Monochrome Monday ~Ruins
it’s so quiet in the ruins, walking through the old town
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
anything but here
Monochrome Monday ~ Girls
real women are never perfect, and perfect women are never real
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Scenes on Sunday ~ Sea
I must go down to the sea again
to the lonely sea and the sky
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Songs on Saturday ~ Billy Joel
people disappoint, passion is ephemeral, pasta is eternal
A long, long time ago, I can still remember when this music used to make me smile. That was before I started wearing Italian suits, dated an Italian girl, bought an Italian car, and almost married into the Jacionelli Family. Suit Ferragamo, Shoes Gucci, Car Alpha Romeo, Girl Sophia, Ice Cream Jacionelli.
Some say that you can’t ever truly know a woman until you’ve taken her out for dinner to your favorite little Italian Restaurant. And that you will never what she’s going to look like when she’s older until you’ve met her mother. All I know is that I’d rather have an Alpha Romeo sports car than a Morris Oxford.
History may be repeating itself ~ as history does
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
beautiful, expensive, temperamental
Surviving Disasters
survival is nothing more than recovery
on a cruise, know where your lifeboat station is
Only the very fortunate will not suffer some kind of disaster in their lives. The very unfortunate may stagger from one disaster to another, with barely enough time and energy to get over one catastrophe before they have to face another. Some may be forever scarred by one negative experience in their life, while others will survive and thrive no matter what kind of crap the Cosmos throws at them. One person may never get over a single unhappy love affair, while another will still come out smiling and optimistic after having their heart ripped out by a promiscuous cheating partner. Some may face ordinary adversity and die, while others will live through the most horrible experiences imaginable.
It’s all a question of attitude and preparedness, the difference between surrender and hope. You are not who others say you are, you are the sum of your own beliefs. A man owes very little to what he was born with, a real man makes himself.
Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but for only one second without hope. ~ Charles Darwin
Disasters come in many forms, but disaster recovery has only one shape. Be prepared. Because one thing is almost certain, one day, in some way, most of us will face a disaster; unemployment, being broke, betrayal, divorce, violence, flood, fire, earthquake, terrorism, wildfires, death of a loved one, critical illness….
You might say; ‘how can anyone prepare for all that….’ or, ‘how can you prepare for a disaster if you don’t know what kind of disaster you are going to have to face…..’ That’s defeatism. People who talk, think, and believe in those ways are less likely to recover well from a disaster than someone who knuckles down and optimistically gets ready to face whatever fate throws at them.
There are just three rules;
- Do not delude yourself. If you live in an earthquake zone prepare to survive an earthquake. If you marry a bastard / slut then prepare to end up broke and on the street. If you set sail on uncharted oceans prepare to get dis-masted and lost. If you leave a contractor alone in your home expect it to be wrecked when you return.
- Be as fit and healthy as you can possibly be in body, mind, spirit, finances, and ‘stuff’. Work at it.
- Learn things. Read books such as How To Stay Alive by Bear Grylls. Go to night school to learn car mechanics. Learn about camping. Learn how to grow your own food. Be curious, stop wasting your most valuable commodity; time.
There is a thing called Disaster Shock, and it will kill you ~ the more prepared you are the less likely you will suffer from this and die.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
have your important stuff easily to hand, so you can drive away from a wildfire within minutes
Food on Friday ~ Autumn
fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose
In a couple of days time we will have the Autumn Equinox, the harvests will be taken in, and the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness will be upon us. I expect that you’re like me and wondering where the year went to, and how come I don’t remember what happened.
I believe that this coming Tuesday September 22nd is a time for me to make a fresh start, throw off the constraints of a summer that didn’t have much good going for it, and begin again.
A good place to start our move into Autumn, or Fall if you will, is with some good food, great recipes, and hopefully some very good company.
First this week we have Chungah at Damn Delicious and her warming, nutritious, delicious One Pot Chicken and Mushroom Orzo. We all like one pan dishes don’t we?
One Pot Chicken and Mushroom Orzo
Now, Tieghan Gerard at Half Baked Harvest has The 35 Most Popular Fall Recipes. From this collection I’ve chosen a Slow Cooker Herbed Chicken and Rice Pilaf.
Slow Cooker Herbed Chicken and Rice Pilaf
To go with your chicken, and for the warmer days still to come this year, from Dana at Minimalist Baker we have a Raw Rainbow Veggie Noodle Salad with Peanut Dressing. And, just how pretty is that?
Raw Rainbow Veggie Noodle Salad with Peanut Dressing
This is a super collection from Jessica Merchant’s How Sweet Eats; 45 Of My Favorite Fall Dinner Recipes. With so much to choose from how about a Smoky Pumpkin Bisque with Grilled Cheese Croutons? You need to keep this recipe by you for Halloween.
Smoky Pumpkin Bisque with Grilled Cheese Croutons
This might almost be the ultimate fall dinner recipe collection ever; from Delish Magazine 61 Unbelievably Easy Fall Dinner Recipes. From this cornucopia I’ve chosen these Garlic Rosemary Pork Chops. If you think that pork chops only come in the dry and overcooked variety, then you should try this recipe.
Garlic Rosemary Pork Chops
Or maybe this is the ultimate Fall Recipe Collection; 50 Apple Cider Recipes You Need in Your Life this Fall. From this Country Living apple collection I’ve picked a Roasted Butternut Squash with Cider Vinaigrette.
Roasted Butternut Squash with Cider Vinaigrette
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
if you are lucky you still have rosehips in your garden, and they make up some great medicinal recipes
Butterfly
just when the caterpillar thought her life was over, she began to fly
This post is inspired by my friend Paula Light and her Thursday prompt; Butterfly. If you’re not familiar with this French song and very cool singer, then why not take the time now. If, like me, your French isn’t quite up to understanding all the nuances, then just enjoy the video and warmth of this guy’s voice.
This song is also for a very close friend of mine.
Please listen with the joy of life in your heart.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
you are too beautiful
for any ending to end you
Life Goes On
obedience is the fundamental foundation of all police states
the shape of things to come
Day after day we see more rules and restrictions foisted upon us by the power-crazed unelected officials who are running things now. Do not be fooled by the announcements and pronouncements made by Prime Ministers, Ministers, Presidents, Governors, et al, for those people are mere mouthpieces for the unkempt, unshaven, and badly dressed pseudo-scientists, non-practicing doctors, statisticians, and insane single-issue lobbyists who are really running this crazy war against the non-existent threat of the coronavirus. There was a mantra trotted out by politicians here in the UK; ‘we are following the science…..’ Meaning; ‘we are only following orders…..’ Where have I heard that before?
No badly constructed computer model, no unproven theory, no set of false and manipulated statistics, and no private hobby-horse is too far out to be taken as justification for imposing more and more controls upon the supine herd of sheep the general population of towns, cities, counties, states, and counties has become.
Who would have believed that fathers could be prevented from attending the birth of their child, that relatives would be prevented from comforting the dying, that children would be stopped from attending school, that we could all be forced to wear face-masks, and that we would be stopped from meeting friends in a pub? It’s insane, and it will only get worse. Compulsory vaccinations, compulsory testing, and national identity cards are on the drawing board.
Woe betide you if you dare to question or ignore the illegal new rules and regulations imposed upon us. Here in the UK you could be fined £10,000 for having a party.
Well, all I can say is keep calm and carry on. Do not get fined, and certainly do not get arrested. Instead just pay lip-service to all of the draconian crap we are supposed to embrace and obey. Where you can, go against the spirit of the regulations and merely follow the ‘letter of the law’. Live your life to the full, enjoy every second that you can, go shopping, go to the pub, eat at a restaurant, walk on the beach or in the woods, and whatever you do; seize the day.
Some say that the sky is falling. And that we should all stay at home except for essential journeys. All I know is that the days will be longer and better if we enjoy them to the full.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
listen as the clock strikes thirteen
Random Jottings ~ Lies and Deceit
a deceiver will always find one who wishes to be deceived
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the instant gratification of booze is a devious deception
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it is better to be lied to than to become a liar
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seduction is a form of deception
you know she can fool you at any time on any given day
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love never dies a natural death
love is always killed by dishonesty, deception, and distrust
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first appearances are not always deceptions, just mostly
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be careful who you trust
the devil was once an angel
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the worst thing about being lied to
is knowing that you weren’t even worth the truth
COVID-19 End Game
always eyes watching you and voices instructing you
The coronovirus is undoubtedly a nasty little bugger, in all likelihood I’ve had it and I was poorly for a couple of weeks. But, the truth of it is that COVID-19 is a fairly mild pathogen, which isn’t even particularly infectious, (you can kill the coronavirus with ordinary soap and water). In comparison to the H1N1 Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 /1919, the coronavirus doesn’t even qualify as a mild head cold going around a school classroom.
Just in case you are not a student of history, the Spanish Flu first infected young very fit men, (military personnel), and not the old, frail, and infirm. And, unlike the paltry numbers infected by the coronavirus, the Spanish Flu infected 500 million out of a much smaller world population. Some 50 million died, (a mortality rate of 10%), of which there were 675,000 deaths in the USA out of a population of 103 million. The Spanish Flu Pandemic really was a global killer. The COVID-19 Pandemic is a political fraud.
And, the sad thing is that I believed it. Then, I wondered why? But, now the end game is becoming clear.
- There is an increasing erosion of our freedoms and civil liberties ~ coupled with ever greater control over our actions by politicians, governments, health officials, and parts of the scientific community. This is not going to go away.
- As part of this drive for greater control over the populous the next likely move will be the introduction of National Identity Cards which will carry our health records and vaccination status. Identity cards are weapons of control used by organisations like the Gestapo, Stasi, and KGB.
- Travel is being made increasingly difficult, particularly air travel. There are moves afoot to make intrusive pre-flight documentation compulsory across the world. You will need a permit to travel, just like in the now defunct USSR.
- Public gatherings and public demonstrations will be banned, made difficult, or just made socially unacceptable ~ unless such gatherings serve the purposes of the politicians, governments, and health officials controlling our lives. It isn’t even acceptable to go into the office anymore.
- There is a general acceptance that an annual flu vaccination is a fairly good idea for certain people, such as the elderly and infirm. It is likely that this will be made almost compulsory, and along with it everyone given the flu jab will also be given a vaccination against COVID-19. This vaccination does not even exist as yet. All vaccinations are generally unsafe and carry serious side-effects.
- History is being rewritten under the aegis of organisations such as BLM. Rewriting history is a favored tool of totalitarian regimes.
The very sad thing is that most people don’t see any of this, and if they do see it think it’s all a good thing.
Some say that for evil to flourish good men just have to do nothing. And that a lie will be half-way around the world before the truth has got its boots on. All I know is that the coronavirus pandemic is a political fraud.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
we should stop allowing ourselves to be fed a diet of lies, half-truths, and confidence tricks
