LIKE A ROLLING STONE

photo by Andrew Currie

Rolling Stone magazine is celebrating 50 years.  I don't know that it's the biggest act in the show anymore, but it certainly had its day!  Seasons come and seasons go.    news    

 

Principle in the type:  "Sometimes we procrastinate the closing and opening of our doors.  Habits we would like to break, new projects we would like to embark on, great things we say we are going to do ... New doors can be opened anytime we choose, and the old ones can be closed , even today."     Robert L. Backman

       

HANDS

photo by m o n c h o o h c n o m

Another day, another sad news story.   I am thinking about the love we don't show each other, and the love we do show each other.   We are all God's children.   God's hands.



                                         

Principle in the type:  "God sees you not only as a mortal being on a small planet who lives for a brief season—He sees you as His child.  He sees you as the being you are capable and designed to become.   He wants you to know that you matter to Him."     Dieter F. Uchtdorf

                                                                                        Happy Weekend, my friends

PLAINTALK

photo by Gigi Ibrahim

Attention:  Will the line for those exasperated by politically correct mumbo-jumbo please form down the middle! 
This morning's newspaper headline, "Alleged 'unstable' man ends hijacking" made me crazy!   Let's go ahead and call folk who play around with blowing up planes--for real or pretend--unstable, okay??   Own it, people!
 

Principle in the type:  "The most courageous act is still to think for yourself.  Aloud."    Coco Chanel

NOVEL IDEA

photo by Bruna Ferrara

Novelist Harper Lee has died.   Lee was the world renowned "To Kill a Mockingbird" author.  ~~Many a school child's (and adult's) good read!     "The world knows Harper Lee was a brilliant writer but what many don't know is that she was a extraordinary woman of great joyfulness, humility and kindness," said "Michael Morrison, head of HarperCollings U.S. general books . . . "   What better attributes to be known for?          news             

Principle in the type:  "Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle."     Charles Glassman

TAN COCO

photo by Allison Marchant

Simon Doonan and others who know about such trivia, reminds that in "the 1920's, trendsetter Chanel went on a boat trip and forgot to bring her sunbonnet.  Coco got baked.  She returned to shore looking daringly dusky."  This is not an April Fools' scam.  It's true.  All because of Coco, the tan-look "sparked a trend which has been seen as a status symbol."   (story link)

What if she'd jumped off a bridge?  Would we? 

 Principles in the type:  "It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man,' says Emerson, 'than an act of his own.' It is quite true. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their life is a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”     Oscar Wilde

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SPACEY MEDICINE

photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

Scott Kelly, American Astronaut, and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko just landed at the International Space Station and will be spending a year there.  Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka traveled with them as well, but is on only a 6-month mission.  Most interesting is that Kelly's retired astronaut identical twin will be here on Earth, meaning scientists will have the opportunity to compare the effects on a body in space with its genetic double on Earth (news link).         (FuNzOnE:  in the Reply section below, name the continent in the picture correctly and I'll pretend to name a star after you!)

Principle in the type:  ". . . In the midst of this complexity, man finds himself. As he progresses from childhood to manhood, and as his slumbering faculties are awakened, he becomes more fully aware of the vastness of his universe and of the futility of hoping to understand it in detail.

“Nevertheless, conscious man can not endure confusion. Out of the universal mystery he must draw at least the general, controlling laws that proclaim order in the apparent chaos; and especially is he driven, by his inborn and unalterable nature, to know if possible his own place in the system of existing things.”    John A. Widtsoe  

PARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS?

photo by Matthieu Luna

It's okay if you don't.


Le Mont Saint-Michel is located in Normandy, France.  It has been one of France's most recognizable landmarks since ancient times.   In mid-March, "A supertide turned France's famed Mont Saint-Michel into an island," (news link).   It  was billed as the 'high tide of the century,' but really this does happen about every 18 years.  The landmark's narrow access roadway becomes cut-off from the mainland temporarily, and it is quite the sport to come and see.  This year as many as 10,000 gathered to watch.

Luckily no Man is an island!  Just islands are islands.

 Principle in the type:  "I believe that for most of us the best medicine for loneliness is work, service in behalf of others. I do not minimize your problems, but I do not hesitate to say that there are many others whose problems are more serious than are yours. Reach out to serve them, to help them, to encourage them. There are so many boys and girls who fail in school for want of a little personal attention and encouragement. There are so many elderly people who live in misery and loneliness and fear for whom a simple conversation would bring a measure of hope and happiness.”    Spencer W. Kimball

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LONG PROSPER FRIENDSHIPS

 

photo by Taymaz Valley

On the passing of Leonard Nimoy Feburary 27,  most news reporting quickly jumped to the fact that William Shatner was not attending the memorial service.   "I choose to honor a commitment I made months ago to appear at a charitable fundraiser," said Shatner, from Florida (news link).

That was more than enough to start the Shatner bashing.   Nimoy and Shatner had a storied history that included gossip on whether they'd ever really been friends or not.  Following the memorial service, Shatner's Twitter feed was alive with compliments directed towards Nimoy (story link), "one of my dearest friends."  Of course we want to believe they enjoyed each other's company.  Friendships are balm for the soul.

Principle in the type:  "Friendship . . . is not something you learn in school.  But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."  Muhammad Ali

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CHRIS KYLE CHAD LITTLEFIELD

photo by Beverly

You've heard of Chris Kyle.  His is the tale that is the book and movie American Sniper.  After 4 tours in the Iraq War, and many medals of honor he came home to stay with his wife Taya and their two children. 

In February 2013 he and friend Chad Littlefield were shot and killed by Eddie Ray Routh, whom they had accompanied to a Texas shooting range in an effort to help Rough deal with alleged PTSD.  All three men were ex-military. 

Routh was found guilty of both murders February 24, 2015.  "I don't know what I was thinking," Routh says in chilling video, which was recorded hours after the murders.  "I guess there needs to be more thinking in the world than hurting people."   news link   Is he evil?  Is he ill?  Was it ego?

Tragedy beginning to end. 

Principle in the type:  "What are you storing in your heart that is costing your energy, joy, and quality of life?"    Author Unknown