"When any calamity has been suffered..."

                                    victim of rising water on the Atchafalaya river?


went to the levee and drove south
this morning...
past bayou Sorrel
past bayou Pigeon
and observed high water everywhere
on the bayous
in the roads
inside some of the houses
not much has changed
most of the cows were happily munching
grass high on the lush levee
this bull was ....
a little bull headed I suppose
but a rescue was not needed
it was the gnats that were the real problem.

"When any calamity has been suffered,
the first thing to be remembered is how
 much has been escaped."  Samuel Johnson

Harry Partch

"Ignorance, when voluntary is criminal..."+

                                                      happy greeter at the boat launch this morning




wrote a blog last week about climate change etc.
it may have sounded negative

listening to one of my "Big Science" CD's and the
lecturer was on the subject of what makes humans
different from most other life on the planet
ADAPTABILITY
this is why people have inhabited every environmental
niche on the planet
and the human species will adapt to the changes now taking
place on this earth
not to fret!
and do not be discouraging to others
your hope will give hope to others

ONE OF MY FAVORITE POEMS EVER...

Say not the Struggle nought Availeth

BY ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH

Say not the struggle nought availeth, 

     The labour and the wounds are vain, 

The enemy faints not, nor faileth, 

     And as things have been they remain. 

If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars; 

     It may be, in yon smoke concealed, 

Your comrades chase e'en now the fliers,

     And, but for you, possess the field. 

For while the tired waves, vainly breaking 

     Seem here no painful inch to gain, 

Far back through creeks and inlets making, 

     Comes silent, flooding in, the main. 

And not by eastern windows only, 

     When daylight comes, comes in the light, 

In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly, 

     But westward, look, the land is bright.

"Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal,

and a person may properly be charged with

that evil which they neglected or refused to

learn how to prevent."  Samuel Johnson

Tycho Brahe's nose

"Miasma..."

                                           black tailed jack-rabbit top video

                                          panorama from near suite van in desert

                                          antelope squirrel inquiring about oatmeal 

wrote a poem for poetry month as follows

Metaphor

like when we make a pasta dish

what we want the feta for

Metaphor

out of the Imperial desert

headed east

Miasma of parochial neglect

headed to the Bruntsfield links

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix

"I have seen all the works that are one under the sun..."

                                           1-     moonrise in the desert

                                           2-    10 to 12 inches- alligator lizard?

                                           3-    one of the many helicoptors frequenting my area
                                           is that a glint of a camera lens I see in the open door?
                                           decided that a group of helicoptors should be refered to
                                           "Whoop" of helicoptors    whoop, whoop, whoop whoop

report released by special investigative folks
in celebration of event M-Peach/Mint ice cream served
the pres. says he was involved in obstruction of injustice
jullian the sponge incarcerated without his cat...this is cruelty
big old building burns in france-mega bucks spewed for re-build

"I have seen all the works that are done under the sun;
and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." Ecclesiasties 1:14

got to go

One-Eyed Charlie Parkhurst

"If you were ignorant of what went on you were a fool..."

PLEASE READ AND FORWARD

"If you were ignorant of what went on you were a fool;
if you knew, but looked the other way, you were a coward;
if you knew, and took part, you were a criminal."
                           Otto Kranzhuhler- defense attorney at Nurenberg

Jellaby Postlethwaite

"Any plan conceived in moderation..."

                                                                    B and C     Consulting

NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH

TEATSQUEEZER, HOGWASH AND HOGWASH announces new partners in
political consulting business

From the founder
Mr. E. Teatsqueezer

"We is once again entering a heated race for the office of President of the USA
and here at our offices we is prepared to help any and all candidates for office however
flawed.,  unsavory, maladjusted, unscrupulous, malign or ugly.
We is refreshingly unencumbered by ethics, morals or modesty. You may not get elected but you will
get noticed.
As usual the construction magnate Hogwash brothers will assist in all political planning
as well as making available the politically correct "FOUR DOOR OUTHOUSE" one hole, four doors.
Also in anticipation of a whole lot of chickens coming home to roost they now have available chicken
coops which is soundproof, fire resistant and camouflaged.

As we predicted the leader of Algeria lost his job on account of he would not
change his name from Boogerflicker to something more acceptable
and the country of Yemen did not change their name to Yummy as we
advised  and they is in big trouble now.

"Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes."
                                                                      Klemens von Metternich

got to go and get the laundry out of the dryer

E. Teatsqueezer

"The ulitmate result..."

                                           zig-zag trail to the top from a couple of miles away

was only going to investigate the base of the trail- but decided to saunter up to the top

                                           well defined trail looking down from 1/3 way to the top

                                          looking towards Imperial dunes from the top

                                            decided to take the "back" way down-possible mistake
                                           very rough gorge and treacherous footing

                                            several friends stayed around to see if I would
                                           be coming to dinner-  (be dinner is more like it)

                                           the abundance of cactus in the gorge was amazing
                                            and made the risk seem almost justifiable