Ffolkes,
“Water go down the hole…”
~~ Baby Plucky. ~~
Meditation on the Bay….
Hajime…. My usual routine for posting a Pearl comes with an arbitrary deadline, of 0600, a time I chose back in the early days, when sleep was an uncommon event. Since achieving a degree of physical stability, meaning I could sleep more regularly, I’ve kept it at the same time, to give myself a target at which to shoot. Today, I missed the target by a wide margin, thanks to my sleep being thoroughly disrupted by my resident furry extortionist, who wanted to play all fucking night, without any consideration for what I may have wanted…. The upshot is, I am up late, and in a foul mood, neither of which bodes well for being able to write with any panache, or, for that matter, comprehensibility. Hell, it’s all I can do to keep from tearing my hair out, & I don’t have much of it left…
Fortunately, I had already finished most of today’s mess, so, I’ll merely curtail any impulse to attempt to overcome my handicaps, and put aside any unwarranted desire to furnish this with any foolish attempts at wit or erudition. Instead, I’ll make this the final introductory paragraph, and try to go with what little flow I can find. To do so is, also fortunately, relatively simple; all I need to do is this….
Shall we Pearl?….
“If at first you doubt, doubt again.”
~~ William Bennett ~~
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Lucy Spraggan
Image from belfastvibe.com via Google Images
While on my recent binge of watching talent shows on You Tube, I heard this young woman audition for Britain’s Got Talent, wherein she played a song she wrote, called “Tea and Toast”. It was, to say the least, a great audition, for she played her guitar & sang with a unique style, as well as lyrics that displayed wit and insight. I then visited her website, where I found she had released an album, and a short four-song CD, both of which I bought. All her songs are fresh, lyrical in a unique way, and delightfully witty. I think one day, fairly soon, she’ll be commonly known as one of music’s brightest new stars…. I hope you enjoy listening to her as much as I do….
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Lucy Spraggan
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Ah Ain’t Sho, but Mebbe So….
Fried eggs got nuthin’ on me
Ah’m not even sure of mah name,
or how Ah come to be;
no idea from where Ah came.
Ah does like a mystery tho’,
puzzlin’ things out so’s Ah knows,
good from bad fo sho,
Ah sho don’t want no rock pillows.
If’n Ah cain’t figure out what’s best,
Ah just falls back on mah Daddy’s words,
seems he knowed just whut’d stand the test,
‘n how to gentle the scaredest birds.
‘Course, he’d lived a good long time,
‘n had lots of stuff go on by;
Went to a war, n’ lost a piece or two,
never once used it fer an alibi.
He tol’ me once Ah’d best learn to learn,
school’s only cool if ya ain’t already a fool.
Yer own good measure you can earn,
by startin’ yer learnin’ with the Golden Rule.
Always seemed to me as Ah growed up,
he mostly only spoke if it wuz true,
‘n by doin’ that clued me to what’s up,
kept me from stuff that’d a made me blue.
Without ever sayin’ the word itself,
Ah learned ’bout honor, ‘n helpin’ others
not some fake stuff from some shelf,
but, knowin’ whut’s right, ‘n that we’re all brothers.
Ah’ve been around long enough now, Ah think
to get around the block at least two times.
I s’pose long as my head don’t shrink
Ah’ll keep on doin’ right, ‘n makin’ these rhymes…..
~~ gigoid ~~
4/6/2013
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Naked Pearls
There and back again….
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“It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.”
~~ Henry David Thoreau ~~
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“I’ve wrestled with reality for 35 years,
and I’m happy, Doctor, I finally won out over it.”
~~ Jimmy Stewart in Harvey, 1950. ~~
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“Madness need not be all breakdown.
It may also be breakthrough.
It is potential liberation and renewal…”
~~ R.D. Laing ~~
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“One kernel is felt in a hogshead;
one drop of water helps to swell the ocean;
a spark of fire helps to give light to the world.
None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service.
Think of this and act.”
~~ Hannah More ~~
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“Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.”
~~ Alice M. Swaim ~~
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“Count your age by friends not years, and count your life by smiles, not tears.”
~~ John Lennon ~~
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“It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went.”
~~ Henry David Thoreau ~~
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Okay, that’s all I’ve got. It’s better than I’d hoped, for I managed to keep from pounding my keyboard into dust. The effort did cost me a lot, as I found myself having to restrain my homicidal, or, in this case, felinicidal impulses, so as to remember where all the keys were. But, it’s done, so, rather than dwell upon the past, I’ll go post it, & hope for the best. I hope your day starts better than did mine; perhaps the music, and the poetry, or maybe the pearls will help in that. If so, I am content, & I think that’s the best I can hope for today. Since that’s so, I’m outta here, before it all falls down… See ya, ffolkes… be well & stay alert….
Y’all take care out there,
and May the Metaphorse be with you;
Blessed Be, dearest Carole, Mark,Theresa, & Richy
and everyone else, too…
When I works, I works hard.
When I sits, I sits loose.
When I thinks, I falls asleep.
Which is Why….
Sometimes I sits and thinks,
and sometimes,
I just sits.
gigoid, the dubious
The *only* duly authorized Computer Curmudgeon.
PLEASE STOP READING THIS MESSAGE NOW.
“SCRAM!!!!!!!!!!”- Oscar the Grouch
À bientôt, mon cherí….
gigoid 
I have heard of Lucy too splendid!! 🌹
Isnt’ she great? I really enjoy the honesty in her lyrics; she’s got a way with words…
She is a Celt what else would you expect 💜💜
“Softly altering the edges of reality”..
A Poem and A SonG as Title
unto itself.. friEnd gigoid
as dam if my
computer
didn’t
freeze up and
i lost the entire
comment i just
made but hehe..
for all the dARk
that HapPens inspiRation
for change to truly soften now
the edges of reality for improvement
more.. ink blot test as they say too courage
for change always to survive and even thrive
and speaKing of soft edges back from the
Doctor with latest test results of
nanometers and deciliters
measured in Testosterone
of 168 below the
low range
of 280 through
the max range
of 1050 either
as an elderly
man or SuPerWoMaN
NoW hehe.. anyway generating
a laugh as the legs still sturdy in
leg pressing 1020 Lbs 33 times in
a feat that currently no 35 year younger
Marine as been able to come close to doing..
and when asked if i would like a medical solution
to improve the numbers my sentiment for the same
Grace of ballet verses martial arts free verse that prohibits
the Bowling Ball of 233Lbs that is me from mowing down
the Crowds i dance in free as mINd and BoDy BaLanCinG
SoUL NoW.. anyWay.. sPeaks to the power of Human
Potential beyond the Numbers and Averages
of Systemizing Numbers in Science way.,
Science does a good job but sure
a rather antiquated step
of methods in repeatable
ways doesn’t always meet
Yogi’s who steam warmth
off of icy robe waters mastering
brain waves and walKinG across coals
of fiReY HoT and breaKing concrete Now with
WitH Fists Chi fully employed out of the range of
fight or flight adrenaline too.. anyway.. while
i come back again heaR to riff off the two of
your posts i have missed in the last week thanks
as always for the inspiration your posts of Wisdom
bRinG as surely i would have never risen to 5 Million
Words of Free Verse “SonG oF mY SoUL” as i celebrate
a Graduation of 4 years in doing that in an anniversary
of Trilogy that moves past 50K words now in the
third installment of that effort.. as “Nether Land
Bible 2017” in a little less that 15 months
per last MacroVerse of “SonG oF mY SouL
FouR YearS Old” at Number 123/794
comes in with 1,911,514 words as Child
Of “SonG oF mY SoUL”
too in that 5 Million
word 4 year old
effort as the Public
Dance arises close to
8K miles now with the
Four Year Effort of all those words too..
And sure with this current part 3 of trilogy now
named “SOLaR ECLiPSE FoR LoVE 2017”.. Number
124/795.. anYWay.. it’s aLWays aMuSinG for the opportunity
to provide some links to what a living example
of what ‘they’ name “John 14:12” is.. catching
‘tHeir’ smart phone camera lights supposedly
hidden behind clothes apparel displays
while i quietly and ninja invisibly
come up behind them
and surprise them
with a toothy
grin of
bliss
in Heaven
to show ‘them’ what
that looks like on the outside
in too.. anyway.. F Gump Moment
alWays Priceless be ‘careful what
ya wish for’ hehe.. in Nicene Creed
ways too.. as humans toGeTher
tend to self fulfill tHeir
prophecies
toGeThER
too..
at the
Bus stops of life
when they provide a share/give
oF tHeir soULs tHrough daRkeST
Abyss iN GiVinG Ways of SHades of Grey
aS Purgatory out oF thaT HeLL2 through poTenTiaL
tHrive aLivE of RainBoW ColoRs BeyOnd of LiGht too
iN yes.. Heaven within.. inside.. outside above so below
and all around too.. in my Definition of sHaRinG and GiVinG
all of Love
in all the
arts
that coMes
freely without
restraint in all Love
to me as the hUman Species
RiSeS uP iN iNSpirATioN aS ART oF heART even more..
anYWay FoR thE beneFit oT tHe BeinG oF mY SoUL in GreaTeR
MiNd and BoDy BaLanCinG Synergy oF ForCE oF LiGHT eVoLVinG
thanks gigoid for all you do freely hear in give and share.. ways..
as the
KinGDoM
wE Do is
tHE
KinGDoM
CoME wE Create
And for now Field of
DreAMs oF ME iS LooKinG A o K..;)
“Water go down the hole…”
~~ Baby Plucky. ~~
EasY GoinG Flows
dOwn
uP..:)
“If at first you doubt, doubt again.”
~~ William Bennett ~~
TG i’M pasT tHat stAGe..;)
“It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.”
~~ Henry David Thoreau ~~
As long as we remember what and who we are ALL pART..:)
“I’ve wrestled with reality for 35 years,
and I’m happy, Doctor, I finally won out over it.”
~~ Jimmy Stewart in Harvey, 1950. ~~
Useless wrestling A Ocean Swim Float Live
oN Terrestrial Land FlY So Much EasieRFloW
And real than WaLKinG oN WaTER NoW..;)
“Madness need not be all breakdown.
It may also be breakthrough.
It is potential liberation and renewal…”
~~ R.D. Laing ~~
Escape from CulTures
truly insane that who wears clothes..;)
“One kernel is felt in a hogshead;
one drop of water helps to swell the ocean;
a spark of fire helps to give light to the world.
None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service.
Think of this and act.”
~~ Hannah More ~~
Fires in the Water
“Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.”
~~ Alice M. Swaim ~~
Water the in Fires
“Count your age by friends not years, and count your life by smiles, not tears.”
~~ John Lennon ~~
A Tear is mY
FavoRiTe
oF aLL
NoW tHen A
sTarT oF LiGht
and as Far Science goes..
inCreaSing levels of Dopamine liGHT
For Creativity while the dArker
of warm and fuzzy
oxytocin falls
and
rises
again with
the Next Human
Connection of CreaTinG aRT toGetHeR
iN aLL
the ways
thAT cOmeS NoW..;)
“It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went.”
~~ Henry David Thoreau ~~
And for those wHo resTrain tEars tHey feaR then come numb…