Quote of the day:

Courtesy of MKH who just reread Frederick Forsyth's The Fist of God:

To every man upon the earth
death cometh soon or late,
And how can a man die better
than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
and the temples of his God?
O C Macaulay

I myself just finished a book called The Two Crosses of Todos Santos. It is a book we've had for a long time, published in 1948 or so (we haven't had it that long!) written by a woman historian who spent 19 months in the mountains of Guatamala studying the customs of the Maya indians. It is an area we drove through when Megan was a baby, so I found the book interesting just geographically. But it was also interesting in terms of culture and the survival of more ancient traditions in modified forms. We had also coincidentally just read the book of Exodus with all its explanations of the law of sacrifice before I started reading about Todos Santos with all their sacrifices of roosters and turkeys.
Kind of an odd juxtapositioning.
Enjoy your day!!

Good days, good nights

Well, March is fast departing. And I have hardly visited. Megan was here for most of the week. We went sight seeing, photo taking, eating out, art walking and more. Shooting big guns at cheap sodas. . . . A friend of Megan's came to visit and go shooting. I must say I was impressed--he used to be an avid paintballer and it transferred into being a dead-eye shot with the pistol. He killed more soda cans than any of us. I will also say that he was a great guy and a great house guest, so we hope that Bobby will be making many future visits to Rio Rico.
As you can see, Fun was had by all. Graham came home briefly. I miss you all already--I like the house being a little lively.
But, now the house is quiet and calm. Mike said I laughed and laughed outloud in my sleep last night.
If only I could remember my dreams. . .I'm sure you were in them!

MARCH FORTH!

Fory-one years ago today, MKH arrived home after 3 tours in Vietnam.

March 4th is the most commanding date in the English calendar. And the only date that is a complete sentence. For Mike it was the end of a sentence--no, no, I meant enlistment.
So we celebrate this date every year! Happy anniversary.

As to Aries Mar 21-Apr 19 this is the last silly horoscope I am going to copy. But if it applies to you, I am sure you will take it to heart:

If you can't be honest with yourself when your writing in your journal, you are totally screwed. Seriously, you're worried abut what people will think of you when you're dead so you're trying to make yourself seem cooler than you really are? Come on, Aries. Everyone needs a space where they can be brutally honest, if only to themselves. Confess and move on.

So, the question is: Do you keep a journal? and Are you an Aries? As a Leo of course I never worry about trying to appear cooler than I really am. I mean, what's that about? I don't think it's even possible.

Have a great day, and don't forget to smile.

March comes in like a lion

The happy couple at the Valentine's dance

. . . .and since it is the beginning of March I guess I will have to post Leo's horoscope. So here it goes:

The early videogame Pitfall was an affecting multisensory experience available to nuanced philosophical interpretation and third-wave Lacanian analysis: watch out for snakes, avoid quicksand, crocodiles will eat you. Are these not prismatic metaphors for modern existence? Anything is everything these days, Leo.

OK.

There are lots of Leos in the family. I hope this means something to you. I get the snakes, quicksand and crocodiles. I deal in the concrete. For the rest of you enjoy the metaphor??!