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The Beginning of a Life, the End of an Era

On April 15th my daughter was born.  After a week now, I have rejoined the living and discovered that Ollie Johnson passed away that same day.  Ollie Johnson was the final living member of Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men.

You may not think you know Johnson, or any of the other Old Men, but chances are that if you have ever watched a classic Disney animated feature (and you probably have) and have a favorite scene (which you probably do) it was animated by one of The Nine.

moe

Margaret Kathryn “Molly Kate” moe is here.

She was born by c-section last night 04/15 at 7:32p. she wieghs almost 8lbs…the largest of the clan. She looks just like Amity.
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Walking Tall

I found myself with a very rare opportunity yesterday afternoon.  I was off early and had a couple of hours before I needed to pick up the kids.  My bedridden wife was comfortable and napping.  So I went to my favorite place.

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there are of out loud

two kinds spoken

and heard

pizza nite

I have to admit that food tastes best under two circumstances:

a) you’re camping

b) someone else is doing the cooking

The Chastening of a Young Queene

I think we’ve got it backwards.  Though I have much study and reading, and rereading, to do I believe I can fairly say that we, in general, are guilty of approaching courtship (among other things related to the Covenant) backwards in a manner that will not produce the desired affect.  You cannot will means into a result that is contrary to their nature. 

Tanka Tuesday

In an effort to be cool like Remshot, I give you Tanka Tuesday.

The podcast for Poetry Magazine, during its recent March 31 cast, is quoted as saying, “…that’s a little haiku, or I think they call them tankas in Japanese.  Actually they are both words from the Japanese language.  It didn’t take me much research to find out that the poetic form of the haiku(5-7-5) is derived from a more ancient form known as the tanka(5-7-5-7-7).  I’ll probably post both under the same heading.

I like tanka because it alludes to the fact that the “Native Americans” migrated over through the Asian continents.  Much of my studies as a young teenager revolved around native American studies. My favorite tribe is the Lakota Sioux, who call bison tatanka. Interesting, similar people - similar language.

Maxim Maundy

Still time to squeeze in a maxim for Monday…how bout a deceptively strange one

Know your material

I think in its origin my mind was on the viceral, yet with the passage of time this maxim has achieved trascendance. When I made it up, I was thinking about plywood…and also about driving nails with a hammer.