And restoring my faith in the goodness of humanity. Take the time. Yes, all the way to the end. It will fetch you and deepen your soul.
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The shattered water made a misty din.
Great waves looked over others coming in,
And thought of doing something to the shore
That water never did to land before.
The clouds were low and hairy in the skies,
Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes.
You could not tell, and yet it looked as if
The shore was lucky in being backed by cliff,
The cliff in being backed by continent;
It looked as if a night of dark intent
Was coming, and not only a night, an age.
Someone had better be prepared for rage.
There would be more than ocean-water broken
Before God’s last Put out the light was spoken.
— Robert Frost
April is over. May moon.
How many more for my regard,
hundreds, a handful?
Better not trouble the dark water due north of north.
Better to concentrate on something close, something small.
This stick, for instance. This word.
–Charles Wright
I CELEBRATE myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this
air,
Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their
parents the same,
I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
Hoping to cease not till death.
— Walt Whitman
Gerard Van der Leun
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Life as it should be lived. Free
Miles of miles and mountains of memories, what could be better?
Those who can’t build, destroy what they can.
So enjoyed! Thank you, Gerard.
A guy with a good eye and an accurate rifle should monitor this site and the next time these “kids” swing by on their motorcycles and attempt to desecrate this memorial, place a few well aimed FMJs from a .30-06 right into the engines of their toys.
I will promise you, a long walk home will cure these felonious thugs from what ails them.
What jd said– thank you for posting this video. I admire the way the friends got together and worked as a team to repair the memorial– we need more of that spirit today.
There’s more of this than the controllers care to imagine. There’s a job to do for a neighbor. Let’s figure out what we have to do and do it. With joy in our hearts. No environmental impact statements, no construction permits, no OSHA. They’re untouched, at least in this video, by the governmental beast. They’ll be the saviors of this nation. As we all should be.
…and no masks.
There are many, many more good people in the world than bad. The news would have you believe just the opposite. The cure? Turn off the news and step away from social media. Unplug from the bad and plug in to your local neighborhood and community. Your mental health and peace of mind will vastly improve.