Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky
All is well, safely rest
God is nigh.
All is well, safely rest
God is nigh.
Fading light dims the sight
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright
From afar, drawing near
Falls the night.
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright
From afar, drawing near
Falls the night.
Thanks and praise for our days
Neath the sun, neath the stars, neath the sky
As we go, this we know
Neath the sun, neath the stars, neath the sky
As we go, this we know
...
KD cat
black panther
rests on a limb from above
seeking unsuspecting prey
Yes
fading light dims the sight
the doves are long gone from
the sill feeder
As we go, this we know
Our sentinel will hunt
there
through the night
Our guardians on duty
always
Happy July the 4th !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEJo7x9y3D4
a song by Irving Berlin
there
through the night
Our guardians on duty
always
Happy July the 4th !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEJo7x9y3D4
a song by Irving Berlin
When you live long enough....
(DIX.Z, in 1943)
.......
The Benefits of an Active Lifestyle
You seem to like things the most
if you can do them while you're sitting,
Father said. It doesn't seem like it's
the books you're reading that give
you pleasure, but that you read them
while you're sitting down. You
get most of your satisfaction from doing
things that require very little physical effort.
It's not that your brain needs to be filled
with new facts, but that you have grown
accustomed to being lazy. You can learn
just as much from being active. And since
that'll put you with other active people,
none of them will have the time to sit down
& read a book to prove that the information you got was wrong.
if you can do them while you're sitting,
Father said. It doesn't seem like it's
the books you're reading that give
you pleasure, but that you read them
while you're sitting down. You
get most of your satisfaction from doing
things that require very little physical effort.
It's not that your brain needs to be filled
with new facts, but that you have grown
accustomed to being lazy. You can learn
just as much from being active. And since
that'll put you with other active people,
none of them will have the time to sit down
& read a book to prove that the information you got was wrong.
On Wednesday, June 18,
2014 9:24 AM, David Dix < ddix1@wi.rr.com > wrote:
Heigh-Ho Nelder, H-a
W-a-a-a-y!
or
Well Berry/Barry, the Open
and Affirming vote took place at the Congo last Sunday. There were 78 voting
members present, and by secret ballot (!) it was 74 yea, 3 nay and one (1)
abstention. This matter has been ‘gentled in’ for over a year or more, with
careful CAREFUL opportunities for dissenters to speak up before the vote was
finally taken Sunday. There has been little negative commentary I gather, and
none at the vote-taking.
In our denomination – The
UCC – each church is autonomous even though the nat’l UCC hdqtrs out of
Cincinatti has blanketing annual synod general policy, as does the WI conference
which just met and voted to go opening and affirming last
week.
With the given set-up, the
Waukesha UCC 1st Congo didn't have to adopt that ‘state ruling”, because we are
self-governing old time Congregationists as to our constitution etc. That goes
for all the UCC individual churches. Now it will be interesting to see how
other UCC churches go?
I think the handwriting
has long been on the fast changing wall, and same-sex issues are a fait
accompli.
As a 78 yr old Waukeshan,
I have been through this alphabet incompletely, but from A to Z. That is, I
have been the beneficiary (?) of a highly prejudiced childhood but pleased to
say I never engaged in name-calling as many friends did. Faggot, fairy, etc
were never part of my lexicon. (exception: http://raccoonnews.blogspot.com/2012/05/youve-got-to-have-heart.html
College underscored fair
treatment, and even the US Army helped me have a broader view. In re
blacks/whites in my barracks and at my side as I played the drum on the
formations. marches and parades. Some fellows washed out before graduating from
those 1st 6 weeks of basic raining at Fort Leonard Wood MO.
I, a survivor,
demonstrated my drumming talent to the 1st Sergeant (a black) and got
to choose who had to carry my rifle and pack on those marching
days.
Then when I took a post in
my step-father’s home furnishings/interior decorating business I guess a focal
avenue
of realizing my equality
or often lesser status with gays - were the ‘probably gay’ mdse Co.
Reps/conveyors out of NY NY . Great fashion senses, sensitive demeanors, the
old creative bit I loved….
So, elderly now, I’ve had
good grounding for voting Yes on the overdue churchly
question.
I hope you and Jill log
many happy years of matrimony, therefore. Have said it before; will say it
again.
Dix, Z.
From: Kate O'Neil [mailto:
onmywy@yahoo.com ]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 9:00 AM
To: David Dix
Subject: Re: Very very
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 9:00 AM
To: David Dix
Subject: Re: Very very
Great results from
the vote. I too was raised in an atmosphere where prejudice was the norm,
although not meant maliciously. The Li'l Black Sambo story was not sanitized to
just Sambo, you didn't catch tigers by the toe, and interracial marriage was
pretty horrifying. But superior attitudes weren't preached in the home, in fact
they were discouraged. Coming from the "poor side of town" there wasn't a whole
lot of room or time for superiority. Still the WWII attitudes that were
prevalent in my parent's generation were the norm then, and even during my last
degree program I was chastised a few times for my use of incorrect "disparaging"
language. It's hard to change the vocabulary that was in place when you
learned to talk! Specifically, one time I used the term "handicapped" rather
than "disabled" in a discussion and was pounced upon by the professor for my lip
slip. I did point out that if they found the term so offensive it might be wise
to remove it from the drinking fountain down the hall and the parking places
outside the door. Still I was sensitized to the error of my ways and eschew that
word these days.
As I do research
for my book I am reliving the "days of yore" immersing myself in the attitudes
of society during the 60's and 70's and becoming more painfully aware of the
inequities that existed than I was at the time I was living them. Coming of age
at what I think of as the cusp of the change from the old attitudes toward women
and the new attitudes created a conflict internally for me best exemplified by
the rather abrupt change from the Women's Army Corps to the Regular Army.
Everything I was brought up to believe, and trained to be was invalidated in
the sweep of that change. Mind you I'm not complaining about the result, but
for a woman trained and raised to be one way then virtually overnight told to
be another way with a different set of norms and values that were politically
dictated, the result was a lot of internal conflict. Attempting to portray that
conflict through the lens of living it in addition to some of the other
conflicts that were going on throughout my military service is going to be quite
a challenge. Everyone has a story though, and this one is mine to tell. And
that's what i'm trying to do.
Let's see where
it goes!
Nelder:
Excellent work
here. Permission sought to run it as is in the raccoon this
Sat.
Will
understand if you would rather that I not, but I hope you say yes. You describe
my own slightly earlier experience to a T…..
Dix,
Z.
Wow. Totally missed this transmission, probably due to the
problematical nature of my yahoo mail. I check it less often because it is
"unable to connect" half the time. Isn't that the way of the world...so
connected, so disconnected. In any case, I wouldn't mind your publishing the
note. I am continuing to refine my concept for the memoir, and it is moving in
the direction of addressing the overarching inequities prevalent at the time, as
they were a part of my life, and the conflicts I carried both internally as well
as those imposed externally. It's sort of like whittling a redwood with a
pocket knife, but with persistence I am making progress. At the core of the
message is living a lie and the conflict between personal ethics and survival.
Now that's about as clear as Missouri mud, isn't it.
Anyway,
I'm moving forward getting some episode ideas defined. Soon I may actually
write something!
Nelder, a few years back
trains with US Army
Now a retired Major
and after a Masters a counsellor
of troubled vets etc
Has put her life to good use
(More later)
