"I think about how many times..."

 television on the news channel...I think there are only three wars...yesterdays war, todays war, and tomorrow's war...except for that...there is much speculation about whether the commander in chief of the USA has made the right decision about whacking the leaders of Iran etc....I remember when I was about 4 or 5 years old and it was Christmas Day and I was laying on the floor of our little house while my father was assembling the Lincoln logs which Santa had brought...pappy had put a leadership figure on top of the plastic hill that came with the "cowboys and Indians" toys and said we need to take out the leaders first...good lesson...so when I think about whether the leadership of the country here I live is doing the right thing I always figure that if I can sleep at night without fear of being attacked  the leadership is doing their job...also when I hear about this country or that doing this or that thing it must be remembered that "Iran", china. Russian etc etc etc are geographic definitions and do to represent the inhabitants of those geographic places...the governments, and the persons who have political power in those governments are the ones who declare war, declare peace, declare how the resource are to be used...I think too few resources are used to promote art and music...and the trillions used to promote war might be used to promote health and education also...the newly formed DEPARTMENT OF RECYCLING (just kidding) has been so successful that there is enough money to have a musical instrument in every Childs hands that wants one...I watched some of my favorite movies again last week..."The cheap detective " always makes me laugh out loud, and "Captain Ron" does the same and now I watch "The Planters" which is a masterpiece also....not very highbrow but very entertaining...like the croissants and chocolate I eat is not very nutritious but makes me happy inside..."What 400 prostitutes taught Machiavelli about male weakness"(15 min) is an informative piece about humanity...and lets not forget about our reading..."Under the spotlight" by Simon Callow (10/17/24 New York review) is a very good article about how much people are on "stage"..."performance allows one to transcend ones physical and mental condition." I looked up on YouTube how many places there are to post blogs..it seems that video blogs are most popular and everyone wants the most "subscribers" they can get and to "monetize" their work...I have to be content with my 12 readers and two sponsors and maybe someday someone will give me my dime...probably not...however as long as I enjoy the scribbling I will continue... and as long as it allows me to transcend...the video is of one of my "assistants" who came around to see what I had left beneath the tree in the sandy wash..."I think about how many times I have fallen/spirits using me, larger voices calling..." Stephen Stills "Southern Cross"

"Not always do we seek..."

 this old heel found at the homestead is too far gone even for cobblerG

eight days in the mesa country  revitalizes my spirits...20 degrees above "normal"

symbol on the bottom of a can...how old?...what does it mean?

Arthur S....not the pessimist he is often described as...

i will see if this blog is allowed to be posted...the close surveillance has followed me north...i think i have been banned from the dollar a pint grocery stores in yumertonville under suspicion of "reading the labels on the food"...maybe it is more than that which makes me "persona non grata"...here now so i need to adjust to this locale again...i have been watching the green clad folks who celebrate the "emerald islands" far away...i think people get too emotionally involved with their so called "identity"...i was thinking of a speech i heard recently..."i would like to thank all those who came before me..." yeah me too...like the denisovans and the neanderthals and the homo erectus and the "ghost" ancestral DNA (thanks ms Lindsay)...where does it start?...where does it end?... anyhow "be here now"...i got a new phone for $39 and got the no limit data package for $50 plus tax so i can look at youtube without being cut off...this make viewing more productive as far as informational access goes...i watched some strong stuff last week "Spiritually depraved misery inducing landscapes of north america" (18 min)@"crime pays but botany doesn't" in this critical view of current landscaping trends mr Anthony rips the landscapers a new asshole...they deserve it...i worked for three landscapers at once back in about 1973...Charbel, Walter, and Eduardo...these were good guys just getting started and i was a skinny kid trying to make enough money to get out of town...i hated laying sod but Walter used to pick up a roll and say "life is no joke! you have to make it count!"...he is an old man now and he doesn't lift the kind of weight he used to..."The woman who shook Nietzsche" is an excellent short piece about Lou Andreas Salome who lived her life independently and attracted a lot of attention from some of the most intellectually prominent men of her time...Nietzsche wanted to marry her, and she influenced S, Freud and the poet Rilke... strong stuff!..."Lets GO Geo" (Heather) has a great piece on creosote bush and "Itchy Boots" makes it to mongolia with a bad shock absorber and "Little Chinese Everywhere" Yan eats very well in Iraq.."All that is sacred" is a short documentary about the "HAPPENING" that was key west in the early 1970s...Lafayette, Louisiana had some of that fibe at that time....but with a cajon accent...i heard where one of the crew on "The deadliest catch" was drowned on the job...i cant get too excited about groceries that people have to risk their lives for..."Not always do we seek a solution, while of the truths we cannot do without." Lou Andreas Salome...

"It is very easy to mistake..."

                       leaving behind desert sunsets for a while as I migrate north cooler temps

                           this is Ernie the pampered pet (even the dogs don't use their real name)

in keeping with thousands of years of migration tradition I am moving north away from the intensity of the desert heat...temps to top 100 degrees in 4 days...much snow still in the destination site.... I bought new snow boots last month at the thrift...8 bucks for the boots and 2 bucks for the new bootlaces...have pretty good winter clothes...lots of sweaters and long underwear....every time I have made this journey either headed north or south I have been stalked by one of the numerous government workers who's Jobe it is to keep me in "THE BOX"...I wassubjected to much harassment at the government run river control site

the new lens apparently can detect alien beings...or maybe I just shook the camera....whatever

                                              angular fencing everywhere I go...

and angular fences

 

I just spent several hours writing my blog and all of the written portion was deleted when I attempted to post it...a I have heard many times someone simply hacks my computer and appropriates my intellectual property...this is a felony...but here in outlaw land there is not much care taken to protect the unpopular like myself...sooo I must make arrangements to dissuade this sort of crime agains me...maybe I can get my blog published intact next time....