Cloister-Case

Alas, it is time for me to shut this down for awhile.  For I just don’t have enough energy to accomplish all that I have been given to do, with one book being yet to reach fruition while others are in desperate need of some more pruning.  Therefore, I need to stop publishing “stuff” here.

As instructed, I have already taken down the books on the Amazon Kindle platform in favor of making them available as a free PDF when they are finished.  No, I have not been assured that they will be any more palatable to the tastes of most, but at least they should be a little more grammatically-correct to those allergic to incorrectness.

Hopefully, I will be back at adding to this mess here in 2-3 months, but don’t think that I am disappearing from cyberspace altogether.  Oh no, I would not want you-all to forget about me.  So, I will be leaving comments here and there from time to time.

Yeah, that’s actually me as I now am up there on the left.  Be assured that it is out of great concern for the emotional well-being of all of the lovely lasses, who will be surely missing my “stuff” so desperately that I included the picture.  I am sorry for not letting them down easier, but I figured it would be better to make it clear that I really don’t look like [Sam Elliott] or [Tom Selleck].  Yeah, I suppose I could have not made it so abundantly clear.  Sigh.

P.S.: Just in case you are wondering how Arlynda can stand to be around me, I will let you in on the secret to my romantic success.  Okay, also wearing a festive garland of lettuce leaves and tomato slices most certainly doesn’t hurt.  (TMI?)

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[Arlynda Lea]

[FishHawk Droppings]

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

Sites To See #427

The SOLE purpose of this series is to help call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another.  Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as an endorsement, and I have included sites that I found rather disturbing.  The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable.  Please, go see for yourself.  Oh, and as of August 10, 2012, I will be no longer including sites that have auto-play and word verification engaged.

 Link: [Stardust English Talk]

 Link: [Sunday Stills]

 Link: [Takatugu Aoki Photos of the World]

 Link: [The Adventures of Garrett Squared]

 Link: [The Cassandra Pages]

 Link: [The Dirt]

 Link: [The Edge of Silence]

 Link: [The Elka Almanac]

 Link: [The Field Lab]

Link: [The Finished Article]

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[Arlynda Lea]

[FishHawk Droppings]

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

ATF: Happy Endings

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [The Traveling Wilburys]

End of the Line

The Traveling Wilburys

Well it's

All right

Ridin’ around in the breeze

Well it's

All right

If you live the life you please

Well it's

All right

Doin’ the best you can

Well it's

All right

As long as you lend a hand

You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring

At the end of the line

Waiting for someone to tell you everything

At the end of the line

End of the line

Sit around and wonder what tomorrow will bring

At the end of the line

Maybe a diamond ring

Well it's

All right

Even if they say you're wrong

Well it's

All right

Sometimes you gotta be strong

Well it's

All right

As long as you got somewhere to lay

Well it's

All right

Every day is Judgment Day

Maybe somewhere down the road aways

At the end of the line

You'll think of me and wonder where I am these days

At the end of the line

End of the line

Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays

At the end of the line

Purple Haze

Well it's

All right

Even when push comes to shove

Well it's

All right

If you got someone to love

Well it's

All right

Everything will work out fine

Well it's

All right

We're goin’ to the end of the line

Don't have to be ashamed of the car I drive

At the end of the line

I'm just glad to be here

Happy to be alive

At the end of the line

End of the line

It don't matter if you're by my side

At the end of the line

I'm satisfied

Well it's

All right

Even if you're old and gray

Well it's

All right

You still got something to say

Well it's

All right

Remember to live and let live

Well it's

All right

The best you can do is forgive

Well it's

All Right

All right

Ridin’ around in the breeze

Well it's

All right

All right

If you live the life you please

Well it's

All right

Even if the sun don't shine

Well, it's

All right

All right

We're goin’ to the end of the line

Link: [The Grateful Dead]

Touch of Grey

The Grateful Dead

Must be getting early

Clocks are running late

Paint-by-number morning sky

Looks so phony

Dawn is breaking everywhere

Light a candle

Curse the glare

Draw the curtains I don't care

‘Cause

It's all right

I will get by

I will get by

I will get by

I will survive

I see you've got your list out

Say your piece

And get out

Yes I get the gist of it

But

It's all right

Sorry that you feel that way

The only thing there is to say

Every silver lining's got a

Touch of grey

I will get by

I will get by

I will get by

I will survive

It's a lesson

To me

The Deltas

And the East

And the Freeze

The ABC's

We all think of

Try to give

A little love

I know the rent is in-arrears

The dog has not been fed in years

It's even worse than it appears

But

It's all right

The cow is giving kerosene

Kid can't read at seventeen

The words he knows are all obscene

But

It's all right

I will get by

I will get by

I will get by

I will survive

The shoe is on the hand it fits

There's really nothing much to it

Whistle through your teeth and spit

'Cause

It's all right

Oh well

A touch of grey

Kind of suits you anyway

That was all I had to say

And

It's all right

I will get by

I will get by

I will get by

I will survive

We will get by

We will get by

We will get by

We will survive

We will get by

We will get by…

Lyrics From: [eLyrics.net]

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[Arlynda Lea]

[FishHawk Droppings]

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

A Sunday Drive

Back during our childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and me after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived.  Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them again, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again.  The link below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.

 Link: [Art and Architecture - San Francisco]

 Link: [Avignon in Photos]

 Link: [Barcelona Daily Photo]

 Link: [Bikesbirdsnbeasts]

 Link: [Bloodcrave Photography]

 Link: [Tracey Broome]

 Link: [Triumphant Victorious Reminders]

 Link: [Un Cubano en Londres]

 Link: [Wayside Sacraments]

Link: [What's the Diehl?]

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[Arlynda Lea]

[FishHawk Droppings]

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

Sites To See #426

The SOLE purpose of this series is to help call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another.  Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as an endorsement, and I have included sites that I found rather disturbing.  The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable.  Please, go see for yourself.  Oh, and as of August 10, 2012, I will be no longer including sites that have auto-play and word verification engaged.

 Link: [Round of the Seasons in Japan]

 Link: [Roy's Nature Logbook]

 Link: [Ruby the Airedale]

 Link: [Salt & Light]

 Link: [Scene Through My Eyes]

 Link: [Sellberg Nature Photo]

 Link: [Seraphina's Phantasie]

 Link: [Something Sighted]

 Link: [Southern Meadows]

Link: [Standing Into Danger]

Please Also Visit:

[Arlynda Lea]

[FishHawk Droppings]

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

ATF: Regrettable Situations

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Three Dog Night]

Mama Told Me Not To Come

Three Dog Night

Want some whiskey in your water

Sugar in your tea

What’s all these crazy questions

They’re askin’ me

This is the craziest party

There could ever be

Don't turn on the lights

'Cause I don't wanna see

Mama told me not to come

Mama told me not to come

No

That ain't the way to have fun

No

Uh huh

Open up the window

Let some air into this room

I think I'm almost chokin'

From the smell of stale perfume

And that cigarette you're smokin'

About to scare me half to death

Open up the window

Sucker

Let me catch my breath

Mama told me not to come

Mama told me not to come

That ain't the way to have fun

Son

That ain’t the way to have fun

She said no

Son

Yeah

The radio is blastin'

Someone's knockin' at the door

I’m lookin’ at my girlfriend

She’s passed out on the floor

I've seen so many things

I ain't never seen before

Don't know what it is

I don't wanna see no more

Mama told me not to come

Mama told me not to come

She said

That ain't the way to have fun

Son

That ain’t the way to have fun

No

Mama told me

Mama told me

Mama told me

Told me

Told me

Mama told me

Not to come

Whoa

Yeah

Yeah

Mama told me

Not to come

Mama told me

Not to come

Mama told me

Not to come

Mama told

Not to come

That ain’t the way to have fun

No

That ain’t the way to have fun

Son

That ain’t the way to have fun

No

That ain’t the way to have fun

Son

Mama told me

Not to come

Mama told me

Not to come

Mama told me

Not to come

Mama told me

Not to come

That ain’t the way to have fun

No

Yeah yeah yeah

That ain’t the way to have fun

Son

That ain’t the way to have fun

No

That ain’t the way to have fun

Son

Mama told me

Mama told me

Mama told me

Yeah

Want some whiskey in your water

Sugar in your tea

What’s all these crazy questions

They’re askin’ me…

Link: [Stealers Wheel]

Stuck in the Middle with You

Stealers Wheel

Well I don't know why I came here tonight

I got the feelin’ that somethin’ ain't right

I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair

And I'm wonderin’ how I'll get down the stairs

Clowns to the left of me

Jokers to the right

Here I am

Stuck in the middle with you

Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you

And I'm wonderin’ what it is I should do

It's so hard to keep this smile from my face

Losin’ control and I'm all over the place

Clowns to the left of me

Jokers to the right

Here I am

Stuck in the middle with you

Well you started off with nothin’

And you're proud that you're a self-made man

And your friends they all come crawlin'

Slap you on the back

And say

Please

Please

Tryin’ to make some sense of it all

But I can see it makes no sense at all

Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor

Well I don't think that I can take anymore

Clowns to the left of me

Jokers to the right

Here I am

Stuck in the middle with you

Well you started out with nothin’

And you're proud that you're a self-made man

And your friends they all come crawlin'

Slap you on the back

And say

Please

Please

Yeah I don't know why I came here tonight

I got the feelin’ that somethin’ ain't right

I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair

And I'm wonderin’ how I'll get down the stairs

Clowns to the left of me

Jokers to the right

Here I am

Stuck in the middle with you

Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you

Stuck in the middle with you

Here I am

Stuck in the middle with you

Lyrics From: [elyrics.net]

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[Arlynda Lea]

[FishHawk Droppings]

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