Sunday, November 18, 2012

Camel's Hump in Snow




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  1. Howard Dean is first and headed back to Bangkok today, by bus.

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  2. I don't know that I ever had a Twinkie, but the Hostess Cupcakes are great! Ho-Ho's and Ding-Dongs are pretty good too, although I rarely had one. A while back I had a Hostess Fruit Pie, and it was WAY, WAY sweeter than I remembered--it was frankly inedible.

    --Alan

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  3. Firedoglake has a good take on the Twinkie news, IMO...

    --Alan

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  4. I looked up a Twinkie recipe, since Mah*Sweetie grew up liking them...and it's pretty awful stuff. I still might make a batch to surprise him. ;-)

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  5. The Well of Grief

    Those who will not slip beneath
    the still surface on the well of grief

    turning down to its black water
    to the place that we can not breathe

    will never know
    the source from which we drink
    the secret water cold and clear

    nor find in the darkness
    the small gold coins
    thrown by those who wished for something else

    ~ David Whyte ~

    (Where Many Rivers Meet)

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    1. Lovely. Thank you, listener.

      I recently read a volume of poems by David White, though not the one including his
      poem.

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  6. Tired and a little depressed. Think I'll go to bed early tonight and start Under the Dome by Stephen King. Thank God for books, specifically audiobooks!

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  7. Books do help! Though I can't imagine how listening to Stephen King will lift your spirits! Ha! I hope it makes you smile.


    We're feeling a bit ruffled tonight. There has been no obituary for my brother-in-law. We were told there will be a Celebration of Life service probably in December. But tonight we got the message his dear widow sent out to everyone and it said he didn't want any services, so come by and see us sometime. It sure leaves one feeling very strange. We definitely will plan that things be done differently when our time comes, as this way just leaves one with an open wound and no balm.

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    1. A perfect illustration of the point that memorial services are for the living, not the dead. If someone were to ask me whether I wanted a memorial service after I was gone, I'd say no. But if really is not and should not be my choice.

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    2. Thanks, Bill and Alan. Yes, the service is for those who remain and mourn. People have lost touch with the reasons behind the traditions. Carolyn Gratton writes that a people should not change a tradition until they have first revisited why the tradition began and discern whether all or part of the reason is still valid.

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  8. That certainly brings up some significant and traditional considerations, listener. Whether to honor the wishes of the deceased before those of the ones (temporarily) left behind, or the reverse. I don't think there's any good answer.


    Second weekend starting work at 0800 hrs Saturday rather than at midnight, and second weekend of not coming home zombified. A bit tired--the ER kept going all night long Saturday/Sunday, but I'm sure I will be fine at Salt Mine No. 1 on Monday morning.

    I got past a bit of reader's block that had me hung up for weeks. I was reading an anthology of short stories by Zenna Henderson ["The Anything Box"] and came to a story about an insanely jealous husband and how he was cured; I found that very distressing and put it aside repeatedly. Keeping up with the political news was an excuse to ignore the book. Once through that story I'm fine. And by the way, Zenna Henderson's aliens are very imaginative!

    --Alan

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  9. Bill--well put.

    --Alan

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