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The Druids Prepare As The Dead Approach For All Hallows / Halloween
October 24, 2015
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spirits of the dead
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The Celts have learned every celebration has its risks.
The Druids taught them this, and the Druids are correct. Samhain is a festival of the harvest; the end of summer; the preparation for the winter to come. Samhain is a juncture.
As they all know, junctures lead to sundry places. There is both the leaving and the coming. A time of disquiet. A time of danger for those unprepared.
It holds the magic and the power of midnight. Midnight is a powerful time because it is the juncture of two days. Midnight of Samhain thus holds double the power. It can not be avoided. It must be met with all the power mortal man can muster. It must not be met alone.
On the Eve of Samhain, the border between Life and the OtherWorld is breached. A door swings invitingly open, but it is not inviting those who live. It is inviting those who have died…
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Haiku
April 17, 2013
roses
Today is National Haiku Poetry Day.
Daylight springs
Scent travels fast
Morning blast
If you have not written poetry this may be the day it is easy to become a poet. Try your hand. You have nothing to loose. Nobody can make you publish it. Pay attention. Be amazed. Tell the story.
Virgin of Guadalupe Day
December 12, 2012
New Mexico celebrates 12 Dec
The village of Tortugas near Las Cruces, NM takes the 12 December very seriously. The fiesta and pilgrimage to the Virgin of Guadalupe is the main event of the year in the town close to the border. The Piro and Tigua traditions are honored in this village.
Dances 12 Dec.
Procession
Grand Holiday Spa Down
December 11, 2012
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If you could go back in time to any place and time where would you time travel? I know I would go straight to Bad Ragaz (via Zurich) to party like it is Christmas. I would attend the tree lighting choral evening and giant buffet offered by the Grand Hotels Bad Ragaz. There is nothing like it anywhere.
Lobby Grand Hotels
lights of Bad Ragaz
choir for the whole town
Let’s party
Festive in Bad Ragaz
the Christmas tree
downtown Tamina Gorge
Sonia, Bademeister
I would go back to the day before the beautiful people redesigned the spa, when bads were bads, and bademeisters were bad ass.
Sonia on the job
Mission Inn Riverside
December 10, 2012
Mission Inn courtyard
- Riverside, CA
interior spiral stairs
The first time I saw the Mission Inn in Riverside, CA I thought it was a mission. I learned it is a landmark hotel now owned by the city to preserve the unique architectural wonder. I visited for a breakfast in the dining room and a look around the place. It is classy.
balcony views of courtyard
Pool at Mission Inn
outdoor arches
sidewalk singer at Mission Inn
fantastic architecture
palms downtown Riverside
fountain garden
Riverside,CA Mission Inn
Environmental Design
September 11, 2012
- largest chocolate fountain conservatory
- conservatory of light and decorative planting
fantasy giant bee
- flower lady bugs
- flute playing nymph
- acrobatic arts
- water fountain
- glass ceiling flowers
When you travel what kind of design changes do you like to make? I usually enjoy design that is neat and modern, uncluttered and sleek. This is just not the way to design a gambling casino, as I have discovered. When I see the world’s largest chocolate fountain I am not at all attracted to it. It is obvious that many people like it a lot. There is a place for public art, and since casinos have a lot of the public’s cash to use, it is fitting that they create adult fantasy environments. If flowing chocolate and giant bees are your thing, you will totally love the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Richard Arden Morse
June 17, 2012
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Richard Arden Morse, my father, was born in Independance, Kansas in 1920. His father, Ernie Morse was a jar head, a person who drilled oil wells before the advent of the rotary bit. They were a natural part of the culture in the Cherokee Strip. Ernie grew up on the Cherokee Nation and with his grandparents who farmed outside Coffeyville, KS. When my dad was a kid this part of the world contained the most concentrated wealth in the world. Oil was to be found close to the surface. My father learned fracking from Ernie, who had an 8th grade education. He went to Oklahoma University, Penn State, and later Texas A&M, where he pioneered numerical modeling of oil fields.
Ernie Morse in Coffeeville
Richard at OU
Richard and Ruby marry Nov 1942
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