Bill Engelhardt

Without comment. 

Jimmy Carter getting a tour of his new office. 

Linda Pompeo (Worden)

I have had the wretched experience of being hacked.  Trying to get back to normal.  The hacker sent emails to all of my contacts requesting $400 worth of itunes cards sent to his address because 'I was too sick to do so myself'.  Now in the process of upgrading all of my security systems in hopes of never having this happen again.

To all that were contacted....my apologies.  

Diane Paulson

https://legacy.suntimes.com/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/obituary.aspx?n=judith-engel&pid=194147178

Judy was in Bluebirds, last on the right on the picture a few days back. Her Mom Leah told us about her relatives who were in Nazi concentration camps. Their son was my brother David;s age and Judy was my age. She would have these imaginative setups like a stage and she'd be acting out all the parts. I'd go over to play but often didn't know what my lines were. She went to Gregory Heights elementary until they moved. 

I can relate to Tom's post about the child Krishna, for a lot of reasons. There is also this ,from Matthew 25  'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me

and I think much of what is posted here is not specific to Highline 1964, and what Tom posts and Gregg also, I don't read most of it, but I don't mind it being here

Gregg Wilson

I have found that three ingredients help oppose the wuhan virus:

10,000 IU of Vitamin D3

10 mg of melatonin

5 mg of chelated zinc

Shuting down the country has done far more harm than the virus. I have doubts about wearing a mask, staying 6 feet apart. Maybe washing hands is helpful. It is a flu virus, and we get a flu virus every Autumn. Getting a vacine is productive. There has been way too much hysteria. 

Tom Chavez

The Name Giving Ceremony

   One day sage Garga visited Nanda Mahārāja in Vṛndāvana. Garga could calculate solar and lunar eclipses and clearly see past and future by astrological science. 

    Vasudeva had sent Garga to perform a name-giving ceremony for Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Vasudeva warned that if King Kaṁsa found out, it would be dangerous. Garga told all this to Nanda, and they decided to do the ceremony secretly in the cowshed.

    Garga told Nanda that the son of Rohiṇī would greatly please his family and would be called Rāma. Due to his extraordinarily strength he would also be called Baladeva. 

    He then said, “As for your son, some will call him Kṛṣṇa, and others will call him Vāsudeva.” This was a hint to Nanda that Kṛṣṇa was actually Vasudeva’s son (born in prison and exchanged.)

    Garga continued, “My dear Nanda, in previous births this child protected righteous people from oppressors. He will cause all good fortune. Whoever becomes his devotee will never be troubled by enemies. Kṛṣṇa will increase in power, intelligence, and opulence to a superhuman level. Protect him carefully so that he may grow without disturbance.” 

    In various ways Garga Muni described the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa, and then departed. Nanda Mahārāja felt himself most satisfied, fortunate and blessed.

Tom Chavez

    Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa began to crawl on their hands and knees. The bells tied to their waist and ankles tinkled as they moved. The children were very active and Their mothers, Yaśodā and Rohiṇī, were anxious to protect them from cows, bulls, monkeys, water, and fire. 

    The children were anointed with saffron and sandalwood, and while playing in the courtyard they also became smeared with clay. When they crawled back to their mothers, Yaśodā and Rohiṇī would place them on their laps, cover them with the lower portion of their saris, and suckle them. 

    Sometimes Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma would crawl to the cowshed, catch the tail of a calf and stand up. The disturbed calves would begin running, and the children would be dragged over clay and cow dung. Yaśodā and Rohiṇī called the neighboring ladies and they would all enjoy the fun, laughing loudly. 

Bill Engelhardt

Happy Thanksgiving!

Betty Weiks (Rickard)

Happy Thanksgiving, Pirates! Arg!

Tom Chavez

Amongst the many conscious entities living on this planet, on innumerable other planets and in other realms, there is One who is supplying the needs and desires of the many. Let us offer our homage and gratitude to that absolute truth and supreme cause of all causes who is One without a second, inexhaustible, the oldest, the wisest and eternally a person.

Tom Chavez

The Butter Thief

       In a very short time, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma began to stand up and move about on their legs. The village of Vṛndāvana was full of cowherds, producing an abundant variety of milk products including yoghurt, cream, butter, clarified butter (ghee) and makhan. 

       Makhan is a kind of butter churned from special yoghurt made with fresh creamy milk. The cowherd ladies made first-class makhan, which they stored it in large clay pots.

       Kṛṣṇa was very fond of makhan, which he ate whenever and wherever he could find it. He became known as Makhanchor, meaning Butter Thief. It was a challenge for the ladies to hide their makhan from Kṛṣṇa.

Ted Comstock (Briggs-Comstock)

Here in England, we have gone into lockdown a couple of times, which slows the spread of C-19 a bit. Yes, it works, and yes, it's a pain in the ass (or arse, in my new language). It got to me, so I did what musicians tend to do -- I wrote a song about it.

If you need an (ironic) laugh, it's at 

https://youtu.be/FA4XxWiLFjQ

Enjoy!

Linda Pompeo (Worden)

I like it! Might just be theme song for the year 2020.

Ronald Goodmansen

I'm passing this one on to friends.  Great song for 2020!,

Tim Jones (Jones)

Ted, I can identify with your lyrics completely. I posted it on my  FaceBook page.  Hope that's okay, being copyrighted and all? Cheers from the US of A, aka 'The Land of Covid'. We're number one!

Bruce Mennella

Ted, what a great way to start a day!!! I think your song nails the year we have had, and I throughly enjoyed listening to you play it.  Thank you for your creativity and musicality.  I too intend to pass your video on to others.

Bill Engelhardt

A hearty well-done, Ted! And like others, I'm taking the liberty to circulate it. 

And somewhere Pat O'Day is nodding with approval. If he was still compiling the weekly KJR Top 50, he'd say, "Hitbound!"

Sue Storey (Manola)

Virginia Wolfe (Scheffer)

Well done indeed!  Thanks for sharing with us

Bill Engelhardt

Tom Chavez

Kṛṣṇa Eats Clay

    One day, when Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were playing with their friends, all the boys and Balarāma reported to Mother Yaśodā that Kṛṣṇa had eaten clay. On hearing this, Yaśodā caught hold of Kṛṣṇa’s hand and said, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, why have You eaten clay?”

    Fearing his mother, Kṛṣṇa replied, “My dear Mother, they are all lying. I did not eat clay. Balarāma became angry with me. He and the other boys are accusing me so that you will chastise me. If you don’t believe me, just look in my mouth.” 

    His mother replied, “All right, if You have not eaten clay, open Your mouth. I shall see.”

    Ordered by his mother, Kṛṣṇa opened his mouth like an ordinary boy. Mother Yaśodā saw within his mouth the whole creation: mountains, oceans, continents, planets, moons, sun. stars, ethereal existence, demigods, and eternal time. 

    Yaśodā even saw herself, within her child’s mouth, taking Kṛṣṇa on her lap and nursing him. Struck with awe, she began to doubt whether she was dreaming, hallucinating, or mentally deranged. 

    Yaśodā began to pray, “I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is beyond the purview of consciousness, mind, and intelligence. Under his illusory energy I am thinking that Nanda is my husband and Kṛṣṇa is my son. May the Lord protect me.”

As she was thinking like this, Kṛṣṇa expanded his internal energy to bewilder her with maternal affection. Immediately Mother Yaśodā took Kṛṣṇa on her lap and accepted him, whom great sages seek through study of Vedānta-sūtra, mystic yoga and Sāṅkhya philosophy, as her own begotten son.

Virginia Wolfe (Scheffer)

1967.....I still watch clips of the Monterey Pop Festival.  Some fabulous music came out of that bunch. Thanks for bringing back more memories.

Linda Pompeo (Worden)

I remember those days very vividly every time I go grocery shopping.  I used to spend $35 and come home with 3 or 4 bags of groceries.  Now I can spend $100 and am lucky to have one bag full.  

Thank you for all of the memorable articles Bill. 

Tim Jones (Jones)

$100 one sack of groceries! Linda, looks like it's time to leave the Filet Mignon and lobster on the shelf. 

Linda Pompeo (Worden)

For the price I've observed on filet and lobsters....I would only get 1/2 a bag!  

Gregg Wilson