Joe, my thoughts and prayers are with you and Leo. I know your strength and faith will guide you in this new journey. Know that we are all praying for you.
Joe – To paraphrase your autobiography's title, it seems as if "God is Hounding You Again." Maybe he will take it easier on you this time around since he knows the world needs good souls like you. As you can tell from all of the comments on the site here, we are all pulling for you.
Joe, I watched my wife go through chemo at close range. I encourage you to seriously consider Jeanine's offer of winter shelter. You'll need it and you're unlikely to find a more beautiful home and more loving hosts.
Joe, oh boy, as if worrying about Covid isn't enough! I'm so sorry for your diagnosis but keep a positive attitude and ask the Holy Spirit to stay by your side. I know all of us are praying for you!
The SARS-COV-2 virus has been found to be infecting white tail deer in Iowa and several northern and northeastern states with prevalence numbers of up to 40%. So far, they don't appear to become ill with the virus but could be a source of transmission to humans. It is also possible that humans have transmitted it to the deer.
Will masks and social distancing be required for our "deer friends"🙄?
All kidding aside, maybe any of you who hunt white tails should be aware of all this.
At this time I know of no reports of mule deer (the species that frequent my neighborhood) infections. Anyway, I always use a telephoto lens and keep my distance!
Virtually every ingredient in one Florida company’s pies has been hit by climate and weather effects that have caused mayhem in the global food supply chain.
Peggy: yes I remember the Bowery and the Sugar Shack. It may have been at one of those places that we saw a very young Warren Zevon play way back when. Good lord he could tear a place up.
Before my annual Medicare physical yesterday, I was treated to “Gunsmoke” reruns in the waiting room. James Arness in glorious black and white and the volume turned WAY up… Way to read a room, Senior Care Facility ....
With thickened neck and well armed with an 8-point rack of antlers, this buck has been chasing away all comers the last few days as he patrols the neighborhood seeking eligible does for mating rights.
O.K., I promise this will be the last photos of mule deer for the rest of 2021. (Well, maybe!)
This massive 15 (probably 16) point buck showed up this afternoon in our back yard. His neck is thicker than the Ponderosa Pine next to which he was relaxing and a couple of those sharp antlers appear to have been damaged, possibly by challangers, during the rut. I'll bet the other guys fared worse. But my money is still on this guy to claim paternity for many of next June's crop of fawns.
It was a little over a year ago that Jim, or Mike, or somebody, posted the question about important music of our generation. I answered with an early clip of Elvis in a musical comedy skit with Steve Allen, Andy Griffin, and Imogen Coca. I think it ws before any of his "first" apperances as the iconic image we grew to know.
So it was obviously Elvis who had perhaps the greatest impact on our early lives.
But the group below launched a new era in American popular music that I (and many of us) really latched onto and enjoyed. It was around 5th grade when my oldest sister came home for Christmas after her first semester at St. Mary's College at Notre Dame (remember before N.D. was co-ed). She had this album with these three guys wearing matching striped shirts and a sound that I hadn't heard before. It wasn't Rock, or Country, or R&B, or any mix thereof. It was just different - and I loved it!
I don't entirely disagree with you. I think I enjoyed his personna as much a his voice. He surely did NOT have a great voice, but he could "sell" the words. Seeing him shake his hips on that first appearance on the Dorsey Brothers (or was it Milton Berle, or Ed Sullivan?) was pretty exciting. After his first few hits like "Hound Dog", "Don't Be Cruel", and "Shake Rattle and Roll", I kind'a lost interest. But I still think he left a huge mark on our generation.
The Beatles were originals. They broke new ground lyrically, technically, conceptually and intellectually. Elvis was just the first white guy to sing with his body. There were others then and since but he was better looking than the rest of them, was in the right place at the right time, and had a cutthroat manager.
Elvis, the homogenous blend of R&B and C&W, just happened to capture the largest demographic in our nation. Ultimately he became the poster boy for All-American ism. The combination of the music and post war prosperity, and one hell of a promoter in Colonel Tom Parker created the juggernaut known as Elvis. It set the standard for the pop music biz that followed. Now music has evolved to a myriad of rock categories, electronic, synth, hip hop, rap, and the business has been corrupted by greed and violence. It can no longer be regarded as the "soothe the savage beast" but rather the incitement of the beast. I found myself no longer listening to music, but rather playing it. I cannot lament the strains of old timey tunes as I have moved on from them. But I did once catch the broadcast of the Kennedy Center Honors of the band Led Zeppilin's Stairway to Heaven, covered by Heart. The reaction of the band to hearing their creation was sublime. I would give the web address but it should be easy to find on social media.
we had an old combination radio record player in our basement with a stash of the records our parents had grown up listening to. As kids we would play them and make fun of them but some of the good stuff is still imprinted in me.
Now my grown children still listen to and appreciate the 60s/70s stuff, which makes me happy.