Levon Helm at Newport Folk Festival 2008 (photo credit WFUV Flickr Creative Commons non commercial)
Rock musician, actor and author Levon Helm is being remembered by many people since his death last week. Some are of those people famous and some like me, not. When I saw Levon Helm in The Last Waltz, it changed my live forever.
But the memories are strong. Share your remembrance of Levon if you like. Continue reading
Holi Festival of Colors, Spanish Fork, UT (photograph Thomas Hawk)
If you thought Utah was just for Mormons and Mitt Romney, you missed the Hindi Holi Festival held at the Sri Sri Radha Krisha Temple, in Spanish Forks Utah on March 24-25th, 2012.
The Hindi Holi festival announces the coming of spring and the passing of winter.
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Christmas Lites by Fransen (all rights reserved)
Ready to drive your call - 6 months of bible study and Codey Bramley is A NEW MAN: one of 28 people to be baptized at the 3-day Jehovah's Witness conference in New Zealand
Unlike the Catholic Church which has amassed gold, paintings and buildings in the current world, Witnesses are hoping we all die soon. They want to take our SUV’s and houses.
Good luck Codey with your new life that took only six months of bible study and a dunking.
You and 7 million Jehovah’s Witnesses are in line to collect the earthly goods of all 7 billion members of the human race alive today.
“Souls were saved by the masses in Palmerston North this weekend. More than 3000 Jehovah’s Witnesses packed into the Arena Manawatu Pascal St Stadium to learn how to survive the end of the world.”
Bob Dylan Saved, but not yet
I’ve heard it “all before and I know the score.”
The world is not ending nor will some religious people get raptured to Heaven.
There is a lot of work to do, here there and everywhere.
All the religious people who want things to come to a climactic end aren’t going to force God’s hand, despite trying to get some action for almost 2,000 years. Continue reading
Mother's Day, the ideal family somewhat of an illusion (photo Megan Cooley, about.com)
The heat is on in the media to celebrate Mother’s Day.
For many sons and daughters, Mother’s Day is not a happy time for a thousand reasons.
A little creativity can turn it around and put a smile on your face and on the face of a mother.
Haven’t got a mother who you can spoil, cherish or take out to diner? Continue reading
God speaks to Moses from the burning bush The Ten Commandments
By Stephen Pate – To almost 4 billion Christians, Muslims and Jews, God is the great “I AM.”
He is the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob. He is the God that influenced the world, especially the Western world I was born into.
Last night we watched a bit of The Ten Commandments on TV. I wanted to hear God speak those words again to Moses from the burning bush.
“And He said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Continue reading
By Noam Shpancer, Ph.D., Psychology Today
Once in a while one wishes to take a break from the brokenness of life and turn one’s mind to the goodness of it–its delicate pleasures; the art, the music, the poetry. Continue reading
Elizabeth Berrigan invisible in death (roses from Island Deaths)
She was a tall, beautiful and intelligent Irish woman of a proud Prince Edward Island family.
Those eyes of hers could flash with wit, laughter and life.
They were also windows to a tortured soul who struggled for 30 years with mental illness and disability. Continue reading
"Il est ne" sung by Kate and Anna McGarrigle
By Terry Wamback, Nova Scotia – Once upon there were three lovely little girls, named Alexis, Terry and Donna. They grew up in a normal family environment with parents who loved to sing. Their parents, John and Vera Pottie, taught Alexis, Terry and Donna many songs just by living at their home. There were war songs, Irish songs, Christmas songs, a few bawdy tunes, to name just a few.
John especially loved to sing songs from the “Pinafore”; an operetta in which he performed during his high school years, and at Christmas, the French carol, “Il est ne”.
We’ve been working on our Christmas present to you for over two weeks. Now it’s ready for you to listen and enjoy.
The band mates who performed on the song are Denis Larocque (guitar), Ronnie “Bunnie” MacLean (drums), and Tom LeClair (bass) and myself (guitar, vocals). Full credits and special thanks are covered after the page break.
You can share the song with this link. You can also download it for free by clicking on the download button on the Reverbnation site.
Many people are more than blue at Christmas. We’re encouraging a voluntary donation to the Schizophrenia Society of PEI, P.O. Box 25020,Charlottetown P.E.I. C1A 9N.
Or you can donate online in Canada or the United States. Any proceeds from sales of the song will be donated to either group depending on their origin.
As a matching donation, NJN Network is donating $0.10 for each time you listen to the song.
We had a good time recording this song and hope everyone has a Merry Christmas.
