CEDARHILL

Rosa Sat....

Rosa Sat. So Martin could walk. So Obama could run. So our kids could fly.

Quote for the day came from Sue A. Thanks.

A notable quote

That was Zen. This is Tao.

Darin "loaned" me his blue lava lamp after I commented that I thought having one would be cool. It is! Ike discovered it last night and spent much time trying to unlock the secret.

The quote came from Sandy's travels and it was on a billboard in England...

Those English are so profound!

I think it is a good lead in to the New Year. ZEN, as wikipedia says,  de-emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and the study of religious texts in favor of direct, experiential realization.  TAO, translates as "way," or "Path," and is loosely used to indicate the true holistic nature of the world. (ie: We are all connected. )

Consider what you may this Sunday about what an Obama Presidency has to say about the Tao of US Politics.
Ahhh...

 

Economic Forecast

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
  - John Kenneth Galbraith                  (compliments of Donna)

Halloween 2008

Thoughts today.....(cartoon is from my friend Paula)
So I've got a bet with one of my customers that the stock market won't sink again below 8500. He thinks it will dip to 6800. Neither of us have any technical expertise to make these predictions...But we both wanted to gamble and didn't have the balls to gamble by getting into the market. Instead we have made a $1 side bet. My brother is searching for good deals at the bottom of the market and is voting Democrat for President for the first time in many years ..... deciding on that switch right after McCain said he was going to buy up 300Billion of bad loans from people who made a mistake and left those who were paying their bills wondering why they bother. I live in a mostly Republican community where God and Apple Pie play very well and Palin seems nice.We have something in common with the Richardson Raceway in Indiana that way. They get their news from Fox News and their neighbors (who get theirs from Fox). All other media is....well,liberal,biased and just plain out to get Ms Sarah.Still....I proudly display my Obama sign in front of the house and throw in my lot with that "other" media which constitutes everyone BUT Fox.
I am researching Victory Gardens and will be writing an article on them for the next GMT and expect at least a few people will be moved to put in a garden. This economy will continue to change the way we view our leaders and our lifestyles....and that's not all bad.

Happy women...

Happy women have no cares.
Cheerful ones know how to handle their cares.   Beverly Sills

The D-word

"I was the perfect parent...right up to the time I had children."

So begins a wonderful series of stores about parental expectations and children's un-planned reactions. A book reviewed for us this week by one of our members.

Take for example the Mother who, upon finding all the fish in the aquarium floating on the surface (the thermometer had been turned up), scooped them up and replaced them with new fish, so that her five year old would never know.

When it happened a second time, she figured out the culprit, and after disposing of the dead fish and replacing them, once again with NEW fish, pulled her five year over and explained in the calmest voice "You musn't fool with the thermostat because it makes the fish "unhappy.".

When it happeded a third time, a more experienced mother, might have recognized the loosing battle and simply dismanteled the fish tank. But she was new to this mothering, so she bought a third round of fish and had another calm discussion about thermostats with her five year old.

When it happened the fourth time, she lost her composure; dragging her five year old over to the tank- pointing at the dead fish and screaming: "See those fish? They are D E A D...and its you're fault!"

The five year old neither broke into tears....or remembered the incident many, many years later. The mother did though. That's the point about parents and children. They seem to turn out just FINE despite these momentary lapses of reason.

The woman who reviewed this book for us at the book club, closed the chapter and told us a story about her own five year old granddaughter who walked into the kitchen as the adults were talking about Grandpa T..."not being here anymore."   

"Where did he go?" the 5 year old asked

Her mother, not wishing to scar such young ears said, " Grandpa T is hanging out with God and the Angels."

"Well....he's dead then." said her innocent little daughter.

Ahhh... we just don't give children enough credit for the wisdom they posess.

(Check out the book: The KID turned out just FINE. Its available on Amazon)

The Trade...

Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates... 
Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern  Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car and asked the Navajo woman if she would like a ride. 
With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car. Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. 
The old woman just sat silently, looking intently at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed a pink bag on the seat next to Sally. 
"What in bag?" asked the old woman. 
Sally looked down at the white bag and said, "It's a box of chocolates.
I got it for my husband". 
The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said: "Good trade."

Sent from my friend Bill....

A bird's song..

This was a note on a gift of bird seed from Frank and Nora... I loved the note. The birds loved the seed.

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer.

       It sings because it has a song."

Chinese Proverb

Ideas..

Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin; it should make you jump up and do something.

E.L Simpson

lol......................

Download clBush.wmv

Here is a video clip which will cause laughter....

Did you know that lol - means "laughing my ass off"  and  "rotflmao"  is:

rolling on the floor laughing my ass off.

These are the shortcuts to communication that simply escaped my generation. I can think of any similar abbreviations. Hmmm. I'll have to ask around. Surely we had some ...