"The Summer Home, Summer Not" Travelogue Jam

[WIREMAN]

awesome oasis mark
& sometimes postin here is like
gettin cross all that water to
the otherside, must download dsl
must download dsl....must download dsl

[Doreen Peri]

even with dsl or cable
with T1, T2, or T3,
you can't get across
the river if a damn
dam's in the way

[mnaz]

A lifeline, thru the emptiness,
that's what this place was, thru the miles,
where I threw my words across the divide,
and they echoed back...
and the journey was sustained.

[Jenni Mansfield Peal]

Can I get a witness!

Went to sleep in Nevada dust,
woke up to a cool reflection,
the road within, and without,
equally as clear...

Hallelujah! Allons!

[WIREMAN]

but will i be able to
post some pics D?
lazy in august, why hurry anything????????

[Jenni Mansfield Peal]

Okay, so the photo of me is by Tom Peal.
Thanks for the great travel pics mnaz.

[WIREMAN]

could I order up an anasazi ruin or some red rocks at sedona mark?????????

[mnaz]

Never made it to Sedona,
lost my way in otherworld Utah,
lost among orange goblins,
and red rock insanity....

[WIREMAN]

that's the ticket
totally surreal environs
i could get lost for daze here..........

[Doreen Peri]

banners banners everywhere!

may i feature some of these photos at the top of the page?

[mnaz]

Yes.... by all means, Doreen..... use anything you see that you like.... I just wish I had my more recent photos in storage....

[Doreen Peri]

I asked my son. He said no.
S'ok.


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My clown face which depicts
a journey to the carnival is
not ready to show.
The clown has scared me so.
I am frightend of his face.

[Doreen Peri]

Thank you for sharing your journeys
and for allowing us to show your work, mnaz!
Beautiful!

[WIREMAN]

1 hour to jam..............heed the call
let the ball roll
get into the flow
this jam thang has
gotta grow
be sticky............"JAM!"

[Doreen Peri]

Wireman emailed me... asked me to post this Robert Service poem for him. I guess the server problems, slow access, must be frustrating! It is to me. Apologies to all. We will do some optimization after the jam is over.

Comfort

Say! You've struck a heap of trouble --
Bust in business, lost your wife;
No one cares a cent about you,
You don't care a cent for life;
Hard luck has of hope bereft you,
Health is failing, wish you'd die --
Why, you've still the sunshine left you
And the big, blue sky.

Sky so blue it makes you wonder
If it's heaven shining through;
Earth so smiling 'way out yonder,
Sun so bright it dazzles you;
Birds a-singing, flowers a-flinging
All their fragrance on the breeze;
Dancing shadows, green, still meadows --
Don't you mope, you've still got these.

These, and none can take them from you;
These, and none can weigh their worth.
What! you're tired and broke and beaten? --
Why, you're rich -- you've got the earth!
Yes, if you're a tramp in tatters,
While the blue sky bends above
You've got nearly all that matters --
You've got God, and God is love.

Robert W. Service