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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 15, 2024 10:21:22 GMT -5
Happy birthday, Darryl. I hope you weren't planning on celebrating by skiing around here today. I checked, and all the snow has melted at Sundown.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 14, 2024 11:58:47 GMT -5
I love hawks, and by virtue of living out here am pretty good at identifying them. A red-tailed hawk diving onto a pasture then flying off again with a tree-foot bullsnake is quite a sight to see. On the other hand, as powerful as they are, I've never understood how they allow three or four red-wing blackbirds or other little birds to chase them away through the sky.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 14, 2024 11:53:25 GMT -5
Good late morning all. It's a nice warm sunny day out there, and a good one for me. I'm tired of wearing ill-fitting sweatpants and shorts that I have to keep hiking up all the time; where they cut me open in the abdomen really does a number on getting anything with a waistband to fit without shifting around all the time. This morning I had a stroke of genius. I got out my Santa suit and dug out the suspenders. So today I'm wearing regular shorts like I usually do, and a t-shirt over the suspenders. I am comfortable, I'm not shifting my clothes around all time, and for the first time in a long time I don't look like someone who just got out of the hospital. I feel good!
There's a concert in Garrison this afternoon, Paleo will pick my up and give me a ride.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 13, 2024 13:47:44 GMT -5
Peter Mayer's Everything is Holy Now is a wonderful song an lyric that would go well in a Universality Church. I can state with experience that Presbyterians don't mind it either. When I was a boy, each week On Sunday, we would go to church And pay attention to the priest He would read the holy word And consecrate the holy bread And everyone would kneel and bow Today the only difference is Everything is holy now Everything, everything Everything is holy now When I was in Sunday school We would learn about the time Moses split the sea in two Jesus made the water wine And I remember feeling sad That miracles don t happen still But now I can t keep track Cause everything s a miracle Everything, Everything Everything s a miracle Wine from water is not so small But an even better magic trick Is that anything is here at all So the challenging thing becomes Not to look for miracles But finding where there isn't one When holy water was rare at best It barely wet my fingertips But now I have to hold my breath Like I'm swimming in a sea of it It used to be a world half there Heaven's second rate hand-me-down But I walk it with a reverent air Cause everything is holy now Everything, everything Everything is holy now Read a questioning child s face And say it s not a testament That d be very hard to say See another new morning come And say it s not a sacrament I tell you that it can t be done This morning, outside I stood And saw a little red-winged bird Shining like a burning bush Singing like a scripture verse It made me want to bow my head I remember when church let out How things have changed since then Everything is holy now It used to be a world half-there Heaven's second rate hand-me-down But I walk it with a reverent air Cause everything is holy now Writer(s): Peter Mayer
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 13, 2024 9:42:01 GMT -5
Can you state that poetically?
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 13, 2024 9:39:51 GMT -5
Why do you have to learn this song? The Iowa Ministry of Music is forcing all musicians to learn it. And it can’t be played in G. The Iowa Ministry of Music doesn't realize what a capo can do.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 13, 2024 9:39:06 GMT -5
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Full disclosure: I haven't.
Have you?
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 13, 2024 9:38:02 GMT -5
Lovely sunny morning here. I'm off to the coffee shop in a bit, then to the grocery store; both my Saturday social time. I plan to play guitar outside when I get home, and to grill something later. I am very happy and fortunate to be able to start doing these things with some help, of course.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 13, 2024 9:23:34 GMT -5
Why do you have to learn this song?
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 12, 2024 17:41:07 GMT -5
Good to year you're OK, Mike.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 12, 2024 16:29:15 GMT -5
I hope you're OK, Bob. A 30 day hospital stay is no fun, is it. I hope your stay will be worth it for the future.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 11, 2024 18:57:45 GMT -5
One might think that the pervasiveness of the corruption might increase the chances of someone performing an act of defenestration against their leader.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 11, 2024 15:32:47 GMT -5
Cribbs, great to hear from you, and glad to hear that you're doing well. Pop back in more often!
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 11, 2024 10:33:04 GMT -5
Who is Bill Erwin?
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 11, 2024 10:26:08 GMT -5
Good morning. Surprised to see no daily yet. I had a great day at Honeymoon Island State Park yesterday. I got a lot of great pictures, all sorts of birds and the Gulf version of the Loch Ness monster. I posted a bunch off much better pics on the photography board. Today I've got a routine follow up with the cardiologist and yard work. Oh boy! Have a great day. We have a photography board‽ Thanks for the heads-up, so I can see more of your pics. I especially like that you're knowledgeable enough to know the types of birds you're capturing on film (so to speak). I originally typed that I liked that you knew the birds' names, but I don't know if you're that familiar with them. "Meet Franklin. Franklin is a Ruddy Turnstone. It says 'Franklin' on his business cards, but he's known as Frank to his friends." This all reminds me of something I heard on NPR about 6 months ago, regarding renaming birds
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 11, 2024 10:15:35 GMT -5
Good bright and sunny morning. I'm feeling feeling pretty good these days. How old are you now, Todd? Working down from 90? 75.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 10, 2024 7:57:34 GMT -5
It's a beautiful sunny day here, and my daughter and I are off to the hospital in Cedar Rapids late this morning for yet another appointment. This doesn't bother me at all, it gives me a chance to walk a real distance (it's a big place) and it'll feel good to use my legs in a longer walk.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 9, 2024 8:08:34 GMT -5
There are two Sears houses in Vinton, still being lived in.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 9, 2024 8:06:51 GMT -5
Good bright and sunny morning. I'm feeling feeling pretty good these days.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 8, 2024 15:41:31 GMT -5
I've never been on instagram and thought it was about cute cats or grandkids in the pool without water wings for the first time. What you're doing is pretty cool, Howard. The internet has been crawling the past few days, but I'll look when I can.
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