"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"