The weatherman on Channel 4 called June JUNE-U-ARY. It
was the coldest, snowiest June recorded since 1874! What
a difference a month can make! Washingtonians FINALLY
have sunshine! The areas which were flooded and damaged
since November are starting to dry out. The winds have
seized, seventeen hours of daylight has revitalized our
outlook on life. Not that basic things have changed by
much, but inasmuch as everything appears to be easier
to deal with! We wonder how people in the Midwest are
able to deal with the storms and floods for such a long
time, we want to tell them we understand. We want to let
the Earthquake survivors in China know that on a small
scale we understand their trauma and send our thoughts
to the Cyclone survivors. Much like the rest of the world
we question decisions made by governments and their solutions
for relieve. Add fires in the American West and people
of the planet Earth are just a tad overwhelmed. One REALLY
has to make an effort to keep up with unfolding news reels,
one would think that to be one of the easiest things to
do given that everything is right at our fingertips and
can be access within seconds...minutes for me; I have
dial up. Unfortunately this line of thinking is incorrect,
since news is so trickled down, slow in coming and overshadowed
by the political views and censorships of almost every
corner of the Earth. A very few sources have managed to
still report and pool information from reliable sources,
a hard undertaking, since even we fall victim to misinformation
occasionally.
In years past I have been on the road by now talking
to people on back roads, villages in the middle of nowhere
trying to get a story for my viewers. Winter was brutal,
economics are brutal and people are either recovering,
maintaining or planning to arrive at some somewhat sane
space in their life in order to prepare for the next round
of events which have become part of our daily lives. My
request for financial help to undertake my yearly reporting
trip has been unanswered. True, for me it is important
to get first hand information for you, yet, it is also
true that few people have what they need in order to have
a meal on the table.
I saw an advertisement on the TV, it caught my attention
and I stopped what I was doing. Several Hang-Gliders were
taking off over a high-dessert type scene. I assumed it
to be at the east side of the mighty Columbia River.
Each person flying the Hang-Glider had a different bird
strapped to his/her chest. On closer examination one can
see these are all no-flying birds. Penguins, Chickens
and even Emus. A voice comes on and asks the question:
"With cash who’s life would you like to change…if
you win the Washington State Lottery?" I know I am
not going to win the lottery; so I need help to be the
Hang-Glider, strap my camera to my chest in order to assist
stationary people to understand what is going on and report
what is not on U-Tube.
According to Webster the word BUT means: except, save,
on the contrary, only or merely.
According to Follette by Glucksman BUT means: instead,
without exception, almost always in lieu of.
Imagine opening your front door. A whiff of smoke goes
by your nose, ever so slightly. Instinctively you know
some one is barbecuing in the neighborhood. Only an open
fire can caress both your nose and taste buds at the same
instance. You follow your nose, make a left and YES, there
it is, 3 houses down, an old fashion BBQ. Not a modern
grill, an open pit black from prior smoke grill!
Your mind races… do I introduce/invite myself? Do
I really want to share my cooking secrets? Do I just go
home and start my own fire pit? TOO late, the neighbor
asks you to help him with the coals, they are burning
too hot and the food is burned. Looks mostly good except
the main ingredients is missing… Patience. You remove
the food, corn turns into popcorn… watch out! You
grab a cold drink and allow the coals to turn colors.
You know we should not pollute the air like this, in fact
you forgot to find out if there is a burn ban. Raw, basic
primitive cooking that is all you can think about, as
you load up the grill with the next batch of goodies.
Polluting the air like this makes little sense, BUT, then
so don’t a lot of other things.
The message on the big screen TV reads: If you have suffered
renal failure, heart attack or death during surgery call
1800.***.**** Law Offices of $$$ and $$$!
A man in Oregon is going to give birth to his first child
this month.
http://abcnews.go.com/gma/story?id=4526582&page=1
Children in separate parent households on average have
4 Mommy days and 3 Daddy days.
A memorial was erected and opened in London, dedicated
to Journalists, which have lost their life in the line
of duty. It is a beautiful cone shaped glass building,
which is lit up at night, by doing so it puts a light
beacon into the sky and allows the writing on it- Breaking
News- visible.
While taping a show about PTSD the phone rang. The caller
wanted to talk about some of his issues, which involved
weight loss techniques. Since I am not qualified on this
subject I handed the phone to my guest. By coincidence
she was a Councilor, Hypnotherapies and Reiki Master.
They talked back and forward for a good while. I did not
want to interrupted and got busy occupying myself with
something else. I noticed my Guest was crying. I heard
her tell the man THANK YOU for becoming a mirror for her.
She said everything she suggested to him he agreed with
and followed with a BUT. Confusing little word and full
of contradictions. I guess it depends on how to use it
and in which context. Eventually we analyzed, what we
thought was an epiphany, no matter how we tried justifying
and substituting we decided changes were in order. In
some ways we are ALL "BUTT" people.
Love and Light
Lilian