Hi Wayne - yes, thanks so much for your photo and comment, which was indeed heartfelt. They are still there, under the photo of mine that you commented on (the student singers on the 'Not One More Death' march). It's moving to see so many names engraved on that memorial, and must have been all the more so for you and your dad. I feel for him having gone through that terrible war, and yet also that you were a part of history for protesting against it. And now I read that Obama is doubling the number of US troops in Afghanistan to 60,000! But the anti-war movement is truly a historic mass movement, and now a global one such as has never been seen before. The work of peace goes on!
Sorry, I did mean to reply sooner, but have had a busy day. Peaceful greetings to you and your dad from across the pond!
Hi Wayne, thanks for adding me as a friend. Great to see peace blooming in so many American hearts. My profile is looking a bit out of date maybe, now that Bush is gone, but there's a glitch in my computer and I can't update the page when I edit it!
Ola to the Boz Master....
poem about change by Vinnie Jones:
You see I know change, I see change, I embody change. All we do is change. Yeah, I know change. We are born to change. We sometimes regard it as a metaphor. That reflects the way things ought to be. In fact change takes time. It exceeds all expectations. It requires both now and then. See although the players change. The song remains the same.
And the truth is. You gotta have the balls to change.
Hi Wayne,
Of course I will be your friend, always have, always will!!
anyway, this is such a cool site, I love it, and thanks for sharing it with me.
I
ACIM = A Course in Miracles, a book with 365 lessons, text, and other writings to aid in experiencing a true ONENESS with all, to live fully in each moment. For example, I chose to be happy instead of being right.
Go to miraclecenter.org/ and if you wish to discuss any of this, I'd be happy to help you.
Wayne,
A similar thing happened in NJ where I grew up. Hunting was banned due to crashed population of deer and overpopulation of people, however as people in their neighborhoods (which were all farms or woods when I was growing up) wanted a woodsy feel, or nice gardens-at least more plant growth that the bulldozed flat yard they started with) the deer all went nuts-lots of good food tell deer brains to make more deer-with consequence of overpopulation of deer in a few years, and no natural predators left in jersey.
I'm not sure if hunting is still banned, but I'd rather see a deer get eaten than starve to death. Starved, sick deer are also more likely to support a healthy (at least the ticks think so) crop of ticks all capable of carrying bacteria (Borellia sp. I believe) that causes Lyme disease.
Even discounting the Lyme factor-starvation is not a pleasant way to die.
I tend to think using a rifle would be more humane than a bow. A bow is a way of making hunting more challenging, and bringing the hunter closer to the prey so they can realize that hunter/prey are not so different, two sides of a coin? But many potential hunters-particularly suburban type hunters would not have much experience with a bow, and a decent humane killing shot would be less likely than with a hunting rifle.
If you are serious about hunting deer, take some bow classes, the more experience with a good teacher, the more likely the hunting experience will be better. It's a drag watching an animal get wounded and left to wander off and die. Friends here in AK used to find dead moose left behind by city hunters who didn't feel like packing an entire moose out. My friends rarely needed to go moose hunting, since the city hunters left them plenty. But it sort left me with a bad feeling toward hunters who would kill a gorgeous animal like a moose, take a quarter and leave the rest because they were too lazy to pack it out, or too lazy to track a wounded animal and put it out of pain.
I know this may seem sort of brutal to some in this group, but after living in the bush for a number of years, I don't have the bad feeling towards hunting I used to. It's not that the moose are there for me to eat, but, I guess, it's more real when live 50 or so miles from the nearest town or road, you eat what you find
Slight change of topic, but I've come to accept the death of a pet as ok if I view it as the cat helped feed an owl's family or a den of fox cubs. the idea of my cat getting hit by a car and tossed off the road is awful, I worry about the pain they may have gone through, the fear they felt-that to me is so far worse than having my cat killed by an owl and in that way being a part of the natural world and it's cycles.
the point of this ramble was to tell you I think hunting is ok as long as you stay clear and attached (in the sense of being aware, paying attention, etc.) to what you are doing and why.
Hi Wayne,
My backyard is open for the deer to roam free. The eat everything, but what can I do? My backyard is a walkabout for them to get to the other side of the mountain. I bless them and believe to leave them be. I bring Peace to all things.
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ONCE THERE WAS A DREAM
FROM WHICH WE NEVER WANTED TO WAKE
IT WAS FILLED WITH HAPPINESS AND LOVE
THAT WAS TRUE AND NEVER CAUSE HEARTBREAK
IT WOULD FILL OUR SOULS AND HEARTS WITH ETERNAL SMILE
IN A LAND AND LIFE WHERE
WE WOULD CARE DEEPLY FOR EACH OTHER ALL THE WHILE
YET WHO WERE WE TO THINK SUCH A LOVE WOULD LAST
AND LIKE A RISING SUN BEGIN TO SET AS FAST
BENEATH THE HORIZON OF A LOVE THAT COULD NEVER BE
JUST BEYOND THE VIEW OF A FAUX ETERNITY
ONCE THERE WAS A HOPE WE AWOKE TO EACH AND EVERY DAY
ONE IN WHICH WHAT WOULD NEVER BE BECAME REALITY IN EVERY WAY
AND BROUGHT A WONDEROUS SMILE TO EACH AND EVERY FACE
AS WELL WITH AN UNENDING DREAM COME TRUE
OF PEACE AND HAPPINESS FOR THE HUMAN RACE
BUT FROM THAT DREAM WE WOULD SOON AWAKE
FOR THERE ALWAYS IS A PRICE IN A WORLD OF GIVE AND TAKE
AND SOON LIKE A COLORFUL RAINBOW IN THE SKY
WHOSE COLORS SOON FADE THEN DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A WHY
EACH HOPE WOULD AGE AND SOON FADE AWAY
LEAVING ONLY MEMORIES OF THAT ONCE BRIGHT AND SHINING DAY
ONCE THERE WAS A LIFE INTO WHICH WE ALL AWOKE
WITH AN INNOCENT BABY’S CRY AND SMILE BEFORE WE SPOKE
THE WORLD SEEMED SUCH A WARM AND LOVING PLACE
WHERE EVERYONE CARED SO MUCH FOR US WITH UNDYING GRACE
WHENEVER WE NEEDED THEM THERE THEY WOULD FOREVER BE
AND EVEN AS WE GREW INTO GRADUAL MATURITY
WE FELT SO CALM AND CONFIDENT
THERE WASN’T ANYTHING WE COULDN’T DO
WE HAD OUR YOUTH AND HOPEFULLNESS AND TO OURSELVES WERE TRUE
BUT THEN ONE DAY THE MIRROR APPEARED TO LIE
WHO WAS THAT STRANGER THERE WITHOUT A TWINKLE IN THE EYE
WHERE WAS THE LOVE WE USED TO KNOW AND IT’S WARM EMBRACE
NOW ONLY EMPTINESS TEARING DOWN NOW UNFAMILAR FACE
FILLED WITH SORROW AND REGRET OF WHAT COULD NOW NEVER BE
HERE WITHIN FLEETING GLIMPSE OF FAUX ETERNITY
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Sorry, I did mean to reply sooner, but have had a busy day. Peaceful greetings to you and your dad from across the pond!
Michael
Warmest regards,
Pia-Maria
Peace,
Love,
Erika
Peaceful wishes to you.
poem about change by Vinnie Jones:
You see I know change, I see change, I embody change. All we do is change. Yeah, I know change. We are born to change. We sometimes regard it as a metaphor. That reflects the way things ought to be. In fact change takes time. It exceeds all expectations. It requires both now and then. See although the players change. The song remains the same.
And the truth is. You gotta have the balls to change.
thank you for bringing your family here!
and thank you for just doing your thing, sharing, participating ~ you are making such a positive impact on this network!
peace brother,
Gordon
iPeace Admin
by the way, you are a featured member :o)
Of course I will be your friend, always have, always will!!
anyway, this is such a cool site, I love it, and thanks for sharing it with me.
I
Go to miraclecenter.org/ and if you wish to discuss any of this, I'd be happy to help you.
Blessings
Michelle
A similar thing happened in NJ where I grew up. Hunting was banned due to crashed population of deer and overpopulation of people, however as people in their neighborhoods (which were all farms or woods when I was growing up) wanted a woodsy feel, or nice gardens-at least more plant growth that the bulldozed flat yard they started with) the deer all went nuts-lots of good food tell deer brains to make more deer-with consequence of overpopulation of deer in a few years, and no natural predators left in jersey.
I'm not sure if hunting is still banned, but I'd rather see a deer get eaten than starve to death. Starved, sick deer are also more likely to support a healthy (at least the ticks think so) crop of ticks all capable of carrying bacteria (Borellia sp. I believe) that causes Lyme disease.
Even discounting the Lyme factor-starvation is not a pleasant way to die.
I tend to think using a rifle would be more humane than a bow. A bow is a way of making hunting more challenging, and bringing the hunter closer to the prey so they can realize that hunter/prey are not so different, two sides of a coin? But many potential hunters-particularly suburban type hunters would not have much experience with a bow, and a decent humane killing shot would be less likely than with a hunting rifle.
If you are serious about hunting deer, take some bow classes, the more experience with a good teacher, the more likely the hunting experience will be better. It's a drag watching an animal get wounded and left to wander off and die. Friends here in AK used to find dead moose left behind by city hunters who didn't feel like packing an entire moose out. My friends rarely needed to go moose hunting, since the city hunters left them plenty. But it sort left me with a bad feeling toward hunters who would kill a gorgeous animal like a moose, take a quarter and leave the rest because they were too lazy to pack it out, or too lazy to track a wounded animal and put it out of pain.
I know this may seem sort of brutal to some in this group, but after living in the bush for a number of years, I don't have the bad feeling towards hunting I used to. It's not that the moose are there for me to eat, but, I guess, it's more real when live 50 or so miles from the nearest town or road, you eat what you find
Slight change of topic, but I've come to accept the death of a pet as ok if I view it as the cat helped feed an owl's family or a den of fox cubs. the idea of my cat getting hit by a car and tossed off the road is awful, I worry about the pain they may have gone through, the fear they felt-that to me is so far worse than having my cat killed by an owl and in that way being a part of the natural world and it's cycles.
the point of this ramble was to tell you I think hunting is ok as long as you stay clear and attached (in the sense of being aware, paying attention, etc.) to what you are doing and why.
Hippies are forever,
Elizabeth
A favorite place to feel peace!Blessings neighbor,
Shells
My backyard is open for the deer to roam free. The eat everything, but what can I do? My backyard is a walkabout for them to get to the other side of the mountain. I bless them and believe to leave them be. I bring Peace to all things.
Blessings to you my neighbor,
Shells
Good to see your interesting page here. Thanks for joining.
Erika.
peace brother,
Gordon
Thank you for your message. You are very welcome here on iPeace.
Make yourself at home,have a look around ~ participate ~ and when you begin to absorb the extraordinary energy generated by over 15,500 people for peace...then share it, and bring your friends to this special place :o)
Wishing you peace & happiness in this new dawn of Hope
Gordon
iPeace Admin
BY JAMES A. GALGANO
ONCE THERE WAS A DREAM
FROM WHICH WE NEVER WANTED TO WAKE
IT WAS FILLED WITH HAPPINESS AND LOVE
THAT WAS TRUE AND NEVER CAUSE HEARTBREAK
IT WOULD FILL OUR SOULS AND HEARTS WITH ETERNAL SMILE
IN A LAND AND LIFE WHERE
WE WOULD CARE DEEPLY FOR EACH OTHER ALL THE WHILE
YET WHO WERE WE TO THINK SUCH A LOVE WOULD LAST
AND LIKE A RISING SUN BEGIN TO SET AS FAST
BENEATH THE HORIZON OF A LOVE THAT COULD NEVER BE
JUST BEYOND THE VIEW OF A FAUX ETERNITY
ONCE THERE WAS A HOPE WE AWOKE TO EACH AND EVERY DAY
ONE IN WHICH WHAT WOULD NEVER BE BECAME REALITY IN EVERY WAY
AND BROUGHT A WONDEROUS SMILE TO EACH AND EVERY FACE
AS WELL WITH AN UNENDING DREAM COME TRUE
OF PEACE AND HAPPINESS FOR THE HUMAN RACE
BUT FROM THAT DREAM WE WOULD SOON AWAKE
FOR THERE ALWAYS IS A PRICE IN A WORLD OF GIVE AND TAKE
AND SOON LIKE A COLORFUL RAINBOW IN THE SKY
WHOSE COLORS SOON FADE THEN DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A WHY
EACH HOPE WOULD AGE AND SOON FADE AWAY
LEAVING ONLY MEMORIES OF THAT ONCE BRIGHT AND SHINING DAY
ONCE THERE WAS A LIFE INTO WHICH WE ALL AWOKE
WITH AN INNOCENT BABY’S CRY AND SMILE BEFORE WE SPOKE
THE WORLD SEEMED SUCH A WARM AND LOVING PLACE
WHERE EVERYONE CARED SO MUCH FOR US WITH UNDYING GRACE
WHENEVER WE NEEDED THEM THERE THEY WOULD FOREVER BE
AND EVEN AS WE GREW INTO GRADUAL MATURITY
WE FELT SO CALM AND CONFIDENT
THERE WASN’T ANYTHING WE COULDN’T DO
WE HAD OUR YOUTH AND HOPEFULLNESS AND TO OURSELVES WERE TRUE
BUT THEN ONE DAY THE MIRROR APPEARED TO LIE
WHO WAS THAT STRANGER THERE WITHOUT A TWINKLE IN THE EYE
WHERE WAS THE LOVE WE USED TO KNOW AND IT’S WARM EMBRACE
NOW ONLY EMPTINESS TEARING DOWN NOW UNFAMILAR FACE
FILLED WITH SORROW AND REGRET OF WHAT COULD NOW NEVER BE
HERE WITHIN FLEETING GLIMPSE OF FAUX ETERNITY
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