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Friday, May 3, 2019
Death.
It’s a goin’ away party!
Yesterday we printed lyrics by W.S.Gilbert that encouraged us to look on the bright side of death.
Here’s one by Iris Dement encouraging us not to worry much about what happens in the afterlife; instead, “Let the Mystery Be.”
Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from
Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go
When the whole thing's done
But no one knows for certain
And so it's all the same to me
I think I'll just let the mystery be
Mahatma Gandhi lying in state
Wikidona - while Mr. Gandhi was lying in state.
Some say once you're gone you're gone forever
And some say you're gonna come back
Some say you rest in the arms of the Saviour
If in sinful ways you lack
Some say that they're comin' back in a garden
Bunch of carrots and little sweet peas
I think I'll just let the mystery be
Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from
Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go
When the whole thing's done
But no one knows for certain
And so it's all the same to me
I think I'll just let the mystery be
Some say they're goin' to a place called Glory
And I ain't saying it ain't a fact
But I've heard that I'm on the road to purgatory
nd I don't like the sound of that
I believe in love and I live my life accordingly
But I choose to let the mystery be
Everybody is wondering what and where they all came from
Everybody is worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go
When the whole thing's done
But no one knows for certain
And so it's all the same to me
I think I'll just let the mystery be
I think I'll just let the mystery be
Death.
It’s a goin’ away party!
The weather in the next few days is decidedly ticking upwards.
Let’s actively enjoy our time despite the weather but prepare ourselves to exult in the glorious weather to come.
The hours are ticking away and if we don’t make the most of our time another day will soon click past.
Unnoticed.
Unappreciated.
Tick Tock.
In clock language:
Enjoy today.
Enjoy the week.
Postings Count, Weather Brief, and Dinner
Friday, May 3, 2019
My 392th consecutive posting, committed to 5,000.
After 392 posts we’re at the 7.84% mark of my commitment, the commitment a different way of marking the passage of time.
Time is 12.01am.
On Friday, Boston’s temperature will reach a high of 57* with a feels-like of 55* with a chance of showers.
Dinner for tonight will be Marinated Skirt Steak.
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Question of the Day:
What is the Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
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Friday, May 3, 2019
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This from Tommie T (in response to the post of April 30: It’s the quintessential ‘goin’-away’ party.
Is preparing for and so talking about the inevitable morbid?)
I appreciate your view of the celebration of one's life and agree with you.
I love that you are getting together on the West Coast to celebrate and express your love for each other when you are full of vigor and vitality.
My son once told me that the reason I drive so fast and am always on the move is that I am afraid of dying.
He may have a point.
My fear, in reality, is that I won't experience everything I want to do in the few moments allowed in this life.
As I age, the moments are getting shorter . . . So much to learn, do, explore, see!
So little time to love, laugh, and enjoy!
I think that heaven is on this earth and in this life.
This belief truly puts things in perspective for me and makes it all the more important to love, appreciate and find joy in every moment - even in moments of loss and sadness.
Being in the moment is so important.
Web Meister Responds: Thank you, Tommie. You are a spark plug.
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Chuckle for Friday, May 3, 2019
Husband: ‘Let’s go out and have some fun tonight!’
Wife: ‘Okay, but if you get home before I do, leave the hall light on.’
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Answer to the Question of the Day: Friday, May 3, 2019
What is the Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
Guadalupe Mountains National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains, east of El Paso, Texas.
The mountain range includes Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet (2,667 m), and El Capitan used as a landmark by travelers on the route later followed by the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line.
The ruins of a stagecoach station stand near the Pine Springs visitor center.
The restored Frijole Ranch contains a small museum of local history and is the trailhead for Smith Spring.
This picture, taken from Hunter Peak in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, captures Guadalupe Peak in the center-left of the frame.
CarlCarlsonIV - Own work
The park covers 86,367 acres (134.9 sq mi; 349.5 km2) in the same mountain range as Carlsbad Caverns National Park, about 25 miles (40 km) to the north in New Mexico.
The Guadalupe Peak Trail winds through pinyon pine and Douglas-fir forests as it ascends over 3,000 feet (910 m) to the summit of Guadalupe Peak, with views of El Capitan and the Chihuahuan Desert.
The McKittrick Canyon trail leads to a stone cabin built in the early 1930s as the vacation home of Wallace Pratt, a petroleum geologist who donated the land.
Dog Canyon, on the northern park boundary at the Texas-New Mexico State line, is accessed via Carlsbad, New Mexico or Dell City, Texas.
The Gypsum sand dunes lie on the west side of the park near Dell City.
A rough four-wheel drive road leads to the Williams Ranch.
There are three major ecosystems contained within the mountain range.
First of all, deserts exhibit salt flats on the western side of the National Park and creosote desert, with low elevations on the east covered with grassland, pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) and junipers such as alligator juniper (J. deppeana) and one-seeded juniper (J. monosperma).
Secondly, canyon interiors such as McKittrick, Bear, and Pine Springs Canyon on the southeast end exhibit maple, ash, chinquapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), and other deciduous trees.
These trees are able to grow in the desert due to springs of water recharged by wet uplands.
Finally, alpine uplands known as 'The Bowl' exceeding elevations of 7,000 ft (2,100 m) are clothed with denser forests of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), southwestern white pine (Pinus strobiformis), and Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. glauca), with small stands of aspen.
Guadalupe Mtns National Park, McLintock Canyon Trail
The range contains many large cave systems, including Carlsbad Caverns and Lechuguilla Cave.
The history of the range includes occupation by ancient Pueblo and Mogollon peoples, and by the Apache and various outlaws in the 19th century..
Animals that inhabit this national parks include elk, javelina, gray fox, American black bear, coyote, bobcat, striped and hog-nosed skunk, badger, sixteen species of bat, mule deer, and cougar.
Birds of this park include great horned owl, chickadee, sparrow, barn owl, woodpecker, turkey vulture, greater roadrunner, hummingbird, peregrine falcon, golden eagle, wren, and grosbeak.
Animals that inhabit this national parks include elk, javelina, gray fox, American black bear, coyote, bobcat, striped and hog-nosed skunk, badger, sixteen species of bat, mule deer, and cougar.
Birds of this park include great horned owl, chickadee, sparrow, barn owl, woodpecker, turkey vulture, greater roadrunner, hummingbird, peregrine falcon, golden eagle, wren, and grosbeak.
When I walk the trails I keepa pad and pen to record the bird species I spot.
Love stopping to watch the beautiful creatures fly about and sing.
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Good Morning on this Friday, the third day of May, 2019
In our conversations on preparing for death, we posted the lyrics to “Let the Mystery Be,” by Iris Dement.
We counted our postings, talked about the weather, and decided on Marinated Skirt Steak for dinner.
Our question for the day related to the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas.
We posted a letter from Tommie Toner and a chuckle.
We ended with a edited piece from Wikipedia on the Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your love.