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2022-08-06 02255-tod-051376 Driftwood

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max – ƒ/2.4 1/607 1.54mm ISO100 – Mission, MN

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प्यास / Thirst – Kaushal Kishore

 

चाहे जितनी भी घनघोर बारिश 

ये काले बादल करा दे…

कुछ प्यास फिर भी बुझती नहीं 

मौसमी फुहारों की ठंडक से…

🌨️🌨️🌨️🌨️🌨️🌨️

Dark clouds unleash their deluge grey,

Seasonal showers may bring heavy rain…

For some, the rain revives, but can’t stay,

Some deeper thirsts still refuse to wane…

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–Kaushal Kishore  

Source: प्यास / Thirst – Kaushal Kishore

August 4, 2024 A New Trail —Mary Banning Way | Saint Andrews Forest Farm

Amanita banningiana, Mary Banning Slender Caesar, has been found in every corner of Saint Andrews Forest Farm.

Mary Elizabeth Banning (1832-1903) was an American mycologist and botanical illustrator from Maryland. She described 23 previously unknown species of fungi. Her scientific achievements remained unrecognized during her lifetime. With no formal schooling or training, and during her free time, as she taught children and took care of her sick mother and older sister, she created the first mycological study of fungi in America with “The Fungi of Maryland.” This manuscript includes 174 13” by 15” watercolor paintings of various fungal species. She self funded her own study and lived in ever increasing poverty.

Source: August 4, 2024 A New Trail —Mary Banning Way | Saint Andrews Forest Farm

♫ Only You ♫ | Filosofa’s Word

This was the only Platters recording on which songwriter and manager Ram played the piano.  The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in its inaugural year of 1998.

A bit of added trivia this time ’round:  In 1974, Ringo Starr covered this song for his album Goodnight Vienna at the suggestion of John Lennon. This version was released as a single (b/w “Call Me”) on 11 November in the US,  and it became a number six hit on the US Billboard best seller chart and reached number one on the Easy Listening chart in early 1975. It was released in the UK on 15 November. Lennon plays acoustic guitar on the track, and recorded a guide vocal which was kept by producer Richard Perry. Harry Nilsson sings harmony vocals and appears with Starr in the amusing music video filmed on top of the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles. 

Only You (And You Alone)
The Platers 

Source: ♫ Only You ♫ | Filosofa’s Word

Replay: Putting Crazy on Mute | From Behind the Pen

Sometimes dysfunction has a way of clamoring against all logic in your mind, and oftentimes, such dysfunction interferes with what we think should be common sense principles. I shared this post four years ago and still find it necessary to re-sing this poem today amid the frenzy of life.

Putting Crazy on Mute

Today, I am hitting the mute button
crazy will not distract, consume or overpower me
not today, not tomorrow and the next day ain’t lookin’ too good either.

Today, I am hitting the mute button
on ludicrous thinking, conversations, and behaviors
stuff that baffles the existentialism of human intellect.

Today, I am hitting the mute button
blotting out nonsense from the addiction to wayward tolerance
insanity from aversions leaving me completely bewildered.

Today, I am hitting the mute button
not trying to make sense of those who are compromising integrity
as decency swirls and is flushed in an abyss of pure darkness.

Today, I am hitting the mute button
shedding the craziness, zapping my energy, leading me to despair
I shall not be a glutton for such punishment, no not today.

©2020 Kym Gordon Moore

 

Source: Replay: Putting Crazy on Mute | From Behind the Pen