Monthly Archives: December 2013

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The Path to Freedom through Peace


The world has had many people who have held aloft the Light of Non-Violent Freedom in this world.  The loss of Nelson Mandela will not stop our Journey towards our destination of Peace throughout the Earth.  Nor will his passing extinguish the Light, because those who knew him, both personally and through his words and deeds, have already lit their own candles from his torch and together, we will kindle a new torch to lead the way.

To remind us that the path of freedom began prior to the birth of Nelson Mandela, a man of reconciliation and forgiveness, I am including some others whose words and deeds have shone a light in the world. I have added Duran Duran’ s song and lyrics because they are a band who has worked with Amnesty International for decades. People like these men/women will hold aloft the torch and pass it on until we have created a world where everyone is free and we are at peace. Rest in Peace, Mr. Mandela.

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One Love

–Bob Marley

One love, One heart
Let’s get together and feel all right
Hear the children crying (One Love)
Hear the children crying (One Heart)
Sayin‘ give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Sayin‘ let’s get together and feel all right

Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One Love)
There is one question I’d really love to ask (One Heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
Believe me

One Love, One Heart
Let’s get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One Love)
So shall it be in the end (One Heart)
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
One more thing

Let’s get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (One Love)
So when the Man comes there will be no no doom (One Song)
Have pity on those whose chances grove thinner
There ain’t no hiding place from the Father of Creation

Sayin‘ One Love, One Heart
Let’s get together and feel all right
I’m pleading to mankind (One Love)
Oh Lord (One Heart)

Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Let’s get together and feel all right

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“Proposition”

–Duran Duran

“Bring back that child,” she said.
Spare me the price of freedom.
Cold is my baby’s head,
Blown by the wind of reason.
Even the rage behind
Cries out to see
We’re still standing
Under the closing edge.
Pay for the crime of feeling.When all your pride is dead
You must be scared instead.
A quiet word is my Proposition.
A promise made of a fierce day.
A body bleeds for this coalition.
Without surrender if you stay.
“Show me my youth,” she cried.
Wasted for desolation.
Hold up the sacrifice.
Pull down your institution.
Resting while anger flies.
Question’s the same.
Who’s deciding after the clouds have lain.
Shame on your generation.When all your guilt lies dead
You must be scared instead.
A quiet word is my Proposition.
A promise made of a fierce day.
A body bleeds for this coalition.
Without surrender if you stay.
When all your pain lies dead
You must be scared instead.
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“Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore depends on unreasonable people.”–
 –George Bernard Shaw .
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Peace Roses in Memory of Man of Peace – Nelson Mandela
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Army Colonel Advocates Blatantly Unconstitutional Gun Regulations In Esquire Magazine Article


Here is a man we should really listen to. Hugs, Barbara

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Military Officer Writes Troll-Like Attack On The Second Amendment

” Trolling. That’s the word that comes to mind when I read Lt. Col. Robert L. Bateman’s editorial on the Second Amendment in Esquire.

  He’s got to be trolling the gun community. Either that or he’s bat-shit crazy. Those are the only two conclusions this humble writer can draw from reading his piece entitled, “It’s Time to Talk About Guns and the Supreme Court.”

  Seriously, no solemn individual — let alone an officer who swears to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic — says what he said with a straight face.

  Consequently, he proposes a six-point platform that drastically curtails the Second Amendments rights of law-abiding citizens. As you’ll read below, it includes, severe restrictions on the types of guns one can own, confiscatory polices for guns that fall outside those…

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End of an Era


Homage to Mr. Mandela

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Of course, it was on the cards.  He was a very, very old man who had spent the best years of his life in political prison.   I remember that bright and hopeful day in February, 1990 when Mandela walked out of prison and into the world again.  He brought with him a dignity and poise, the like of which we hardly ever see in this world.   He brought no bitterness through those gates.  Together with F W de Klerk he broke the stranglehold of Apartheid in South Africa for ever.

One day I was walking past the entrance to the Guildhall in London.  I stopped as a big black limousine drove out and paused before entering the traffic.  I looked and then did a double take.  Nelson Mandela was sitting in the back, his face close to the window.  He saw my surprise; he grinned and waved.  Then he was…

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Sunshine Award


 

Live and love the colors of our lives.

Live and love the colors of our lives.

 

 

 

 

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Thank you, my dear friend Dr. Rex, for nominating me for this word.  It is especially lovely coming from you, as you bring sunshine to my live every day!

The rules of this award are as follows:

Use the award logo in a post and/or on your blog.
Include a link back to whoever nominated you.
Offer 10 pieces of random information about you.
Nominate 6 other bloggers who positively and creatively inspire others in the blogosphere.

Let your nominees know about their much deserved award.

  1. Inavukic
  2. 2summers
  3. JazzyBeatChick
  4. Prewitt1970
  5. Himani B
  6. K.A. Brace

1. I am a  sunshine lover, but watch sun and skin

2. I am a collector of hand blown glass

3. I collect pottery

4. I love to read. I read more non-fiction than fiction

5. I love to read poetry, but I don’t write it

6. I love to cook.

7. I am a nester.

8. I love movies

9. I paint, but seem to spend more time blogging than painting lately

10. I love to be in the French Quarter. I have been many times and always stay in the quarter.

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Humanitarian Award


I created this award several days ago, and now here I am again, spreading it out to more worthy people. I can do it because I designed it.

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The Rules:

To be eligible for this award, a blogger must blog about the importance of One World, One Family of Mankind, and One Love.
Recipients should Nominate 5 people who have demonstrated through their writing a love of the Human Family that encompasses all without regard for differences.
Give credit and thanks to the person who passes the award to you.

The my next 3  nominees for this award are:

  1. RoSy
  2. Dr. Rex
  3. Shaun
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Fox Nation Readers React To Death Of Nelson Mandela With Racism, Death Wishes For Obama


This is free speech but it is filled with hatred and mean evil energy. It is just the opposite of the concept of one world.

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Some might ask why bother to publish this stuff.  To that, I reply, why not?  Why protect the SOBs by not publicizing their inanity?

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Fox Nation posted a respectful article about Nelson Mandela’s death – and many of their readers responded in kind. But many erupted in such shocking racism and/or death-wishing hatred for President Obama that words fail us. You really need to see them for yourself. (H/T Andrew S.) UPDATED

This is what passes for “tolerance” and “civil discourse” on Fox Nation:

 

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UPDATE: Apparently, Fox is embarrassed enough by their own readers that they have now removed the comments section along with the previously existing comments.

H/t: DB

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The 2013 Honour Role.


This is very wise.

Jayde-Ashe's avatarThe Paperbook Blog

So, as you are all probably aware by now, the final Issue of The Paperbook Collective for 2013 has been published.

It’s been quite a journey! Despite a few hurdles we have managed to put together five issues of this creative, collaborative magazine. Suffice to say it has far exceeded the humble expectations I had for it back in July. I honestly envisioned a magazine of perhaps five pages, mostly my work with perhaps one or two articles contributed by other bloggers. The response I have had to this magazine has been overwhelming, it has achieved exactly what I hoped to design: a magazine that showcases creative talent from across the globe.

Yesterday I spent several wonderful hours visiting as many contributor blogs as I could to write a little personal note of thanks for being a part of The Paperbook Collective in 2013. But there are several contributors who…

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~ Women in the year 2013 ~


There is still a war on women and this is some of my evidence.

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