Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Thursday, April 26, 2018

mimi


I'm on the left

brothers and sister

grandma (mimi) and grandpa

aunts and cousins

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Thanks Dad


I grew up in the Imperial Valley in the cities of Imperial and El Centro California.


My father was first an aircraft mechanic and crop duster pilot and then pilot for Imperial Airlines.


I virtually grew up at the airport in Imperial at Visco Flying Co. enjoying hours of time in the sky flying with my Dad.


He took me flying in all kinds of airplanes and taught me to fly.


At age 15 I flew my first solo flight and got my pilots license. Thanks Dad.



Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Robert Wadlow with his father


Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940) also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, is the tallest person in history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. The Alton and Illinois monikers reflect the fact that he was born and grew up in Alton, Illinois.

Wadlow reached 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) in height and weighed 439 lb (199 kg) at his death at age 22. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hyperplasia of his pituitary gland, which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone. He showed no indication of an end to his growth even at the time of his death. (read more)

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Friday, February 14, 2014

Thursday, December 5, 2013

the scream !


what is the most important thing ?

...the most important thing 

is the family of man.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

advice to newlyweds


Question...

"What do you think matters most in marriage?"

Answer...

"A short memory."

Saturday, February 11, 2012

good wife


Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have be thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they get home and the prospect of a good meal is part of the warm welcome needed.

Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.

Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.

Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives. Run a dustcloth over the tables.

During the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering to his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.

Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer or vacuum. Encourage the children to be quiet.

Be happy to see him.

Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.

Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.

Don't greet him with complaints and problems.

Don't complain if he's late for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through at work.

Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or lie him down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him.

Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.

Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity.

Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.

A good wife always knows her place.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Sex Object


A fertility deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with fertility, pregnancy, and birth. In some cases these deities are directly associated with sex, and in others they simply embody related attributes. (fertility deities)

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Sunday, May 8, 2011

mother kisses


Mother and Child
Pablo Picasso 1922


"From woman, man is born;

within woman, man is conceived;

to woman he is engaged and married.

Woman becomes his friend;

through woman, the future generations come.

When his woman dies,

he seeks another woman;

to woman he is bound.

So why call her bad?

From her, kings are born.

From woman, woman is born;

without woman, there would be no one at all.

O Nanak, only the True Lord is without a woman"

......Guru Nanak......

Sunday, February 13, 2011

people power

One Human Family

"Whether we like it or not, we have all been born on this earth as part of one great human family. Rich or poor, educated or uneducated, belonging to one nation or another, to one religion or another, adhering to this ideology or that, ultimately each of us is just a human being like everyone else: we all desire happiness and do not want suffering. Furthermore, each of us has an equal right to pursue these goals.

Today's world requires that we accept the oneness of humanity. In the past, isolated communities could afford to think of one another as fundamentally separate and even existed in total isolation. Nowadays, however, events in one part of the world eventually affect the entire planet. Therefore we have to treat each major local problem as a global concern from the moment it begins. We can no longer invoke the national, racial or ideological barriers that separate us without destructive repercussion. In the context of our new interdependence, considering the interests of others is clearly the best form of self-interest.

I view this fact as a source of hope. The necessity for cooperation can only strengthen mankind, because it helps us recognize that the most secure foundation for the new world order is not simply broader political and economic alliances, but rather each individual's genuine practice of love and compassion. For a better, happier, more stable and civilized future, each of us must develop a sincere, warm-hearted feeling of brother and sisterhood"...Dalai Lama. (read more)

Monday, January 24, 2011

the urge to merge


...the primary human motivations are...

...food, sleep and sex...

...feeble human mores are no match for...

...hunger for food...

...the need to sleep and...

...the urge to merge...

...you will never stop the hormonal tides...

...insemination will result in pregnancies...

...does a zygote rise to the level of "human being?"...

...shall we endow a microscopic cell mass with "full human rights?"

...shall we force every impregnated women to carry to full term and give birth?...

...perhaps we should offer free and available birth control instead and...

...counsel women on how to prevent unwanted pregnancies...

...no one should be using abortion as a form of "birth control"...

...pro-life...pro-choice...both want to reduce abortions...

...anti-choice...pro-abortion...are "loaded words"...

...who wants an abortion?...

...nobody...wants an abortion...

...why do women have abortions?...

...mostly one reason...an unwanted pregnancy...

...why are there unwanted pregnancies?...

...the mistake is getting pregnant when you don't want to...

...abstinence, sex education and birth control products...

...are the only ways to prevent unwanted pregnancies...

...shouldn't we employ every practical method to reduce abortions?...

...if you are pro-life or pro-choice you have an obligation to support sex education and the availability of free birth control for the prevention of unwanted pregnancies...in addition to this you have an obligation to protest and vote against:

the global arms trade...

the death penalty...

the war machine and all war...

...to reduce abortions we must prevent unwanted pregnancies with:

abstinence education...

detailed sex education...

readily available birth control products for free...

state supported womens clinics for reproductive health...

...abortions have declined worldwide as access to family planning education and contraceptive services has increased.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Thursday, December 23, 2010

The Sacred Hoop Of Healing




In a Dream of Vision 
 In a Place where Hearts  reside  and are 
Consumed in Grief   
I saw not Anger nor Retribution  
Not the Face of Hatred  nor of Despair  
But the Clear and All Encompassing  
Heart Of All That Is   
I saw Each One Stand  
Mother Father Brother each 
Child of the Seventh Generation  
In Peace and Understanding   
And Facing His Brother  His Sister  
Each Child of Their Children's Children  
Wrapped his Heart around....   
And kissing the Tears  on the 
Tear stained face  of the One he Held  
Released His Own Pain   
And when he had opened himself  
To Receive 
Unconditionally  the pain and 
unbearable sorrow  of his Brother   
Only then  When Each had Received  
The Healing  of each and every Heart   
Would raise their eyes  to Wanbli  
To All That Is  
In utter Acceptance and Resolve   
Making the Unimaginable 
Grief of each and every Heart  
His Own 
Would we Heal   
And as their hearts and hands reached out  
Would open their own Hearts  
To become that Hollow Bone  of 
Acceptance and Responsibility  of 
All That Is   
And in Unified Silence  
Take upon themselves  
The Duty and the Honour  
Which is Each Our Own   
Of allowing each hand  
And Every Heart  
To take up and to Receive  
and hold closer than Forever   
The River Of Tears  Of All Mankind   
The River Of Tears  Of Humankind  
As One Swift Uptaking  Breath  
Of All That Is  
Is made our Own.     

Crys The Tears/Dreamwalker~Lakota  
copyright 2001