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Hey, Opa,
Mazel tov and welcome back to bare knuckle gardening. Missed you you ol' coot. Christmases and Thanksgivings are getting more crowded at Oma's and Opa's house. Have to grow a couple more spuds and a few more green beans (Schnittbohnen sounds too pretentious;-). More memories have just been cued up for you. Grand parents and grand kids were made for each other. You have a common enemy;-) It's that period in between that people take too seriously. I'm sure as soon as the "Lovely" gets you harnessed up, you be good for another 100,000 miles. Enjoy the trip. Haven't quite figured out where you are. Lazy don't cha know. Is you in the drought or in the floods? Mid-west seems kinda scary these days. What happened to normal? We just leaned into what we call "a heat wave". I figure folks in the mid-west would think of it as nice summer weather. Just shy of 100 F today. Worthless "bird house" gourd is doing about 4"/day and the melons are showing some life. One of the water melons has had flowers for about 2 weeks now (here in region 9, N. Calif.). Had it protected with a small tomato arbor to keep the "Hounds from Hell" from turning it into road kill. The arbor was a might snug coming off and I lost one flower. I was fear full it was going to girdle it's self if I left it on. It was reachin' up and gettin' good Sun but now it can stretch out and explore the top tier (the sunniest tier) of the garden. I'm trying to grow some pole beans in amongst the corn too but not having much success at it. A little runt of a melon is in there too, in the shadows, and doesn't seem none too happy about it teether. The other melons haven't been overwhelmed yet by the corn and are stating to noticeably grow. You know how it is. You transplant somethin' and then it just sort of sits there for awhile, taking it all in, and then makes its' move. This is my first year where most of the garden was germinated, chez nous and the first few batches got fried when their germination trays got left out, over night, with their covers on, not to be noticed again until 1 PM. The garden is runnin' just a tad late. Moved 4 sunflowers into the garden, yesterday, by the front gate, without hardening off. Got two today. (Feel like I'm walkin' around a dark room and finding the furniture with my shins.) Fortunately, we got back-ups. I got the flax and psyillium (of "Growing Grasses" fame) growing in the same area. The Bitter melons are on board and moving up their trellis. They even have a couple of flowers, so I guess I'd better start looking for recipes. Over at the snow pea trellis the peas are calling it a season. Not much of a harvest from them. What I got was tasty though. I planted radishes and carrots about 4" out from the line of peas. Again I came a cropper. Small little weasely lookin' radishes and no sign of the carrots. Same thing over in the 'mater patch. I got my line of 'maters. Then there is a line of buschbohnen and between the buschbohnen and the steppin' stones is another line of radishes and carrots, sans carrots and same dinky radishes. Across the steppin' stones, up against the top tier, are the mixed peppers. Most of 'em have a long way to go but just above them, up on the top tier, faced with prunella, facing the the sweet corn, across more steppin' stones, I have a line of jalapenos that is fruitin' already, lord love 'em. The sweet corn is showing some tassel and I've been tryin' to keep it damp but of course now the county wants to whip water rationing on us. I don't irrigate (drip and hand waterin') so I'm hopin' it will be OK. Across a suddenly, reinvigorated dwarf peach, is a stand of dent corn. I read that if you catch it young, if will make good sweet corn too. I'm not too fussy. I don't really like the candy-sweet sweet corn. Sure is a handsome plant though. Even if I give up on corn, I think I would grow it as an ornamental. Whoops, gotta go, Charlie. I hear rattling plates calling me "à la table". Nice to have you back. -- Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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Charlie wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:02:28 -0700, Billy Rose wrote: Hey, Opa, Mazel tov and welcome back to bare knuckle gardening. Missed you you ol' coot.wonderful responses snipped and pruned but saved never the less Thanks for.......and I'll leave us with a bit of wisdom from Nelson Mandela that has been running around in my mind the last few days. Care Opa Charlie......again and yet to be Thanks to both of you, Billy and Charlie for writing a wonderful rambling and informative garden fence chat. I've missed those! Not knowing either of you doesn't matter........I can see and hear the goings on with the two of you. Reminded me of why I write and question why I haven't written lately despite the bad luck and personal problems and health issues.........soooooo, if you don't mind me leaning over the fence and chatting with the two of youse, I'd be honored. Garden note from Southeastern Tennessee and Faerie Holler is we're in a dangerous drought and sparse spits of rain are just teasers. My raised beds are hunkered down and miserable and I only water the container gardens as they dry out horribly and plead for me to tip them out and sink them into the ground so that the tightening soils would give the parched overgrown roots relief. I put my "Aunt Ruby's Green" tomato plants out too late.........I'll be lucky to get ANYTHING....I tucked them into the front flower bed as it's the only place to plant things that need full sunshine around Faerie Holler. On an ornamental note, though.......the beautiful hosta's I purchased last year in the wake of a bit of money and some serious sticky pot syndrome are holding their own underneath the black cherry tree in the before mentioned bed. Go figure. With the issue with my cataracts and then the horrible close up vision, I'm kinda three way blind. But yesterday I noticed that not only were the Japanese beetles not as heavy, but the Blister Beetles WERE awake and voracious and eating the Japanese anemone not only in the eastern Wall bed at the edge of the Not So Secret Garden to bones, but moving into the larger portion of the NSSG......I couldn't see clearly enough to do much good as they were hatched and munched the leaves to bones during the nighttime, and I went immediately to the Western bed and they were hatched and eating the anemone's in THAT bed as well.......the pyrethrum that works is made up, no spray bottle works around this house to kill the survivors, and funds are beyond tight here. (even looked for an old Windex spray bottle...where are these things when one needs them????) Potted up ALL the daylily rhizomes from weeks past adventure to Mr. Savage's incredible place he named "Dancing Winds" and boy it was about time, too. Cut the leaves back and made up beautiful soils in the large nursery containers I just can't throw away and then icy cold well water afterwards when I placed them around the crowded deck off the kitchen. Only a couple of frogs in Frog Holler in the BBQ pit fountain/gardens this year due to squire rinsing out the trough completely trying to get all the pumps for the brook and Greek woman with jar fountain piece to work properly. He rinsed out all the eggs that were stuck to the cover of the pump......sigh........only one magnificent ugly brown frog has been spotted and I hope the clawed frog killer, "Piquito" the fuzzy one who should be made into a set of slippers leaves him or her alone so they can make children. I set out the ugliest goldfish this year and kept the beautiful ones inside. They fill my heart with a smile, as do the fornicating guppies of varieties now that amazed me. I'd forgotten the joys of raising guppies......easy to see despite the cataracts, too. Flowers are cranking out despite the droughts and lack of me helping, but lordy, the vinca cares not a spit about lack of water or too much. It just invades more and more and I fear if I don't get out into the blasting heat and yank, I'll lose more than I realize. thanks for allowing me a lean over the hedge. Sweet iced tea for those who would like it. I also have a bottle of Michigan Sweet cherry wine that could be chilled for someone wanting a bit more than sweet iced tea gbseg madgardener up on the ridge, back in a parched Faerie Holler, overlooking a Hazy English Mountain where they've never raised Douglas Lake at all, zone 7, Sunset zone 36 (we DO have figs again despite the freeze that destroyed so much) |
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madgardener wrote: I haven't written lately despite the bad luck and personal problems and health issues.........soooooo, if you don't mind me leaning over the fence and chatting with the two of youse, I'd be honored. Shore, pull up a fence. No scars though, and no pictures of scars. Lord it is a hot one today. All the melons are up on their toes and lookin' like they're gonna make a break for it. And the "bird house" gourd will be over the top in the next couple of days (7'). Everything else is just sagging in the heat (4 PM: 95 F). I know it's not that hot but we haven't been tempered yet. Few more weeks and this will feel just fine. Think I'll take a shower and make a run for it to the store. Tabouli, left over chicken salad, lunch meats, cold fruit, and the last of the blueberries with raspberry sherbert for dinner tonight. I'd better put one of them cheap Australian chardonnays in to chill too. Geronimo, |
Leanin' on the garden's fence--WE GOT A DOWNPOUR!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!
William Rose wrote:
In article , madgardener wrote: I haven't written lately despite the bad luck and personal problems and health issues.........soooooo, if you don't mind me leaning over the fence and chatting with the two of youse, I'd be honored. Shore, pull up a fence. No scars though, and no pictures of scars. Lord it is a hot one today. All the melons are up on their toes and lookin' like they're gonna make a break for it. And the "bird house" gourd will be over the top in the next couple of days (7'). Everything else is just sagging in the heat (4 PM: 95 F). I know it's not that hot but we haven't been tempered yet. Few more weeks and this will feel just fine. Think I'll take a shower and make a run for it to the store. Tabouli, left over chicken salad, lunch meats, cold fruit, and the last of the blueberries with raspberry sherbert for dinner tonight. I'd better put one of them cheap Australian chardonnays in to chill too. Geronimo, Let me formally introduce meself, there, William.....I'm an old regular around wreck.gardens. Been here in and out of the patches and weeds now for over eleven years. Came here as madgardener, showed my ignorance and rear end sometimes when I was REALLY green in the netiquette areas and signed off in terseness as "madwoman" until I learned candor and demeanor and manners and now am firmly in the archives as madgardener or "maddie" as I'm wont to sign sometimes. I am rabidly horticultural, with bouts of SPS or sticky pot syndrome and apparently a newer and lesser known affliction that I've had for YEARS now but was unsure as to the identity of....OCTS.....Obsessive Collecting Tendency Syndrome.....I ramble on at the jibs, waxing poetic and frothy mouthed about me faeries and fliers and pollinators and critters that abound here in Faerie Holler (Eastern Tennessee, near and in front of the Great Smoky Mountains). I've contributed and talked to all manner of gentle folk herebouts on this and the UK wrecked gardens newsgroup. I know the in's and outs of all but the more extensive trees and lawn grasses despite that I am considered a Master Gardener and Master Composter by UT's standards (University of Tennessee based outa Knoxville, Tennessee). I am more hands on learned, self taught and if you were to see me cut upon a bramble, I'd probably not bleed but pour out musical notes and potting soil.............been known to "be able to take a popsicle stick and grow a two by four" but able to kill a healthy and hail African violet with the merest glance....... No scars nor photo's of scars. I've just had another summer of hell and I deal with it as well as one can. My gardens go on with or without me. The blister beetles I mentioned in the previous response are munching as I write. I can't see to spray their blistery asses into writhing death throes, believe me I would.....I adore my mantis, toads, lizards, and wide assorted fliers, stingers and flutterers that abound with increasing numbers. Some less this year than last, others more so. Those white butterflies which are benefiting from the lack of the evil red wasps with the black wings, yellow jackets and even hornets. I can say that as of two hours ago, WE GOT A DOWNPOUR!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!! DESPERATELY in need of moisture. I actually have many DEEP PUDDLES in the driveway! The crickets are singing praises, the frogs and peepers are thrilled and the resident frogs in BBQ Frog Holler Pond/Trough are most likely enjoying the heavy humidity right now and basking in it on the blue clay slabs that I use for bridges and sunning rocks for them. Believe me, I danced for that rain and downpour. Poor Craven Smeagol the cowardly dawg of the canine trilogy herebouts was so taken off guard he didn't have time to throw coat or shiver his hair off and no need of drugs despite all the thunder-boomers that came with the intense storm. the rain was horizontal for 45 minutes blowing sideways....... My own heat of 97o today was tempered finally by the storms at 6 p.m. EST and it's now down to a cool 72o ahhhhhhhh, almost worth opening a window~ Right now I have parched phlox that were never cut back in the mid spring to ensure doubling and not being so dang tall....daylilies that are pleading for me to either lift them and put them where they can benefit from more sun or have mercy and off them. (I can't off them, I love all flowers, except the hateful Vinca major aka Periwinkle and it's only when it's busy making miles of sinewy vines like now that I despise it....it is intent on reclaiming every square inch of ground I worked years to clean out. I pulled a vine today and it snapped YARDS away and laughed at me...grrrrrr, maybe with the soaking tonight I can get out in the mornings cooler temperatures and the asparagus fork and lift some roots and dig out a few cubic meters of it and toss it into the pasture for the bovine to munch upon. There's a thought! g There are over 20 black Angus with a few brown calves thrown in for measure that have cleared the whole fence row next to my side yard and not one bit of Vinca is left! thanks for hollering back. Always an honor and pleasure to meet another garden fence neighbor. Happy knosching! maddie enjoying the HUMIDITY!! |
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wrote: thanks for hollering back. Always an honor and pleasure to meet another garden fence neighbor. Happy knosching! maddie enjoying the HUMIDITY!! The handle these days is Billy. When I was William, I was much older. I got two computers and 5 operating systems, so sometimes I'm not who I think I am. But Jimmy, my big brother, calls me Billy, so that will work just fine for me. The knosching went very well, thank you very much. Tabouli, chicken salad, cold fruit (peaches, cherries, plums, and strawberries), mortadella, salami Toscano, pepperocini, cornichons, Kalamata olives in brine, garlic stuffed green olives, and a seeded sour dough loaf of bread. We settled for a cheap California chardonnay. Didn't taste like much but no flaws and it was cold. Finished with chocolate, brandy, and we split a bottle of stout in frount of the TV. The four cats and the 'Hounds from Hell" were circling around to see if there were any scraps to be had but not tonight (no bones, poor kids). We listened to the "Best of the Chieftains" while we ate on the patio, in view of the gardens. (The Lovey-poo does the flowers.) Thank the Lord for color vision, again. Maddie, thanks for not showing any of the surgery pictures. We'd just get into a gnarly gross-out competition. All jagged and purple. Charlies been through enough lately. We needs to hold back 'til times get slow. 95 F was the official high here today, although it felt hotter and the radio said it was the hottest day of the year, so I'm guessing 105. Humidity is 65%. The garden looks as if it's on steroids. The "bird house" gourd will be over the top of the trellis by morning (5" more). It was doing and inch /hour earlier in the day. The melons are all moving, even the midget in the shadows of the corn. The tomatoes have put the pedal to the metal. The next to smallest has gone from 6" to 2' in the last week. I have one depauperate "peche jaune" tomato. Hopefully, it will get into the spirit of the moment. This is what the garden was waiting for (Sun, heat, manure, and water). Yahoo. Here we go. GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNING HEAD OUT ON THE HIGHWAY LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE AND WHAT EVER COMES OUR WAY YEAH I GOT TO GO MAKE IT HAPPEN TAKE THE WORLD IN A LOVE EMBRACE FIRE ALL OF YOUR GUNS AT ONCE AND EXPLODE INTO SPACE Comin' soon to a garden near you. -- Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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In article , Charlie wrote:
Like I said the zukes are coming on like crazy now. My sis-in-law has started hauling them up to us also. She is ready to bean bro-in-law.......he has plenty of room and plants more garden than they or the rest of the family can use and eat. Good thing we like zuke three times a day. Be glad when the okra comes in and we'll be enjoying stewed tomatoes with okra, onions and zuchinni. Simple Sauteed Summer Squash I've always liked summer squash, particularly when it's small and tender. This is just an interesting way to prepare summer squash that goes nicely with a variety of main dishes. It's mild and very good for you - enjoy! * 2-4 small summer squash * 1/2 tsp. dill * 1 tsp. lemon juice * 1/2 tsp. parsley * 1 (smallish) clove garlic * 1/4 cup chopped onion * olive oil (to coat pan) * salt and pepper to taste * 3/4 to 1 tsp. horseradish mustard * pinch of curry powder Coat a pan or skillet with olive oil. Add onion and garlic, cook for about a minute, then add thinly sliced squash. Add the lemon juice, dill, parsley, salt, pepper, mustard, and a little curry powder. Sautee until the squash is tender, stirring often. -- Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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Billy Rose expounded:
Comin' soon to a garden near you. Whatcha riding? -- Ann, gardening in Zone 6a South of Boston, Massachusetts e-mail address is not checked ****************************** |
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In article , Charlie wrote:
Sorry, reminded me of a song........(it's amazing how lyrics can stay in my head for years, but I can't remember s**t about yesterday) I'm the same way maybe worst. I'll make my morning coffee. Place in a bit of sugar and milk and sometimes tilt the cup to be sure I added the sugar. I had some heart surgery about five years ago and was on the pump for seven hours. General rule of thumb is we loose 10 % of our short term memory for every hour on. Currently playing Mahjong every morning in the belief I can get some back. May be fooling myself but it is my nature. Guess you folks know of The Chieftains Tears Of Stone Bill -- S Jersey USA Zone 5 Shade http://www.ocutech.com/ High tech Vison aid This article is posted under fair use rules in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, and is strictly for the educational and informative purposes. This material is distributed without profit. |
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Charlie wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:26:41 -0700, Billy Rose wrote: The knosching went very well, thank you very much. Tabouli, chicken salad, cold fruit (peaches, cherries, plums, and strawberries), mortadella, salami Toscano, pepperocini, cornichons, Kalamata olives in brine, garlic stuffed green olives, and a seeded sour dough loaf of bread. We settled for a cheap California chardonnay. Didn't taste like much but no flaws and it was cold. Finished with chocolate, brandy, and we split a bottle of stout in frount of the TV. The four cats and the 'Hounds from Hell" were circling around to see if there were any scraps to be had but not tonight (no bones, poor kids). We listened to the "Best of the Chieftains" while we ate on the patio, in view of the gardens. (The Lovey-poo does the flowers.) Thank the Lord for color vision, again. I'll light the fire You place the flowers in the vase That you bought today Our house, is a very, very, very fine house With two cats in the yard Life used to be so hard Now everything is easy 'cause of you Sorry, reminded me of a song........(it's amazing how lyrics can stay in my head for years, but I can't remember s**t about yesterday) Chieftans, eh? Rock on, Wild Man CHarlie well I love Celtic music as well. I record Thistle and Shamrock every Saturday off the UT NPR station and if I miss it, the Eastern Tennessee NPR station on Sunday..........then there's my three hours of Celtic music on the best obscure NPR station in this area based outa North Carolina and is on the web for a coupla years now.....I listen to Richard Beard's "Celtic Winds" which he's had for over 15 years......I got four cats and three dogs.......when I get cold, I DO have a three dog night! LOL maddie |
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William Wagner wrote:
In article , Charlie wrote: Sorry, reminded me of a song........(it's amazing how lyrics can stay in my head for years, but I can't remember s**t about yesterday) I'm the same way maybe worst. I'll make my morning coffee. Place in a bit of sugar and milk and sometimes tilt the cup to be sure I added the sugar. I had some heart surgery about five years ago and was on the pump for seven hours. General rule of thumb is we loose 10 % of our short term memory for every hour on. Currently playing Mahjong every morning in the belief I can get some back. May be fooling myself but it is my nature. Guess you folks know of The Chieftains Tears Of Stone Bill GREAT cd!! send yer snail mail and I'll burn you some Celtic that will lift your heart, tear you up (as in tears) and make you dance, even if yer sitting down! maddie who's addy isn't anything but what it is listed as |
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Charlie wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:52:55 -0700, Billy Rose wrote: Simple Sauteed Summer Squash I've always liked summer squash, particularly when it's small and tender. This is just an interesting way to prepare summer squash that goes nicely with a variety of main dishes. It's mild and very good for you - enjoy! * 2-4 small summer squash * 1/2 tsp. dill * 1 tsp. lemon juice * 1/2 tsp. parsley * 1 (smallish) clove garlic * 1/4 cup chopped onion * olive oil (to coat pan) * salt and pepper to taste * 3/4 to 1 tsp. horseradish mustard * pinch of curry powder Coat a pan or skillet with olive oil. Add onion and garlic, cook for about a minute, then add thinly sliced squash. Add the lemon juice, dill, parsley, salt, pepper, mustard, and a little curry powder. Sautee until the squash is tender, stirring often. Horseradish mustard........as a seasoning with summer squash. Sounds lovely, I think this will be on the menu tonite For brkfst we are having a frittata with lots of zucchini, onions and mushrooms....more veggie than hen fruit. After the first cuppa, we're beginning to feel a little more human. I'm tellin' ya, we old folks don't bounce back from childbirth like we used to. Charlie bun still baking in the oven? oh well.....and in the comics's "Stone Soup" Joan is late and about to pop herself.........(I also read everything from Get Fuzzy, The Other Coast, LOTS of political 'toons to keep abreast without listening to the news (that's what son is for, to translate) For Better or Worse, reruns of Opus and Bloom County and Geech, Barkeater Lake, Bizarro, Non Sequitur, Foxtrot reruns and Sunday's, Zits, Sherma's Lagoon, Six Chix's, Mother Goose and Grimm, Tumbleweeds, Crock,Crankshaft,A Lawyer, A Cop and a Doctor, 9 Chickweed Lane (sigh.....he quit doing Pibgorn and I MISS IT) and a wide assortment of stuff because I get three comics pages sent to my 'puter every day....it starts my day off with a laugh or a hmmmmmmmm, lately I got behind enough that the list of unread comics keeps me laughing and catching up as my eye and heart heals......(not literally with the heart, just emotionally, you understand g) maddie |
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Ann wrote: Billy Rose expounded: Comin' soon to a garden near you. Whatcha riding? VW van or my thumb;-) -- Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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madgardener wrote: William Wagner wrote: In article , Charlie wrote: Sorry, reminded me of a song........(it's amazing how lyrics can stay in my head for years, but I can't remember s**t about yesterday) I'm the same way maybe worst. I'll make my morning coffee. Place in a bit of sugar and milk and sometimes tilt the cup to be sure I added the sugar. I had some heart surgery about five years ago and was on the pump for seven hours. General rule of thumb is we loose 10 % of our short term memory for every hour on. Currently playing Mahjong every morning in the belief I can get some back. May be fooling myself but it is my nature. Guess you folks know of The Chieftains Tears Of Stone Bill GREAT cd!! send yer snail mail and I'll burn you some Celtic that will lift your heart, tear you up (as in tears) and make you dance, even if yer sitting down! maddie who's addy isn't anything but what it is listed as No need to send me a cd but I'd like know what music you value. I love new Ideas . One or two suffices as it may lead to others in time. Bill who likes Patti Smith a local Pitman NJ Girl. William Wagner 2304 Chew Avenue Franklinville, NJ USA 08322 Below A example of a Celtic hit in Itunes. I've been collecting recorded music since 1960. I've got Stevie Wonder's first as an LP. Whole bunch of weird and wonderful LP's but still I'm trying to get my possible son in law to take my new turntable. The Winter's End 3:20 Liam O'Flynn Celtic Christmas Easy Listening When The Snow Melts 3:56 Phil cunningham&Manus Lunny Celtic Christmas Easy Listening Wedding In Kotre 5:11 Chinmaya Dunster And The Celtic Ragas Band Karma Circles New Age 100 "We Follow A Star" 4:57 Jeff Johnson Celtic Christmas Easy Listening Wandering Way 4:24 Chinmaya Dunster & Vidroha Jamie Celtic Ragas World 1 4/4/06 7:03 PM Third Carol For Christmas Day 3:58 Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill & Donal Lunny Celtic Christmas Easy Listening Tara 4:34 Chinmaya Dunster & Vidroha Jamie Celtic Ragas World Solus 3:42 Triona Ni Dhomhnaill Celtic Christmas Easy Listening Soillse Na Nollag 4:38 Altan Celtic Christmas Easy Listening Snow On High Ground 3:43 Nightnoise Celtic Christmas Easy Listening Snow 5:36 Loreena McKennitt Celtic Christmas Easy Listening Sliabh Russel/Come West Along The Road 3:54 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk 1 11/1/06 11:11 AM Seacht nDolas Na Maighdine Muire (The 7 Sorrows Of Mary) 3:07 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk The Rose of Tralee 3:17 Nightnoise The Celtic Circle New Age Pentangle Celtic-Wiccan-- The 3:41 Patrick Ball - Celtic Harp - Greensleeves 2:59 Gospel Paddy's Song 3:41 Pentangle The Storyteller Celtic On A Cold Winter's Day/Christmas Eve 4:07 Kevin Burke & Micheål O Domhnaill Celtic Christmas Easy Listening Nollaig Na Mban 5:03 Cormac Breatnach Celtic Christmas Easy Listening Natasha 4:48 Sally Oldfield Celtic Spirits Rock The Mists of Ruantallain 5:48 Chinmaya Dunster & Vidroha Jamie Celtic Ragas World 1 4/30/06 6:43 PM Mere Hamsafar 4:50 Chinmaya Dunster & Vidroha Jamie Celtic Ragas World 1 5/27/06 7:20 PM A Meeting Place Of Friends 5:48 Chinmaya Dunster And The Celtic Ragas Band Karma Circles New Age 100 1 4/30/06 4:10 PM Meditation - Celtic Trance - C 9:51 March Of The King Of Laois 4:57 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk Manipuri Megh 7:09 Chinmaya Dunster And The Celtic Ragas Band Karma Circles New Age the maid that sold her barley 2:40 deanta Celtic Wonder Celtic King Holly, King Oak 4:17 Johnny Cunningham Celtic Christmas Easy Listening 1 12/24/06 10:30 PM Kaunsi Kannada 5:49 Chinmaya Dunster And The Celtic Ragas Band Karma Circles New Age Joe Banes/Green Gowned Lass 2:52 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk 1 11/1/06 11:27 AM iona - michael danna & jeff danna - hearts of space - celtic twilight 5 - 03 3:51 The Hollow Hills 5:04 Chinmaya Dunster And The Celtic Ragas Band Karma Circles New Age 100 2 1/3/07 7:47 PM Heroes Of St Valery 3:46 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk 6 6/3/07 7:15 PM Hearts of Space - Wiccan & Meditation Music - Sounds Of Nature~ Relaxing Sounds With Celtic Harp& Pan Flute(1) 54:11 Hearts Of Space Hearts of Space - Celtic Twilight 5 - 05 - The Lamentation of Turlough O'Carolan-John Doan(2) 4:07 Hearts Of Space 1 2/20/06 5:04 PM Hearts of Space - Celtic Twilight 1 - 11 - Ancient Pines (Loreena McKennitt) 3:35 Hearts Of Space Celtic Hearts of Space - 516 - Lights In The Dark - [Another journey into the depth and beauty of Celtic music] 1:13:50 Hearts Of Space A Gypsy Tale 4:08 Chinmaya Dunster & Vidroha Jamie Celtic Ragas World 1 4/4/06 7:12 PM The Grey Funnel Line 2:39 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk Greensleeves Irish Celtic Harp Greensleeves (glass harmonica & harp) 3:09 Other 2 5/18/07 2:01 PM The Goddess 4:53 Chinmaya Dunster & Vidroha Jamie Celtic Ragas World Galician Carol 3:08 Carlos Nüñez Celtic Christmas Easy Listening Fig For A Kiss/Sergeant Cahill's Favorite 4:27 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk Enya - Celtic Rain 4:36 Enya - Celtic Irish - Lord of the Dance - Riverdance (with taps) 2:22 2 5/18/07 2:31 PM Dueling Chanters 2:53 Chieftains Santiago Celtic Drops Of Brandy 3:31 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk 1 11/1/06 11:24 AM Dorset 4:32 Chinmaya Dunster & Vidroha Jamie Celtic Ragas World Donegal Reel/Maids Of Mt Kisco/The Youngest Daughter 4:29 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk 1 11/1/06 11:18 AM Corn Rigs Are Bonny 3:00 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk Clannad - Celtic Folk Harp - Scottish Love Song.mp3 2:23 Citi Na gCumman 4:59 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk 1 11/1/06 11:07 AM The Circles Makers 5:12 Chinmaya Dunster And The Celtic Ragas Band Karma Circles New Age 1 3/1/06 3:04 PM The Circles Makers 5:12 Chinmaya Dunster And The Celtic Ragas Band Karma Circles New Age 100 21 7/1/07 6:08 PM Ciara 3:00 Luka Bloom Celtic Christmas Easy Listening Chance Meeting 5:01 Chinmaya Dunster & Vidroha Jamie Celtic Ragas World Chance Finding 5:10 Chinmaya Dunster And The Celtic Ragas Band Karma Circles New Age 100 1 1/3/07 7:52 PM Celtic Wedding 4:07 Chieftains Celtic Wedding: Music of Brittany Celtic Celtic Myst 2:05 Clannad Caislean Oir Celtic harp & pan flute Relaxing 3:08 Sounds of Nature Nature's Relaxing Sounds (enhanced with celtic harp & pan flute) Silver Bell New Age Celtic Bagpipes - The Battle of Stirling (Braveheart soundtrack) 4:08 CELTIC - Pan Pipes - Instrumental - Flute Music of the Andes - Spirit of the Incas.mp3 4:04 Other Carolan's Cap/Hugh O'Donnell 5:28 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk The Briar And The Rose 3:23 Niamh Parsons/the Loose Connections Celtic Wonder Folk Brian O'Lynn/Star Of Munster 4:43 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk Boithrin Bui (The Yellow Road) 3:45 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk Bi, A Iosa, Im Chroi-Se 3:17 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk 1 11/1/06 11:21 AM Bhattiyali 4:56 Chinmaya Dunster And The Celtic Ragas Band Karma Circles New Age 100 1 1/4/07 3:56 PM Belfast Lasses/Moving Cloud 3:38 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk Barndance 2:25 William Coulter & Friends Celtic Sessions Alternative & Punk 1 11/1/06 11:13 AM At the Edge of the Known World 5:05 Chinmaya Dunster & Vidroha Jamie Celtic Ragas World Ancient Forest 3:00 Clannad Celtic -- S Jersey USA Zone 5 Shade http://www.ocutech.com/ High tech Vison aid This article is posted under fair use rules in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. 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In article , madgardener wrote: William Wagner wrote: In article , Charlie wrote: Sorry, reminded me of a song........(it's amazing how lyrics can stay in my head for years, but I can't remember s**t about yesterday) I'm the same way maybe worst. I'll make my morning coffee. Place in a bit of sugar and milk and sometimes tilt the cup to be sure I added the sugar. I had some heart surgery about five years ago and was on the pump for seven hours. General rule of thumb is we loose 10 % of our short term memory for every hour on. Currently playing Mahjong every morning in the belief I can get some back. May be fooling myself but it is my nature. Guess you folks know of The Chieftains Tears Of Stone Bill GREAT cd!! send yer snail mail and I'll burn you some Celtic that will lift your heart, tear you up (as in tears) and make you dance, even if yer sitting down! maddie who's addy isn't anything but what it is listed as No need to send me a cd but I'd like know what music you value. I love new Ideas . One or two suffices as it may lead to others in time. Bill who likes Patti Smith a local Pitman NJ Girl. William Wagner 2304 Chew Avenue Franklinville, NJ USA 08322 Below A example of a Celtic hit in Itunes. I've been collecting recorded music since 1960. I've got Stevie Wonder's first as an LP. Whole bunch of weird and wonderful LP's but still I'm trying to get my possible son in law to take my new turntable. incredible list below snipped............. well, I love world music. Celtic, Reggae, Folk, Rock,Bluegrass, a little punk, SOME classical, not much into rap, but even some that has good words and a story or more poetry isn't bad, I still have about 2000 of my albums that range in tastes from Allan Parson's Project, Creedence Clearwater, Camel, Zappa (about 24 of those, not all 69) Tangerine Dream, ALL of the Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, about 9 Beatles, ELO, ELP, Tonto's Expanding Headband.......Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray, Temptations, Aretha, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Dylan, The Band, Grand Funk Railroad, Chicago Transit Athority, Barefoot Jerry,some Allman Brothers, I love Gov't Mule and Warren Haynes, I have all the Celtic Twilight cd's so far (I think there are only six) ALL the Lorenna McKennett including the Live at Alahambra PBS DVD, Loose Connections, Clannad, Altan, Cherish the Ladies, Dougie McClean, Afro Celt, Poozies, Peatbog Faeries, Enter the Haagas, Ashleigh McIssack, a HUGE assortment of compilation cd's (two books of Celtic, two books of compilations, two books of female artists. So far the cd collection is up to 13 books of more than 248 in each zipper book. I listen to David Dye on World Cafe coming outa Philly on WNCW, Accoustic Cafe' I catch on Sunday mornings, enjoy This American Life and sometimes remember to catch Cartalk when I remember...although I like Bluegrass, eight hours on WNCW is a bit TOO much...but I LOVE Tim O'Brian and Allison Krauss, adored and knew John Hartford and have eight of his vinyl albums some of which the estate hasn't put upon cd yet......all of Cheryll Wheeler's stuff, John Gorka (all his stuff) love Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohn, Tom Waits, Ricky Lee Jones, Alanas Morrisette, Paula Cole, Patti Griffith, Susanne Vega, Maria Muldaur (I have lots of vinyl and lots of cd's of hers, as well as most of Bonnie Raitt's, John Prine, B.B. King, Pine Top Perkins, Keb Mo', Muddy Waters, Johnny Lang, Van Morrison the list is endless.........eclectic tastes, yes. Nick Drake, Louden Wainwright and his son, Rufus. Arlo Guthrie, the list is endless. My music collection is amazing but never complete. There's always something else coming out or something that the college kids don't know is good. I happened upon two Steve Hackett cd's I have the albums to for cheap and I snatched them. The remake Beatles cd is a must buy. I adored that it was done. George and John woulda loved it...... Not much for Sir Paul, but Peter Townsend still rocks the house. I also like Zydecoe and Cajun, have lots of Dr. John....I could write the list for hours.....gbseg by the way, Bellsouth is about to lower the boom on me and cut off my ISDN line because I was irresponsible for the first time in 36 years and ran up my landline to outlandish proportions, so I will burn you a few cd's and send them your way and you let me know, ok? going in for the second eye Tuesday and won't be able to lift a fart, and they're threatening to shut me off the 9th......sigh.....you'd think an old hippie and all round decent person of 54 would learn.......first time I ever let my mouth get outa hand and couldn't pay the HUGE honking bill.......made my bed hard and now I gotta lie in it. I'll be back though. Just hate it as I just paid the internet, supernews fee, ISDN line fee and renewed the comics on line stuff....crap...... later? maddie whose eyes are Georgia roadmaps and I just wanna stay up and write whil;e I can...... |
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Leanin' on the garden's fence-- mostly
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, William Wagner wrote: I had some heart surgery about five years ago and was on the pump for seven hours. General rule of thumb is we loose 10 % of our short term memory for every hour on. Huh? Oh yeah. I'm glad to see that the barrowed time is being put to good use. I've got kinda hooked on the story line, myself, and the first person narrative really rocks. I look forward to the next installment every morning. Even this morning, when I know that the story line is going to be about lying in the dirt, under my wooden garage, battling wood rot. Leest I'm on the right side of the grass. Carp diem, baby, carp diem. -- Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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In article , Charlie wrote:
Uh-oh.....Fist of Death!! Well, since we seem to be a smidge off subject already, I'm looking for ward to seeing both Sicko and The Big Sellout. What? Ain't heard of it? The Big Sellout includes interviews with Joseph Stiglitz, the former World Bank chief economist [EPA] Florian Opitz, a German filmmaker whose latest work takes a critical look at the impact of privatisation on people's lives, says the selling off of state holdings has become an "unchallenged ideology". The Big Sellout, to open in German cinemas on Thursday, explores the effects of privatisation on rail, healthcare and other public services. The documentary, which features lengthy interviews with Joseph Stiglitz, the former World Bank chief economist, will also be released shortly in the United States, Sweden, Austria and Switzerland, Opitz said on Wednesday. Spread of privatisation Opitz told Reuters news agency: "What really bothered me before starting this was that everyone said you can't do anything about the spread of privatisation, even though it affects so many people in such a fundamental way. "If people are informed about the potential impact of privatisation on healthcare, railways, power suppliers and still want it, that's their choice. "But they're usually left in the dark. My aim was to show privatisation's impact on people." While insisting he is anything but a fan of Michael Moore, the US filmmaker, and his confrontational approach, Opitz's English-language film Der Grosse Ausverkauf - as it is titled in German - is similar in style. 'Dangerous system' Featured in the documentary, Simon, a British train driver, says he once worked for the most efficient railway system in Europe, but since its privatisation, it has become run-down and dangerous. "Privatisation has become such an unchallenged ideology," said Opitz, who spent four-and-a-half years on the film which has financial backing from German public television. "It is not a law of nature. Too many people shrug and say 'What can you do?'" In another segment of the four-part story, a poor mother in the Philippines struggles to raise money for the dialysis her son needs. In the end, hospital staff tells her she should just accept that she cannot afford her son's treatment and let him die. 'Guerrilla electricians' The third story is about a South African activist and his "guerrilla electricians" who risk their lives helping families illegally re-connect their power after a privatised electric company switched it off over unpaid bills. The fourth story is about violent protests in Bolivia in 2000 that accompanied - and prevented - attempts by the local congress to impose charges for water they had received free. "Sell now, pay later - our world is being privatised," said 34-year-old Opitz. "This looks behind the abstract idea of privatising basic public services." He said: "Who will have access to water, energy, public transport and healthcare? Only those who can afford it." Opitz's film has been featured in festival screenings in Toronto, Chicago, Berlin and Hong Kong. Source: Agencies WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2007 --------- (Veering back on subject) The "bird house" gourd cleared the top of the trellis yesterday at about 5 PM and promptly flowered. A little "hot dogging". A couple of arms have branched out from the one that scaled the trellis. The mass now seems to be rocking back and forth as if it were looking for something else to grab on to. If it reaches our 5' it will find the kumquat tree. But there is no doubt about it, this sucker is ALIVE. I'll have to start counting the animals at night now. Most of the plants in the garden have doubled in size this last week with the heat. Found a snail crawling over the alfalfa. He won't be passing that trait on. Found a "bull" snail up with my starter plants, where 2 more sunflowers were devoured yesterday. The area is littered with "Sluggo". He won't be passing on any genetic tricks either. Planted a sunflower with a sour cream container (bottom cut out) encircling it. Wrapped aluminum (aluminium to the mates) around it. 48 hours later, it is still there. Basils are all potted up. tallest is 8" but they are getting it on. One of the psylliums (Plantago whatchamacallit) seems to have replicated, even though it is only 6" tall. I hope the little bugger doesn't turn out to be invasive. The flax are about 8" high and the rail spur that I installed next to it doesn't seem to have attracted any freight cars yet. Slowly getting the medicinals into the ground. (Veering off subject again) A group of activists at a (Harvard University) has begun a week-long campaign to highlight the attendance of Dan Halutz, a former Israeli military chief, on an elite study programme. The Harvard University students say that people with poor human rights records, or who are seen as war criminals, should not be welcomed at the centre. The Alliance for Justice in the Middle East has covered the campus with mock "WANTED" posters accusing Halutz, the former Israeli chief of staff, of war crimes. Halutz is being sponsored by the Israeli army to attend a two-month executive training programme at Harvard's Business School (HBS). The group launched its week-long mock dragnet on Tuesday to expose what it says is the university's "pattern of admitting and hiring individuals with a credible and public record of war crimes and human rights abuses". Not wanted In addition to the posters, members are employing missing person milk cartons, helium balloons, and the internet to make their case. The posters say Halutz ordered the indiscriminate bombing of Lebanon last summer, killing more than 1,000 civilians. Halutz resigned from his post in January 2007 after admitting failures in the war against Hezbollah. The posters read: "The jets he commanded bombed houses and hospitals, ambulances and airports, refineries and roads. The atrocities committed under his command were condemned worldwide as war crimes. Now he's hiding out and padding his resume in an executive education programme at Harvard Business School." It then asks people to contact the International Criminal Court if they spot him. Human rights organisations have also accused Halutz of war crimes for the one-tonne bomb he ordered dropped in a heavily populated civilian area in Gaza in 2002. A Jewish student group on campus says the posters' are "accusatory and inflammatory" and condemned the campaign as "hateful propaganda" that "has no place on HBS campus". The group is now in talks with the school's administration about how to prevent similar campaigns in the future. Source: Al Jazeera Peace out y'all, -- Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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In article , Charlie wrote:
On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:45:37 -0700, Billy Rose wrote: Huh? Oh yeah. I'm glad to see that the barrowed time is being put to good use. I've got kinda hooked on the story line, myself, and the first person narrative really rocks. I look forward to the next installment every morning. Even this morning, when I know that the story line is going to be about lying in the dirt, under my wooden garage, battling wood rot. Leest I'm on the right side of the grass. Carp diem, baby, carp diem. Carpe serpo, baby, carpe serpo. Crawlin' around under garages and other places the creepy-crawlies inhabit. Have fun. Should've done this last year, eh? Charlie Got a reprieve until tomarrow. Five years ago, but then where would the challenge have been. Anybody coukd have done it when it was still solid. Pfff -- Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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In article , Charlie wrote:
Zen, Billy, zen. Between "With Mind" And "With-Out Mind," The pine tree breeze! How do you want us To listen to you in the garden? - Mushin-za - reply - People say We are "Mindless," But we have ears alright, So we listen to the breeze In the pine tree in the garden. - Muneyuki-kyo The dragonflies, And the color of the walls,- my native place, how dear! - Bunson The brushwood, Though cut for fuel, Is beginning to bud. - Boncho Beside the plantain lily The grasshopper Sings his sutra. - Kana-jo Only after the peony Had scattered and fallen Did it stand there in it's glory. -- Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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Some fun here. http://www.cns.nyu.edu/ledoux/amygdaloids/cdpreview ............................. Found at http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/200...joseph_ledoux/ "Joseph LeDoux's heavy mental The neuroscientist explains how music, emotion and memory shape our identities -- and why he has donned a Stratocaster to keep the brain rollin' all night long. " -- S Jersey USA Zone 5 Shade http://www.ocutech.com/ High tech Vison aid This article is posted under fair use rules in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, and is strictly for the educational and informative purposes. This material is distributed without profit. |
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