Help Save Horses

Help Horses Clear Final Hurdle

On Sept. 27 in Missouri, 17 of the 41 horses headed to a slaughter plant in Illinois were killed when the trailer they were being transported in overturned on the highway. Just three weeks earlier, on Sept. 7, the U.S. House voted 263-146 to pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503), moving the country closer to preventing the annual slaughter of nearly 100,000 horses in the United States for human consumption abroad.


Now it's time for the Senate to act on behalf of America's horses.

Please take a moment to sign this petition and click on the link below.

https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2006_horses_senate2?qp_source=gabatn

Camping and Bonfire 101

Grey Gardens

Meet Big and Little Edie Beale—high-society dropouts, mother and daughter, reclusive cousins of Jackie O.—thriving together amid the decay and disorder of their ramshackle East Hampton mansion. An impossibly intimate portrait and an eerie echo of the Kennedy Camelot, Albert and David Maysles’s 1976 Grey Gardens quickly became a cult classic and established Little Edie as a fashion icon and philosopher queen.
Although they live amoung 30 cats and racoons in the attic, they seem not to notice the mansion decaying around them and eat ice cream with knives as if this was the norm. The house is over grown with trees and vegetation. The old paintings lying around and photographs show a glimpse of the beatufy and richness of a once better time. They have little money but carry themselves in a regal manner, pretending not to notice the lack of funds. Little Edie makes her clothes from random material that she finds around the home, pinning them together yet pulling off a fashionable look. She is never seen without her head covered in a shall or hankerchief.

911 Documentary

Everyone should see the movie Loose Change. This documentary will change your perspective on the events of 911 and open your eyes to the shameful deception by the US government. Not theories, evidence that you can see.

You can watch this for free on the website, but it is poor quality, or you can order it online and show it to your friends and family. I was skeptical, yet profoundly changed after seeing it.

The people who died and families who lost, the rescue workers sick today and our soldiers fighting now in war - deserve to know the truth. EVERYONE should take the time to view this film.




http://www.loosechange911.com/ * CLICK ON THIS LINK*

Want more resources than just one web site regarding the untold truth of 911 ? try some of these web sites:
http://www.ny911truth.org/

http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org/

http://www.911eyewitness.com/

Little Big Man

I put in an old movie that I have become very fond of watching over and again: Little Big Man with Dustin Hoffman produced in 1970. The movie has a great message about the journey of life and the hardships of native life during the Battle at Little Big Horn with Custer. I usually cry twice watching it, even after 8 times, I still cry.


There is a medicine man in the movie named Old Lodge Skins whose holding a scalp, and he says to Little Big Man:

Do you see this fine thing? Do you admire the humanity of it? Because the human beings, my son, they believe everything is alive. Not only man and animals. But also water, earth, stone. And also the things from them... like that hair. The man from whom this hair came, he's bald on the other side, because I now own his scalp! That is the way things are. But the white man, they believe EVERYTHING is dead. Stone, earth, animals. And people! Even their own people! If things keep trying to live, white man will rub them out. That is the difference.
There is an endless supply of white men. There has always been a limited number of human beings.

Photo: Little Big Man , 1877. provided by : http://www.americanindians.com/PhotoGallery1.htm

Take a moment & click on the link below ....
help save them with just a click....

http://www.hsus.org/protect_seals.html

Canada's seal hunt is the largest deliberate slaughter of marine mammals in the world. But the killing of baby seals doesn't make sense economically or ecologically, nor is it sustainable. It's simply a tragic slaughter of defenseless animals that benefits a small minority of boat captains armed with big ships, snowmobiles and even personal helicopters. This isn't about small town survival or tradition, it's an industrial killing machine for profit.

Brudderly Love

Pretty safe to say that I am crazy about my dog...

Duff and Jip playing in front yard one day...

but also, safe to say Anya's crazy about Duffins too.... Duff usually wins.....Jip gets in some good licks..er, punches :OAnya and I crack up just watching them. The growls and sounds they make can't be imitated.

And, eventually the become a blur of white fluff....until they pass out, too tired to lift a paw.

Heading to Sewanee for the night....

Jerin and Lyle's house with Major out front.

Church on Campus.

Dog Park Party Time

Rainy Day at Bicentennial Mall

State capital through trees.
Bell Towers that chime every half hour.

Original collums from Worlds Fair in Nashville October of 1897 - from the replica of The Parthenon in Greece. Pillar relocated to this park after the "new" Parthenon was built, which houses the greek godess-Athena-statue.

Birthday Weekend

I was so lucky to have Mom come up for my Birthday last weekend. We went out to some garage sales early on Saturday followed by a nice hike at Percy Werner Nature Trails. Also that Same day we went to the Frist Museum to see the very cool Egypt exhibit and gazed at some massive relics. It was great!

Overall it was so nice to have her with me for the weekend. It was only for 48 hours but it was so fun! Snuggling in the bed with her for one night was great, as the next night she pulled a hip muscle from moving boxes and loading my attic (thanks!). When she left , my place was much more organized and had much less clutter. It was a really nice visit and I am so glad that she made the trip ....love you mom.

Bonifay Family Historical Project In Development

Please take a look at the Bonifay Family Page. This is part of the Bonifay Historical Project started by Barry Bonifay and with help from me. If this works the way I want it to, we can all be a click away from our elders and history. http://bonifayfamily.blogspot.com/

Red Tail Hawk

Red Tail Hawks are common in TN. I really enjoy spotting them and will often try to photograh them. I can now tell which are males and which are females. I even pulled over to the side of the road to get a photo of one in a tree before , which flew away as soon as I did.


I would love to find one of the feathers from a Red Tail someday.

What the....Blog?

Hi!
Just wanted to say thanks for the comments on the new blog! Blogging is weird, yet rewarding once you can get it figured out. It is a great way to stay in touch with others and serves as a "base" to check in and find out what's going on. Your comments are appreciated, and inspire me to keep at it.

I have heard from Florida that brother Beau may of broken his hand, for sure he mangled it wakeboarding in Bayou Texar. It is uncertain right now how bad his injury to his right hand will be, he is in a lot of pain and this will definatley slow him down for awhile. I am praying that it won't be too bad and he will be able to recover from it with a functioning hand again. Beau had just arrived home via a very long bus ride all the way from Wisconsin and I am sure was looking forward to some fun on the water - not a visit to the ER!

Harriette and Michael will be coming to Nashville in a few months to visit and see the Off- Broadway production of The Lion King. Thanks to Uncle Barry for getting these hard to get tickets - Woo hoo! Nashville has a great Theatre called TPAC - Performing Arts Centre and I am so excited to see this unique production. Dressing up for the thearte is so fun! But, to see a great play is even better!

Best to all of you and thanks for stopping in ....

Moriah

Percy Warner Nature Trails

One of the nice things in Nashville is that there is alot of nature trails, parks and preserves within close distance. It's nice to get out and walk Jip here.

Inside the House....

Take a look inside my humble home. I have very little furniture, yet a lot of stuff!
Behind that screen there are about 4 30gallon plastic bins holding my "things". It would be great to have a bookshelf and tall dresser so I could put it away, but for now I can live with it. It feels like home and that is what matters most, right? Also, my gnome, that I bought for a friend of mine but couldn't give him away, named Forweg. There's just something about him, and I couldn't give him away!

Visit to Pensacola

I went home to Pensacola for 5 days in August and spent some time with my Mom in the Gulf of Mexico , we brought Jipper along with us, but he definately put a damper on snorkeling....

Something L's - Sewanee, TN

My Friend Lyle lives in Sewanee, TN and opened a jewelry store this year and he sells very high quality and hand made necklaces, earrings and bracelets ,etc. He has some very beautiful and artisic designs in his store. The store sits just outside the main entrance to the University of the South, the campus is hundreds of years old and very charming. Lyle has lived in Sewanee with Jerin Lynn for 2 years now enjoying the unique and lush area at the top of a mountain.

If you are ever near Sewanee, be sure to stop in........

I bet you'll find something you will like! I do everytime.

My New Place

This is my new place...when I moved in the walls were painted bright orange and purple, it was way too loud and Mom helped me paint over it and now it is so much better, thanks for your help Mom! It's great to have a place all to myself again after living with so many roommates. I enjoy a big yard and quiet neighborhood located close to downtown and my favorite shops!