Never had this either. It's something new to experience while you show me more of your favorite places. Big hug my friend.

I am an old rule bender from way back, you are all still most welcome...maybe we could have a chick flick night once in a while as long as you supply the tissues

Welcome Chella...dont knock till ya try it....look Tanzy likes it here

Sweet dreams...got that glass of water?

Hmm okay....not sure what happened.

Guess thats my cue....

Wow.. the place is really feeling up man.. weekends coming.. BBQ
.. Southern Comfort and root beer
ribs on the grill.. the smell of grass in the air.lol.. country music. rockabilly.
playing loud in the background..
... and all these lovely ladies.
dancing all night.long..mmm.
. have to hand it to you Mikey.
. you got a sweet life.. catch you on the flip side...

Pre mixed southern comfort in a can is the way to go.

Gawd my posts/threads get removed and now my pic.

Thanks man, don't stay away too long

Merc you're pic has gone

Most of my stuff is disappearing from here

I'm a good sport

Its back now all good

Don't speak too soon

Good Morning every one,

A new day is here and I would like to extend a warm welcome to all men and women that dare to venture inside this roughly hewn cave. I like to think it is a happy place where old and new can mix.......leave your coats at the entrance.

There will be plenty of laughs and a few hopefully poignant and honest moments........welcome.

Hey Mikey

Hey Merc didn't recognize you at first.

My son and I.

A new friend in the making has lead me to a very interesting thread about American Indian Spirituality. What I am quoting below has really resonated with me. It is not only what I am asking, but maybe what we all should be asking.


It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.

I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting in your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are.

I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon.

I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit in pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own,if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tip of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you're telling me is true.

I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.

I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty every day, and if you can source your life from God's presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.

I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children.

It doesn't interest me who you are, how you came to be here.

I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.

I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.


--- The Invitation - By Oriah Mountain Dreamer - (A Native American Elder)

Thanks Jag.....I'm still wading through the readings.

I like that.

Merc and Mikey good morning.....