Jonie and Annie: May 2012

Thursday, May 17, 2012

A Temporary Farewell

For my readers who may occasionally look at postings on this site, I filled it "to the max." I'm in the process of putting things together to print a second volume of writings, and more will follow. I'm not sure whether I'll leave this site with all the present postings, or if I'll delete everything and start again.

In the meantime, I have another site I'm using for family postings. It's like watching someone's 8 mm movies about old vacations and other odd stories, but our family likes it.

I wish all of you my best.

Pop Pop's Favorite Albums

Again--Buffalo Springfield
Crosby, Stills & Nash--Crosby, Stills & Nash
Abbey Road--The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band--The Beatles
Teaser And The Firecat--Cat Stevens
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour--The Moody Blues
All Things Must Pass--George Harrison
Morrison Hotel--The Doors
Rubber Soul--The Beatles
Daylight Again--Crosby, Stills & Nash
Live At Leeds--The Who
Back Here On Earth--Gordon Lightfoot
461 Ocean Boulevard--Eric Clapton
Wind On The Water--Crosby & Nash
Red Octopus--Jefferson Starship
Kinks Size--The Kinks
December's Children (and everybody's)--The Rolling Stones
The Wall--Pink Floyd
Astral Weeks--Van Morrison
The Division Bell--Pink Floyd
Catch A Bull At Four--Cat Stevens
McLemore Avenue--Booker T & The MG's
Chicago Transit Authority--Chicago
Tea For The Tillerman--Cat Stevens
Let It Be--The Beatles
Get Closer--Seals & Crofts
The White Album--The Beatles
Spitfire--Jefferson Starship
Homecoming--America
Child Is Father To The Man--Blood, Sweat & Tears
One Man Dog--James Taylor
Ball--Iron Butterfly
Magical Mystery Tour--The Beatles
Living The Blues--Canned Heat
The Resurrection Of Pigboy Crabshaw--The Butterfield Blues Band
The Natch'l Blues--Taj Mahal
Kontroversy--The Kinks
Holiday--America
The Youngbloods--The Youngbloods
Between The Buttons--The Rolling Stones
To Our Childrens Childrens Children--The Moody Blues
Sweet Baby James--James Taylor
Boogie With Canned Heat--Canned Heat
Summertime Dream--Gordon Lightfoot
Marc Cohn--Marc Cohn
I'll Play For You--Seals & Crofts
America--America
Stills--Stephen Stills
Younger Than Yesterday--The Byrds
Gone From Danger--Joan Baez
Aftermath--The Rolling Stones
Willie & The Poor Boys--Creedence Clearwater Revival
Prairie Wind--Neil Young
Night Ride Home--Joni Mitchell
Whistling Down The Wire--David Crosby & Graham Nash
and then . . . along comes The Association--The Association
Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon--James Taylor
Turn! Turn! Turn!--The Byrds
Surrealistic Pillow--The Jefferson Airplane
'69--Moby Grape
In Search Of The Lost Chord--The Moody Blues
Illegal Stills--Stephen Stills
Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
It's A Beautiful Day--It's A Beautiful Day
Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel--The Grateful Dead
If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears--The Mamas & The Papas
Fifth Dimension--The Byrds
Rumours--Fleetwood Mac
In My Life--Judy Collins
Chicago X--Chicago
Illegal Stills--Stephen Stills
The American Dream--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Full Moon Fever--Tom Petty
Wind On The Water--David Crosby & Graham Nash
On The Threshold Of A Dream--The Moody Blues
Santana--Santana
Silver & Gold--Neil Young
Eliminator--ZZ Top
What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits--The Doobie Brothers
Smile--Brian Wilson
Red Octopus--Jefferson Starship
Daylight Again--Crosby, Stills & Nash
Sounds of Silence--Simon & Garfunkel
Emerson, Lake & Palmer--Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Comes A Time--Neil Young
Chicago II--Chicago
Who Knows Where The Time Goes--Judy Collins
Nebraska--Bruce Springsteen
One Of These Nights--The Eagles
Moonflower--Santana
Pet Sounds--The Beach Boys
Flowers--The Rolling Stones
Last Time Around--Buffalo Springfield
Are You Experienced?--Jimi Hendrix
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama--Janis Joplin
Workingman's Dead--The Grateful Dead
This Was--Jethro Tull
Buffalo Springfield--Buffalo Springfield
Led Zeppelin I--Led Zeppelin
Blond On Blond--Bob Dylan
Electric Ladyland--The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Insight Out--The Association
Blood On The Tracks--Bob Dylan
Abraxas--Santana
Gaucho--Steely Dan
Deja Vu--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Second--Steppenwolf
Eric Burdon Declares "War"--Eric Burdon
B, S & T III--Blood, Sweat & Tears
Fragile--Yes
Revolver--The Beatles
His Band & The Street Choir--Van Morrison
Led Zeppelin III--Led Zeppelin
On The Beach--Neil Young
Crown of Creation--Jefferson Airplane
Stephen Stills 2--Stephen Stills
Stand Up--Jethro Tull
Blood, Sweat & Tears--Blood, Sweat & Tears
Disraeli Gears--Cream
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan--Bob Dylan
Bayou Country--Creedence Clearwater Revival
Pet Sounds--The Beach Boys
Led Zeppelin II--Led Zeppelin
Madman Across The Water--Elton John
Manassas--Stephen Stills
Music From Big Pink--The Band
Bookends--Simon & Garfunkel
Dark Side of the Moon--Pink Floyd
Moon Dance--Van Morrison
Harvest--Neil Young
The Butterfield Blues Band--The Butterfield Blues Band
Graham Nash/David Crosby--Crosby & Nash
The Hissing of Summer Lawns--Joni Mitchell
Tommy--The Who
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme--Simon & Garfunkel
Who's Next--The Who
Astral Weeks--Van Morrison
Stephen Stills--Stephen Stills
American Beauty--The Grateful Dead
Abbey Road--The Beatles
Harvest Moon--Neil Young
CSN--Crosby, Stills & Nash
If Only I Could Remember My Name--David Crosby
Hejira--Joni Mitchell

Favorite Professors, Teachers And Mentors Who Made A Difference

Václav Nelhýbel
Althea Raymond
Dr. Max Dalby
Walter Kindt
Rudolph Poecker
Beth Facer
Stephen Feinberg
Joe Davis
Bill Schmidt
"Swede" Hansen
Don Castleton
Helen Servoss
Dr. Dante Cantrill
Dr. Brenda Broadbent
Carl Willie
Herman Miller
Max King
Brent Howard
Dr. Barre Tolkien
Denton John
Myron P. Sorenson
Devere Harris
Moyle Facer
Mary Zundell
Deon Hansen
Mabel Hartley
Dr. Denzel Smith
Pauline Beuhler
Dr. Steve Siporin
Dr. Ona Siporin
Dr. Ford Swetnam
Dr. John Byrnes
Dr. Elenora Cervantes
Gordon Crowther
Pearl Davis
Pearl Williams
Wendel Smith

Things You Didn't Know About Pop Pop

I read Mad Magazine when I was young, and I still regret not buying the complete set on CD-ROM when it was available a few years ago.
I always dreamed of being able to write poetry when I was in high school.
I published several poems.
Once I felt confident with my poetry, I seldom missed writing a poem for my Annie on her birthday or on Valentines Day.
I will always wish I could say I had voted for Jimmy Carter.
I enjoyed buying Annie flowers and drying them for her too.
My favorite comic was Fantastic Four.
I only sensed that my father was really angry with me twice.
I admitted to my dad that I donated $25 to Save The Whale Foundation.
I admitted to my dad that I voted for Michael Dukakis.
I loved my dad and viewed him as one of my best friends.
I love to fish.
I hate guns.
I am a collector: a keeper of things that remind me of friends and memories.
I owned two pistols, three shotguns, and four rifles: almost all of them given to me by my dad.
I saw the Rolling Stones live and didn't lose my soul or my hearing, although my ears rang for four days.
I outlived a number of people who thought I was the one who was going to die.
I once did extensive volunteer work for the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. as a member of their Regional Education Corps.
I was just a tractor driver.
I was just a teacher.
I loved Rock dances, especially the slow dances that let me cuddle with my Annie.
I never clogged.
I loved reading comic books, especially The Fantastic Four.
I believe that developing a taste for Chinese food means never being able to look at cats the same way again.
I had an elementary teacher who told me that I was "retarded."
I will always hate my Fourth Grade teacher.
I finished my MA in English with a 3.97 GPA.
I loved to debate in my college classes.
I almost chose to become a lawyer.
I taught in my hometown for nine years before I learned two important lessons: never live where you teach, and never teach in your hometown.
I experienced Pink Floyd live and didn't lose my hearing.
I read Pride and Predjudice.
I hated Nineteenth Century Bronte Sister Literature.
I skinny-dipped in the hometown indoor public swimming pool late at night with a group of high school classmates in 1971 as often as we could sneak into the pool late at night.
I once drove domestic cars.
I chose not to attend a Grateful Dead concert, because it was the night before my first day of teaching school in my hometown where they never appreciated anything any teacher did.
I once cut a Graduate English class to attend a ZZ Top concert on campus.
I voted for Ronald Reagan twice before becoming an avid Democrat.
I actually voted for Richard Nixon once.
I once ran the 400 meter sprint in 57 seconds, and that after my senior year as a starting interior offensive lineman.
I played baritone sax at the university in both an elite wind ensemble and their jazz band.
I am afraid of flying.
I refused to see Star Wars when the first one opened in theaters.
I hated riding horses.
I was once a Republican.
I actually once admired Charleton Heston and enjoyed his movies, and then came his leadership in the NRA and his political agenda.
I loved listening to the sounds while we fed cattle in the evening.
I actually liked cats as pets when I was a child.
I hated Lawrence Welk, and his little bubble machine too.
I once loved camping.
I found my first year of German difficult for the first month or two.
I loved school, especially graduate work at the university.
I never knew how to swim until I was in high school.
I was shy, finding it difficult to talk to people or look them in the eye.

Favorite Advice From My Dad

Character means remembering who you are, regardless where you may be or who might be with you.
Look both ways before you cross a street.
It's better sometimes to bear the pain than the shame.
You must always be bound by your word.
The bigger they are the harder they fall.
Never do business with someone who tells you how holy they are before they make the sale.
People don't need to know your business. When those, who don't like you, hear that things are going well, it is upsetting to them, and if they hear that things are going badly, it delights them. Don't give them the satisfaction.
Don't brag!
Plant wheat when the moon is growing.
Always avoid filling a large fuel tank during the heat of the day.
Be a 100 percenter!
Two "wrongs" never make a "right."
Children are to be seen and not heard.
Choose a mark in the distance, work toward it and keep your wheelmarks straight.
Don't do anything that will damage the good name generations of honest men have given you.
Always buy a car with a full frame.
Don't ever be a quitter!
Don't race the horses, but don't lose either.
Don't take any wooden nickles.
Hit all of them to get the right one.
If you offend someone for good reason, find out exactly what you did or said, so you can do it the same way next time.
If it's not worth doing well, it's not worth doing.
If someone hits you, hit them in the nose, and if they get up for more, hit them until they stay down.
If you come home with a scab on the end of your nose, you have to show me the scabs on your knuckles.
It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought of as stupid than saying something and not leaving anything to doubt.
Some married couples deserve each other; there's no point in ruining two more lives.
The secret to a successful marriage is letting her think she's boss when she really isn't.
There are no shortcuts to doing the job the right way.
There comes a time when the only solution is telling someone to kiss your ass.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
You can draw more bees with honey than you can with vinegar.
You can scratch your backside, but you don't have to make it bleed.

Live Shows Seen Since 1966

Taj Mahal
The Leipzig Philharmonic
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Tom Waits
The Pretenders
Sergio Mendez
R.E.O. Speedwagon
Kurt Masur & The Leipzig Philharmonic
Emmylou Harris
Sheryl Crow
Smashing Pumpkins
Brian Wilson
The Seeds
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Dan Fogelberg
The Who
Pearl Jam
Leftover Salmon
Pink Floyd
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Neil Diamond
The Doobie Brothers
Seal
Blue Oyster Cult
The Carpenters
Kansas
Steppenwolf
Elton John
Ben Folds Five
Roger McGuinn
Chicago
James Taylor
Crosby & Nash
Jethro Tull
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
The Association
Big Head Todd & The Monsters
The Fifth Dimension
Seals & Crofts
Bread
Mannheim Steamroller
The Berlin Philharmonic
Toad The Wet Sprocket
Arlo Guthrie
The Rolling Stones
The Moody Blues
Gordon Lightfoot
Judy Collins
Neil Young
Primus
Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Santana
America
Yes
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Three Dog Night
The Beach Boys
The Lovin' Spoonful
Simon & Garfunkel
John Denver
Crosby, Stills & Nash
ZZ Top

a poem for my wife--sweetheart, friend, lover

if my life should pass like sand through a child's cupped hands
and i should leave
know that my last thought was of you
and when that time comes
visit me in your dreams at night
let memories take you
to a distant mountain hollow
a sanctuary of sage and cedar where spring offers birth
to summer grasses that ebb and flow
like waves of an inland sea
driven by the breath of night winds
and when you are there

in that place
press your face against pale moonlight
savor scent of sage
taste musk of breeze
and when gentle gusts brush hair from your eyes
know i am there
savoring the touch and scent of your hair
my lips against your forehead
my love cradling your face in my hands
wishing to comfort you
hoping to brush away tears
that sparkle like gems in the night sky
but stars offer neither warmth
nor comfort
amid the blanket of darkness of this winter night
so remember in that lonely heartbeat of time
you were
you are
you always will be the love of my life
and will remain so
long after heavenly lights
sizzle and vanish into the void
because a new morning will come
when i will call your name
and take you in my arms
before we walk toward eternal spring
side by side and hand in hand

Quotes For Your Consideration

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men--Abraham Lincoln

A great democracy has got to be progresive or it will soon cease

to be great or a democracy--Teddy Roosevelt

The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use--of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public--Bobby Kennedy

If a man speaks in the forest, and there is no woman there to hear him,
is he still wrong?--Garrison Keillor

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen--Albert Einstein

Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were
and say why not--Bobby Kennedy

The society based on production is only productive, not creative--Albert Camus

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans--John Lennon

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up

above the forms of democracy--Woodrow Wilson

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.
And if you gaze for long into an abyss,
the abyss gazes also into you--Friedrich Nietzsche

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents--Bobby Kennedy

The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles--Mahatma Gandhi

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us.
Pigs treat us as equals--Sir Winston Churchill

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?--Abraham Lincoln

To give a love, you've got to live a love. To live a love, you've got to be part of--Neil Young

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem
those who think alike than those who think differently--Friedrich Nietzsche

We are the sum of all of our choices--Albert Camus

My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw a wrong and tried to right it,
saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war
and tried to stop it--Ted Kennedy

Wives are: young men's mistresses, companions for middle age,
and old men's nurses--Sir Francis Bacon

Education is a means to solving problems, a handmaiden

to constructive citizenship, and end in itself,

and an object worthy of public support

for all of these reasons--Thomas Jefferson

Thursday, May 17, 2012

A Temporary Farewell

Friedrich und seine andere Fischfreunde

The House Behind The Store

Grandma and Grandpa's House on South Main

Grandma and Grandpa Ward's House

Grandma and Grampa's Backyard

Our First Home

Sunset in Malad

The Allen Home

Our New House

The House on Creekside

A Funny Quote Until I Find A Better One

America's Nero

My Favorite Japanese Proverb

Pop Pop's Favorite Albums

Malad High School

My Favorite Religious Books

Our First English Springer

Dutch

Me and Curley

Junior

My Other Springer Spaniel

My English Bulldog

Favorite Quote By A Comedian

The Dilly Ranch

Mom's Family's Store

Blog Archive

The Visit At The Ranch

Favorite Professors, Teachers And Mentors Who Made A Difference

Cles, Lydia & Kristin On The Beach

Splash Mountain

Buschgarden

Pop Pop's Favorite Potential Travel Spots

School Photographers

Lydia

The Strawberry Kid

A Great Family Picture

Great Television--Pop Pop's Favorites

Steve Burns, Pop Pop & Stan Palmer

Annie & The Smith Twins

Riding His Horse in Our First House

Lydia and Kristin & the Snapdragons

Things You Didn't Know About Pop Pop

Springtime In Malad

Summer in Malad

Fall At Disneyland

Cute Kids

About Me

Favorite Advice From My Dad

Pop Pop, Grandma & The Boys

Grandpa's Favorite Picture With Jack

Grandpa's Favorite Picture With Tommy

Grandpa's Favorite Picture With Anna

Pop Pop's Favorite Picture With Sammy

A Family of Star Wars Fans

A Family Of Star Wars Fans

My Shelfari Bookshelf

Family & Friends

Our Own Limo

Grandkids

Me, my Parents and my Great Grandparents

The Wards

The Williams Tribe

The Thomas Tribe

The Ward Tribe

Holy Hairdo!

Our Tribe

Family Favorite Rides at Disneyland

Grandma & Pop Pop

Live Shows Seen Since 1966

Pop Pop's Favorite Tunes

a poem for my wife--sweetheart, friend, lover

Quotes For Your Consideration

Favorite Latin Quotes

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