Here and Now...What's Happening?

[I am B]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VrbkdFQJ_Xk

[Stephanie]

Posted by RunningDeer (here)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May it be blessed and fruitful in all the ways that are important to you.

With heart,
Paula

Beautiful footage of Sweden wilderness in winter. It’s 20 minutes and then the last 6 minutes include outtakes of how it was produced.

A Christmas Adventure in the North Of Sweden

• December 24, 2022
• Talasbuan
• A short film we made as a Yule gift for you all.
• This is (usually) is a vlog about our struggles and joys of living off the grid in the forests of Jämtland, Sweden.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=M2y7ofaqip8

Dearest Paula.... just beautiful!

Wishing each and everyone of you,
Heaven in your hearts,
Starlight in your souls
and
Miracles in your lives.

💖💖

[onawah]

Season's Greetings Avalon
And what a year it's been...

[norman]

On Christmas Day 1776, George Washington Crossed the Delaware.



Happy Christmas

[Bluegreen]

Holiday greetings to all!

[Stephanie]

Wishing each and everyone of you a wonderful New Year.
May your new year be filled with joy, loving, health and harmony.
Reflect on your blessings and appreciate the beauty that fills our lives.
Starlight blessings and loving joy.
💖🌟💖🌟💖

[Ernie Nemeth]

Happy New Year everyone!

And hold onto your hats because next year is going to be a humdinger!

[RunningDeer]

Shout outs to xxx & xxx.

Note: The names are omitted because the posts are from the ‘Members Only’ thread.

Posted by xxx (here)
This is for xxx. (And everyone else! )

1.88M YouTube views, just 5 minutes long. It's mandatory viewing for all of us, and you have to watch it through right to the end.

Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around The World

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM

Posted by xxx (here)
To our dear xxx, your in our hearts supporting you during during difficult times

The Hollies: He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=eUWZqbumaZo

Lyrics:

The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where, who knows where
But I'm strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
So on we go
His welfare is of my concern
No burden is he to bear
We'll get there
For I know
He would not encumber me
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
If I'm laden at all
I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart
Isn't filled with the gladness
Of love for one another
It's a long, long road
From which there is no return
While we're on the way to there
Why not share?
And the load
Doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
He's my brother
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

[Stephanie]

Beautiful, beautiful songs!
Thank you💖

[onawah]

"A Thousand Years of Longing"
A really lovely fantasy, though not at all a story for children.
Perfect roles for Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba

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"What would you wish for?"
DIRECTED BY: George Miller
WRITTEN BY: George Miller and Augusta Gore
BASED UPON: The short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A.S. Byatt
CAST: Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TWGvntl9itE

[meeradas]

Another one of the true (musical) originals has left the building: Jeff Beck

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qMryWoRRqUc

the full crossroads 2007 gig

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Q0p7yXoOVg

full "live at Ronnie Scott's" gig

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T6FZc8VzUYA

Rick's praising of JB's unique playing:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nV9bnaqqfq8

and finally, one of my fav JB tunes live

[meeradas]

why do I have the urge to post "Joe's Garage"?

[RunningDeer]

Next Level Construction Machines (9 min)

Innovative machines, tools and ingenious inventions.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qMNIbdXPT-0

[RunningDeer]

the people didn't see (2 min)

“…these steps they've sold us as progress never look to be quite what they seemed. And if you don't ask the questions in protest then your children will never know free.”

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RymIlSDfcFo

first you arrive with cameras installed
to protect both you and me in places
that we weren't that threatened and yet
people didn't see and what followed were

traffic restrictions to keep the roads
quiet and clean the mass didn't add up
and all the science but still the people
didn't see

and next came the 15-minute
neighborhoods to make our lives easier
decreed to some it seemed like
restrictions but still the people didn’t see

and then came the digital ID so
convenient easy and free your life in
one chip on a Mainframe and still the
people didn't see

the cars they sold were electric all
wired to the government PC and they
switched off the driving on Sundays and
still the people didn't see

and the banks moved their money to digital and
the government banned cash the next week
and the ability to fly was restricted
and still the people didn't see

they linked up your money and profile to
the ID on the government PC and
connected it to social media and still
the people didn't see

and then came a new cure a new virus safe
and effective and free they linked these Jabs to your
profile and connected the government PC

and when the people were locked in their
cities policed by their digital ID
unable to visit their loved ones now
finally the people can see

restrictive and tracked with no money to go further
a permit you'll need contained in your
digital City oh why did the people not see

these steps they've sold us as progress
never look to be quite what they seemed
and if you don't ask the questions in
protest then your children will never know free

[Inversion]

Posted by Inversion (here)
Since I quit drinking soda & coffee I drink a lot of tea. It got old heating water on the stove, and we purchased a Mueller 1.8L Ultra Kettle with speed boil tech for $24 USD. The thing is great and will boil water at its lowest fill line in three minutes then automatically shut off. It has blue LED lights, a base unit and has been marked down to $19 on Amazon. At night I'll empty it and leave the lid opened so the water on the inner walls can evaporate.

After using this glass interior tea pot, I noticed unusual staining on the inside bottom. There were gold-colored hexagons surrounded by black. We stopped using tap water and there's been no stains since. I couldn't find an appropriate water thread to put this post in.

[norman]

https://twitter.com/AllBiteNoBark88/...23547564281857

twitter.com/harry__faulkner/status/1618067203349438465

[meeradas]

the following might be posted already somewhere on here,
but the intention is to bring it to the attention of a "wider" audience...

reason being the deletion of the original project veritas video on youtube (plus a "strike" and more announced by youtube),

here's T.C.'s brilliant summary of what happened - and, just for the "fun" of it, I recommend watching it in full (about 8 mins),
before this gets deleted, too:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=t25GxQCHYgA

[onevoice]

We are spending a couple of weeks at a nephews house to care for their two cats while he and his wife were out of town. The two cats have quite different personalities; Watson is quite selfish, greedy and lazy. Watson was always seeking attention, many times he would roll over and expect a belly rub. After Watson finished eating his treat, he would wait for more treats. Max was more agile and athletic, being able to quickly climb to high spots. Max always left after one serving of a treat. Max would always only eat about 3/4 of his cat food serving. Watson would finish his, then go over and finish up what Max left. When we arrived, Watson and Max were both trim. As we nearing the end of our stay, Max's belly is noticeably round. I'm certain our nephew and his wife will be surprised at how Max has changed.

We have our own orange Tabby cat back at home that our daughter is caring for while we are away. This cat was rescued as a feral kitten by friend of our daughter's friend. When this cat was young, he was very attached to us. In the evenings he would always beg us to play with him. If my wife is surfing the internet, then he would jump on the desk and go behind the monitor and stick his paws out underneath the monitor. For about a year when he was a kitten, when he knew we were getting ready for the bed, he would jump on the bed waiting for me. After I laid down in the bed, he would lay between my legs below my knees. Currently he is a mature cat, so he is a bit aloof and independent. He is our alarm clock, meowing to wake us up to feed him breakfast and to let him out in the yard early in the morning. Similar to people, each cat we have had always had unique personalities.

There is a small wooded area behind the property and many deer would come by everyday. This place is in the suburb of Atlanta. So after a few days my wife suggested we get some deer feed and put it out for the deer. So I got 10 pounds of deer feed and put it out for the deer. The deer feed included dried corn kernels and various seeds. So while the deer was not around many birds would pick off the seeds and the few deer finished off the corn. So it was interesting to watch the animals in the back wooded area and to see flocks of deer thrive in the middle of an average size subdivision during our stay.

[Pam]

Posted by onevoice (here)
We are spending a couple of weeks at a nephews house to care for their two cats while he and his wife were out of town. The two cats have quite different personalities; Watson is quite selfish, greedy and lazy. Watson was always seeking attention, many times he would roll over and expect a belly rub. After Watson finished eating his treat, he would wait for more treats. Max was more agile and athletic, being able to quickly climb to high spots. Max always left after one serving of a treat. Max would always only eat about 3/4 of his cat food serving. Watson would finish his, then go over and finish up what Max left. When we arrived, Watson and Max were both trim. As we nearing the end of our stay, Max's belly is noticeably round. I'm certain our nephew and his wife will be surprised at how Max has changed.

We have our own orange Tabby cat back at home that our daughter is caring for while we are away. This cat was rescued as a feral kitten by friend of our daughter's friend. When this cat was young, he was very attached to us. In the evenings he would always beg us to play with him. If my wife is surfing the internet, then he would jump on the desk and go behind the monitor and stick his paws out underneath the monitor. For about a year when he was a kitten, when he knew we were getting ready for the bed, he would jump on the bed waiting for me. After I laid down in the bed, he would lay between my legs below my knees. Currently he is a mature cat, so he is a bit aloof and independent. He is our alarm clock, meowing to wake us up to feed him breakfast and to let him out in the yard early in the morning. Similar to people, each cat we have had always had unique personalities.

There is a small wooded area behind the property and many deer would come by everyday. This place is in the suburb of Atlanta. So after a few days my wife suggested we get some deer feed and put it out for the deer. So I got 10 pounds of deer feed and put it out for the deer. The deer feed included dried corn kernels and various seeds. So while the deer was not around many birds would pick off the seeds and the few deer finished off the corn. So it was interesting to watch the animals in the back wooded area and to see flocks of deer thrive in the middle of an average size subdivision during our stay.

onevoice. I so love your gentle stories of animals. This was the first year I bought deer feed. My dogs both passed away and all the sudden I was inundated with deer. Many of them lame. I had plenty of apples to share and read that they digested oats very well. I had 2 lame pregnant doe that moved onto the property so I started leaving apples, oats and some deer food. They stayed for quite a bit , but then they were gone. I hope they are ok. and I think about them often. I now have a boat load of oats but they store well and I will eat some and the rest will find their place back into the great mother. Everything is always becoming something else. Live is transformation. Sometimes I try too hard to make things stay the way they feel safe, but in the end it's all ok. Thank you for your story. I like little stories about life and the precious details that make life what it is. with love and respect, Pam

[RunningDeer]

Note: don't be put off by the poor choice of thumbnail used.

Ingenious Harvesting Machines That Are Next Level (9 min)

Prepare to get your mind blown by next-level life hacks, gnarly gadgets, innovative machines, and super satisfying tips on how to get jobs done in a skillful way. Not to mention amazing tools and ingenious inventions doing stuff that’s so visually appealing it’ll leave you in a trance. Learn creative DIY ideas so you’ll never have to call yourself a handyman again. Workers operating at another level with woodworking projects and construction jobs. It's all here so subscribe and prepare to be wildly amused.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=L6MFKnMTmxw