One day a year the world goes laughing
CRA-A-A-AZY….
Go for it and enjoy the music from the heart!
Have a wonderful day and make ‘em laugh!
Awakenings: MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!
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I was immediately drawn to the title of a post by Alastair today since it was a pun on the Star Wars’ line ‘May the Force be with you!” I smiled and reflected for a moment on my encounter with the first Star Wars movie in 1977. Little was it known at the time that Star Wars would become a legend, an icon, practically a household word. The smiles on camera were just the beginning of a movie phenomenon!
Sharla Shults‘s insight:
Who was/is your favorite Star Wars character and/or episode?
See on awakenings2012.blogspot.com
Personal Reflection: The Teardrop
When a loved one is 'out of sorts' so to speak, all energies go toward making that one special person feel as comfortable as possible - spiritually, mentally, physically and emotionally. While endeavoring to meet all of the daily demands and maintain sanity, thoughts of one's self seem to somehow become insignificant yet that ability to sustain self does not go unnoticed.
Not sure if it is proper etiquette to reblog one of your own posts, but today this one seemed most fitting. It has been over a year since the hospital incident referenced here. In fact, almost a year to the day, another incident, much more serious, landed my husband, Jim, in a hospital bed for a month. Now, home for the past two weeks has still presented hardships and catastrophes unexpected.
He is my life, my soul mate, and continues to capture my heart on a daily basis. Even in times of unimaginable pain, he finds a way to focus on others, not himself. I love this story and I will never forget The Teardrop!
World Press Freedom Day: May 3
The question of the day @Awakenings is
“What if you could
NOT
Think. Speak. Tweet. Like. Share. FREELY?”
Such freedoms are not enjoyed all over the world nor is exercising such freedom always safe.
Did you know in the past 10 years:
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Only 1 in 10 cases of crimes against social media producers, journalists, and media workers has led to a conviction.
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600+ journalists, social media producers and media workers have been killed while reporting news to the general public.
MORE @Awakenings
in recognition of
Awakenings: Let’s Talk Chicken!
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After being in the ER with my husband from 3AM to 5AM this morning, I find myself in rare form. Ever been so tired you become ‘punchy’? Everything you see, everything you say seems funny & you laugh at the silliest things almost to the point of hysteria like running on high from too much caffeine. That’s me today and would you believe it led to the conversation topic – chicken.
Sharla Shults‘s insight:
I know what you are thinking…why chicken? I say, Why not chicken? buck,buck,,,,, buck,,, buckAHHHH; brrk, brroock, broock, brk-ooock; bwwaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkk and bock,bock,bock,bock,bock,begowwwwk!
Just a bit of humor from Awakenings!
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Awakenings: MORE on the All-American Diner
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Meet Miss Mendon: Classic Diner of Distinction
by Marilyn Armstrong
Sharla Shults‘s insight:
Some say the American diners are coming back…I say they never left! Visit one today and enjoy its American history!
The Darwins Are Out
I sometimes wonder if this stuff is true, or partially true.... You decide.
The Darwins are out!!!!
Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us .
Here is the glorious winner:
1. When his 38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach , California would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder.
What could possibly be better catnipoflife than humor?! Not just simple humor that brings on a smile but side-splitting humor that just makes you keep on laughing and laughing and laughing! Don't stop until you have read the very last one...
Thank you, Don in Massachusetts!
Land of The Beavers: A Conversation With Queens Historian Carl Ballenas
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From the ancient glaciers to slavery, Carl Ballenas knows Queens. Born in Brooklyn, Ballenas moved to Queens as a toddler in 1965 and never left. “Everything in Queens fascinated me,” he says. A history teacher at the Immaculate Conception School in Jamaica Estates, he has written several books on local history, even involving his students in the research and fact-finding.
Through Arcadia Publishing’s “Images In America” series, Ballenas has published books on the adjacent Southeast Queens neighborhoods of Richmond Hill, Kew Gardens (and its famed cemetery, Maple Grove), Jamaica and Jamaica Estates. Although these places now look very different—Kew Gardens is mostly co-ops and high rises, while Jamaica Estates is home to large, Victorian mansions—they were originally part of one community, Jamaica. The process of how land was acquired from local Native American tribes and then parceled out to various developers is something Ballenas and his students in the Thomas Aquinas Honor Society explore in their books on Jamaica and Jamaica Estates.
I caught up with Ballenas after he visited York College this month for a lecture. I asked him about the Richmond Hill and Jamaica history that hides in plain view–in Queens’ topography, its architecture and the names we use everyday.
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OC: What was the first historical project you researched?
CB: The first project was about the history of St. Benedict Joseph Church in Richmond Hill. I was told it was the only parish with that name. While researching, I kept coming across “Morris Park.” I was like why? This is Richmond Hill. I found out there were other towns—like Morris Park—that eventually got absorbed by Richmond Hill.
OC: Let’s start way back. What do geologists tell us about this area?
CB: The hills that make up the backbone of Long Island, north of Hillside Avenue–hence named–were created 10,000 years ago by a glacier, which moved huge boulders and large amounts of soil. When it eventually stopped, it deposited all those things. So from Hillside Avenue south to Jamaica Bay is level, because those things flattened everything out. In the 1870s, when people started settling in this area, the ocean breezes and cooling temperatures in the flat area were part of the area’s attraction.
OC: What is the most interesting architectural find in this area?
CB: We’ve found the Lefferts Farmhouse. The Lefferts family sold their farm to Mr. Albon Platt Man, the founder of Richmond Hill. The farmhouse may date all the way back to the 1830s, and it wasn’t in the same location–that was one of the most amazing things we found–people used to move houses!
And we also found the Captain Briggs farmhouse. Briggs was a veteran of the War of 1812, who retired to Richmond Hill to become a gentleman farmer. He won many awards for his pear orchards. You find these little remnants of the past poking out at you.
See on opencitymag.com
Awakenings: The All-American Diner
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A classic of classics, like baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and Chevrolet…that’s the all-American diner! Often epitomized with an exterior of stainless steel, the diner is unique in its architecture. Then, of course, there is the interior: a casual atmosphere, a counter, stools and service area along a back wall.
Sharla Shults‘s insight:
Embrace the past, empower the present, enrich the future of the all-American diner!
See on awakenings2012.blogspot.com
Nature’s Doorway
Nature’s Doorway video poem was created and posted last year but sometimes repeat performances are called for at just the right time! After viewing the video, take a few moments to step outside and enjoy all the beauty around you!
Have a blessed day!
