Like sci fi can do, humor and parody can also be used to point fingers…give the finger…to how we humans treat/mistreat our fellow humans. A master of this craft - Mel Brooks - is a veritable JEWdi Master. To treat him as his craft deserves would take eons of time…so, for now, I’m highlighting4 films. But first... Meet Mel Mel Brooks: Make a Noise - American Masters --Article includes a 01:52 trailer to this first ever documentary about Mel. Happy 97th Birthday, Mel!!! (June 28, 1926) Mel Brooks Celebrates 97th Birthday and Honorary Oscar: 'Very Happy to Still Be Alive' (Exclusive) - People "A long time ago I was given a choice: I had an offer to be working as an apprentice accountant or as a coffee runner in show business. I'm still glad I chose the coffee." What Mel Brooks can teach us about racism - Forward (Jewish. Independent. Nonprofit.) [from the article] Coming less than a decade after the Civil Rights Act, “Blazing Saddles” exploded white Americans’ fears of integration and affirmative action. (Just before the climax, we see a poster reading “Help Wanted: Heartless Villains For Destruction of Rock Ridge, $100 Per Day, Criminal Record Required, Hedley Lamarr, Equal Opportunity Employer.”) The brilliance of “Blazing Saddles” is that you can watch it dozens of times, that you can laugh again and again at the sex jokes, at the sublime silliness, and even at the jokes about racial stereotypes without pausing to think about the underlying premise long enough to call it by its malicious name. Hedley Lamarr’s initial scheme boils down to this: If you put a black person in a prominent municipal position, everyone in the town will leave. “Blazing Saddles” is the funniest movie ever made about “white flight,” which is probably why it continues to make so many people uncomfortable. Because of this piece, I'm adding the following: Blazing Saddles, Camp Town Ladies (02:08) 1. Blazing Saddles Blazing Saddles - Welcome Sheriff (05:02) 2. Robin Hood Men in Tights We travel to England where we meet Mel the Mohel...a.k.a, Rabbi Tuckman... For goyim (Gentiles) not familiar with the mohel profession...watch this "clip the tip"... Robin Hood: Men in Tights - Rabbi Tuckman Circumcision (00:55) Robin Hood: Men in Tights Clip - "Ahchoo" (1993) Dave Chapelle (02:31) Robin Hood Men in Tights - A Black Sheriff (01:09) Non-sequitor...just too funny not to include...their faces say it all...Psst...See if you can spot Chuck McCann... Robin Hood - Men in tights(1993) - Training the Merry Men (01:55) 3. Spaceballs Mel Brooks on the Making of Spaceballs Our story begins a long time ago and in a... Pizza the Hut - Spaceballs I'm including this scene because Eileen and I recently joined with some of our Baha'i friends for pizza and a film discussion of An American Story: Race Amity and The Other Tradition. Link includes a 5-minute trailer. [from the site] It's is a one-hour documentary that explores iconic episodes in our nation’s history, some well-known and others less so, where people from vastly different backgrounds came together to achieve what they never could have accomplished separately. These historical examples of interracial and multiracial cooperation, harmony and amity are lessons we can draw on to foster racial amity in contemporary America. The film is a powerful tool to widen the circle of individuals who are resolved to take ongoing action to ensure the continuation of this dynamic, which is critical to moving our nation toward its founding promise: E Pluribus Unum—Out of Many, One. The documentary was broadcast nationally on public television stations in 2019 and 2020. As Brooks was making Spaceballs, as a courtesy, he reached out to Star Wars creator George Lukas to kinda give him a heads up about his parody. There was some consternation on the part of Lukas. Mel included this intentionally... Merchandising...where the real money is made...(02:00) As the film begins...so it ends...with comedy. Here's the "rear" view of Lone Star's Winnebago: 4. History of the World, Part 1 Jews in Space (Mel Brooks) (01:01) ...and while "History of the World - Part 1" never had a "Part 2"...this post has both a "Part 2" and a "Part 3"...see below...and these sequels developed because I was led from humor (Mel Brooks' "Jews in Space") to serious by what I've been calling my "amazed but not surprised" encounters with a mischievous Muse... Oops! Correction: History of the World, Part II is an American sketch comedy limited series written and produced by Mel Brooks, Wanda Sykes, Nick Kroll, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen. The series serves as a sequel to the 1981 film written and directed by Brooks, with sketches parodying events from different periods of human history and legend.[1][2] It premiered on March 6, 2023 on Hulu.[3] Source: Wikipedia and Eileen, who mentioned this tonight during dinner. Thanks, Mate!!! HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 2 Teaser Trailer (2023) Hulu (02:05) Some lite & serious reading while we're hurtling through space... 10 'Spaceballs' Quotes That'll Always Force A Laugh Spaceballs & How HITLER Haunts American Politics Of Course There Are Black Stormtroopers in Star Wars - The Atlantic (2014) Here's the full text as there are limits to the number of free articles. Fans objecting to John Boyega in The Force Awakens' teaser aren't just close-minded; they misunderstand the galaxy far, far away. By Kriston Capps November 28, 2014 Earlier today, it seemed like #BlackStormtrooper might actually eclipse #BlackFriday as a trending topic. That’s because the official trailer that aired Friday for the next film in the Star Wars saga—The Force Awakens, directed by J.J. Abrams and scheduled for release in December 2015—opens on a black man wearing a stormtrooper’s uniform. The man, who is played by John Boyega (of Attack the Block), pops into view perspiring and panting hard. He is surrounded by desert: in all likelihood the rolling dunes of Tatooine, the homeworld of both Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. And he appears to be in trouble. Maybe the only people more alarmed than Boyega by his circumstances were commenters surprised by the sight of a black man’s head emerging from the white plate armor of an Imperial stormtrooper. People on Reddit compared the trailer to a scene from the 1987 Mel Brooks spoof Spaceballs, a gag that plays up a black stormtrooper as jive-talkin’. In other threads and on Twitter, some people registered mere racist shock. But a few corners of the Internet turned to the internal logic of the Star Wars universe to appeal the presence of a black stormtrooper. Didn’t the prequels reveal that all stormtroopers were white clones? No, they didn't. In Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi travels to the secretive planet of Kamino, where he discovers the existence of a clone army that would feed the so-called Clone Wars and eventually serve as the model for the evil Galactic Empire’s stormtrooper infantry. (Spoiler alert: Don’t watch the prequels.) Those clones weren’t white in any sense of the word. Jango Fett, the bounty hunter who served as the genetic template, was culturally (and perhaps ethnically) a Mandalorian. And the actor who portrays him, Temuera Derek Morrison, is a New Zealand-born person of brown skin and partial Maori descent. Even if Morrison and Fett (and all of his clones) choose to pass as white, by the time of the events of Episode IV: A New Hope, the Empire has been recruiting from general populations for years. That’s why it makes sense that a young Luke Skywalker, lured by a galaxy larger than the humble moisture farm he calls home on Tatooine, dreams of enlisting in the Imperial Navy. The Empire is not a racially diverse institution. Everyone we meet in the Imperial officer corps, for example—the chain of commanders that Darth Vader is always Force-choking out—is white (and seemingly British). That said, if the Empire recruited black stormtroopers, that would be totally in keeping with a racist Empire—since black and white people are not actually from different races, the way that (say) humans and Wookies are. What distinguishes the Star Wars universe from the Star Trek universe is the fact that, outside of the goose-stepping ranks of the Imperial military structure, its universe is pretty chill on race, if not totally post-racial. No one in the Rebellion bats an eye when Lando Calrissian and Nien Nunb copilot the Millennium Falcon during the Battle of Endor in The Return of the Jedi, even though the former is a black man from Bespin’s Cloud City and the latter a fish-faced smuggler from the humid caves of Sollust. Neither of them appears to mind taking orders from Admiral Ackbar, the high-ranking Mon Calamari military mastermind, either. Han Solo even learns a lesson about doubting the diminutive Ewoks, whom he initially regards as primitive. The most glaring instance of everyday prejudice across the entire original trilogy takes place in the notorious Mos Eisley cantina. “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy,” Obi-Wan tells Skywalker as they venture in. A sketchy place, maybe, but not because Ithorians and Rodians drink alongside Aqualish and Corellians. When the bartender says, “We don’t serve your kind here,” he’s talking to the droids—marking him as a Luddite, perhaps, but not a racist, exactly. The Star Wars films themselves commit racism, specifically the prequels, which seem to mock Jews and Asians with their depiction of two alien races (galactic bankers and traders, of course). Which is to say nothing of Jar Jar Binks, a walking crime against black Caribbeans. And the expanded universe depicts racism: The Emperor disdains non-human races, for example, in the comics and novels that flesh out his back story (which are not considered canon). So a black stormtrooper can very well be a black stormtrooper in the Star Wars Galaxy without there being any great significance to it. It’s not that simple in the fraught universe of Hollywood, though, where casting a black actor as a lead in one of the most powerful franchises in film history can help to correct a representation gap older than Yoda—but not without drawing scrutiny. It's groundbreaking that John Boyega is not just a minor black character, the likes of which we’ve seen in the previous Star Wars trilogies, but a central star. May the Force be with him. Others in this Series Jews in Space -2: Astronauts, Scientists, Writers and more... Jews in Space -3: Musicians...Living and DEAD...Journey into INNER Healing Spaces #music #humor #MelBrooks #racism #discrimination #whiteflight #GeorgeLukas #StarTrek #StarWars

We continue to explore the accomplishments of another Jewish "space explorer" - Michael Hartman...a.k.a, Mickey Hart, legendary drummer for the Grateful Dead. As I've mentioned in other posts, Mickey has been working for years to use music as a healing tool. He mentions that when he played a drum for his grandmother, who had Alzheimer's, she spoke his name. She hadn't spoken in a year. In another place he says that what they are doing isn't new...shamans have been using drums and rattles...it's not something we invented, but we are progressing because of science. One of his collaborators is a world-class neuroscientist Dr. Adam Gazzaley. Their combined accomplishments were mentioned in the Jewish Museum Milwaukee video: "Jews in Space" that was part of the "Jews in Space - 2" post. FYI - A few years ago, I saw Mickey and Dr. Adam Gazzaley at the NYC Hayden Planetarium. The show began with Dr. Gazzaley projecting onto the ceiling an animated and illuminated version of the Big Bang. Mickey followed by donning a special skull cap that measured and projected onto the ceiling his brain waves as he played his Beam - a special string instrument he designed (see next image). The displayed electrical signal patterns in both demonstrations were remarkably similar. From the big bang to cosmic vibrations, Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart plays the rhythm of the universe (2015) - PBS News Hour (08:26) --includes complete text of narration Rhythm & The Brain: Superorganism (04:56) RHYTHM CENTRAL: Mickey Hart and Dr. Adam Gazzaley Make History Through Visualizing and Sonifying Brain Activity in Real Time for Live Audience (2012) SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mickey Hart, Grateful Dead percussionist, and neurologist Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D., professor at the University of California San Francisco made history by becoming the first to sonify and visualize brain activity in real time in front of a live audience. The two did so at the closing session of Life @50+, the AARP National Event & Expo in New Orleans on September 22nd. To see footage from the event, go to http://bit.ly/LifesRhythmsReimagined. (or see next link) Life's Rhythms Reimagined w/ Mickey Hart & Dr. Adam Gazzaley (05:54) Journeying to Inner SPACE... Twilight Zone Opening THEME MUSIC 1962 Rod Serling (00:27) ...DEAD from New York... Grateful Dead - Drums - 10/31/1980 - Radio City Music Hall (14:47) HALLOWEEN Various versions of "Space" provided show participants with extended opportunities to chill, travel to strange new worlds... S P A C E - Grateful Dead Space Compilation #1 (6:55:32) Others in this Series Jews in Space -1: Humorists Jews in Space -2: Astronauts, Scientists, Writers and more... #music #humor #MickeyHart #DrAdamGazzaley #GratefulDead #TwilightZone #MelBrooks

Start here...and you can also end here as this presentation is a full-course nutritious meal. If you'd like extra helping, forage on... As has been happening a lot lately, I "found" this next video while looking for something else. Has this happened to you? And it set my direction for the rest of the day...including what I wanted to share with our friends at this evening's art share (see flyer at the end). The Hidden Power of Smiling - Ron Gutman/TED (07:09) --Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your smile can be a predictor of how long you'll live -- and that a simple smile has a measurable effect on your overall well-being? Prepare to flex a few facial muscles as you learn more about this evolutionarily contagious behavior. Extra Helpings I'll be adding more from a variety of sources, but here's a starter... Grateful Dead - He's Gone (Foxboro, MA 7/2/89) (Official Live Video) (13:55) I did a post on this...I'll add the link when I come back... #music #humor #Bahai #ArtShare #GratefulDead #DancesOfUniversalPeace

Stayin' Alive...at 35...Oh, Happy Be Day... Travelers: If you're just "hear" for the music...there's a Playlist at the end... A Rocky Mountain High...Hi!...@ 14,000 feet... Staying Alive Dance Cover | Bee Gees @ Rocky Mtn (01:03) And in the City...that never sleeps... Stayin' Alive - The Dream Dance 4K (01:54) For all ages... Stayin' Alive - Performance Routine (03:40) We see things as WE are and not as THEY are... Before watching this next video, read the next paragraph. The news anchor gives his biased commentary on the young people of that time. Obviously, he missed and wasn't "on the bus"...and was therefore afraid that "the times they were a changin'..." [from video description] "This is actual news footage from a seven minute spot on the six o'clock news on CBS in 1967. The Grateful Dead live on Haight-Ashbury doing a street show. The video is a bit old, but the footage is awesome. There is talk part way through by the news person speaking of the dangers for youth being sucked into the counter culture of the era... but the music continues." See the end of this post for the full CBS News with Harry Reasoner report. Grateful Dead "Dancing In The Street" live 1967 San Fran. (02:37) Keys...to our Inner and Outer Kingdom... Frank Barber, a church friend, gave Mom and I a card like this at either your birth or baptism...He was a prophet...and you were truly inCARnated... This next song is one simple example that DISS-proves UNREASONable Harry Reasoner's DISS-missal of the 60's youth culture. Jesse Colin Young - Get Together (ft. Steve Miller) (06:24) These musicians use their platforms to bring attention to and support the work of WHY HUNGER? For more about ways to help end hunger and food insecurity, see link at end of this post. Considering your birth year "1988"...it's no coincidence that you'd be attracted to a certain instrument. Why, when you were a toddler, you were already making tunes on a button-battery-operated pocket keyboard. With a wonderful teacher/mentor, you played in a winners' recital at Carnegie Hall and then moved on to teach...beginning with some of your teacher's students. You were still too young to drive, so Mom drove you to your students' homes....BUT, not for long...and you'd be in your Impala and driving your friends to Philadelphia...for one of the city's famous cheese steaks... Somewhat sequitor...It was in my search results... "Amazed...but NOT surprised" department I use this caption a lot lately, as I'm simply getting led to stuff like the following...However, there's a clarification needed for this one...Your first and subsequent rides have been automatics...and now an AI...While I learned on a standard shift VW Bus...even took my driver test in this "Grate" "Beast of Burden" (see end for more on this number)... For those improvisational moments in life... Drink in moderato avant playing... YOU/WE are the LIGHT of the world NOW...get ready for some ROCKti Bhakti grooooovin...I partied with these folks a few years ago at a Kundalini yoga studio in Centerport, NY. First, let's prepare ourselves...clear our minds...so our tabula rasa can take in all of this tabla beat... "Hari Om, Dear Lord, Sat Nam, Holy Name, When I Call On The Light Within, I Go Home" The GuruGanesha Band 2012: Call on the Light Within (Hari Om) (10:09) Anyone that's seen you, knows you value sun time and the healing and solace that come from its radiance... Hmm...another current similarity...John and______ Good day sunshine - The Beatles (02:05) The Child is Father to the Man... As I've said to you many times, you have brought so much needed change into my life...and so much more...THANK YOU!!! NAMASTE... My version... My Heart Leaps Up - William Wordsworth My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. Wordsworth's "The Child Is Father of the Man" - ThoughtCo. [from the article] What Does the Poem Mean? Wordsworth uses the expression in a very positive sense, noting that seeing a rainbow produced awe and joy when he was a child, and he still felt those emotions as a grown man. He hopes that these emotions will continue throughout his life, that he will retain that pure joy of youth. He also laments that he would rather die than lose that leap of the heart and youthful enthusiasm. MORE at LINK Blood...Sweat...Tears...version... ...also applies to your slide down Mom's vaginal canal...and how SHE experienced your arrival at Mercy Hospital on 10/8/88 just after midnight (see these songs at end of post)... "Child Is Father to the Man" was the first album by Blood, Sweat and Tears. Considering your arrival time, words here about "light" and that you also played trumpet and toured the world with Doctor McRoy and the LIU-Post band...I chose this next number from that album. "I lit my purest candle Close to my window Hoping it would catch the eye Of any vagabond who had passed it by And I waited in my fleeting house" (1) (2) (1) “We’re here, and then we’re gone, and it’s not about the time we’re here, but what we do with the time.” Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave (2) See end for Judy Collins reminding us..."Who knows where the time goes...?" Al Kooper & friends - Morning Glory - Live in NY 1994 (04:07) Journeys ended...Journeys begun... "Who knows where the time goes...?" - Judy Collins (07:23) Haight-Ashbury Grateful Dead 1967 report on Hippies! (07:00) ADDRESSING HUNGER: A Farm grows in Brooklyn & other community places around our shared world... Snatam Kaur & GuruGanesha Singh with Deva Premal & Miten sing Aad Guray Nameh in Costa Rica 2011 (15:10) Top Songs of 1988 (10:14) "Beast of Burden" - I'll "Bette" you are expecting MICK...But, hang on you won't be disappointed...Oh, this is a pay-for and she only accepts "Li Be Dough"... Surprise "Beast"... Songs that played in the waiting room of Mercy Hospital - as you were entering the world's stage...just after midnight... "There's a sunrise and a sunset Every single day They are absolutely FREE Don't miss so many of them CHEERS!" Here Comes the Sun (SON) - Beatles (03:10) Morning Has Broken with - Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens (03:16) Thus ends your entrance hymns...hims... A few more birthday musings... The above image reminded me of this next song. Here's another "Tom" playing the 2008 Super Bowl [sounds like a Cheech & Chong event : ))) ]...That said, the cat he's singin' about is pretty "PETTY"...and an all-about-ME guy... Lotsa lights...in the darkness... Screaming out "FREEE!!!" Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Free Fallin' @ 2008 Superbowl (03:19) I wasn't gonna include the official video...but it's too DAMN good...BAD...to omit...so, here goes... I Know You Riders... at the Brew (Witches Brew Coffee House in West Hempstead) will dig this next one...there's lots of cool skating shots like this one: Tom Petty - Free Fallin' Official (04:14) Let's not let the bad boys have the last word... These are the ONLY types of walls we should build... I Know You Rider Lyrics By: Traditional Music By: Traditional "I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms Lay down last night, Lord, I could not take my rest Lay down last night, Lord, I could not take my rest My mind was wandering like the wild geese in the West The sun will shine in my back door some day The sun will shine in my back door some day March winds will blow all my troubles away I wish I was a headlight on a north-bound train (1) I wish I was a headlight on a north-bound train I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain" (1) these lyrics reminded me of our early years together when you and I would go train watching at the LIRR's Queens Village elevated station. Even then, your experiences with light helped you distinguish between the electric-power and diesel-powered consists by the configuration of their headlights. Because of this recognition, when a diesel was approaching, you'd call out and reach up your arms: "Up on Daddy!" ...and I'd pick you up and, together, we'd enjoy its thunderous passing through the station... Grateful Dead Wall Of Sound unveiled 2-9-1973 - 'I Know You Rider' (09:59) Let Us Play...List (16 tunes) #music #humor #dancing #keys #cars #piano #trumpet #John #birthday #BeeGees #RockyMountains #NewYorkCity #TheDreamDance #MevansDance #JerryGarcia #Moses #GratefulDead #WhyHunger #Youngbloods #JesseColinYoung #SteveMiller #KundaliniYoga #GuruGaneshaSingh #Beatles #WilliamWordsworth #AlKooper #SnatumKaur #Miten #DevaPremal #TomPetty #YusufIslamCatStevens #hunger #HaightAshbury #BetteMidler #DeepakChopra #WitchesBrewCoffeeHouse #WallOfSound #JudyCollins #RickYancey

JIM, Thanks for reminding us of Florence and her vintage as of TODAY: 108 Her only daughter helped me with these remembrances: I wonder how her spirit body is keeping busy? Is she still washing dishes and did she ever get out of heaven's kitchen? (Heck, if there's a "Hell's Kitchen," there's gotta be one upstairs...Hmm, wonder if the prices are "higher"? Is she playing cards with Frank and Nor? Is Chip with them? I'll bet he has more "top cut choices" than the easy-to-dispense canned "Liver Patties... Does he still chase squirrels and cats or has St. Francis cured him of that habit? Armed with coupons, is she still pulling her shopping cart throughout heaven’s aisles? She didn’t like the store bargain brands and paid more for Del Monte. Wonder if there are top shelf “bests” like Chock Full O Nuts “The Heavenly Coffee”? Since she can fly now, she won’t need her chauffeur Francis. Is the Happy Hour still 5:00…or is it an all day…and night Happiness Fest? And, considering her altitude, is she enjoying a new level of “highball”? And, FAMILY, if you’re planning on sending her a card, you have to do it “on the day” LED ZEPPELIN * Stairway to Heaven1971 HQ (08:05) "108" - Life's a Beach The number “108” has several connotations in my life: In my 20's, Beach 108th Street in Rockaway Beach was a great bar scene. For you “outsiders” that didn’t grow up in Queens, Rockaway was affectionately known as “The Irish Riviera.” There's more about this in an article at the end of the post. And when I rented a room in a bungalow there for one summer - so I could be closer to my surfing beaches, the color GREEN was also prominent. We called it “Mildew Manor.” Anyone remember this historic establishment? Remembering The Fitzgerald Hotel - The Wave A place where “Everybody knows your name…” And they had none of this new beer for sissies known as “Craft Beer”… ROCKAWAY BEACH, Queens - Forgotten New York --great piece on it's history and folklore... Houses like this contained upper floors with a "widow's walk." Many references to Rockaway's reputation as "The Irish Riviera": "108" - A little further East...Halfway around the world... And, from my explorations into the East - no, not Montauk Point… ”108” is a pretty amazing symbol. The following article unpacks a few of these symbols through the lenses of science, mathematics, numerology, spirituality, philosophy and religion. And, yes, a Stonehenge reference is included. We still don’t know 🤔 See "Mystery" article at end of post for a reflection on "knowability"... What Is So Sacred About The Number 108? Last Call "Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his (her) lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He (she) left the past year’s dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his (her) last-found home, and knew the old no more." The Chambered Nautilus - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (02:36) Mystery is Endless Knowability - Center for Action and Comtemplation [from opening paragraph] How do we live the contradictions? Live them—not just endure them or relieve ourselves from the tension by quickly resolving them. The times where we meet or reckon with our contradictions are often turning points, opportunities to enter into the deeper mystery of God or, alternatively, to evade the mystery of God. I’m deliberately using the word mystery to point to depth, an open future, immense freedom, a kind of beauty and truth that can’t be fully spoken or defined. Closing Number Florence, Eileen found another Frank to sing this for you... "Young At Heart" 1955 - ✨Tribute (02:47) 1953 Young At Heart-Frank Sinatra, Doris Day (complete movie) (1:52:25) #music #humor #Florence #Frank #Chip #Jim #RockawayBeach #LedZeppelin #108 #OliverWendellHolmes #mystery #CAC #ChamberedNautilus #FrankSinatra #DorisDay

Steve & Kathryn: Classics... Like Star...Wars...the adventure... I love Parisi... ...for better and...well...cold water is better than HOT water... Escape clause... If this next one applies...it doesn't need any further explanation... ...Mummy said there'd be days...and nights like this... Truth is stranger than fiction... HIS & HERS... "You are my SHINING star...Oops, wrong image... Our love is tested through... Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star (Live) (03:18) ...the times...they are a changing... AI knows better? And the music never stops... The Right-on Rev. Jerome Garcia presiding... "Got it from the top It's nothing you can stop Lord, you know they made a fine connection Chorus They love each other Lord, you can see it's true Lord, you can see it's true Lord, you can see it's true" Grateful Dead - They Love Each Other (San Francisco 12/27/83) (Official Live Video) (07:43) Everlasting Arms feat. Dr. John | Playing For Change | Song Around The World (04:55) "I just wanna be part of your symphony Will you hold me tight and not let go? Symphony Like a love song on the radio Will you hold me tight and not let go?" Clean Bandit - Symphony feat. Zara Larsson | Cover by One Voice Children's Choir feat. Rob Landes (02:51) #music #humor #wedding #anniversary #Steve #Kathryn #choir #library #farm #church #CleanBandit #EarthWindAndFire #PlayingForChange #TheShiningMovie #GratefulDead

Recently, Eileen and I participated with our Baha'i friends in another in a series called "Conversations of Consequence." This one focused on the topic of "HUNGER." Before reading further, please spend 21 minutes taking in the impact of these 3 videos: For me one highlight of our time together exploring this topic was this eye-, mind- and heart-opening video that was shown by Hope - our main presenter: Project EATS: URBAN FARM in the heart of New York City! (08:58) In learning more about this need, I was led to this next organization: Why Hunger. Watch this powerful, hope-filled video: Why Hunger: Turn Hope Into Action (05:08) Farm Aid: A Song For America (06:56) If you need a dose of hope...gratitude...perspective...visit Hope's Facebook "farm" Conversations of Consequence: HUNGER For me one highlight of our time together exploring this topic was this eye-, mind- and heart-opening video that was shown by our main presenter: URBAN FARM in the heart of New York City! (08:58) In learning more about this need, I was led to this next organization: Why Hunger. Watch this powerful, hope-filled video: WhyHunger: Turn Hope Into Action (05:08) From this 2020 post: Primary Day - Exercise the Preferential Option for the Poor --NYS Primary Day – Today June 23 “If we fail to give everyone a seat at the table, this may well turn out to be humanity’s LAST SUPPER.” Here's a slide I prepared for our Consequences time: PROJECT EATS About Us Founded in 2009 by artist Linda Goode Bryant, Project EATS is a living installation transforming vacant lots and rooftops into neighborhood-based farms supporting farm stands, pantries, prepared food, and community programs to catalyze creativity and cultivate greater food sovereignty across New York City. Communities deserve to grow their own food right where they live–Art that feeds. Project EATS 2021 Video: URBAN FARM in the heart of New York City! (08:58) Project EATS Notable Press: BK Reader; Food Management Founder, Linda Goode Bryant Linda's decades of art-based activism began with her founding of Just Above Midtown gallery (JAM) which was a self-described laboratory that foregrounded the work of African-American artists including David Hammons, Maren Hassinger, Butch Morris, Senga Nengudi, Lorraine O’Grady, Howardena Pindell and many others. JAM’s explicit purpose was to be “in, but not of, the art world” offering early—and often unique—opportunities to artists to experiment and create freely, away from art market pressures. After closing JAM, Linda dedicated herself to filmmaking, directing the Peabody award-winning documentary Flag Wars (2003), an intimate portrait of a community in-flux that explores the tensions between preservation and gentrification. Over her nearly 50-year career, Linda has and continues to advocate for a connection to “our innate ability to use what we have to create what we need”. For more: Harper's BAZAAR; NYT–T Magazine; BOMB; ArtNews; Artnet; Culture Type FARM AID "Music fuels this movement..." Farm Aid features the best that music has to offer, while remaining true to its ultimate mission. Great music, supporting farmers, and strengthening America since 1985 Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp organized the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on the land. Dave Matthews joined the Farm Aid Board of Directors in 2001, and Margo Price joined in 2021. Farm Aid has raised more than $70 million to promote a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture. Farm Aid is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Learn more about Farm Aid’s work in this video: Farm Aid: A Song For America (06:56) MUSIC to Disturb your Dinner... ‘Them Belly Full’ - Bohemian (2020) [from this piece] “Them belly full, but we hungry / A hungry mob is an angry mob” Those opening lines are from a 1974 song by reggae musician, Bob Marley, in describing the reaction of people to their plight against hunger brought on by the “system.” Marley, born in “British” Jamaica, knew something about oppression, reflected by his song lyrics. However, this anthem could easily be sung by people hungry not only for food, but for justice. In American Society, where for centuries, African Americans continue to be treated as second-class citizens—“them belly full,” all right! It’s not that black lives don’t matter, it’s that they don’t matter enough! Bob Marley & The Wailers - Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (03:07) Why Hunger: a Movement that's worldwide... "Food and farming can be used to have dominion over people...or it can be used to liberate...Food is the essence of life" --Jesús Vázquez - Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico "Music is the soundtrack to social movements...It's the pulse that moves people along..." (03:35 ff) Video includes lots on children... Closing comments "I am hopeful and determined and Why Hunger is in a great position to fulfill that promise. Let's go big. Let's make it happen. Let's educate and empower...make change...real change...no more talking..." How we gonna keep 'em down on the farm...? "Swampstock or bust!" Tim McGraw - Down On The Farm (Official Music Video) (03:00) You can have a lot of fun in a New York minute But there's some things you can't do inside those city limits Ain't no closing time Ain't no cover charge Just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm Well you can come as you are There ain't no dress code Just some rural route rules that you need to know Don't mess with the bull He can get real mean Don't forget to shut the gate Stay out of the beans If it starts to rainin' will just head to the barn We're country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm MORE FARMIN' FUN & TUNES... Family Farms: Feeding America One Crop at a Time (Feb. 2023) Watermelon T-Man: THERA FARMS: FOOD & MUSIC THERApea (Aug. 2022) #music #humor #Bahai #hunger #farms #ProjectEATS #WhyHunger #FarmAid #TheraFarms #TimMcGraw #BobMarleyAndWailers #Hippocrates #HopeNemikas

Tom & Laura, I be wishin' yer a Happy 17th Anniversary on this fine mornin' (Readers, He's a givin' yer a bunch of Irish blarney...It's a typically dreary, drizzly, overcast September day here in the East End section of West Hempstead) NOTE: From here on in, I'm dropping my phony British accent out of respect for a hero of old who freed the land from evil despots (i.e., "TAX MEN")...Click here to hear and marvel at his courage in the face of death. My wee attempt at feigning knighthood was because when I looked up the origins of the name "Stephenson," I learned that some of your ancestors might have come here from England, Ireland or Scotland. And possibly some arrived on the... "She was just 17...You know what I mean..." As is my custom and that of my namesake Tommy Tune, I like to include a song or two in my missives. So, let's get right down to it... The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There (Ed Sullivan Show NYC#1 (Colorized Clips) (00:20) I saw her standing there - The Beatles (LYRICS/LETRA) [Original] (02:56) Now, let's change partners...and genders..and a REDHEAD at that!!! Tiffany - I Saw Him Standing There (04:09) Now, let's go back in time to discover some inspiration for this song... Now, space travel is tricky...filled with comets (especially on Christmas Eve), meteors and lots of random space debris (courtesy of mankind). Therefore, we'll be taking this trip in stages... First stop: 1955... Back to the Future Tribute -- Back In Time Music Video HD HQ (04:51) Can't use the DeLorean...hasn't been invented...So, for an alter-Uber, I'm going back to childhood...not mine but our son John's...WAY BACK... Our ship is commanded by Peabody & Sherman... MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN - Extended Trailer (02:53) 1874...Naw...not far enough... Early 1800's... According to the lyrics site Genius.com, Paul & John drew some inspiration from an old English folk song: "Seventeen Come Sunday" a.k.a., "As I Roved Out." Early broadside versions were sad songs focused on the abandonment of the girl by the young man. Later broadside and traditional folk versions celebrate a sexual encounter. A censored version published by Baring-Gould and Sharp substitutes a proposal of marriage for the encounter. Source: Wikipedia Now... Fairport Convention - Seventeen Come Sunday (02:50) At the end, when being interviewed, did you can the singer's witty remarks about another English folk song in their arsenal. He said that because it had so few verses, they had to "leaven the bread" to make it longer... Sounds like these other UK blokes: "It's a thousand pages, give or take a few I'll be writing more in a week or two I can make it longer if you like the style I can change it 'round and I want to be a paperback writer Paperback writer" "Sitting in an English garden..." The Beatles - Paperback Writer (02:29) "There's a Grateful Dead song for every occasion..." While I've included many songs from these folks, I just started creating a special HEADing for them. While they echo my beliefs that there isn't any life after DEAD, they come from a friend and fellow V Dub owner and Deadhead - Steve - who also happens to be the guy that first taught me to "play with cars" (fix 'em) and this became my career path. Thanks, Friend! First connection came when I saw these words on the wall behind the band: "Who knows where the time goes..." These timely words have inspired many artists like Nina Simone, Judy Collins, Fairport Convention, Eva Cassidy, Sandy Denny and, Yes, the Grateful Dead. Read on to learn more... "Heeeeer's Jerry!!!" (imitating Carson's sidekick: Ed McMahon) And on a magical night: Halloween Plus, at Radio City Music Hall - where Uncle Mike once worked... Grateful Dead : Uncle John's Band @ Radio City 10-31-80 (08:19) On this the 17th Sunday after Pentecost..."Ite, Missa Est" Today's Gospel reading is about the Laborers in the Vineyard...Hmm...I heard that G-d's a UNION gal/guy...Even into Mystical Unions...When I fixed cars at Avis, I was a dues-paying member of Machinist's Union Local 917...This week's story reeks of unfair labor practices... I went looking for a job on 7th Avenue...Opps...I went looking for a meme that had the same words as this one below...But, couldn't find it....SO, I made my own - a new and improved one with the added jam jar image...It's a favorite among Dancing Bears... Grateful Dead Perform Longest Song Of Their Career, On This Day In 1974 [Listen - 46:43] - Live for Music (May 21, 2023 --article includes links to ALL the songs, including that longest one... A notable connection...in that the song was "Uncle John's Band" - the one that includes the lyrics: "Who knows where the time goes..." This article was also posted on my sister Peggy's birthday...Peggy is Laura's Mom. Coffee Hour: WARNING! The buck and the collection plate don't stop here either... Taxman -- George Harrison and Eric Clapton (live) (03:57) Remember, Election Day is just around the corner... Property Taxmen: The Real Criminals in Nassau County The Ides of April - Time to give it to Caesar Another connection...your name...St. Stephen's son... GD & G-d: Grateful Dead & Bible - Chapter 1: St. Stephen (feast day Dec. 26) After the kids go to bed... Tom, your daytime job as a steamfitter prompted this final number. Fittingly, it features a UNION theme and pajamas... The Pajama Game - Steam Heat (04:33) #music #humor #Tom #Laura #Peggy #Beatles #Tiffany #BackToTheFuture #PeabodyAndSherman #FairportConvention #taxes #unions #Tanman #ThePajamaGame #NassauCounty #GeorgeHarrison #EricClapton #RadioCityMusicHall #JohnnyCarson #EdMcMahon #Bible #SaintStephen #JerryGarcia

The Universe is a Communion of Subjects Rather than A Collection of Objects Thomas Berry Place - a Passionist Ministry In this Place, we strive to embody The Great Work envisioned by Thomas Berry, C.P. “The work of ensuring a just, healthy, beautiful, and sustainably life-giving world for future generations.” Drawing inspiration from Pope Francis and discerning the movement of God’s Spirit: We will listen carefully, and intentionally respond to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. We will create a Place of sacred hospitality, prayer, and restoration. And we will provide a space for encounter, dialogue, education and service, working toward an integral human ecology. Renamed Passionist retreat house reflects Berry's call to heal the Earth - NCR/Earthbeat Recent Events CHRIST OF THE FOREST: REST AND RENEWAL WITH NATURE Presented by: Mary Frohlich, RSCJ 9/22 - 9/23 When Jesus saw that his disciples were becoming exhausted, he took them to the forests of Mount Hermon for rest and renewal. In a time when many are experiencing deep exhaustion, he invites us to come away for a while and reconnect with the springs of living water flowing at the heart of all life. This retreat will offer times of guided reflection, contemplative prayer, and Forest Therapy,* all centered around the theme of deepening our relationship with the One who lovingly dwells in each and every created being. The retreat will begin Friday evening with supper and conclude with Mass. Departure will be by 5 pm Saturday. *Forest Therapy is guided time outdoors discovering and exploring our relationships with the living creatures and environments that surround us. The grounds of Thomas Berry Place (although not forested) offer a refuge of calm and natural beauty in the midst of the city.

In the beginning... On the Christmas Eve before my September birth into this world of form, my Dad “rose up” to the occasion and deposited a seed gift into a secret place within my Mom…where she kept it safe and nurtured it until it was ready to surf its first wave down the Fallopian Tubes of life and into the light of that first day… That Christmas Eve was my conception point (see more in another "76" post)… "Cogito, ergo sum..." "In The Beginning"- "Lovely To See You"- "Dear Diary"- W/Lyrics-The Moody Blues (08:50) When folks inquire about my origins…leanings…my influences… Origins —Father: German —Mother: Irish —SNL: France (1) ***“Furthur” back: Stardust (CSN&Y) (2) Religion A. Atheism B. Buddhist C. Christian D. Daoism (Taoism E. Evangelical F. Franciscan (3) Ans.: F Politics A. Democrat B. Republican C. Conservative D. Deadhead (R U Kind party) (4) Influencers A. Ram Dass B. Richard Rohr C. Jesus D. Buddha E. Eileen F. John (our son) & other conscious youth G. Friends & family H. Many musicians I. Mother Nature J Groups I hang with (5) K. All of the above (1) France Coneheads (10/10) Movie CLIP - Jehovah's Witnesses (1993) HD (02:39) I.I.C.E. - Interstellar Immigration & Customs Enforcement (2) "We are stardust..." Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young) || Woodstock (We Are Stardust) (04:25) (3) Franciscan There are over 44 blog posts that refer to this major influence and Richard Rohr - the person that continues to help me see through this lense...Wander around the garden with Francis and his followers and Explore...You'll find much more than a "bird bath"... Here's an introduction... Francis and the Animals: Seeing Things as They Truly Are - Center for Action and Contemplation [from the meditation] Richard continues exploring Francis of Assisi’s insights, pointing us beyond the “bird bath” spirituality for which Francis is too often known. Francis of Assisi knew that the finite manifests the infinite, and the physical is the doorway to the spiritual. If we can accept this foundational principle we call “incarnation,” then all we need is right here and right now—in this world. This is the way to that! Heaven includes earth and earth includes heaven. There are not sacred and profane things, places, and moments. There are only sacred and desecrated things, places, and moments—and it is we alone who desecrate them by our lack of insight and reverence. It is one sacred universe, and we are all a part of it. In terms of a spiritual vision, we really cannot get any better or simpler than that. (click the link to read the full meditation) (4) Deadhead (R U Kind Party) 10 Grateful Dead Quotes to Inspire You to Be Thankful for What You Have - The Capitol Theatre (5) Influencers: All of the above Relationships: Working, Praying & Playing TOGETHER "There's a Grateful Dead song for every occasion..." I recently added this new section in applicable posts. It originated with my surfer friend - Steve - who introduced me to "playing with cars" - as he termed working on our VW's - his Beetle and my Bus. Using my artistic license, I'm including memes and other Grateful Dead paraphernalia... I've used this in other posts and it's really appropriate here. Jerryovah's Witnesses... Grateful Dead "conehead" from the Europe '72 album artwork: Other 76 Posts 76 Part I: More parts work than don't...Meditations on humor & philosophy 76 Part III: 76 TOMbones: Facing our Mortality...with Humor & Courage 76 Part IV: Ch...ch...ch...Changes... #music #humor #Dad #Mom #MoodyBlues #Coneheads #JehovahWitnesses #SNL #CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung #Franciscan #FrancisOfAssisi #relationships #SteveB #VW #GratefulDead #IceCreamKid #CAC #CenterForActionAndContemplation

Begin...Within... Associate ourselves with change makers... Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (Official Lyric Video) (03:50) Music is an Instrument for Change A Change Is Gonna Come | Playing For Change Band | Live in Brazil (06:36) Let's teach our children well... "Teach Your Children" - CSN&Y You, who are on the road Must have a code That you can live by And so become yourself Because the past is just a goodbye Teach your children well Their father's hell Did slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they pick's The one you'll know by Don't you ever ask them, "Why?" If they told you, you would cry So, just look at them and sigh And know they love you And you of tender years (Can you hear and do you care) Can't know the fears (And can you see) That your elders grew by (We must be free) And so please help (To teach your children) Them with your youth (What you believe in) They seek the truth (Make a world) Before they can die (That we can live in) Teach your parents well Their children's hell Will slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they pick's The one you'll know by Don't you ever ask them, "Why?" If they told you, you would cry So, just look at them and sigh And know they love you Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Teach Your Children (04:15) --Be sure to continue watching after the song ends for the backstory... Playing for Change: "We inspire and connect the world through music" Bo...Bo...Bo...Bowie Changes Still don't know what I was waiting for And my time was running wild, a million dead-end streets and Every time I thought I'd got it made It seemed the taste was not so sweet So I turned myself to face me But I've never caught a glimpse Of how the others must see the faker I'm much too fast to take that test Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange) Ch-ch-changes, don't want to be a richer man Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange) Ch-ch-changes, just gonna have to be a different man Time may change me But I can't trace time Oh yeah I watch the ripples change their size But never leave the stream of warm impermanence and So the days float through my eyes But still the days seem the same And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They're quite aware of what they're going through Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange) Ch-ch-changes, don't tell them to grow up and out of it Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange) Ch-ch-changes, where's your shame? You've left us up to our necks in it Time may change me But you can't trace time Strange fascination, fascinating me Ah, changes are taking the pace I'm going through Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the strange) Ch-ch-changes, oh, look out you rock 'n rollers Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the strange) Ch-ch-changes, pretty soon now you're gonna get older Time may change me But I can't trace time I said that time may change me But I can't trace time David Bowie - Changes (Live) (03:50) Notice...love them...and move on and find a new crowd... Make Change Our Daily Practice... Snapped this a few days ago while accompanying a friend to his medical appointment: Start small... put on a different shoe or sock first eat with a different hand have your coffee in a different cup your ideas... A Time of Unveiling... Apocalyptic Hope: A Time of Unveiling - Center for Action and Contemplation Sunday, April 25, 2021 [from this meditation] We called this year’s theme “A Time of Unveiling.” For many of us, the word “apocalypse” conjures thoughts of the rapture, fear, a vengeful God, and violent and exclusive religion. It is an overwhelming judgment on Western Christianity that it is drawn to such beliefs. But despite its misuse, I’m convinced the biblical meaning of apocalypse is a helpful and ultimately hopeful framework. A quick etymology of the word will help: kaluptein is the Greek word for “to cover” and apo means “un,” so apokaluptein means to uncover or unveil. While we primarily use the word “apocalypse” to mean to destroy or threaten, in its original context, apocalypse simply meant to reveal something new. The key is that in order to reveal something new, we have to get the old out of the way. I begin my book Eager to Love with these poetic words from Neale Donald Walsch that put this quite nicely. "Yearning for a new way will not produce it. Only ending the old way can do that. You cannot hold onto the old all the while declaring that you want something new. The old will defy the new; the old will deny the new; the old will decry the new. There is only one way to bring in the new. You must make room for it." --Neale Donald Walsch Transcend and Include... [from this meditation] David Benner, a friend and wise teacher, has been a part of several Christian traditions over the years, including fundamentalism, evangelicalism, and now contemplative Anglicanism. Of the spiritual journey he writes: Identifying and embracing your lineage is an important part of any pathway to greater wholeness because it involves remembering your own story. All the parts of your journey must be woven together if you are to transcend your present organization and level of consciousness. For myself, the great challenge was re-embracing traditions that I have grown beyond and that offered—even at the time—an oppressively small worldview. I did not want to be an ex-evangelical or an ex-fundamentalist. Too many people live that life of dis-identification, and I did not want to share their anger and “stuckness.” It was essential, therefore, for me to identify and embrace the gifts that had come to me from these traditions. This was the way in which I came to know that everything in my life belongs, that every part of my story has made important contributions to who I am. And the same is true for you. (more in the next link) Transcend and Include - Center for Action and Contemplation "I was so much older then...I'm younger than that now..." My Back Pages | The Story Behind the Song - Dylanpedia (03:29) Other 76 Posts 76 Part I: More parts work than don't...Meditations on humor & philosophy 76 Part II: My Earthy Origins... 76 Part III: 76 TOMbones: Facing our Mortality...with Humor & Courage #music #humor #change #SamCooke #PlayingForChange #CSNY #CrosbyStillsNandAndYoung #DavidBowie #RichardRohr #CAC #CenterForActionAndContemplation #NealeDonaldWalsch #BobDylan #Gandhi #WayneDyer

4:00 PM ...Just finished my first round of self care… Morning centering prayer meditation Kundalini yoga Water miracle (shower) Breakfast with and courtesy of Eileen Feeding our backyard feathered friends Daily walk around town Daily visit to my friendly neighborhood baristas at Witches Brew Coffee House …and sitting down now - 5:15 PM - to receive all of my virtual birthday well-wishers. Some of the following musings and those in the other "76" series birthday posts have - like the delicious coffee & tea at Witches Brew - "bean" percolating for such a day as this...I'll "leave" it to you to take or leave what interests you. Oh! I see now how this post has way too many paths to fit into one sitting...or, even, one lifetime...So, I'll be creating several servings (i.e., posts)...See below... Today’s ”T” leaves messages with Yogi I always take some tea with Yogi during my Kundalini yoga practices... The "Yogi" brand was started by the guy that introduced Kundalini yoga to America: Yogi Bhajan. Speaking of tea... Leigh French-Smothers Brothers 20 Year Reunion Show-1988 (04:39) Goldie's mention of "appliances" surfaced this classic from the Neo-Laughphic period: King Tut - SNL (03:33) The King bemoans that he didn't realize how popular he would become. He should have had an Egyptian version of Yogurt - nwho coulda helped him and his de$cendant$ c#sh in on his fame... Spaceballs (6/11) Movie CLIP - Merchandising! Merchandising! (1987) HD (02:00) Sci-Fun: The science behind humor A closer look at the way our brains process humor - Stanford Medicine Midlife Mantra * "More parts work than don’t" 😘 * I'm planning for looooooongevity Helpful lessons learned: Self care is health care As I love myself...I love you (Leviticus...Mark...Galatians...) Listening to my life’s partner/helpmate companion guide Friendships are essential nutrients Spending time in nature Keeping the gratitude in my attitude These are a few of my favorite things: Waking up next to Eileen Current favorite instrument: Handpan (I'll be posting about it) That first sip of coffee....Ahhh... Gelato Our evening times enjoying movies together Spending time with old and new friends Walks in nature Getting kissed by a dog like my neighbor's Bella Enjoying the unwavering gaze of an infant Philosophy with a Twist of Humor: PhD...Piled Higher and Deeper... Occupation: Gladiator "Did you kill last week" "No" "Did you try to kill?" "Yeah" "Now listen. This is your last week of unemployment.Either you kill somebody next week or we're gonna have to change your status. You got it?" "Yeah" "OK.Sign here." "Next!" "Occupation?" "Stand up philosopher"... Listen in... Unemployment Insurance History Of The World (02:02) When you die at Caesar's Palace...You really die...The danger of dissing the Emperor... History Of The World, Part One(1981) - Comicus The Stand-Up Philosopher (03:22) Take out... 30+ Songs About Life’s Journey & Lessons Along the Way - Cake ...being the change... Judy Collins & Pete Seeger - Turn! Turn! Turn! (04:32) Other 76 Posts 76 Part II: My Earthy Origins... 76 Part III: 76 TOMbones: Facing our Mortality...with Humor & Courage 76 Part IV: Ch...ch...ch...Changes... #music #humor #YogiTea #YogiBhajan #WitchesBrewCoffeeHouse #SmothersBrothers #LeighFrench #Goldie ##KingTut #SteveMartin #MelBrooks #Spaceballs #HistoryOfTheWorld #philosophy #JudyCollins #PeteSeeger