tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64354892465807319582024-02-07T20:55:49.054-05:00Hill ShepherdWelcome to the fold. This is the blog of Gimmer, a New World shepherd.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.comBlogger1923125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-68304073320184480882018-07-26T15:57:00.002-04:002018-07-26T16:00:59.226-04:00Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-77754828139966294582013-02-18T15:17:00.000-05:002013-02-18T15:17:00.225-05:00Ash Wednesday
The mark of the ash cross on the forehead is a reminder we are mortal as in
"ashes to ashes dust to dust". Receiving an ash cross on the head is an act of
humility and a recognition we were created by God and are mortals. It is done
not in mourning but as a beginning of lent. Lent is a period of introspection
and prayer as we all journey together the 40 days to Easter. It's not Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-2005102417027117062013-02-11T20:58:00.001-05:002013-02-11T20:58:35.797-05:00Don't show me diamonds or gold"Don't show me diamonds or gold they cannot reproduce or breath or feel. Show me an animal glowing in health in its own eco system and it can take my breath away. An animal is a jewel and a part of a bigger system that sustains life on this planet for us all. Kill an animal for pleasure or when you do not need to in order to sustain life and you rob all who live on this planet." -BMBGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-29140586179301218342012-12-16T17:14:00.000-05:002012-12-16T17:21:54.178-05:00Prayer for the Home
By Edgar Guest
Peace, unto this house, I pray,
Keep terror and despair away;
Shield it from evil and let sin
Never find lodging room within.
May never in these walls be heard
The hateful or accusing word.
Grant that its warm and mellow light
May be to all a beacon bright,
A flaming symbol that shall stir
The beating pulse of him or her
Who finds this door and seems to say,
"Here Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-42005009751961902992012-12-05T12:46:00.003-05:002012-12-05T12:46:20.934-05:00Stop the Madness.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-65460496342485981652012-11-23T02:51:00.001-05:002012-11-23T02:51:25.105-05:00It has been very warm Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-12022666650168298492012-11-23T02:42:00.002-05:002012-11-23T02:42:10.603-05:00A just societyA just society is built on great and charitable institutions, education and it's fair administration of justice. Families, neighborhoods and communities where people hold themselves and each other accountable is what makes for a society that cares for all its members. That is what makes for a nation that is great. The violent reaction by some Christians against any kind of government Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-41443386875569706222012-11-16T15:48:00.006-05:002012-11-16T15:48:57.502-05:00Thank You Barack ObamaGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-60113943225573051802012-11-15T15:14:00.000-05:002012-11-15T15:31:50.162-05:00Day Song Captain sailed the ship today
Old Love, she just sighed
Met his mother on the way
They stopped and cried
Cat on the sill
See the sad racehorse
Do as you will
I love you more than all
Old Love sailed the ship today
Captain he just sighed
Met her father on the way
They stopped and cried
Cat on the sill
See the sad racehorse
Do as you will
I love you more than all
Sing the song of sailin' away
Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-64225881195441440812012-11-13T23:32:00.001-05:002012-11-13T23:35:30.319-05:00Kate Bush sings Army Dreamers
Kate Bush Army Dreamers
"b.f.p.o.*" Army dreamers. "mammy's hero." "b.f.p.o." "mammy's hero." Our little army boy Is coming home from b.f.p.o. I've a bunch of purple flowers To decorate a mammy's hero. Mourning in the aerodrome, The weather warmer, he is colder. Four men in uniform To carry home my little soldier. "Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-24484830953488492792012-11-13T23:19:00.003-05:002012-11-13T23:24:13.773-05:00Universal Soldier
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed - Dwight D. Eisenhower
Songwriter: Buffy Sainte Marie
Sung here by Donovan
He’s 5 foot 2 and he’s 6 feet 4He fights with missiles and with spearsHe’s all of 31 and he’s only 17.He’s been a soldier for a Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-20244675206707950962012-11-13T22:53:00.002-05:002012-11-13T22:57:27.637-05:00Masters of War by Bob Dylan
Masters of War by Bob Dylan live at Brandeis University 1963.
"Masters Of War"Come you masters of warYou that build all the gunsYou that build the death planesYou that build all the bombsYou that hide behind wallsYou that hide behind desksI just want you to knowI can see through your masks.You that never done nothin'But build to destroyYou play with my worldLike it's your little toyYou put a Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-9245074730724085432012-11-13T22:45:00.003-05:002012-11-13T23:27:54.037-05:00War - Edwin Starr
War by Edwin Starr
War, huh, yeahWhat is it good forAbsolutely nothingUh-huhWar, huh, yeahWhat is it good forAbsolutely nothingSay it again, y'all
War, huh, good GodWhat is it good forAbsolutely nothingListen to me
Ohhh, war, I despiseBecause it means destructionOf innocent lives
War means tearsTo thousands of mothers eyesWhen their sons go to fightAnd lose their lives
I said, war, Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-73028098148253696912012-11-13T22:38:00.000-05:002012-11-13T22:42:02.466-05:00Conscientious Objector
Conscientious Objector
I shall die, but
that is all that I shall do for Death.
I hear him leading his horse out of the stall;
I hear the clatter on the barn-floor.
He is in haste; he has business in Cuba,
business in the Balkans, many calls to make this morning.
But I will not hold the bridle
while he clinches the girth.
And he may mount by himself:
I will not give him a leg up.
Though he Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-35807539572534781372012-10-30T20:03:00.002-04:002012-10-30T20:03:12.986-04:00For meditation and prayer
For meditation and prayer on this day of great sadness for the east coast of the USA.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-53326518883153941842012-10-14T21:25:00.001-04:002012-10-14T21:25:10.121-04:00A Change and a Wether.
This is the Shetland wether I got in a trade in Sept. I sold all my crossbred ewes and have only a core of six purebred sheep now. I have four Scottish Blackface ewes and a Blackface ram and this handsome wether who is a Shetland. He has a wonderful sort of whole wheat bred colored fleece. My husband named him Rory.
Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-41287616647898989442012-10-14T21:20:00.001-04:002012-10-14T21:20:04.699-04:00BloggingI am sorry I have not been blogging much, my heart has been so heavy since Mike died in late May. He followed this blog every day and shared it with his wife so it has made it hard to want to be on the blog it still smarts but I hope to get back to it soon.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-3490480661542603042012-09-07T13:13:00.002-04:002012-09-07T13:29:46.627-04:00Wise words from GermanyThis is what my Dentist friend in Germany wrote to me today:
Dear Beth, I follow here from far away the campaignes for the next coming president. Looks that a big lot of dirty laundry is washed there. And too much money burnt for nonsens.
For me it is hard to understand the deep hate in the republicans against Obama. If I don't like a politician I don't vote him anymore but I wouldn't spill suchGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-29154003095098858312012-08-12T19:24:00.001-04:002012-08-13T03:49:57.412-04:00What a difference gum wall tires make!Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-92025204762189933122012-08-06T16:25:00.001-04:002012-08-06T16:25:12.202-04:00The Meaning of Man
The Meaning of Man
By Clifford Bax (b. 1886-1962)
Take courage; for the race of man is divine.The Golden Verses.
DEAR and fair as Earth may be
Not from out her womb are we,—
Like an elder sister only, like a foster-mother, she,
For we come of heavenly lineage, of a pure undying race,
We who took the poppied potion of our Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-24582718711114605872012-08-01T17:59:00.001-04:002012-08-01T17:59:21.034-04:001955 Reliance Bike Before and AfterGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-7467979014559829192012-07-27T23:09:00.000-04:002012-08-14T15:52:03.269-04:00Our collection of old BikesGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-27240919031355571752012-07-17T13:55:00.000-04:002012-07-17T13:56:15.514-04:00Shepherds after my own heartGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-3563038079535341652012-07-15T23:28:00.002-04:002012-07-15T23:28:56.118-04:00Columbia Bicycle made in 1972Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-39144754075120357402012-07-14T13:57:00.000-04:002012-07-16T03:43:39.295-04:00HateI am deeply concerned about all the hate towards Obama on Facebook and other places on line. He has done nothing to deserve this vitriolic hate. This kind of hate is evil and someone is going to try to shoot Barack Obama or Mrs. Obama because of this frenzy of hate. I am horrified by some of what I read these days. I have no problem if someone wants to vote against him but hate is not acceptable Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0