TRUST

CYFFR has been confronting me with her loss of trust in me and another friend.

LENT

It appears as though ancient Roman Catholic traditions will be observed in the Evergreen Gardens dining hall.  I've been thinking hard about this and about the anger boiling up into presidential politics this year.  Watching C-SPAN3 AH (American History) on Saturdays, my day of rest, I am learning much that I never knew before.

• The Web of Deceit written by Barry Lando
• The truth at Brandeis
• The facts of a senate investigation into the Vietnam War
• The history of Greenville 

New Light

I was watching RMPBS, Arts District, and saw - once again - The Aztec Calendar. 

Lance

Colorado Quarterly

Sir Lancelot

Fruit Basket Upset

During breakfast this morning at the Copper Kitchen Cafe, Di heard us talking about the nightmare world in which our children live.  She said that she knew we would "rise" to the occasion "as you always do."  She used one hand to demonstrate with a motion like turning an hourglass upside down.  "It's a simple law of physics," she said.  "What falls bounces up again."

"Ah!"  Mom responded.  "You mean it's human nature!"

Di smiled.  "I'll send you my bill."  She didn't understand the reality that pertained to the nightmare that we talked about.  It was just beginning.  Not until late, the next Monday night, would Grandad reveal the whole truth.

@ 4:30 pm 4 August 2914 Mom had realized that he was shutting down the emotional roller coaster upon which they both had been riding.

By 1 am MDT 9 August, Mom had returned from work in Pueblo ready for a day of rest before executing the admiral's plan.

By 2 am 13 August, Ruth had begun to do Dexter's laundry at his house again.

The Night

Journey to Justice
Garfield Place

Grandad and GranCCY have made a journey with their "Ruby Friends."  All who visit here are welcome to explore the archives by following these links as CYFFR CONTINUES to work with Covenant Programs's service organizing network (R'SON) doing research and development of IT.

GranCCY does nearly all of the writing and correspondence these days while Grandad continues to work with Scaff Brothers and in his garden.

The Lost

Mom has lost many things over the years.  The joy of seeing Hannah as a little girl jumping on the bed, her hair flying, her voice singing in giggles after her mother and a friend shared high tea at a bed & breakfast after work is not one of them.  A memory is no small thing.  Joy is the greatest thing.

1. A gold ring that my father gave to me as a child,
2. A red wool winter coat left at a cleaners near Culver City,
3. A blue bird sculpted in glass of cobalt blue,
4. A gold angel clothes hook from the bathroom door in the house in San Diego,
5. A piece of The Rock and a husband that she left in San Diego,
6. A gold coin -- half eagle -- a gift from a friend who lived in Bonita,
7. A few friendships -- including with her daughters and her brother,
8. One automobile and one house, both lost in The Great Recession, and a few pets that died,
9. My only brother who has disappeared, and
10. On Saturday 14 June 2014, the friendship ring that Grandad gave me last Christmas.

The Price of an Education 
GranCCY

Grandad

Grandad watched two movies on TCM yesterday afternoon.

1. The Maltese Falcon
2. Across The Pacific

Then, this morning, he pruned his own email contact lists -- deleting everyone whose email he did not recognize and also everyone who has not corresponded with him directly face to face, by phone, email or with Ruth on Facebook.

Movies

Movies teach more than the facts of history.  Unlike the dog in this movie, I have not suffered shell shock from WWII.  I have contributed my thoughts here, here and here, and even occasionally on Facebook.

Dear Dex,
     After you left Copper Kitchen this morning, one of your former students (Bill) told me his story.  He remembered you drawing flowers on a chalkboard with colored chalks.  He said you drew those flowers with such beautiful detail that he remembers -- every time he sees you.  He told me he was seventeen at the time.  It was the Fall of 1964, and your classroom was in an old barracks building left over from military housing.

"One of my regrets in life," he said, "is not being a more serious student and taking advantage of his knowledge.  I can remember sitting in awe ....  He drew from memory."

Ruth

Endangered

Male W.A.S.P.

Habits of The Heart

Justice

Taken For Granted

Celebrating my mother's birthday @ 7:30 AM at the Copper Kitchen, I received a call.  "Mom, what are you doing at 8:30 this morning?"  After barely a moment's hesitation, I asked, "What do you need me to be doing?"

My eldest, and most recently adopted daughter needed me to drop everything and watch the children, 5 and 8 years of age, still asleep at their grandmother's house.  We who write Covenant Programs at Facebook for Ruby Friends slipped comfortably into high gear.  Now, reporting the story, I've decided to call it "Taken For Granted" in
the New World.

We met -- Grandad, Carolyn and Ruth -- at Boss Hog's @ noon for the party.

Lost Treasure

Mom has been researching and writing stories of lost treasure for those who have been interested in George's Business and Covenant Programs, Incorporated.  For a while now we've been following two specific conversations, one here on the Internet and one a real life conversation in Sunday school.  By mid February (Presidents Day, +/- Washington and Lincoln) we will have completed this overview of  "George's Business" for Covenant Programs, Incorporated.

Living Water

Mom promised a person of interest, a member of  the La Junta political scene, to write the story of lost treasure discovered in the saddle above Chama near Redwing, Colorado.  That story is associated with an early blog "remembering" the man who told the story to her and similar in may respects to the Legend of El Dorado.  "The lust for gold" continues in our own time to destroy sources of drinking water.

Interest

Grandad took an interest in Mom's writing only after his wife had died.  He and Mom had always shared a preoccupation with the library and The Word.  Then, between August of 2010 and the year 2012 he shared her interest in writing Covenant Programs and George's Business for Abba.  The ARKansas Valley had become a hotbed for gangs.  Growing up in Chicago, Mom had learned to be prejudiced about gang activity, and had learned to associate gangland violence and fear mongering with extortion practices that she thought had been legalized by the insurance industry during her lifetime.

Child & Sword

Today, after Mom witnessed a police action outside the Copper Kitchen on Sunday morning, both Mom and Grandad struggle, not only with interest but with children and IT in the economy.  For years, Mom has believed that The State has fostered a collaboration between schools and social welfare workers to terrorize parents and steal the minds, hearts, and even the bodies of our children to seduce them into believing in the glory of war.

Today

Joel has inherited our ministry as Mom continues with Abba to sing and write "The Song of Ruth."

ingenius

Dear Santa,
     The children have been working on Christmas lists.

1. For Dex:  (The contents of his list are confidential.  Only Mom knows.)
2. For Seth:

• a new computer to read weather stories
• a new school that teaches him how to use IT

Thanks Grandad!

Mom at RainbowWay.org

Last Monday:  R'SON turned over a new leaf and reclaimed his own kitchen.

Tuesday night he turned green tomatoes into pie using his best friend's wife's recipe.

Wednesday Grandad gave us all his weather report (IT) and gave pie to our friends.
Thursday, following The Chieftain, S/he studied Facebook and Google.

THUS ENDS ANOTHER WORK WEEK!

New Attitude is Born

IT has been born in conversation with Abba during the Midnight Watch.:

http://americancreation.blogspot.com/2012/09/american-freethought-chats-with-michael.html

By the AM Watch,

• TWC was tracking Leslie across Bermuda,
• Dex was in his study, and
• Sam had posted a picture to reassure his family on Facebook.
• Dex & Brandy were playing, dancing at the bar (Boss Hog's in La Junta) at breakfast, and
• Mom was teaching them both how to read the acronym DOM.

Before noon we had started the grill that Nathan, Seth's dad, had built for Dex at Seth's birthday party.  Many Ruby (i.e. treasured) Friends have begun to join Mr.& Mrs.T in the conversation with Q&A at RainbowWay.org.

After meeting with John, Scott and some of the rest of our family "at home" in Albuquerque,  Mom began to write again with Grandad2Missy.  S/he wrote, "Dear Pastor, ..."

Seth

A letter from your GranCCY awaits your attention at Mrs.tRuthSenty@Gmail.com.  For Seth:

MOVINGday4PETS

OK Mom ... got the picture!  Jackie

Missy has taken a moment for a lesson in physics away from Facebook because IT was all over this morning's news.  What has this to do with PETS and moving?  You might ask.

Sparky & Red

Who are they?  Jackie

That depends......  Mom

Ashley Dawn

I am Mom at RainbowWay.org.  I am also Ruth, writing a letter to my children via Jacqueline Michele in Lamar, Colorado, about Myth and The Word.  Out of the midnight watch, by Grace, Abba (known to Google+ users as Lloyd) brings light into HIS family every morning.  The letter weaves a single tapestry from the threads of a family history that we have been exploring together since the beginning.

4editing

Well.... The truth is that the Church (any Church ) is certainly a mixture of mythology and mans interpretations of God's intentions.  As you have learned, not all things done in the name of religion and God's Word are actually based on God's intentions.  You should give more weight to Dex's skepticism which is based on his scholarship and scientific observation.

That is not to imply that agnostics should rule the day, but real truth seekers might learn how to discard the conclusions based on pure faith and out of context quotations. Just because Fox News SAYS their news is fair and balanced, doesn't make it so.