've learned. I don't think it's enough to just give them fresh veggies every summer.
Maybe next year I'll send them all some seedlings to plant.
Have a happy and SAFE holiday weekend everyone.
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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
@earthling1
Kudos on your green beans, peppers, and including your grandchildren. Every little step we take in this direction is a throwing off of the yoke. Every little seed or child we nurture is an act towards making things better.
In my experience young children (between the ages of 4 and 7) love to be out in the garden with adults. This is the age when kids still want to have adult attention....they seem so badly to want to encourage us to play. I think they intuitively know how joyless adults are, they see that we don't hop around outside and play in the dirt. But when you're in the garden you can do both and kids get a kick out of that. An added bonus is that you can get kids to try vegetables that they would otherwise not try. If they planted it, and then harvested it, they will generally at least try it.
Harvested my first green beans this season. Mmmmm, those were good.
Have been buying those packages of small (1 or 2 inches long) mini sweet peppers in multiple colors the past couple of years. A few months ago I harvested some seeds from some of them and started them under a growlight. They came up and I just transplanted them around June 1st and they are budding fruit now. Until Monsanto puts a stop to it I'm going to try my hand with other store bought veggies and fruit.
Since I have retired now for 13 years the garden has been a wonderful hobby. It is a learning experience that is not that challenging but results come slooowly. I don't know how farmers do it for a lifetime. What do they do when they retire? I know they don't hang pipe like I did as a career.
I should spend some more time in rural farm country and get to know some of them. I sure they're great people with pretty much the same wants and desires as a city dweller like myself.
While letting my mind wander, it occurred to me just now. With all these things I'm learning about growing food, why let it go to the grave with me?
I must try to get my kids or grandkids interested in what I've learned. I don't think it's enough to just give them fresh veggies every summer.
Maybe next year I'll send them all some seedlings to plant.
Have a happy and SAFE holiday weekend everyone.
@randtntx
Whenever my 4 year old granddaughter comes over she takes me by the hand and marches me out to the garden and has me tell her the name of each and every plant, bush or even weed out there.
Sometimes I will pull off a snow pea or a raspberries take a bite and give her one. She loves grandmas homemade pumpkin pie. I think she's ready for the green bean casserole w/ cubed Spam.
#6 Kudos on your green beans, peppers, and including your grandchildren. Every little step we take in this direction is a throwing off of the yoke. Every little seed or child we nurture is an act towards making things better.
In my experience young children (between the ages of 4 and 7) love to be out in the garden with adults. This is the age when kids still want to have adult attention....they seem so badly to want to encourage us to play. I think they intuitively know how joyless adults are, they see that we don't hop around outside and play in the dirt. But when you're in the garden you can do both and kids get a kick out of that. An added bonus is that you can get kids to try vegetables that they would otherwise not try. If they planted it, and then harvested it, they will generally at least try it.
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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
My dearest friend, Andre, walked on; a beautiful man of 84 years, survivor of the Holocaust, easy to pick out looking up a crowded slope, he danced on skis in melody and was the most requested instructor of all.
Cheers to his wonderful spirit, more about my friend later, until then:
@smiley7
to hear of Andre's passing. Allthe best to his family...to you...and (I'm sure) all his many friends.
Thanks for being here!
My dearest friend, Andre, walked on; a beautiful man of 84 years, survivor of the Holocaust, easy to pick out looking up a crowded slope, he danced on skis in melody and was the most requested instructor of all.
Cheers to his wonderful spirit, more about my friend later, until then:
@smiley7
to your dearest friend who was a Holocaust survivor but still had the spirit to dance on his skis down a mountain. I used to try and dance on my skis in my youth but am positive I never reached the level of expertise as your friend. I cherish the memory though of trying to do just that and the pure joy of that endeavor.
Thank you for the beautiful music. Here's another for your friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhvOZewh3BY
Thanks for being here!
My dearest friend, Andre, walked on; a beautiful man of 84 years, survivor of the Holocaust, easy to pick out looking up a crowded slope, he danced on skis in melody and was the most requested instructor of all.
Cheers to his wonderful spirit, more about my friend later, until then:
#7 to your dearest friend who was a Holocaust survivor but still had the spirit to dance on his skis down a mountain. I used to try and dance on my skis in my youth but am positive I never reached the level of expertise as your friend. I cherish the memory though of trying to do just that and the pure joy of that endeavor.
Thank you for the beautiful music. Here's another for your friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhvOZewh3BY
Does anybody know what happened that made this Ant. Rendon speaker of the CA assembly? I wonder whether Jimmy Dore is right -- i.e., the party simply cheated somehow and installed this snivelling money-boy instead of the person who won an election among party members:
Skepticism warning: references to geoengineering (“chem trails”), autism anti-vaccine issue, etc.
Not sure what to make of this YouTube channel “Secret Space.” Take the titles and thumbnails: clickbait. The video linked above, for example, despite the picture they’re using is 99% about subject matter other than 9/11.
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Quite OK Smiley7
Always glad to see you.
Have a good one.. Hope to see you later.
I want a Pony!
Hey Smiley
No worries. Just glad to hear from you.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
OTs are my favorite, even if
OTs are my favorite, even if they are just placehoders. I second the sentiment about no worries Smiley. Hope you are doing OK.
I'm enjoying a cup of coffee this morning for the first time in about 3 weeks as my stomach was not doing well and coffee was out of the question. It's amazing what you can do without when you have no choice in the matter. I never thought I could go so long without coffee. It's one of my favorite indulgences.
The sun is gearing up to burn down on us here in central-south Texas. I don't think it will reach triple digits but it will be close. The humidity is a bit high so it feels like triple digit temps. I found a book that I'm going to try to read a bit of today in between errands and chores. It's called The CIA As Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America And The World by Douglas Valentine. I haven't started it yet, just skimmed through it and read a bit about the author. He has written several books that sound interesting and also writes for CounterPunch and Consortium News.
Good morning, Smiley7. Just stay well and stay cool,
OTs are just blank space for people to to communicate or fart around in. Content is cool, generally informative and entertaining, always appreciated but never necessary. Dunno today, but time was, in a strange place, you'd seek out the community bulletin board to see what the haps were. Same-same.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Yet another rainy day here.
First thunderstorm was at 5:30AM, no problems but very growly thunder. Maybe I can get my tomatoes and pepper planted before the next downpour.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Morning Smiley
Harvested my first green beans this season. Mmmmm, those were good.
Have been buying those packages of small (1 or 2 inches long) mini sweet peppers in multiple colors the past couple of years. A few months ago I harvested some seeds from some of them and started them under a growlight. They came up and I just transplanted them around June 1st and they are budding fruit now. Until Monsanto puts a stop to it I'm going to try my hand with other store bought veggies and fruit.
Since I have retired now for 13 years the garden has been a wonderful hobby. It is a learning experience that is not that challenging but results come slooowly. I don't know how farmers do it for a lifetime. What do they do when they retire? I know they don't hang pipe like I did as a career.
I should spend some more time in rural farm country and get to know some of them. I sure they're great people with pretty much the same wants and desires as a city dweller like myself.
While letting my mind wander, it occurred to me just now. With all these things I'm learning about growing food, why let it go to the grave with me?
I must try to get my kids or grandkids interested in what I've learned. I don't think it's enough to just give them fresh veggies every summer.
Maybe next year I'll send them all some seedlings to plant.
Have a happy and SAFE holiday weekend everyone.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
@earthling1 Kudos on your green beans
Kudos on your green beans, peppers, and including your grandchildren. Every little step we take in this direction is a throwing off of the yoke. Every little seed or child we nurture is an act towards making things better.
In my experience young children (between the ages of 4 and 7) love to be out in the garden with adults. This is the age when kids still want to have adult attention....they seem so badly to want to encourage us to play. I think they intuitively know how joyless adults are, they see that we don't hop around outside and play in the dirt. But when you're in the garden you can do both and kids get a kick out of that. An added bonus is that you can get kids to try vegetables that they would otherwise not try. If they planted it, and then harvested it, they will generally at least try it.
You're so right, randtntx
Whenever my 4 year old granddaughter comes over she takes me by the hand and marches me out to the garden and has me tell her the name of each and every plant, bush or even weed out there.
Sometimes I will pull off a snow pea or a raspberries take a bite and give her one. She loves grandmas homemade pumpkin pie. I think she's ready for the green bean casserole w/ cubed Spam.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
To everyone...
Thanks for being here!
My dearest friend, Andre, walked on; a beautiful man of 84 years, survivor of the Holocaust, easy to pick out looking up a crowded slope, he danced on skis in melody and was the most requested instructor of all.
Cheers to his wonderful spirit, more about my friend later, until then:
So sorry.
to hear of Andre's passing. Allthe best to his family...to you...and (I'm sure) all his many friends.
I want a Pony!
always here for us, c99p friends, Arrow,...
next walk by the river, give a shout out to Andre, and thank you.
Hats off
to your dearest friend who was a Holocaust survivor but still had the spirit to dance on his skis down a mountain. I used to try and dance on my skis in my youth but am positive I never reached the level of expertise as your friend. I cherish the memory though of trying to do just that and the pure joy of that endeavor.
Thank you for the beautiful music. Here's another for your friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhvOZewh3BY
heart felt music...
thank you and:
@smiley7 Jacques Brel, just
Jacques Brel, just plain amazing. The Dutch subtitles threw me off a bit.
for this 4th of July
for this 4th of July weekend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RKBUG9VLFU
if you only knew how...
appropriate your Neil choice is...
Harvest Moon live on and again thanks for sharing these precious moments in time this afternoon!
To all the old poets
who know. https://youtu.be/8IfmiKnZi3E
Your musical selections are breaking my heart, but I love them all.
And back atcha ....thank you.
California Assembly leader versus health care
Does anybody know what happened that made this Ant. Rendon speaker of the CA assembly? I wonder whether Jimmy Dore is right -- i.e., the party simply cheated somehow and installed this snivelling money-boy instead of the person who won an election among party members:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH9joDDp-7A
Ex-CIA employee speaks about working in the “Paranoia Palace”
and just how massive the “shadow government” (Deep State) is.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6EVKpN8JHU]
Skepticism warning: references to geoengineering (“chem trails”), autism anti-vaccine issue, etc.
Not sure what to make of this YouTube channel “Secret Space.” Take the titles and thumbnails: clickbait. The video linked above, for example, despite the picture they’re using is 99% about subject matter other than 9/11.