Truth! & Peace! What do you think? Huh?

 Truth! & Peace!

Sacred-Truth! begets holy-Peace!

Truth! negates faux-material worth!?

Amen!

The "Truth"-experiment!

 The “Truth” experiment!

In some ivy-league university in some modern time-through-space a very bright tenured faculty member researches “Government-grants to-education” give-aways unearthing several most lucrative “incentives” to enrich the overstuffed coffers of her employer, all the “Good” lady need do is navigate the maze of applications, social forms, political interviews, secret-words for the day, meet fabricated deadlines properly “stamped and sealed” y the appropriately-appointed "zombies" of the bureaucratic ranks among other “hoops” to jump through and then display an inordinate amount of patience awaiting some legislative mumbo-jumbo fleecing the American taxpayer yet just once more for train loads of cash to be poured down another rat hole!

Hero to the school, administration, Board-members and “Ooh-ed" and "Aah-ed” by fellow contemporaries as indispensable our Miss Procurer-of-“free”-money celebrates her faux-celebrity. All she need do is “busily” properly complete “necessary” forms and rake in the cash!

Of all vacant dichotomies the Princess might encroach upon in her desperate-desire to enhance her beneficiary-resume to the institution and preserve and advance her value to the bottom-line while also maintaining a “Keeping up appearances”-façade for her adoring, though secretly envious, contemporaries  is to uncover some “free”-treasure trove to be fully exploited.

Thus, “The ‘Truth experiment” is born! Voila! Free-money! So simple! Too easy! Wow!

As with any and all “social” experiments along with governmental-political disingenuous demonstrations of sheer “idiocy” utilizing other-people’s-money (OPM) the highly-suspect conclusions are pre-determined “inductive”-reasoning logic-conclusions of scripted-outcome.

And---always…no consideration is planned for the consequences of ill-conceived larceny.

So? Now the Authority has captured “free” taxpayer money strictly-limited by a lump-sum cap with a codicil promising to “see” the project through with additional sums---as,,,needed!

I once had a friend who worked for the “state” and had every weekend “Free” until one Saturday and Sunday he had to work. I asked “Why?” and he easily explained that the fiscal-year was ending and his division still had unspent money available and if they didn’t use it the department would not get their “automatic” annual 10% budget increase! Holey-moley! Wow!

The sacred faux-vacant “Mission statement”: To access societal-conclusions practicing Truth!

With Great-fanfare, the university, in conjunction with a prestigious cabinet support-unit will publicize the coming event and encourage citizen-participation countrywide for only one week.

Speeches ensued! Promised assaulted reason! Money flowed! A date was set! Nirvana! Amen!

For one week the people of the United States would pledge, and abide by the oath, to live and speak only Truth! in all manner of commerce and to one another. The erudite committee members would assemble and access the results upon the society and culture resulting thereof.

80% of the “participants” decided “out-of-hand” not to speak during that damnable week; another 19%+ would pledge an oath with absolutely no intention to keep it. The remainder would quite simply continue their trace of living plain, simple and honest as they forever had done so.

Some of the practiced-transgressors actually tried “Truth” several attempts with the usual results and none proved worthwhile to the executioners; life went on same as always. A waste!

Several elite auto brands, Designer clothes and purse manufacturers suffered slight losses, jewelry stores reduced hours, expensive restaurant chains lost profit. After a week? S-O-S (Same ole stuff)! Nothing changed; the old world continued to turn; day shone sunshine, moon glowed.

And---the university…sought yet score-more most lucrative scams raiding the money coffers.

“The Truth experiment” exposed and proved purposeful evil-lies acceptance by a society!

Amen!

Beauty & Intelligence!

 Beauty & Intelligence!

Never let it be said that I neither notice nor appreciate Beauty!

Pleasing to the eye! Satisfying to the senses! Perfect! Amen!

But---Intelligencve...trumps Beauty every time! Amen!

Now---If you're lucky and blessed...you just might get Both!

Nirvana! Personified!---An Amazing-wonder!...conclusion!

And---that combination...I fully appreciate! Amen!

Amen!

Limits!? Nah!

Just---How...far!?

Mind! Soul! & Spirit!---Another sacred -Trinity!...Amen!

The soul is the life of the body and the spirit is the life of the soul!

The curious mind is a spirit-function of Life! & Love!

The mind is eternal as the soul, spirit and the expanding cosmos!

Cherish sacred-Truth!---Eschew Worry! & Fear!...Embrace Peace!

"Think-outside-the-box"---is a falsehood...There ain't NO-box!

Only self-deluded untruth inflicted upon ourselves! Amen!

Amazing!---Expansion of the eternal cosmos...and the mind!

Celebrate and encourage Intelligence! Others---and...self!

Your only mental-limitation is evil self-imposed! An evil-lie!

No limits! None!---Fear-not! Follow-Me!...Peace! awaits!

Amen!

Book No. 11 Gabriella Leigh Magic unicorn adventure

 Book 11 in a series

Gabriella Leigh with Miss Penelope

(a Magic-unicorn Valentine-adventure)

Available soon on Amazon books (KDP)

The little girl's development continues.

Enjoy!

Amen!

A beautiful winter day!

 Writing-time! Yea!

Got some writing done today; very satisfying!

Took care of a coming birthday and Valentine Day!

Book No. 11 for Gabriella Leigh! She's so cute!

Good day! Enjoyed the winter frigid-chill!

Refreshing!---and...Productive!

Amen!

Not quite!?

Snow!

Well! They got it "right"!? Sort of!?

6"?---No!...More like---Maybe...2"!

But, it's white! Cold! Beautiful! Delightful!

I appreciate Nature's "shadow"-beauty!

Amen! 

Snow!?

Snow!? Yea!!!

They promise it's really coming this time!

Only "one" question---How much?...6"+! Yeah!

Bring it!---I will... cherish and fully enjoy it! 

Amen!

Dare!?

Dare to look back!? 

I looked back---and saw...my future coming!? Huh!?

Careful---What?...You already got it!? Uh! Huh!

Hey! Nimrod! Pay attention!---It goes really...Quick!

Amen!

Little boxes!---???...Yep! So sorry! Amen!

 Little boxes by Pete Seeger (1963)

 

Little boxes on the hillside

Little boxes made of ticky-tacky

Little boxes Little boxes

Little boxes all the same

 

There's a green one and a pink one

And a blue one and a yellow one

And they're all made out of ticky-tacky

And they all look just the same

 

And the people in the houses all go to the university

And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the same

And there's doctors and there's lawyers and business executives

And they're all made out of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same

 

And they all play on the golf course and drink their martini dry

And they all have pretty children and the children go to school

And the children go to summer camp and then to the university

And they all get put in boxes, and they all come out the same

And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family

And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the same

There's a green one, and a pink one

And a blue one and a yellow one

And they're all made out of ticky-tacky

And they all look just the same

Nirvana

 Ah!---Nirvana…Eternal!

(Could it really be as simple as personal-choice?)

 

I be Thankful!---For Life! & Love! each day!...Amen!

 

In the eternal night/day game-of-tag light’s return chased away

my dreamscape-adventure Unicorn soaring the infinite-cosmos!

 

Love!---Wonderful!...The idea of Love!...Awesome-wonder! Amen!

 

Oh! Pink-blush hint-of-dawn---Awake!...Thank Thee! Lord!

Mid-morn labor-respite in filigree cooling-shade of silver maple tree!

Delicious-lunch in comfort-warm golden-shafts high-sun noon!

Refreshing ice-cream afternoon Cooling sweet-treat delight!

Supper-call delicious-fare at purple-eve long-shadow salute!

Front-porch clan-gathering ushering the night advising-sleep!

Midnight Fantasy-dreams on Magic-unicorn to tally twinkle-stars!

Chasing Rainbows! Butterflies! & Unicorns! To lightning-catch!

Amen!

 

Gourmet-chef’s very-most secret ingredient?---Added Whisper-soft!...Love!

 

’Tis better to give than to receive! Sir Scott’s yon “Tangled-web”!?Amen!

 

Pray I! Dear Lord!: I taught them holy-sacred Love-meaning by example-true!

To Free-spirit child-play and ride a bike and hit the ball and respect-love pets!

We traveled near-and-far and often in our assigned life gift-of-time Measure!

Daily easy-found event-adventure in reality of simple-humble secret-Treasure!

A-herd! Horseflesh! Friends! And transportation, too! Our shared-Pleasure!

Hedonist!-Fun! Playing “Drown-Dad-in-the-creek!” Horse-racing games! Wow!

And---Evil-school stole my playmates each day…But, in some end, I truly-Won!

Swam a wide-wake on the pool-water surface taming the Wild! White-stallion!

Taught the kids to drive my Ranger-truck when they were young and Wild like me!

We played some golf and “ditched” school for Cardinal baseball-games mid-day!

Hunted springtime Morel-mushrooms and raided the Red-ear sunfish beds!

Set out like Pilgrim-innocent to Dream-appreciate the Great Northwest! Amen!

Found me-way home! To Nashville “Opry” country-music town upon return!

Birthdays we managed to stretch out for weeks and even, sometimes, months!

And, then---always and forever…Love! To Honor! Cherish! Share! And Foster!

Praise! Honor! Glory! Lord!---For precious Life-gift!...For sacred-Love Welcome!

Live! Love! Laugh! Faith! Family! Freedom! Yonder worthy- sacred Trinities!

Eschew the evil twin stepsisters Worry! & Fear! choosing to entertain Life! & Love!

And, so---On a ’morrow-dawn call…Simply to do it all again the same once more!

Saints! & Angels! Myriad!---I Thank-you! I Love-you!...One and all! Forever!

 

Amen!

One fine-day!

 

One fine-day!---Maybe!?...Peace!

(I within some vacant-space---I met…my sacred-spirit! Amen!)

 

This most amazing Game-of-Life for me has forevermore and then been only that-a Game!

Funny! A tow-head curious boy of ten in a fishing boat with Dad while Mom bar-b-ques at the brick-pit beside the clubhouse on old Fox lake I love so dear to silent-notice the “tornado”-swirls twisting soft turbulence disturbed by the oar-thrust in light-tinted green water to be quickly born a deep-hole vertex to slightly bend extending to slip away becoming placid, again.

Solace! A late afternoon in Regal! Regalia! Splendid! Mother Nature Fall display as I folly-chase some elusive phantom whitetail wraith only to know the frustration of “Success” should I Lucky bag my ghost-quarry secretly hoping that I should not “win” for then the “Game” is ended and future “fun” denied so I respite reclined against a sturdy white oak which has experienced the seasons for half a century and then my eyes alert my spirit---bright green moss gleaming in the bright traversing sun…reaching! Yearning! For sacred “light” delighting my senses acute to also journey beyond the ever-presence where this holy “spirit” is instantly summoned to “now”!

Myriad pink-blush hint-of-dawn awakening-announcement calling another day to vanquish the passing away dark-of-night in their eternal futile “game” of cosmic-tag where neither can ever proclaim a “Win” to this past, present, future never-ending fun-challenge game! Another chance! For precious-Life! For sacred-Love! For perfect-Peace! Just---Pursuit…of-the-Game!

Live! Love! Laugh! Focus-contemplate! Vigilant-be! No-one’s future is ever late!

For I have been!---And now-am!...And, on some ’morrow-dawn may future even be!? Amen!

“Hey! Big-boy! Don’t hurt yourself!” And---with those words… “Farewell!” To the seminary and a white-collar! “Hello!” And “Welcome!” To precious-Love! Faith! Family! Freedom! An embraced-enhanced holy-Delight! While the tale might be a “bit” creative-licensed the fact-of-the-matter rings forever true and the proof is in the pudding! 59!-years! 56!-officially! Amen!

Saints! & Angels! Is it man’s destiny to return from whence he came? Hmm!? Blessed! Exceedingly Blessed! From the very beginning! Parents! Family! Siblings! Relatives! Kinfolk! All! So many Good people! So very Good! All! Among us! Amen! Saints! & Angels! Amen!

Beauty & Brains! Oh! Such a very dangerous combination! Beautiful damsels! Handsome Gentlemen! Each of extremely high intelligence! Creative! Selfless! Christian-generous! Wow!

Favorites! 9-year old blonde Caty on Arabesque sans saddle on a ridge at our New Hanover home with cerulean sky behind them! Gorgeous! One of Dad’s favorite photos! 7-year old Becky in a red raincoat coming out of our old farm house at Maeystown for her very first day of school and I felt so “guilty”! I had sold our “estate” on the bluff with a fantastic view, swimming pool, near-mansion and horses and moved the tribe to a farm. Of course, I built a “new” house with a pool and we expanded from 10-acres to over 200! Still, I had disrupted our family. And---I did it once again some eleven years later…selling out and moving to Oregon lock, stock and barrel! I sure-enough reckon-so that I did it my way---and…my family suffered any consequences! Sorry!

Confession! Redemption! Salvation! I live, and, have lived, quite well! Mistakes!? Probably!? Maybe? Learning-experiences!? But, with a clear-conscience, pure-soul and spirit satiated in sacred-Peace decisions, determinations and conclusions resulted a Measure! Treasure! Pleasure!

Enough!---and…More! Amen! Love!---is…enough! As is---Faith! Hope! & Charity! These virtues are interconnected as is each of us and every atom in God’s eternal-cosmos! What!? Is it that each Independent-Individual seeks as the ultimate Prize? Love! & Peace! Amen!

My personal-prayer and wish for each Saint & Angel---

Health! Happiness! Safety! & Peace!...Amen!

Appreciiation! Amen!

 Lord! I appreciate! Amen!

(a prayer of Thanksgiving-Appreciation! Amen!)

 

Dear Lord!---I appreciate Love!...Thank Thee! Amen!

 

What another Fantastic! Amazing! Perfect! day to show Love and sincere appreciation!

January 19^th!---But…It could be just any “Christmas!”-day of the entire year! Amen! If you choose an attitude of complete and sacred “Appreciation” of---everything and…everybody! An old gospel crooner once begged: Why can’t everyday be Christmas!? It “Is” for any who choose.

I awoke to the dawn and thanked God for another day! One more chance to appreciate!

“No” complaints about the weather! Aches! Pains! Plight! Position! Just---Thankful!---Amen!

And---while every day is special to me…Today is Brother’s birthday and Niece Lisa’s too!

Off with Lovely Lady Candice Leah to get a birthday cake and lottery ticket gifts---Fun!

Yeah! Sure-enough reckon-so---it’s windy and cloudy!...Just---another…Perfect! day!

Each nuance of time-through-space is exciting---because…I take notice to appreciate!

We are each gifted a time-through-space---What(?) we do with it is…our personal choice!

So?---I a-purpose appreciate!...Life! Love! Laughter! Faith! Family! Freedom! Amen!

Non-materialistic---I tally not silver nor gold!...My Treasure! Measure! Pleasure! Is Love!

Two “positives” necessary each day?---Learn something new!...Make somebody smile!

My spirit is satiated with blessed Peace!---It is sustained with a practiced…Appreciation!

Focus-Life!---Blossom-Love!...Celebrate a Peace!-bouquet! Amen!

Thank Thee! Lord! Mom & Dad! Relatives! Kin! Friends! Acquaintances! All—spirits! Amen!

And, while I entertain no faux-material worship, I do so cherish my metaphoric Golden-crown embellished with precious gems: Lovely-Lady Candice Leah! Caty! Becky! Z. Tyler! Lauren! Lexi! Anna Marie! Gabriella Leigh! Graig! (Grandpa Ted!) Alex! Jennifer! And All!

So very Blessed! When our girls were in school I’d have the horses tacked and ready for Fun-’n-games playing “Drown-Dad” racing and horse-playing in the creek. I often took Becky out of school to go drive the cart while I played gold; took the Z-Man, too. I cheated on the score card so he would win until he turned 12; then I couldn’t beat him! I had rescued Brother John back in his school days in a similar manner; that boy was always sick with a toothache or cough! Hmm!?

One hot August day I went to 7-11 to buy a lottery ticket. I got in line behind a 10-yesr-old boy with a huge Icee (Iced drink) and a hand full of change which he dropped on the counter. The clerk patiently counted the “short” coins and was about to tell the lad he didn’t have enough money. I motioned to give the boy his treasure and I paid the difference; the kid never knew!

But---I knew…and appreciated all of it! The hot-day! The young man who reminded me of “me”! His lacking change! My ample coin! His happy result! The lesson to the clerk! Happiness!

You do not need to “Direct” or “Search” or “Plot & scheme” to attain a Happy-Peace!

It’s all there---gift-wrapped by the Creator!...He Loves you! “Thy”-will be done! Amen!

Stop! Simply quit trying to sculpt a life you “thunk”-up! Allow His-will to be accomplished!

The easiest I discovered in 76 long years of trial-and-error is simply to humble Appreciate!

 

Faith! Family! Freedom! Might just be all there really---Is!

In one eternal-instant the only mercy-blessing will be…His!

 

I fully Appreciate such sentiment!

Amen! Amen! Amen!

Happy Birthday! Brother John! & Niece Lisa! Yea!

 Happy Birthday! Yea!

Congratulations! Have a GREAT celebration!

Save a peice of birthday cake for me! Yum!

Amen!

Heart! Soul! & Spirit!

Heart! Soul! & Spirit! 

Love!---stirs the Heart!...Emotion!

Emotion!---kindles the Soul!...Spirit!

Faith!---invigorates the Spirit!...Love!

Amen!

Sometimes!?

Sometimes!? 

Sometimes!?---Yeah!...Really! It's all okay!

Amen!

Happy 2nd Birthday! Gabriella Leigh! Yea!

 

Happy 2nd Birthday! Gabriella Leigh!

(January 16, 2023 2-years! Yea! Wow!)

 

Happy birthday! Darling Baby Gabriella Leigh!

Beautiful! Intelligent! Talent! Class! Perfectly!

 

Eats with a fork displaying dining manners just fine

Counts to “15”! Points to her facial features design

 

Independent! Opinionated! Quite some vocabulary-talk

Helps bake & cook! Crayon-colors! Uses sidewalk-chalk

 

Polite! Considerate! Loving! One very-special little-girl

Can’t wait to show filigree-snowflakes in a blizzard-swirl

 

Prodigious precious-memories already lexicon-filed

Photos and movies adventurous of a Class-act child

 

Plays her heart-out then picks up her exhausted toys

Loves elephants and Magic unicorn-tent Happy-Joys!

 

Gabriella dearly loves Perfect Mommy & Daddy eternal

Loves Biscy and all her kinfolk both maternal/fraternal

 

Myriad travel events-adventures already under-her-belt

Parks and the zoo! Several states! Even Florida sun-felt

 

Curious-girl! “How does it work?” Knowledge-yearning!

Gabriella Leigh! No limits! Old world keeps on turning!

 

Ole Bapa admits he appreciates Beauty!---But he adores…Intelligence!

Put these Blessings together---Gabriella Leigh!...Supreme confidence!

 

Holy-blessed just to be able to watch her is such sacred-Pleasure!

Grow! Young-lady! Beyond-“Infinity” tallies thy eternal-Measure!

Like Mom-Jennifer & Dad-Z. Tyler you are our golden-Treasure!

 

How very-far thee has come in just “2” short-years of time-span

So worthy pure-Love Miss Gabriella, an integral part of our-clan

 

We have prairies to cross and mountains to shadow and surf to play

Much excitement awaits your exploration each Wild!-Fun! everyday

 

Secret! (from ole Bapa to thee)---Never “Grow-up”!...It’s crazy-Fun being “me”!

First!? Lady President!?---You have my vote!...Let’s just tally and see!

Happy Birthday! Love, Nanny & Bapa

Horses!!!

 Horses!

Horses!---Pet ’em! Ride ’em! Watch ’em!...Love & appreciate them all!

Amen!

"Good"-days!

 

"Good"-days!

“Good”-days!---Tally/count?...Every Blessed one of them!

Amen!

Rainy day!

 Cold! Rainy-Day!

A chill-rainy day! “Time” to Contemplate & Pray!

Amen!

Live!

 Live!

Life folly on-purpose wasted

Absent adventurous Love-tasted

Amen!

Love on Fox Lake!?

 

Row-boat!?

Handsome read poetry Love-show

In Fox Lake boat Maiden all aglow

A fine-Gentleman!? He let her row

Amen!

Dream!

Dare---Dream!...Amen!

Child-innocent-sacred-fiat---I must…Dream!

Wild-unicorn to soar cosmos Fantasy-scheme!

Truth!-Knowledge! be worthy Success-Supreme! 

Amen! Amen!

The Independent-Individual! Amen!

 

Knowledge!

The sacred Independent-Individual stands tall in

the light-of-eternal-Truth! Knowledge is Supreme!

Amen!

One day!?

 

“One” day?---“What” of me? Or…even, today?

 

Might never have amounted to much by way of “tally-count”.

Never cared for “celebrity” of what other people think of me.

Concluded vacant material-value absent worthy-Virtue! Amen!

If I found Cool the “props” lent ambiance in spectator’s eye.

Made a few smile, even more, laugh, at the simple-silly---me.

“Very-Best four years of my life?---’Tis-true!...3^rd-grade! Amen!

Constructed some near-mansions for family---then, sold them…all!

Installed several swimming pools for the “kids”---Yeah…and, me, too.

Lived “fine” Mother’s seasons cherished each---again…and, yet once more.

Rode some mighty good horseflesh, I reckon that’s so; loved them each.

Hopefully---gave away far much more “Good”…than I accepted of charity.

Fished and hunted and conserved witness-testimony of sacred Jesus!

Metaphoric-kissed the Blarney-stone---and, spread it…way too much.

Loved Mother Nature and embraced her ways and beauty and challenges.

“Global-warmimg!?”---Really!?...I planted 12k trees! And?---You!? Amen!

Thanked me “Lucky-stars” for heaven-life and Love of the Lord.

Learned early to humble-Pray and practiced oft the sacred honor.

Loved! Lived! Laughed! At the “folly” which is---simple-humble…me!

Daily practiced Live! Love! Laugh! No one’s future be ever late! Amen!

Sang life’s song, my way, hit most notes and enjoyed the music-spaces.

Early found God, or, He found me; I Thank Him for Redemption!-Salvation!

Searched Love! Sweet-kissed life! Embraced the midnight-cool dawn-dew.

Came home too many nights to greet the new day sun---only, for…work!? Ugh!

Wondered at some “torment”, never mine, and---tried “Dear God!”…to salve the wound!

Petted some fine dogs, befriended cats, respected all; came to love the equine-foal.

Served mass, took the seminary-entrance test---only…to meet that Protestant-girl.

Blessed with Saints & Angels Perfect-family! Faith! Family! Freedom! Amen!

Played fair but hard, took chances-insane, it now seems; landed on me feet.

I thank God every day for my poor ole “Guardian”-angel man. Thank you!

Simple-humble me!?---Yes! Lord!...Save me from faux celebrity-hubris!

I dare-dream Unicorns child-Fantasy to spirit-soar yon cosmos-Wild! Amen!

If Thee decree a “Fiat-of-Peace” allow I serve as a worthy example! Amen!

 

And---mostly…I Loved!

 

Then?---Some fine pink-blush hint-of-dawn promise of another…

“One” day?---“What” of me? Or…even, today?

 

Could-I? Would-I? Should-I? Do it all again?---The same!...Forever more!

 

Amen!