Peace In The Valley

Everyday the wife and I pull an affirmation card. It is from deck of cards with a word or saying on it. It might be "I am Strong" or simply "Think." It is our little start to the day with our coffee where we sit and plan out what we are doing. It gives us something to think on or sometimes something to aspire too during a busy day.

Today I pulled a card and it said "Peace." The perfect card for a Sunday afternoon.

I have been away from the Internet the past few weeks. I haven't been feeling well but more importantly I am just tired of the constant nonsense that Chip describes in his last post. The non stop idiocy of the uninformed. You get it at family barbecues. At the check out line. At the store. Everywhere. It is exhausting.

I am tired of fighting with ignorant people. So I am trying something different. I am meditating. Gardening. Cooking. Writing. Resting. Trying to find some peace.

I know I get riled up when I see a blog post about something like the NFL or the Deep State attacking the President. I might blow off some steam now and again. But I have decided that I have to be more dedicated in finding something. That something?

Peace.

KLEM FM

Not the Kingston Trio's best recording, I admit (and I'm a fan). But, it was the first recorded version of "Get Together"-- that great '60's anthem. The song sprang not from hippie times but rather from that special egg shell-fragile time period of American music between the death of Buddy Holly and the onslaught of the British: 1960-63.

Chet Powers (Dino Valenti) wrote the song in 1963 but he never got famous for it. The Youngbloods immortalized it for him:

Link in case the video doesn't play

Lyrics after the jump.

peace doves

The scene could be written by ZAZ where natural law is played for irony. Where are the doves expected to go, back to their own cote? Looking for a current vid of this I notice releases where the birds hangs on the window sill unwilling to fly off into danger. The kids grow up to be cynics.