Is this burning an eternal flame....

We are sitting in my grandparents country church in Edinburgh IL...the Easter alter is beautiful including the traditonal Eternal Flame which as I look closer is no longer a flame but a spiral fluorescent lightbulb.. ..Maggie says its probably more eternal than an incandescent. I say what happened to the flame..

Back to the Earth...

After a slightly grueling 6 mile bike ride, most of which due to me being undeniably overweight and trying to gain control of it I was sitting on the hood of my car in the Percy Priest Dam Greenway trail head eating an apple, when I heard what sounded like nature sounds. Not the interstate or people fishing, the dam letting out water, none of that. These were croaking sounds. They were far off, across the river, and were loud enough to be heard over the rushing of, well, everything.. I couldn't believe that I was able to hear such tiny creatures over such large machines. It made me think about what would happen if we all just disappeared, it seems like many of the apocalyptic films could be right, that nature would just take back the earth. We would have buildings covered in vines, deer running through malls, tigers loose in the airport, and people (if they were still around) would have to learn to live around nature again instead of it living around us...

The End....

Kyles Dad said they were comparing the show to a wedding. All the preparation and planning, worry, and excitement and then it's all over with in a few hours. I could definitely see that last night. It seemed liked so long ago I was asked to help with this project. Now it's all broken down and put away. It went pretty well from all angles, I was amazed at how we the production "crew" had never met each other before but blended pretty seamlessly. Everyone who helped was a major blessing it wouldn't have been nearly finished by the time house opened. It felt good to be doing this work again, tiring, but good. Now that it's over I kind of wonder what it was supposed to show me? If I could know what my next step is that would be awesome..I guess for now I'll sit and wait. Not "just" sit and wait I'll be working on it too but I can't say any of my efforts have been extremely effective. We'll see.

Give my regards to Broadway...

So I am feeling slightly ill prepared for the show this evening even though I have done all I can do..It seems like it should go pretty well, but last night on top of all the things needed to do to finalize tonight I am going to be delegating tasks..hhmm. I am a little confused by this addition I have tried to stay in the loop but it has been difficult, it always is when it's not your show. The person in charge feels like they have it all handled... not too bad not too much left... and then a few days before passes it along, it's nothing new it's just back to theater which is a different world all together. I did say I am a perfectionist when it comes to the day of the show thats what probably prompted it! I am ready for it I just hope I don't come across as a Nazi....

Starting up again.....

So I have a friend who, I recently discovered, has a thing for reading blogs...a lot....I am excited about her stalking me in a weird way....I think I'm just more excited someone will read this.....

WoW!!

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Outstanding job by a great young pilot from Pennsylvania !

Can't add anything else to this... the picture is worth 10,000 words!
If you don't think our military pilots earn their pay, you need to take
a look at this picture.


This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission.
The pilot is a PA National Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in civilian life.

Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the back end of a
chopper down on the roof top of a shack, on a steep mountain
cliff, and hold it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear. If this does not impress you... nothing ever will.

God Bless our military.

Why?

I sit here like a mopey kid just wondering why NIN didn't come through Nashville this year. Yes a three hour drive to some smaller town south or west is not bad, but on a work day? I guess I'm just not a big enough fan. It seems like all the bands we love used to come through once a year or every few years, now we have to trek hours to see them. My sister saw a bunch of awesome bands at Lollapalooza which I am sure is spelled wrong, and I am sure was worth the bazillion dollar price tag.... Nashville is a music hub, but where are the bigger bands? I guess I shouldn't say bigger, some of the bands that come through are great, Iron and Wine will be coming soon, recently the Kings of Leon played two nights. Somewhere bands are playing and we're missing them. We need better venues that can hold the amount of people these bands draw. Other than Gaylord, there are very few places to play, not everyone wants to play an arena. I hope U2 tours soon, maybe they will come through here, I doubt it, but for them I might travel......