She’s gone now – victim of not watching her 6
Cat Eyes
On The Ballot
A bunch of stuff: Senators, Representatives, abortion, English, some state offices …
But most important:
Ballot Question: Which of the following guns should be designated as the state gun of Idaho? Please choose only one answer.
- Winchester Model 1894 (.30-30);
- Winchester Model 1873 “Gun that Won the West” (.44-40);
- 1873 Colt Single Action Army Revolver “Peacemaker” (.45 Colt);
- M1 Garand rifle (.30-06);
- Colt M1911 .45 automatic Colt pistol (.45 ACP); or
- Remington Model 700 bolt-action rifle (.30-06)
Unfortunately, the Springfield Model 1873 45-70 is not a choice; neither is “All of the Above”.
Jean’ T-Shirt
Past Lives – 1 Of ???
Tales of past lives
I met her in Marietta, GA while on a TDY assignment from the west coast sometime in the late 80s.
I was in Marietta long enough to start dating of sorts but when the assignment ended, I headed back to California. Shortly thereafter, I changed jobs and ended up in Seattle. We had kept in touch and she eventually came out and stayed with me.
Was it going any further? Perhaps – she did move kitty-korner across the country – but for now, it was what it was and we were both OK with that.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing …
We took the Alaska state ferry from Bellingham to Juneau where she had a friend we could stay with. Didn’t know it was a guy; he didn’t know she was bringing me along. He was gracious, let us stay at his place for a week or so. I was still under the impression we were a “couple”; I was old enough I should have known better.
But I didn’t at the time.
Trip ended, we returned to Seattle.
One day I came home from work and she was gone. No note, no nothing.
Not long after but long enough, she called and asked if she could come back; she missed me and wanted to work things out. I told her OK.
I was old enough I should have known better.
But I didn’t at the time.
A few weeks later, I came home from work and she was gone. No note, no nothing.
And I never heard from her again.
Funny – I liked her quite a bit … but I never missed her either.
She never did become a “What if?“
Tunesday: John Denver/Emmylou Harris – Wild Montana Skies
for Anne
A sample of some obscure – and maybe not obscure – tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.
Today’s selection: John Denver/Emmylou Harris – “Wild Montana Skies” 1983
From the John Denver album “It’s About Time“. Emmylou Harris provides backup vocals.
The Great Falls Tribune considered it “the best song about Montana”.
The New York Tribune considers it the “2nd worst song with “wild” in the title – losing out last place to Martin Murphy’s “Wildfire” (but then, that’s an opinion out of New York …)
The Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
Kansas-Nebraska Act and the survey of the common border and establishment of the 6th Principal Meridian
submitted by illinoisbeekeeper
Good afternoon……….visited the marker again yesterday and was amazed at how ‘the old timers’ did it.
A Democrat Victory
and a city near you
Be prepared before it’s too late … and “too late” appears to be close upon us.
Airport Lounge…
originally posted by Jean Apr 17, 2007
Him: Nice ring. Topaz and diamonds?
Her: Thanks. Yes.
Him: Somebody likes you…
Her: Ha, yeah. I like me. I bought it.
Him: Hmmm… what’s your boyfriend supposed to buy?
Her: You’re assuming I have a boyfriend.
Him: Ah, independent woman.
Her: You say that like it’s a bad thing.
Him: Men like to feel needed, ya know.
Her: Men like convenience with no attachment.
Him: That can work out ok for women, too.
Her: Sometimes. I prefer to know who I’m having fun with.
Both sip their drinks quietly.
Him: Bartender, give this lady a drink on me.
Her: Bartender, this lady can buy her own drinks.
Him: Ouch.
Her: Why would you buy a woman something?
Him: (smiling) Well…
Her: Uh huh. Which is exactly why I said no.
Him: What if I’m your Prince Charming?
Her: I think I would’ve figured that out by now.
Him: You’ll never notice if you keep that wall up.
Her: Time for me to catch my flight.
She picks up her purse and walks out of the lounge.
Bartender: mmm mmmm… nice ass on that.
Him: Nice package all around.
Hope she lets someone buy her a drink someday.
A Pause For A Brief PSA
I received an email today:
“You seem to be getting swamped with comments going to posts.
Does that make it any easier to fill up NAD? Readers seem to like it.“
I’m not swamped …
Sometimes a group of comments come in that I think are worth elevating to posts.
Sometimes they come in groups and I may spread them out a bit.
Sometimes I may miss a comment or two that would make a good post but they remain in the comments.
Sometimes I think they make better comments than posts.
I have plenty of material to fill space even if it’s just a pretty (or not) picture or two. I usually only put up one post per day but that’s not a hard and fast rule.
On the other hand, when I set up this site, I had hoped it would be sort of a community share board where readers would also submit their works for others to enjoy or comment upon – sometimes without my yapping involved.
I rarely censor anything. There was one post in the early days that did get canned; the author agreed and stated that even Gerard would have either deleted or not posted. To date, there have been 7,162 comments submitted with only 1 rejection. Only one reader has been blocked (very early on) and that was a known troll.
So go ahead, submit – or not – most anything you care to share. I will allow links but I prefer to not post something posted on another site unless it’s your own (for instance, I will link to a news article but I won’t post it). Jean is an example; she often submits things she’s posted on her site, Pondering.
Some subjects such as tranzies piss me off enough I (usually) wish to avoid the topic; such topics may get ignored or deleted at my discretion and depending on the phase of the moon.
If you make a comment and prefer it not be posted, mention that. If you’d like to submit a post without making a comment, send it to me at dt@newamericandigest.org
But don’t feel obligated to submit anything – this site will carry on for the foreseeable future in any case.
For those that might be interested (if not, close eyes for a moment), NAD averages about 120 visitors per day although those may not be unique visits; the top authors beyond myself are Jean, ghostsniper, Wild Wild West, and Anne; the top viewing countries are US (of course) and China (???) at about ½ US views with Japan and Italy far behind. United Kingdom and Canada get mentioned. Viewers from those last two might be subject to arrest for viewing this admittedly anti-globalist, non-politically correct, and definitely not properly woke site.
So that’s all the news that fit to be news for now.
Carry on …
PS: Comments are not moderated unless they have a lot of links (4 or 5 I think). Comments will appear as soon as they are entered; however, they may be edited by the commenter for a short period of time.
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Music Lesson From ghostsniper
NORWEGIAN WOOD
I once had a girl
Or should I say
She once had me
She showed me her room
Isn’t it good
Norwegian wood
She asked me to stay
And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there wasn’t a chair
I sat on a rug
Biding my time
Drinking her wine
We talked until two
And then she said
“It’s time for bed”
She told me she worked in the morning
And started to laugh
I told her I didn’t
And crawled off to sleep in the bath
And when I awoke
I was alone
This bird had flown
So I lit a fire
Isn’t it good
Norwegian wood
Here’s 2 instructional vids that break it down so even a caveman can grasp it.
Note, both show a capo on the 2nd fret but I never do that.
Depends on the comfort range of your voice.
My suggestion is to just play the chords until you are comfortable and no mistakes.
Then, sing the lyrics with the chords. This is more difficult than you might think but completely doable.
After you’ve assigned that to mental and muscle memory you can tackle the finger picking part which is fairly simple.
Note the finger picking mimics the voice-lyrics and it’ll come right to ya.
Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu9S05QKk5k&list=RDXu9S05QKk5k&start_radio=1
Lesson 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-KxxY4U3ag
Lesson 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BXzDOrjRro
And then there’s Stella:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8zLY-eoIjU
