/blog/Mirin123/?pid=p9814 I just had to change the name the Sky is not Dusty anymore. Life's pleasures abound all you have to do is look around. /blog/13591/post_95464.html?pid=p9814&m= Blogged by "Arthur L Farash CW3 RET"Our local American Legion and VFW Posts combined today to hold cermonies at three local cemeteries and one high school flagpole memorial. Was on the honor guard w Tue, 27 May 2008 12:14:04 -0800 /blog/13591/post_95464.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_91823.html?pid=p9814&m= An elderly British gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane. At the French customs desk, the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag. 'You have been to France before, monsie Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:25:27 -0800 /blog/13591/post_91823.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_91579.html?pid=p9814&m= It was early spring in 1995. We had just taken over the contingency hospital which supported the 23 Nation United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH). I worked directly for the UN Surgeons Office and was Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:46:57 -0800 /blog/13591/post_91579.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_91133.html?pid=p9814&m= People hold hands but what do cats do? I was surprised to see Samuel and Rebecca doing their thing the other day. They couldn't seem to keep their tails off of each other. And, like Elricardo's pride Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:35:18 -0800 /blog/13591/post_91133.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_90914.html?pid=p9814&m= When we make a posting there are those who regularly post a comment and then our blogs seems to go into suspended animation. You can see that as time goes by that more and more people read the blog bu Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:05:40 -0800 /blog/13591/post_90914.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_88829.html?pid=p9814&m= When Lydia and I were walking in the park the other day we came across the date 1936 carved in red sand stone. That’s all that was chiseled into the stone just the date. I assume that is the da Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:45:24 -0800 /blog/13591/post_88829.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_88827.html?pid=p9814&m= Germans are much like Americans in their love for Easter and Christmas. Decorations are popping up everywhere around this place. We went out to a local castle which had not only a display of local han Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:17:05 -0800 /blog/13591/post_88827.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_88825.html?pid=p9814&m= Lydia and I went to the Frankfurt Fine Arts Museum day before yesterday and for a walk about town.This is a fairly good museum focused mostly on German artist but there were several good paintings by Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:01:00 -0800 /blog/13591/post_88825.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_88728.html?pid=p9814&m= I think this is where she is going to make her nest. She was hanging around here all afternoon yesterday while Burt was off chasing the other girls and being beat up by the guys. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:26:15 -0800 /blog/13591/post_88728.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_88726.html?pid=p9814&m= I named him Burt and his girl's name is Myrtle. They live here in Lydia's hometown of Frankfurt, Germany at the local duck pond. Burt is always showing off just like he does in this picture. Burt is a Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:16:31 -0800 /blog/13591/post_88726.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_88377.html?pid=p9814&m= You can find many links on the web about this subject and since I have not seen anything written about this before yesterday I thought someone should have a few words about it. First of all I’m Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:21:52 -0800 /blog/13591/post_88377.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_88375.html?pid=p9814&m= I just got news that some of my ramblings will be published in a magazine. The Editor seems to think I have a story to tell about the "Box" and in April I will be featured in an interview as a introdu Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:55:43 -0800 /blog/13591/post_88375.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_88374.html?pid=p9814&m= When you can communicate with the rest of the world.. Well, at least try to communicate Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:50:43 -0800 /blog/13591/post_88374.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_88304.html?pid=p9814&m= ............This morning when I was leaving to go to the airport on my way to see Lydia it being "O Dark Thirty" I stepped in cat poo on the way to the car.. Didn't notice until I smelled something i Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:07:13 -0800 /blog/13591/post_88304.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_87625.html?pid=p9814&m= Dooms Day Global Warming National Geographic shows this week.Deserts, moving across the globe, melting glaciers, mega storms, flooding and all the worst things you can think of. I need to watch someth Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:54:39 -0800 /blog/13591/post_87625.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_87286.html?pid=p9814&m= My Dad said “Come in here Mike something is happening on North 29”. I went into the living room and sat down and started to listen to the scanner.The policeman on the scanner blurted out Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:15:46 -0800 /blog/13591/post_87286.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_87221.html?pid=p9814&m= I had just come back from Germany back in the early 90’s. My new assignment was going to be in good old Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. On my way to the Midwest I decided that I would spend some t Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:59:00 -0800 /blog/13591/post_87221.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_86229.html?pid=p9814&m= I’m sure you have thought about how different a creature man is. To me mankind seems to not belong here on this earth. We don’t fit into the natural way of things. We seem to be separat Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:17:19 -0800 /blog/13591/post_86229.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_86207.html?pid=p9814&m= Today... I'm upset... there is nothing more frustrating in photography than having dust inside your camera. It's my own fault for not being more careful. I was left with several photos with spots on t Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:11:16 -0800 /blog/13591/post_86207.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/13591/post_86099.html?pid=p9814&m= The light of dawn draws nearstirring my soulI awake and breathe in the life of a new dayGlad and happy for the chance to see the pleasures of all creationLooking closely, smelling the freshness, givin Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:17:04 -0800 /blog/13591/post_86099.html?pid=p9814&m=