About Frenchy

Richard French FRENCHY died a few days ago.
He'll be missed. He had a Z.Z. Top beard and used to fly gliders. He always waved "Hi".

Awakening

 AWAKENING BEGINS

WHEN A MAN REALIZES

THAT HE IS GOING NOWHERE

AND DOES NOT KNOW 

WHERE TO GO.

GEORGES IVANOVICH GURDJIEFF

Abby the Cat-Sentry

sarah vaughn singing it in English

Wave (translation)

Tom Jobim

Composição: Tom Jobim

So close your eyes
For that's a lovely way to be
Aware of things your heart alone was meant to see
The fundamental loneliness goes whenever two can dream a dream together

You can't deny
Don 't try to fight the rising sea
Don't fight the moon, the stars above and don't fight me
The fundamental loneliness goes whenever two can dream a dream together

When I saw you first the time was half past three
When your eyes met mine it was eternity
By now we know
The wave is on its way to be
Just catch the wave don't be afraid of loving me
The fundamental loneliness goes whenever two can dream a dream together

..considerations..

HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR FACULTIES 
The Buddha was talking with Uttara, a young pupil of the bhramin Parasariya:
-Uttara, does Parasariya teach you how to develop your faculties?
-Yes, Master Gotama, he does teach us how to develop our faculties
-How does he do this?
-We are taught not to see material forms with the eye nor to hear sounds with the
ear. That is how to develop the faculties.
-But in that case, Uttara, the blind and the deaf must be in total development of their
faculties, for the blind does not see and the deaf does not hear.
Uttara was silent.
-Well, Uttara, Parasariya teaches you one way and here we teach a different way.
Let me tell you what we teach. When a monk sees a form with the eye, usually a
feeling of liking and disliking come into being. The monk then understand that
liking or disliking has arisen but that either one is not inevitable but is conditioned
and dependent on causes. So he heads for a state in which there is equanimity
and finds that in so doing the liking and disliking has vanished and he sees things
as they are. That is how he develop his faculties. That is what we teach.

From "Majjhima Nikaya" of the Buddha

Inga Wiehl's new book -- HEARTSTRINGS

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Inga taught at Yakima Valley Commuity College where she and my mother became quite good friends. Through her husband, Richard's, efforts I was allowed to avoid having my head blown off in the Vietnam war.


I just went to a reading in Yakima by author Inga Wiehl from her new book, "HEARTSTRINGS: A TALE OF DANISH LOYALTY, RESISTANCE, AND HOMECOMING" which she tells the packed, standing room only, audience of attentive listeners she'd truthfully begun working on before her first publication, "When Professional Women Retire", written with Ellie Heffernan.  


I look forward to reading this book. From the excerpts Inga chose to read this is my impression: Using letters from the time period between relatives, she takes the reader back to WWI Denmark and invites him/her into the hearts and minds of people -especially her grandmother - who had difficult decisions to make because of the war. Decisons both personal and national. 
Inga's use of the senses brings one into the personally sacred moments that lure your conviction that you are there. 
Despite what may sound like a superficial attempt to compare for the sake of their shared heritage, I have to say I felt an echo of Dag Hammarskjold's "MARKINGS", which book, to me, has the nearly anthropomorphic ability to induce my mind into a zen-like silence. All I know is I want to 'hear' more of it.






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Ruby's Arms (Tom Waits)

I will leave behind all of my clothes,

I wore when i was with you,

all I need's my railroad boots

and my leather jacket

as i say goodbye to Ruby's arms

although my heart is breaking,

i will steal away out through your

blinds, for soon you will be waking.

The morning light has washed your face

and everything is turning blue now,

hold on to your pillow case

there's nothing i can do now,

as i say goodbye to Ruby's arms,

you'll find another soldier,

and i swear to god by christmastime,

there'll be someone else to hold you.

The only thing i'm taking is

the scarf off of your clothesline,

i'll hurry past your chest of drawers

and your broken wind chimes,

as i say goodbye

i'll say goodbye,

say goodbye to Ruby's arms.

I will feel my way down the darkened hall,

and out into the morning,

the hobos at the freightyards

have kept their fires burning,

so jesus christ this goddamn rain,

will someone put me on a train,

i'll never kiss your lips again

or break your heart,

as i say goodbye

i'll say goodbye,

say goodbye to Ruby's arms.