I grew up in a house filled with Classical music, and Jazz. Here's a little music video I made for the Ding Dong Show, that combines these two loves.
Jazz, Classical Music, 60s Acid Rock, Blues, and New Age
I really do enjoy all forms of music, and I would never listen to just one kind all of the time.
Stan Getz & John Coltrane are my favorite Jazz musicians, but I also love the Big Band sound, Latin Jazz, and anything straight ahead;)
Of Classical Music composers, it seems that I have always loved the Russians best.
As a Hippie from San Francisco, I got to know Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead, and Carlos Santana. I will always love these people.
Movies
As a lifelong film buff with around 4000 movies in my collection, this list could easily become impossibly long. My collection contains what I consider to be the best movies made since we began making movies. So I have many Silents, old Black & White films, and great movies up to current times.
Now should I list ALL of my favorite movies (besides Forbidden Planet, Casablanca, Spartacus, Elmer Gantry, A Night at the Opera, Seven Chances, The Wizard of Oz, Singing in the Rain, A Connecticutt Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Roshoman, The Man Who Would Be King, the Harry Potter series & LOTR), or do you get the idea? hehehe
I've mentioned elsewhere that I love Science Fiction & Fantasy. In the early 1990s I began videotaping my favorite programs, editing out the commercials, and then began creating my permanent collection. At the moment the collection is approaching some 800 six hour videotapes, and contains practically every episode of practically every Science Fiction/Fantasy show that has ever aired.
It's something that I usually work on while I'm also busy in the online world. I love to multi-task, and figure that if you are going to be fanatical about something, it's good if it is harmless. hehehe
Books
I like all kinds of books, but have always held a special love for Science Fiction & Fantasy. Some of my favorite authors are Anne McCaffrey, CJ Cherryh, Isaac Asimov, Robert A Heinlein, Philip Jose Famer, Roger Zelazny, HG Wells, Jules Verne, Alan Dean Foster, Andre Norton, Fred Saberhagen, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Timothy Zahn, Poul Anderson, Orson Scott Card, L Frank Baum, JRR Tolkien, & JK Rowling.
I also love Westerns, especially Louis L'Amour, Zane Grey, and Max Brand
Heroes
I think it is more important to find the Hero within yourself, than to look up to another person. In all of the history of the world, there has only been one Hero, and he has 1000 Faces. Some people I do hold in great regard are Lao Tse, King Wen & Prince Chi, Quan Yin, Lord Khrisna, Lord Buddha, Avolokitesvara, Green Tara, Lady Isis, & her son Horus, Thoth the Atlantean, Freyr, Jesus the Christ, Manly P Hall, & Ghandi.
When you find the Hero within yourself, you will be able to see the Hero within other people. Let us all be brave, and face the world with Courage!
What Dennis Kucinich says about Ron Paul
The American Eagle cannot fly, unless its Left-Wing, and its Right-Wing work together.
Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich in 2012!
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I began studying Eastern Mysticism, and practicing Western Metaphysics when I was 16 in 1967. Since I lived in Santa Clara at the time, it was easy for me to get up to San Francisco on the Summer Solstice, so I was there for the first day of the Summer of Love. I began studying the I Ching in 1968, discovering the practical side of Taoist Philosophy. In 1970 I went to college in Boston, where I met Karmu, the Holy One. He was a Healer, and a Rootman, and he taught me Massage, and how to love people, which is perhaps the most important thing anybody can know. In 1973 I began studying the Hwa Yu Tai Chi Kung Fu under GrandMaster John Chung Li, a practice that seems to have made me stronger & more agile as the years go by. After a lifetime of study and practice, I am putting up my accumulated knowledge and experience on my website, the Dragon's Den. You'll also find other things of interest there... such as my Moving Mandalas. Enjoy!
NGC 253: DUSTY ISLAND UNIVERSE Shiny NGC 253 Galaxy, is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, and also one of the dustiest. Some call it the Silver Dollar Galaxy for its appearance in small telescopes, or just the Sculptor Galaxy for its location within the boundaries of the southern constellation Sculptor. First swept up in 1783 by mathematician and astronomer Caroline Herschel, the dusty island universe lies a mere 10 million light-years away. About 70 thousand light-years across, NGC 253 is the largest member of the Sculptor Group of Galaxies, the nearest to our own Local Group of Galaxies. In addition to its spiral dust lanes, striking tendrils of dust seem to be rising from a galactic disk laced with young star clusters and star forming regions in this processed color image. The high dust content accompanies frantic star formation, giving NGC 253 the designation of a starburst galaxy.
IN WISHING YOU A FANTASTIC WEEK, MAY MY UNIVERSE GIVE YOU MANY LOVE AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR HEART AND LIFE MY DEAR FRIEND. ★GALACTIC KISSES★ Sam
The warrior knows that there are occasional pauses in the struggle. There is no point in forcing things; he must have patience and wait for the two sides to clash again. In the silence of battlefield, he listens to his heart beating. He notices that he is tense, that he is afraid. The warrior takes stock of his life; he makes sure that his sword is sharp, his heart satisfied, that faith still burns in his soul. He knows that maintenance is as important as action. There is always something not quite right. And the warrior takes advantage of those moments when time stops to equip himself better.
Calcutta sounds like a fable in a song, but in reality, it is where John, my colleague and successor, was murdered. He was on the job for only three days when he got his throat slashed. As an undercover investigator targeting the illegal wildlife trade, especially in tiger parts, his real name was unknown, even to me, nor mine to him. We were just John and James to each other. All I know is that he was Chinese American, while his predecessor James - real name Anthony Marr - is Chinese Canadian, and how sincere he was in helping to save the Bengal tiger from being poached out of existence, while its habitat continues to dwindle due to human pressure...
I saw myself as a transparent lovely butterfly, Dancing an age-old dance. Fluttering from flower to flower, As if in permanent trance. From buttercup to daisy on to sweet smelling rose. I in my humility watching your each ecstatic pose. Rising high, sinking low, Each nuance of colour a friendly glow. You are not miserly your brilliance to show. Seeking sweet nectar from heavenly blooms, Lifting me high from out of my glooms. Were you sent from heaven on high? Descending from a warm sky, Dainty yet tireless in your earthly flight, Where do you retire in the darkness of night? At the break of dawn I will see you again, Performing the dance of perpetual fame. Delightful to see a treat for my eyes, You heavenly visitor from out of the skies....
Shrouded in paranormal mist Are strange, mysterious vortices – Portals to branch universes Where rapt interdimensional Denizens raise chills on napes of Dreamers’ pale, unsuspecting necks; Where breathless awareness bristles In silent, prayerful pleas offered Of devoured skepticism; To feed on visceral fears of Those awakened in blinding black, Clanking sounds to a heart stopping thunderous roar, restless spirits yell out in desperation and confusion, locked away in a tomb without any windows or doors, searching for answers while lost in mindful illusion.
Bewildered in the dark stillness the air turns cold as ice, words can never express the feeling burning in the heart, love, hate, power, and greed for which we pay the price, for the depth of our conscious is what sets us each apart....
Wherever you are right now, no matter what the circumstances might be, simply focus on one good thing about your situation, or one good memory, or one good object. In other words find something, anything, that will allow you to shift your focus away from the negative thinkings and now focus on a positives thinking. Love Vickilynn~
Hi you
wishing you a most enchanting week
filled with love peace and joy
all the best
~Ann R
~Happy New Era Wondrous~
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Humbled by all response
...:::···latest poem···:::...
~*Making Earth Ours Again*~
contain 13 verses and too long to post here
I give the two first ... as a teaser ...(of course;)
wishing you all light & love
~Unity :::···Greetings Fabulous Light Beings···:::
all powerful & unique our light of life dances
in the immense vastness of swirling eternities
throughout an endless complex variety of universes
with wonders, mystique & never ending adventures
this wondrous spectacle of immense quantities
our soul, our love, our connection & colourful light
forever challenged by dark entities disgust
sadly growing faster, stronger & more enveloping
~ Swanee
is flying through your beautiful starry skies, coming by
your way to
say "Hello and Hi!" ~
~ Let's go
floating through the air, feeling the magic in the night.
~ ~ I'll
play you a special song, and we can dance in the Light.
~
~ Let's go have some fun in dream time,
we can take a crystal carriage ride!
~
~ In the forever land of Home where all is
peaceful and bright, Love is always alive. Love makes the Light
~
"There is a central idea. Merely practicing is not understanding. Seek to understand the human ability. Study diligently for deep ideas. The result after a long time is that one is able to know." - Sun Lu Tang (1861-1932) Have a wonderful weekend star friend
From beyond the stars and void of space. Transcendent, Pure, Of unimaginable beauty, Bringing with you the essence of love.
You transform all who are touched by you. Mundane concerns, troubles, and sorrows dissolve in your presence, Bringing joy to ruler and ruled To peasant and King.
You bewilder us with your grace. All evils transform into goodness.
You are the master alchemist.
You light the fire of love in earth and sky in heart and soul of every being.
Through your loving existence and nonexistence erge. All opposites unite. All that is profane becomes sacred again...
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