tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:/blogs/king-of-hearts?p=31da6d Ramblin's2021-06-26T22:32:55-04:00David Wiseman -da6d falsetag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66745612021-06-30T23:25:49-04:002021-06-30T23:25:49-04:00Gone to the Dogs <p>da6d Music announces today’s guest Rambler, DeO’jie das Wunderhund. </p>
<p><br>da6d isn’t here today. He’s gone fishing. I knew something like this would happen. He’s not going to even write his final da6d Daily Ramblin’. He didn’t seem to want to do it, so he just left with his gear and left me here and left today's da6d Daily Ramblin' to me. How about a DeO’jie Daily Ramblin’, eh? </p>
<p>He told me to extend his apologies and to express his appreciation to everyone and anyone who read even one of his da6d Daily Ramblin’s over the past year. He seemed to enjoy writing them. I’d sure get lots of ear scratching while he would be thinking, sometimes even cuddles, and lots of late-night walks. </p>
<p>He’s an old sap. He’ll miss you, even though he won’t say so. </p>
<p>There are stacks of sticky notes on this desk. Maybe one has a haiku on it.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/26a4e9dd24edac170750e70673a1d0877c2d1e83/original/5941a89b-3af1-44da-86a4-9a31cd4176f5.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Fishing. Write the blog. </p>
<p>Tell them I’m sick or something. </p>
<p>And make it sound good. </p>
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<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>DeO'jie</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66741452021-06-29T16:41:36-04:002021-06-29T16:41:36-04:00Well Darn!<p>The Habitants scored! Later, there was a slo-mo close-up of Mikhail Sergachev of the Tampa Bay Lightning as the network faded out to a commercial. Anyone that could halfway read lips in slo-mo could see him say "Well, d@rn!" </p>
<p>No, that’s not what he said, but there was no mistaking what he really did say. I heard it with my own two eyes. He opted for the “very unhappy” response to his team’s situation. I’d suspect some video editor might have gotten in his own jab at the Tampa Bay Lightning. Bully for them.</p>
<p>Ooops! Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Montreal Canadiens (Habitants) 1. </p>
<p>I got to see a good hockey game. My team wasn’t playing. Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals Wednesday night.<br> </p>
<p>This is da6d Ramblin’ Number 365. That’s CCCLXV for my Roman friends. I’ve been Ramblin’ on just about everything I could think of since June 30 of last year, and here we are a year later. Thank you, Friends, for reading and following. </p>
<p>Tomorrow, I will publish the last of the da6d Daily Ramblin’s. I hope you’ve enjoyed them. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9d3f44dd3f5ea24fab67f9bc05ff4b4b9b8ef2f5/original/well-darn.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>My Daily Ramblin’s </p>
<p>Thought splatters on my keyboard </p>
<p>Haikus for a year </p>
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<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66733872021-06-28T21:45:47-04:002021-06-29T00:34:11-04:00Shoes in the Bed<p>Road Trip! Monday Morning </p>
<p>Okay, not quite a road trip, but maybe like a combination errand/day trip. Day trip! Hi-ho, the derry-o, a Ramblin' we will go.</p>
<p>I’m riding with a Friend to pick up a utility trailer near Rutherfordton, NC. It ought to be a pleasant trip. It’s been a while since our last endeavor, which nearly resulted in severe injury and death. I’m excited to see how this one turns out. </p>
<p>***Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals is tonight. This tonight, like today’s evening. I’m excited. Go Habs!*** </p>
<p>We now return to our irregularly unscheduled deprogramming. </p>
<p>Road Trip Monday Afternoon </p>
<p>Getting the trailer was a vortex of sequences. The seller says, “Oh, we just have to go down the road a bit, about 15 minutes, to get the title notarized.” Twenty-five minutes riding in the bed of a pick-up truck, one way. It’s NC and I am over 16 years of age. I am afforded the privilege of riding in the bed of a pick-up truck without a seatbelt. </p>
<p>Inside the vehicle, I could get a $25 ticket for not wearing a seatbelt. In the bed of a pick-up truck, it’s “Live Free Or Die” … or both, depending on your luck. </p>
<p>Okay, now we go back to get the trailer. That plan survives intact up until the moment of trying to fit a 1-7/8” trailer hitch on a 2” ball. Plot twist. Tractor Supply® is in the same strip mall that is supposedly 15 minutes away, but actually 25. We go back, but this time I’m driving. </p>
<p>That’s all. We got the trailer. I drove back through Lake Lure, Chimney Rock and Hendersonville. The highlight of the rest of the trip was a 5:30 pm lunch at Jack-in-the-Box®. It was a good day. I appreciate these more, lately. Once again, we have avoided serious injury or death.</p>
<p>I’ve already had one photograph in the past week showing places my shoes visit. Here’s another. BTW, game on. I’m watching. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/39ad127c48b5e3f4dcf364631b4098cd5162d06b/original/shoes-in-the-bed.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>Three people; two seats. </p>
<p>Who’s gonna ride in the back? </p>
<p>No shoes in the bed!</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66721482021-06-27T20:18:46-04:002021-06-27T20:18:46-04:00Hey, Yo!<p>Remember when the easiest part of yoyoing was the downward throw? That’s still the easy part. With a $3 yoyo, I can do rock the baby, walk the dog, and around -the world. That’s about it. When I was in High School, playing the guitar was much cooler. </p>
<p>A Duncan® Wind Runner is a moderately priced unresponsive trick yoyo. It is balanced, has ball bearings, and it spins like crazy. That’s what it does. It spins. See that wide gap between the two yos? Walk the dog and rock the baby are the only tricks I can do so far. With all this balance and spinning and ball bearings, getting the yoyo to wind back up is a trick all by itself. That’s the trick I’m learning, just getting the yoyo to wind itself back up. This involves a “bind.” Seriously, you can’t even wind the string by hand. It will just spin. </p>
<p>One easy bind is to make a loop in the string, then allow that loop to catch, or bind, the string inside the yoyo while the yoyo is spinning. Note to Self: Wait until the yoyo slows down. That’s a knuckle buster. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/758a29c49dd85344099a8aa7b5c6532d3d66c07d/original/99e148f1-a518-468e-96d8-a6498f3d3c68.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p>I’ll keep playing with this. Every time I bust my knuckles, I’ll go practice guitar. Playing the guitar is much cooler. </p>
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<p>Downward throw. Return. </p>
<p>Unresponsive yoyo trick. </p>
<p>Getting string to bind. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66716992021-06-26T22:32:55-04:002021-06-26T23:22:51-04:00The Toe Down <p>Nice view, eh? <u><a contents="The Toe Down Music Festival&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.thetoedown.com/">The Toe Down Music Festival</a></u><a contents="The Toe Down Music Festival&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.thetoedown.com/"><u> </u></a>Day 2. I’m sitting in the shade with a cool breeze, waiting on the first performer of the evening. <br> <br>The sound system is unbelievably clear. I’m parked/camped about 125 yards away from the stage. I can listen from here, write a da6d Daily Ramblin’, and breathe. </p>
<p>Breathe in the good, breathe out the bad. Repeat. </p>
<p>Some nights at home, I’ll go outside at sunset to look around. See what Luna has planned for the evening. Last night, I did this. Tonight I’ll do this again at The Toe Down Music Festival. </p>
<p>I took pictures last night, of course, but I’d believe anyone if they told me that I post too many moon rise pictures. So, this is my view as I sit and write and breathe. </p>
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<p>Breathe in Luna’s rise <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/730e1a1913c0cd9d025c3e405c1335a01dfd8da3/original/660f5c7e-8cb7-4664-81d0-a767d1954a73.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p>Inhale Sol’s reflected light</p>
<p>Exhale days dark end</p>
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<p>Peace, Y’all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66706512021-06-25T20:08:10-04:002021-06-26T11:34:33-04:00Rats!<p>Rat parents. Tough job. There are some things that only apply to rat parents and rat children. Other things are universal.</p>
<p>“Don’t eat that, it’s poison.” I imagine rat parents have to say that a lot.<br> </p>
<p>“Don’t go in there, you’ll get eaten by a snake.” This is not something to assume baby rats know. Some adult rats may have forgotten.</p>
<p>“Put on a hat, do you want to catch the plague?” That one is obvious, but you never know about rats.”</p>
<p>“Watch out for traps.” Everything is a trap, even for people. <br> </p>
<p>“Son, humans are looking for a rat’s ass to give. People that say they don’t give a rat’s ass only say that because they don’t have one to give. Hang on to yours.”</p>
<p>Good rat parenting takes a lot of effort. Another solution would be to procreate a lot and hope the smart ones don’t end up with their ass in a trap. </p>
<p>And stay away from laboratories!!!</p>
<p>The picture is stolen from the internet. It’s a nasty place. Stay away from there too! <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f1a7f52ad7857ed39e8376c1030180efb0662345/original/5aaa0616-da53-4433-8cc9-4f2ecc04a8f1.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
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<p>Rodent survival</p>
<p>Avoid laboratories </p>
<p>Traps, snakes, plagues, poisons. <br><br>!</p>
<p><br>Peace Y’all!</p>
<p>da6d<br> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66697402021-06-24T23:34:35-04:002021-06-24T23:34:35-04:00Lunatic <p>“I go out walking after midnight …” Patsy Cline (1932-1963). </p>
<p>If you want to sleep late in the morning, you gotta walk the dog late at night. That may never become the axiom by which lives are planned, but it’s part of my night. I enjoy the quiet of night. I see animals: cats, foxes, deer. I appreciate the honesty of nighttime shadows. </p>
<p>In front of every silver lining, there’s a cloud. I took this picture tonight as the full moon rose. The verse below came from my walk Monday night. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/85b30a0c03a07d8628b09c7833eddbaa00f59b8d/original/lunatic.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>Monnight, under moonlight, <br>Angels met me on my walk. <br>They touched me as they often do <br>Held me shivering in their midst. <br>There was wind, and then, <br>I bid the angels goodnight and came inside. </p>
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<p>Luna winks, welcomes. </p>
<p>Moon’s rise. Mesmerized, I sit </p>
<p>Waiting on her smile. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66683232021-06-23T19:51:58-04:002021-06-23T19:51:58-04:00Thank Y'all<p>I'm going to write seven more da6d Daily Ramblin's. After that, there will be one a week or so of da6d Midnight Ramblin's. Postings will be at midnight on Sunday nights, just to start the week off right and to finish mine. </p>
<p>Several times over the past year, my editor has talked me out of stopping da6d Daily Ramblin's. My editor has talked me out of looking at reports. The reason for that may be obvious. My editor has spared the use of excessive commas and other "superfluous" punctuation! (Sometimes.) </p>
<p>I'm sure that's been the toughest part of this endeavor. Editing, checking, proofing photographs, publishing, sharing, linking ... Janice Schilling has done all that.</p>
<p>Next Wednesday, when I publish the last da6d Daily Ramblin', it's just going to be the normal blah, blah, blah. No big goodbyes because I'm not going anywhere. I'll just be seen less frequently.</p>
<p>But between now and then ... thank you for reading. Thank you for your support.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/e041a90333d9fe655e3c0ff3b39fdcc29d6b6227/original/report-1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b1cae11d45c101e60d32df0a6656a27760820a2a/original/report-2.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
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<p>A year of Ramblin's </p>
<p>Success, in flying colors </p>
<p>Mostly shades of gray</p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66658372021-06-22T16:20:00-04:002021-06-22T16:20:06-04:00Saving the Good Stuff<p>I’m going to kill two stoned birds. That’s a sideways rendition of “killing two birds with one stone.” Literally, I’ve never even killed one bird with one stone. Figuratively, I have lots of stoned birds. </p>
<p>The first bird is the Altapass Orchard on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Spruce Pine, NC. The Altapass Orchard is a most remarkable place. Of course, there is an orchard and apples, but there’s also food, music, local arts and crafts, and more music. Which leads to the second bird. </p>
<p>Saturday, June 26th, from 2:30-4:30 pm, I’ll be sharing Blues, Folk, and Ballads; Truths and Lies on the Olin Hefner Pavilion at the Altapass Orchard. </p>
<p>Anytime during the season, Altapass Orchard has storytelling, nature programs, wagon rides, pick-your-own apples, ice cream, fudge. I may have used all the commas that I am allowed to use, but there is so much more at the Altapass Orchard. A family could spend the whole day there. I must mention birding and monarch butterflies. Yep. Plenty to do at the Altapass Orchard. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/612b8fc4a26c166565928b4d7bc6fb175ad3a8bd/original/img-2615-1.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>Altapass Orchard </p>
<p>Along the Blue Ridge Parkway </p>
<p>“Saving the Good Stuff” <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66652032021-06-21T12:19:23-04:002021-06-21T12:19:23-04:00Lady Byng<p>Marie Evelyn Moreton (1870-1949), also known as Lady Byng after her marriage to Colonel the Hon. Julian Byng (1862- 1935), Lord Byng, Governor General of Canada under King George V from 1921-1926. </p>
<p>Great people. I'd like to have met them. You see, The Lord Governor General of Canada, Julian Byng, convinced his wife, The Lady Evelyn Bing, to go to a hockey game. Ottawa Senators, a rowdy bunch, and The Lady Byng made it known that she had no use for ungentlemanly conduct in the game of ice hockey.</p>
<p>She was also heard to say in 1925, "If any NHL player that can get through a season without a fight and with the fewest penalty minutes, I'll give them my sterling silver bedroom commode and the candlestick I use to go by."</p>
<p>The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is presented each year to the National Hockey League "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability."</p>
<p>Former Carolina Hurricane player and general manager Ron Francis earned the Lady Byng Trophy three times. Ron is now the general manager of the expansion team, Seattle Kraken. </p>
<p>This year’s winner of the Lady Byng Trophy is Carolina Hurricane defenseman Jaccob Slavin. It is only the fourth time the trophy has been awarded to a defenseman. Jaccob had a total of only 2 penalty minutes during the 2020-2021 season for delay of game for accidentally hitting the puck over the glass and out-of-play. “…sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability." <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9ae160b53caa7533193f802801a410a2cfb6e92a/original/lady-byng.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winner for 2020-2021: Jaccob Slavin. </p>
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<p>Lady Byng Trophy </p>
<p>For gentlemanly conduct </p>
<p>Congratulations. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66650552021-06-20T15:24:02-04:002021-06-20T15:24:02-04:00Turn Up the TV<p>Happy Fathers’ Day, folks. My Mom came by to visit. Sister Chel sent a beautiful message. Kari made sourdough biscuits and sausage gravy. I’ll send a message or a meme to my Dad, and that will be about all of my celebration for the day. Enjoy your Father’s Day and be sure to remember your Father’s day. <br><br><br>Sometimes, it's easy enough to leave a small blank space and move directly to the next subject. Most times, I'll tie a couple of subjects together with a transitional paragraph. If you are reading this paragraph, it is my transition from Father's Day to "A Day in the Life."<br> </p>
<p>Kari is up and busy every morning hours before I’m usually awake. She’s asleep hours before I go to bed. Evenings we spend a few hours together, often talking over dinner or while cooking. Sometimes we just talk. </p>
<p>It’s just a couple of hours. We listen to whatever the other talks about. Kari is better at this than I am. First off, she talks about important stuff like OOAK Art Gallery and Chamber of Commerce activities and events. I talk about cat barf and ice hockey. We both listen. <br> </p>
<p>Hey, see that "aws" logo there on the ice? That only shows up for TV viewers. The advertisement is not painted on the ice. It is embedded in the broadcast picture. Players on the ice and people watching the game live can't see "aws" or "CLOROX" or any of the other advertisements that change throughout the game. Also, the logo isn't visible on replays and other camera angles. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b1cb87ed9f2beeadc388f4a8018fff8cfdbd0beb/original/e6a413ac-4400-4d6b-a007-79c56df49c66.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>“I will give you my </p>
<p>Undivided attention. </p>
<p>Turn up the TV.” </p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66645762021-06-19T20:56:29-04:002021-06-19T20:56:29-04:00$1 Million Summer Cash<p>It's Saturday. I've been at The 74th Annual NC Rhododendron Festival in Bakersville, NC, for the past two days. I had a performance Friday and I've been providing PA/sound support for the event.</p>
<p>The musical performers were excellent. The vendors were many and varied. There were also Rhododendron Queen contestants. That's the main focus of the event, but the festival, the music, and the warm and friendly atmosphere made it a wonderful event.</p>
<p>Next weekend I am attending an outdoor music festival. Music, camping, and Friends ... and Covid-19. Coronavirus is still as active as ever. Vaccinations are the main tool for fighting this virus. That's the extent of the opinion I want to proffer at this time. What I want to ramble on about is the lottery. </p>
<p>"What has the lottery got to do with Covid-19?" you may ask. Go ahead. I'll wait. </p>
<p>The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is offering <a contents='"Your Shot at $1 Million Summer Cash Drawing".' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/summervaxcash" target="_blank">"Your Shot at $1 Million Summer Cash Drawing".</a> There's the link. Get your vaccine and you are entered. I'm not making this up.<br><br>"These summer cash drawings add another reward to the many that come with getting a COVID-19 vaccination.” —Dr. Mandy Cohen, Secretary of NCDHHS.</p>
<p>So, here's this. The more people that get vaccinated in North Carolina, the lower the chances are of winning the $1 Million lottery. Bummer. But, the more people that get vaccinated in North Carolina, the better our fight against COVID-19. Do it.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/2e28e5f8d11ae692d184a294ff0ef013dfd84624/original/1-million-summer-cash.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>One million dollars</p>
<p>Summer Cash Drawing, win/win.</p>
<p>Get vaccinated.</p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66639932021-06-18T16:20:00-04:002021-06-23T12:20:56-04:00It's Here Somewhere<p>I got something in the mail today. It was nothing urgent, but something I did not want to ignore. I knew exactly where it was going: the WIDGAR file. I’ve got one right beside my spot at the kitchen table. This is the one Kari knows about. It is the decoy WIDGAR. So I have a “When I’m Damn Good And Ready” file and a decoy "When I’m Damn Good And Ready” file. </p>
<p>I know where stuff goes. </p>
<p>It goes in the “Where I Won’t Forget” file. OK, files. There are a lot of them, and believe me, it’s hard keeping track of all those “Where I Won’t Forget” files. They seem to be everywhere full of stuff I’ve forgotten about. </p>
<p><br>The picture is my index card index. Stuff I've forgotten about. Stuff I could do without. RBG codes?<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/55c0c6be1538640131d418c4863bf0eb0f9ad42d/original/its-here-somewhere.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>I’ll file it somewhere </p>
<p>When I’m Damn Good and Ready </p>
<p>Where I Won’t Forget</p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66623132021-06-17T16:20:00-04:002021-06-23T12:20:33-04:00988 <p>A year ago, I wrote the blog and haiku, King of Hearts. The picture was “The King of Hearts,” also called the “Suicide King” because of the sword through his head. “My leige, there are easier ways of doing things, but few so dramatic.” </p>
<p>There isn’t an easy transition from a blank computer screen to a subject this serious, but this is a subject that I am serious about. The above paragraph is an introduction and segue to the main subject of today’s da6d Daily Ramblin’.</p>
<p>The National Suicide Hotline number is 1-800-273-8255. Or text 74174. <br> </p>
<p>**THIS IS IMPORTANT** Beginning October 24, 2021, the 10-digit phone number must be completely dialed to reach the Crisis Hotline. </p>
<p>**THIS IS IMPORTANT ALSO** Beginning JULY 16th, 2022, dialing 988 will reach the Crisis Hotline. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Those two notes are worth repeating, so if you would please go back and read them again. </p>
<p>You may hopefully never need these numbers, but if you do or someone you know does, please have them available. </p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/3cddc2c66efba6ef926f9bc7ee1e6859c4e5a533/original/king-of-hearts.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p>Coming next July:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Help? Dial 988 </p>
<p>Suicide Crisis Hotline </p>
<p>24/7 </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66612992021-06-16T16:12:39-04:002021-06-16T16:12:39-04:00Answers<p>One small thing </p>
<p>And other small things </p>
<p>Got together and made </p>
<p>Today </p>
<p>A better day </p>
<p>If even </p>
<p>Just a little. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I went to the VA today for an appointment. Park, text “here,” then wait for instructions. Proceed to the building. Temperature taken. Questions asked and answered. “Do you have an appointment?” Yes. "Any sneezing, coughs, blah, blah blah ...?" No. "Are you waiting for results from a Covid-19 test?” No. “Do you know where you are going?” I put my hand on my chin and looked off into the distance.</p>
<p>An existential question. I thought about it for a while. I’m still thinking about it. Maybe I’ll think about it some more. Answers that I come up with are only going to apply to me, though. If I had the car warranty and the student loans taken care of, I could devote more time to answering, “Do you know where you are going?” </p>
<p>It’s been a good day. I appreciate good days more, lately. </p>
<p><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/cb09b5291fcaafc6dcf7a29c5ed0aa075be76d87/original/answers.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" />I am going to ... mow the lawn.<br> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>“Where are we going.” </p>
<p>Your answers, yours to follow, </p>
<p>My answers are mine. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66603042021-06-15T19:38:23-04:002021-06-15T19:42:01-04:00Red Eye, Please<p>Coffee, black. The way it was meant to be. Coffees have a flavor without cream or sugary flavored syrups. I’m not a coffee snob by any means. Often enough, I’ll have a splash of 2% milk to cool my coffee and a tbsp of sugar since I’ve already ruined a good cup o’ joe. </p>
<p>In one of my VA groups, one Army veteran referred to coffee as “lifer juice.” I hadn’t heard that term in years. Lifer juice. Hot and black, in a dirty cup, and measured by the yard. </p>
<p>I saw a bumper sticker that proclaimed, "Friends don’t let friends drink Starbucks®." I don’t care one way or the other. Learning to speak another language just to order a coffee is much. Almost too much. Grande (16oz), Venti (20oz), Trenta (31oz) … that’s just the sizes and there are just as many more. </p>
<p>I have enough trouble ordering "a shot-in-the-dark." Espresso shot, dark roasted coffee. Double, please. If that fails, "a red eye" is an alternative moniker. Sometimes that works. Don't forget to say please.</p>
<p>You don’t have to google <a contents="How to Order at Starbucks Like a Regular" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/how-to-order-at-starbucks/#:~:text=The%20Starbucks%20Drink%20Ordering%20Sequence%201%20Temperature.%20First%2C,5%20Customizations.%20...%206%20Type%20of%20drink.%20">How to Order at Starbucks Like a Regular</a>. I already did and here’s the link. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/badc4309dc86cf6c054e60196bd99e311712de0c/original/red-eye-please.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>One large coffee, please </p>
<p>“I’m sorry. We don’t have large.” </p>
<p>Do you have coffee? <br> </p>
<p>Gotta love Starbucks®, don’t you? “Do you have coffee? Put some of it in a really big cup with my name written on it, please.” Kindness helps. </p>
<p>Leave a comment with your favorite Starbucks® order. Please.<br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66590962021-06-14T14:35:13-04:002021-06-14T14:35:13-04:00Monday on Earth No. 3,380<p>Welcome to planet Earth. This is the place where eternal cosmic beings are sent to spend the fair part of a century in human bodies. With all of eternity behind us and even more eternity ahead, we spend a very short time as humans. We interact with other humans, other species and the environment. </p>
<p>We live. We die. We share our time here with others. Our vouchsafe reward coming based on how well we navigate this human existence. </p>
<p>Somewhere between this living and dying, there is endless opportunity to do anything imaginable. Make something beautiful. Do something to leave a positive impact. Raise children and teach them kindness. Have pets. Love. Love some more. </p>
<p>I mentioned the environment earlier. The Earth is keeping score. We are loosing. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/d3bbe5bce124e0c585fca70f5f653c64ce7b7c8f/original/monday-no-3380.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Live, thrive, enjoy life. </p>
<p>Leave the World a better place. </p>
<p>One Life, one Love. Peace</p>
<p><br>Photo of Green Mountain Valley and Roan Mountain by Janice Schilling.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66583252021-06-13T20:37:39-04:002021-06-13T20:37:39-04:00Dead People, U-Hauls, and Forrest Gump<p>It would not be unusual if you were wondering. .oO (What’s the da6d Daily Ramblin’ going to be about today?) I was just wondering the same thing. <br> </p>
<p>Someplace, somewhere, in a collection of some sort is the toilet seat that Elvis was sitting on when he died. It’s probably at Graceland somewhere in a private bathroom kept closed to the public. It’s just weird that such a thing exists. </p>
<p>Dead people, U-Hauls, and Forrest Gump. That’s what’s on my mind today. Elvis Presley and Nathan Bedford Forrest, both dead, but only one recently went on a road trip! (Not Elvis.) </p>
<p><a contents="Nathan Bedford Forrest" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest">Nathan Bedford Forrest</a> (Wikipedia) Confederate Army general, slave trader, and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (1821-1877). </p>
<p>Forrest Gump said everything he had to say about the subject. </p>
<p>“They'd all dress up in their robes and their bedsheets and act like a bunch of ghosts or spooks or something. They'd even put bedsheets on their horses and ride around. And anyway, that's how I got my name, Forrest Gump. Momma said that the Forrest part was to remind me that sometimes we all do things that, well, just don't make no sense.” </p>
<p><br>In recent news: The remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife were exhumed from Health Sciences Park, Memphis, TN, and moved to the National Confederate Museum in "I Don't Give a H_ck," Tennessee. A large equestrian statue above the gravesite had been removed in December of 2017.</p>
<p>“We’re going to need a bigger U-Haul.”<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/6766eb4ecaf3bbd14e1b6f5570d69d6457f38c61/original/459b9fc7-859d-42a3-b93c-c71bcecb1aa4.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Burial at sea,</p>
<p>Pet dead goldfish named Elvis</p>
<p>Flushed down the toilet.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66578732021-06-12T20:48:02-04:002021-06-12T23:46:12-04:00Didgeridoo<p>Circular Breathing. </p>
<p>Here’s a subject that I know absolutely nothing about. Just like most subjects, I’ll ramble a bit, move on to a haiku, and we’ll all end up knowing less than we did when we started. </p>
<p>The picture is of my extensive didgeridoo collection of two. Didgeridi? “Hey Siri, what is the plural of didgeridoo?” Didgeridoos, eh. </p>
<p>One is very different from the other. The small wooden one was a Christmas gift from Kari’s youngest. A travel didgeridoo. Kari must have made him mad over something. The other one is a more traditionally shaped and sounding instrument. I think it was made from PVC pipe. </p>
<p>This circular breathing technique is necessary to play the didgeridoo: breathe in through the nose, exhale through the mouth while making a continuous tone through the instrument. Doesn’t that sound so simple? </p>
<p>One exercise I've tried is spewing water through pursed lips while breathing in and out through my nose. I should have a lifeguard on duty next time I try that. Drowning while attempting this is possible, I’ve figured out. </p>
<p>I was outside on the porch practicing this technique. When I came inside, Kari noticed that my shirt and pants were wet. She said, “I’m glad you are doing that outside.” Ha, what does she know? The neighbors think Kari is married to a complete nutcase. <br> </p>
<p>It would be a good guess that no one reads my da6d Daily Ramblin’s to learn circular breathing or didgeridoo playing. It is also my guess that if you are reading this, you’ve had enough about circular breathing and playing the didgeridoo by now. How about just a wee bit more, eh? Seventeen syllables worth. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/ae5c6fd3eee2e5e88fc004ad472a204a0fcef301/original/didgeridoo-2.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Circular breathing </p>
<p>Didgeridoo exercise </p>
<p>Trying not to drown</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66560852021-06-11T18:51:22-04:002021-06-13T07:56:58-04:00Hold My Root Beer<p>Kari and I went trespassing tonight. She’ll claim that I was the instigator, but I told her no one would believe that. </p>
<p>The actual trespassing part might have been my idea, but the reason why was entirely hers. </p>
<p>There's a tiki lounge behind our back yard. The neighbor’s. Kari said that their umbrella looked like Cousin It, from The Addams Family. She was right.</p>
<p>Kari may also claim that I had my hat and sunglasses in hand and was screaming "Get your iPhone and hold my root beer, dear!” as I ran out the door. Don’t believe that either. </p>
<p>Kari and I met a decade ago. I recall that after an early date, I thanked her for adding color to my evening. She still does.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/216797ad9296653735a0ed5fe88055cd19b55369/original/cousin-it.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Cousins playing tag.</p>
<p>"Who's It?" It is. "Who is?" It!</p>
<p>"Is It always It?" </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all,</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p><br> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66555402021-06-10T14:32:42-04:002021-06-10T14:32:42-04:00Skittles<p>Fifty years from now, someone is going to look back and commemorate today with a huge event. It’ll probably be a birthday party or something, but to a small number of people, maybe a million or so, today will be a very special day. </p>
<p>Sometimes, mostly out of curiosity, I’ll wonder how many people are sharing space on this planet. 7.9 billion. I wish we’d all learn to clean up after ourselves. </p>
<p><br>My Doctor says I’m not getting enough sugar, corn syrup, or artificial dyes. The prescription includes large doses of Skittles® several times throughout the day. I made that up, but Kari is busy making sure my refills are up-to-date. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/dcedbeac492f4acae1866da14a2f5b132cba3ca9/original/2e5c645f-406d-4fc3-9370-47fa19e11cfd.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Artificial dyes, </p>
<p>Colors, flavors, and extracts. </p>
<p>Unicorn Droppings®</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66547672021-06-09T22:20:43-04:002021-06-09T22:20:43-04:00One Door Opens<p>Kari asks me, “Is it half-time yet?” It’s hockey. They play three periods, so I guess halfway through the second period is technically “half-time.” Kari knows that. She’s being funny. </p>
<p>It’s not a big surprise for the defending Stanley Cup Champions to win their way through the second round of the playoffs. It’s happened before; it has happened again. The Carolina Hurricanes begin their off-season. Yay, Tampa Bay Lightning. </p>
<p>I’ll pull for the Colorado Avalanche now. <br> </p>
<p>It’s my fault. I ordered the wrong door. It swings the wrong way. I’m not judging the door based on its orientation or the way it swings. It is just the wrong door for the hole that we have in the wall. A door that swings in and to the right is what we need. Lowe’s Home Improvement is who I need to convince. I want to exchange the door, that’s all. </p>
<p>On hold, hour two, horrible muzak. Your order has been escalated to senior management at the Weaverville store. Please contact us if you haven’t heard anything within the next 24 hours. <br> </p>
<p>This is da6d Daily Ramblin’ number 344. There are three more weeks’ worth coming one day at a time. Don’t miss them. Be sure to comment and share. If you have a favorite from the past year, let me know. I’ll revisit a few when I begin da6d Ramblin’s. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/4cc40febc51a223002b6c48c9c3aeafb44e26043/original/one-door-opens.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>When one door closes, </p>
<p>New doors open swinging wide, </p>
<p>Their own direction. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d (pronounced dä-ˈvēd )</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66533492021-06-08T20:31:42-04:002022-10-29T12:25:24-04:00June Awareness Month <p>NASA scientists have received a radio transmission from the far reaches of the galaxy. Interstellar communications from intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe. NASA is still trying to determine the exact origin of the message. There are no clues, and nothing in the message that reads “Nice Handbasket.” </p>
<p>What do aliens know that we don’t? I think aliens have planet Earth on some version of Nickelodeon™ TV. That’s serious. FOX Network, totally hilarious. </p>
<p><br>June: Pride Month, PTSD Awareness Month, National Tourette Awareness Month, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Awareness Month, Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, National Safety Month. I’ve missed a few, I’m sure. <a contents="Here’s more" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.healthline.com/health/directory-awareness-months#june">Here’s more</a> </p>
<p>June is not the only “Awareness Month.” There are eleven more months with lots of awarenesses. Soon, we start off July (July 2nd) with UFO Awareness Day. That date commemorates the UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico (1947). I wonder what the aliens were looking for, Mayberry? <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/98c2016e0eea2c939f11e5e8ccb8df2e8d06b7ca/original/june-awareness.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Unidentified </p>
<p>Flying weather balloon crash </p>
<p>Objects in Roswell</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66519972021-06-07T15:39:13-04:002021-06-08T06:27:39-04:00Necessary Tools<p>Gadget geek? Gear head? Kari has called me worse. This just another gadget, but one I can justify as being (almost) totally necessary. </p>
<p>This is an AC battery adapter for my Canon 80D (a.d.d.) camera. It provides continuous power during a shooting session. The camera is mounted for vertical photography in my stop motion studio. When my battery dies in the middle of a stop motion shooting session, changing the battery without moving the camera was impossible. BTW, the OEM adapter from Canon was terribly expensive. This one was under $30. </p>
<p>For each shoot, there are 15 frames per second. Nine hundred shots per minute. In the final view there can be several scenes going on at the same time. That’s a lot of shots, but now I won’t worry about the battery dying in the middle of a session. </p>
<p>I had a couple of other projects that interrupted my work on the stop motion video for “Bring the Rain.” I’m back on it now. Stick around, I’ll keep you updated. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/cfe8003b5717c5958665c1d3c07258b70fa8ca85/original/necessary-tools.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Necessary tools </p>
<p>Gear head gadget twenty-nine. </p>
<p>AC adapter <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66510402021-06-06T21:19:41-04:002021-06-06T21:19:41-04:00Yo, Yo!<p>Usually by the time I sit down to write, I have an idea what I’m going to write about. Otherwise, I sit at my computer, stare at the screen, then begin a conversation with myself. I’ll end up with a page or few typed. Free flow. If I get something comprehendible or a thought with a thread, I’ll work on that a bit. </p>
<p>Da6d Daily Ramblin’s have rambled through several hundred subjects in the past year. I haven’t written much about yo-yos. I am sure I’ve had at least one da6d Daily Ramblin’ about yo-yos, tho’. </p>
<p>I was at the Orlando Folk Festival a few years back. There was music (oh yeah) and crafts and people and festival food. The sun was shining, birds were singing, and I had a yo-yo. No big deal, just a yo-yo. Down, yo. Up, -yo. Down, yo. Up, -yo. Then it happened. I came face-to-face with a glaring example of our cultural shortcomings and the development of future generations. A young boy, seven, maybe eight years old, asked, “Mom, how does he do that?” </p>
<p>The young boy could have been five years old and on steroids, but I don’t think so. Laptops, video game consoles, cell phones, and the child was fascinated by a yo-yo. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/1d3141be9b83e9833b07682d386be73d058daa93/original/yo-yo.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Nothing up my sleeve. </p>
<p>“Yo. Yo Ma. How’s he do that?” </p>
<p>It must be magic. <br> </p>
<p>Orlando Magic? I hope not. I’m not a basketball fan at all. </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y’all. </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66507632021-06-05T22:23:36-04:002021-06-05T22:23:36-04:00NHL Playoffs<p>I’ve been asked, “Are You letting your beard grow?” I usually reply with, “My team is in the playoffs.” <a contents="Stanley Cup Playoff Beard" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playoff_beard" target="_blank">Stanley Cup Playoff Beard</a>. Did you read that? I wasn’t kidding. </p>
<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning, defending Stanley Cup Champions, leads the best-of-seven series. The Carolina Hurricanes are trailing 3-1 in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Game 5 is in Raleigh Tuesday. They are expected to make a full recovery. </p>
<p>I’m also pulling for the Colorado Avalanche. They had the best record of the COVID-19 shortened 56-game season. It’s possible that the Hurricanes could face the Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Finals. I’d like to see that. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/38711e7e110da7b7bdd27f594c8fa5b64a8b8da8/original/nhl-playoffs.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Tampa Bay Lightning </p>
<p>Carolina Hurricanes </p>
<p>Stanley Cup Playoffs <br> </p>
<p>Photo Credit: CBS Sports</p>
<p>Carolina would have to get seven wins; Colorado would need six wins finishing this series, with both winning their respective Conferences. Colorado is leading their series 2-1. Stay tuned. I’ll keep you updated. </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y’All </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66500752021-06-04T23:00:43-04:002021-06-04T23:00:43-04:00That's Strange <p>I don’t know how it happened or when it happened, but it happened. It seems strangers have achieved a level of complete perfection! Complete strangers. Perfect strangers. Have you ever met an imperfect stranger? An incomplete stranger? </p>
<p>A complete stranger could become a friend. Wouldn’t that be perfect? <br> </p>
<p>Another day’s worth of yesterdays accumulates. 21,555 yesterdays so far. That’s over 59 years' worth that I’ve been collecting. I’d like several thousand more to add to my collection. The only place to keep them is in my memory. It’s crowded. Even that seems to be slipping a bit. </p>
<p>I don’t remember all of them. In fact, I only remember portions of some. I believe a few of my yesterdays would be totally unrecognizable, but I appreciate each one of them.</p>
<p>The picture is part of a game I was playing. I usually play late at night, right before I post a da6d Daily Ramblin'. It's called "Things Within Three Feet Worth Photographing." How'd I do? <br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f62e8bf652cae13cc672076110bf285234b13be3/original/thats-strange.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p><br> </p>
<p>Perfect and complete </p>
<p>Strangers, like yesterdays, pass. </p>
<p>Never seen again. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66484752021-06-03T13:54:56-04:002021-06-03T13:54:56-04:00Can I Hear You Now?<p>There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don’t. </p>
<p>There are 2 kinds of business. Mine and not mine. There is less of the former than I think. <br> </p>
<p>Kari saw me in the kitchen one evening recently. “Ah!” She says. “You’ve been listening to music.” Isn’t it amazing how she does that? </p>
<p>I bought a pair of Audio-Technica® ATH-M50x headphones about five years ago. They sound great to me. I do have a lot of hearing loss. This set of closed headphones fits over my hearing aids. The foam pads are comfortable and seal out external sounds. The foam pads are disintegrating. </p>
<p>Kari noticed black foam pad residue around my ears and on the side of my face. She knows I have had headphones on. “Wash your head before you get in the bed,” she says. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a161775535da4fbe095c378b2ebe2b4314f22b75/original/can-i-hear-you-now.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ear pad residue </p>
<p>Audio-Technica® phone </p>
<p>Replacement ear pads <br> </p>
<p>Editor’s note: This is not a product endorsement. Audio-Technica® is not a corporate sponsor of da6d Music or da6d Daily Ramblin’. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66479412021-06-02T22:32:39-04:002021-06-02T22:32:39-04:00Recollections<p>Joel McKinney walked along roads. He walked along roads near his home and around. When he’d find a cut or steep bank on the edge of the road, Joel would search along the bank for saplings or young trees. </p>
<p>These were special saplings that he was searching for. Straight, growing upward, but the root shape was most important. Instead of branching out in all directions, the roots of these saplings growing on a steep rocky bank tended to grow down parallel with the slope of the bank. That made a nice curve at the base of the sapling. </p>
<p>Joel McKinney carved backscratchers. He’d sit for hours carving and sanding to make a backscratcher. Good ones. I’ve had mine twenty-some years. I had never known him to sell these anywhere. He simply gave them to his Friends. He made a lot. He had a lot of Friends. All this without being able to see. Joel had lost his vision to diabetes. </p>
<p>He went fishing with me. He went hunting and camping with me. I think about him often, even when my back doesn’t itch. </p>
<p>The picture is my back scratcher. If you hand someone a backscratcher, they will immediately find a place that itches. </p>
<p>I often tell people, “I don’t know what kind of wood it is, but it sure smells funny.” Then, as they are smelling the wood, I’ll add how effective it is at scratching hemorrhoids. No one has stolen my backscratcher. It has been thrown at me a few times.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/ebee4f34aa06560e4566081c5f57d41378c07a02/original/recollections.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Fond recollections. </p>
<p>Memories of Friends live on</p>
<p>Beyond their lifetimes . </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66464452021-06-01T17:29:24-04:002021-06-02T09:33:01-04:00Mirror, Mirror<p>Taking a picture of a camera just seems odd. It seems kind of unnatural. Having a camera taking a picture of itself, taking a picture of itself is impossible without a mirror, and then the picture is backwards. Digitally reversing the backwards image is an option. That might be the only way to do this. I’m going to give it a try. </p>
<p>I took a picture of my Canon 80D (I call it my A.D.D. camera.) with the Canon 80D in front of the bathroom mirror. There’s a green board hanging from the towel bar for the background. Then I reversed the image. I used chromakey to get rid of the green board. I used the same camera to take a picture of Kari’s beautiful petunias. </p>
<p>I’m sure there was a point to that, but I don’t remember what it was. Maybe it was just a practice shot to tweak my software a bit. Everything in the picture was taken by the camera in the picture. I was hoping that would have created a time warp or something. I'll keep trying. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/d98151e6b548cfe5ee45b5c80092266fafbf5421/original/snapshot-2.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>Self Selfie <br> </p>
<p>Mirror Images </p>
<p>Images in the mirror </p>
<p>Images mirrored<br> </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66447092021-05-31T19:54:04-04:002021-05-31T19:54:04-04:00Don't Bug Me<p>I am not an entomologist. That’s a big word for bug studier. I looked it up. </p>
<p>I am not an etymologist either. That’s a big word for word studier; I looked it up. That still doesn’t make me one. I looked that up too. </p>
<p>I had to think about this for a while. </p>
<p>I made a word association so I could remember the difference. This is because everything that I learned in 5th Grade Latin class has left the building. I must look it up. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a94fa01f6116a333805f0c031fed2ef9bf4877ac/original/dont-bug-me.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Word uses, bug me. </p>
<p>Bug uses, worry me too </p>
<p>Ants with antenna <br> </p>
<p>Now I’m doubly sure I’ll remember the association. I’m writing this da6d Daily Ramblin’ about it.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66442852021-05-30T22:32:31-04:002021-05-30T22:32:31-04:00Closed Captioned<p>Last night, I was watching a live sporting event. The voice on the TV said, “Closed captioning is brought to you by Flex Seal® and the Flex Seal® family of products.” </p>
<p>That announcement was not closed captioned. The commercial for Flex Seal® and the Flex Seal® family of products was not closed captioned. That's not an effective marketing plan.</p>
<p>Most television I watch with closed captioning. Otherwise, I miss a lot of what’s being said. NHL games are impossible to close caption, but they try very hard. Lots of dialogue is omitted, misspelled, and lags way behind what’s happening at the time. And it covers a portion of the screen, most often where the puck is. I usually watch hockey games with the closed captioning off. Tonight, I had it on for some reason. </p>
<p>Flex Seal® makes products that create a waterproof seal on just about any surface in any condition. I’ve never needed such, but I’m sure it could come in handy. </p>
<p>I do use Flex-Seal® head cement. Looking at the spelling, one without and the other with a hyphen, I don’t think they’re in the same family of products. They may not be related at all. </p>
<p>Head cement is probably not what you’re thinking unless you studied the picture and have seen what I am talking about. Head cement is the glue that fly tyers use to secure a whip finish head on a tied fishing fly. Currently, I’ve only found one source for my preferred product (pictured). The world has moved on to high-tech, UV light-cured epoxies and other stuff. I seem to be stuck with Flex-Seal®. </p>
<p>I’ve mentioned hockey without talking about hockey. I’ve mentioned fly tying without getting into the subject of fly tying. Music and stop motion photography are also reoccurring subjects that I’m not going to talk about today. Maybe that’s all I want to talk about, closed captioning and head cement. I’ll see what my editor says. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/884a9e1cab4eaff402b6dafd7004185c07752d3f/original/closed-captioned.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Flex-Seal® Head Cement </p>
<p>Third cousin, big family </p>
<p>Maybe adopted </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66436482021-05-29T21:15:58-04:002021-05-31T10:42:59-04:00Geezerdom <p>The backyard stage/deck at OOAK had an official Ribbon Cutting today with the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce. We also had a Jam. There was jam cake and red velvet cake from Maples. Micaville Music had t-shirts for the construction crew. It was a grand Official Opening of the backyard deck at OOAK. Thank you, Kari.</p>
<p>After all that, there was still cake left over, so somebody thought maybe having a birthday party might be nice. Good idea. Since I was born on this day 59 years ago, I volunteered. My Mom brought sweet potato casserole and balloons, Thank you, Mom.</p>
<p>This is my first time being 59 years old; my last practice year before turning 60. <br> </p>
<p>I may need to take some time and develop a “grouchy mean” attitude. I think that might suit me. I’ve been practicing. Here’s this. “Hey, you pesky kids, get off of my lawn!” {{fist shake}} How’s that? </p>
<p>What do old men do? I must find out quickly and get busy. I am closer to old than I’ve ever been. I may claim to be “59” for several more years if I can’t figure out “geezerdom.” </p>
<p>I might start counting birthdays backwards next year. By the time I get to zero, I'll probably be dead.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Old and Crotchety <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/c008487f5ea3d067e1e62d4d0263d7c9a11f5a34/original/imports-1-of-1.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p>“Pesky kids, get off my lawn!” </p>
<p>“Turn that music down.” </p>
<p> </p>
<p>That last line just didn’t feel right. D’ya know what I mean? </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66425522021-05-28T20:35:12-04:002021-05-28T20:35:12-04:00Journey No. Sixty<p>Today’s subject is not random. There will only be one day on which I complete Solar Circumnavigation Number Fifty-nine. That day is today. By tomorrow this time, I’ll be nearly a day into Solar Circumnavigation Number Sixty at 584,088,918 mph with seven and a half billion people while spinning at 1,037 mph. </p>
<p>All this is done with seemingly very little effort on my part. So far, though, I seem to be very good at it. Walking and chewing gum while doing all this revolving and orbiting requires a lot of skill, effort, and years of practice. I have spent years developing these skills. </p>
<p>I can chew gum and walk. I can blow a bubble, almost, but only if I’m standing still. Years of dedicated practice. Twenty-one thousand, five-hundred and fifty days. It took the first year or so just learning to take my first steps, so I’ve been told. </p>
<p>I took this picture this morning while standing on a cloud outside my window. (Shutterstock)<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/02920a0b413fe2d069ff4afe3be0d047a1d1e33f/original/journey-sixty.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Orbiting the Sun </p>
<p>Fifty-nine times, chewing gum </p>
<p>Travelling through space. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all, </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66421432021-05-27T16:20:00-04:002021-05-31T10:43:47-04:00Thank You, Friends<p>What a night. Rain shortened tonight’s gig at the OOAK backyard. The event was a Songwriter’s Round. I was playing with two Friends and songwriters, Smokey Joe Peoples and Pete McWhirter. I had the best seat in the house. We had done this before. I will hope to perform with these two again. Soon. </p>
<p>Rain shortened the evening. I’d mentioned that earlier. That was the only bummer of the evening, but I want to tell you something. </p>
<p>There are half a dozen reasons why there isn’t a door from the backyard stage to the inside of the gallery annex yet. It’ll happen, but currently there is a window. The window is where the gear gets passed between the stage and the inside of the gallery annex. </p>
<p>At the onset of rain, I covered some of the equipment to keep it dry. Smokey Joe Peoples carried right on with his song while Pete McWhirter covered equipment on the other side of the stage. I love these people. </p>
<p>The rain won. That was the last song of the evening. </p>
<p>The first person who asked me if I needed help with the gear was answered with, “I need someone inside that window to play catch.” They got someone inside that window to play catch. Y’all know my dearest one who lets us play in the backyard at OOAK. Kari Weaver toted or dragged everything we handed through the window. She does things like that without wearing a cape and leotards. I love this person. </p>
<p>I heard, “What can I do?” and “How can I help?” from several directions. Many directions. There were as many people helping on the deck as there was room for, with probably more waiting to help. Have I mentioned that I love you people? </p>
<p>This picture is DeO’jie in her temporary evening nap spot. Sometimes, she looks at me like I’m going to give her all the goodies in the box. She doesn’t believe me when I tell her no. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/2502a91a7301957070d091f4617ed5ced2f67586/original/deojie-friends.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Man’s best friend won’t help. </p>
<p>Carry a PA system? </p>
<p>Not that kind of friend</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all and Thank You</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66410482021-05-26T22:14:55-04:002021-05-26T22:14:55-04:00Make Art and Be Kind<p>Life is good at keeping secrets. Thousands upon thousands of years and we still haven’t figured it out. Make some money, propagate, then die. In the meantime, let's make art and be kind to each other. <br> </p>
<p>For BobFest last year, I created a video of “Subterranean Homesick Blues” with several elements of stop motion photography. My second endeavor was a video for a song from my CD, <em>I Ain’t Stayin’</em>, available on this website. That video,“Shadow’s Puppet” was released in October 2020. </p>
<p>Since then, I have been working off and on (mostly off) on another video for “Bring the Rain” from the same CD. I’ll be getting back to work on that right soon now that a couple of big projects are out of the way. Updates on my progress will be coming soon!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/6d0c16ce89de721f0f8211e55ddb9749e31f6a94/original/make-art-and-be-kind.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p><a contents="I Ain’t Stayin’" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1328746/i-ain-t-stayin-2020" target="_blank">I Ain’t Stayin’</a> CD </p>
<p><a contents="Shadow’s Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow’s Puppet</a> Video </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Life's secrets hidden </p>
<p>Behind mystery and truth </p>
<p>Quietly waiting</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all, </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66399572021-05-25T21:45:35-04:002021-05-25T21:45:35-04:00Solitaire’ Phool<p>It’s a Tuesday night somewhere on a creek bank in WNC. This is how day two of excluded seclusion or secluded exclusion ends. </p>
<p>Fishing was sparse … I’ll rephrase that. Fishing was done aplenty; catching was sparse this morning. The late afternoon, early evening catchings improved considerably. </p>
<p>Tomorrow, I’ll conduct a remedial class in “Not Taking Flies From Strange Fishers.” They’re learning, but slowly. </p>
<p>Obviously, I’m on a camping trip, but I’d like to bet nobody cares about what I had for dinner. So no pictures of that. No hero pose with a suffocating trout either.</p>
<p>At night, I write. I write and I think. I’ve tried doing both at the same time, but I failed miserably. It’s like trying to walk and chew gum at the same time. Some people can just do it, I guess. I’ve tried.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Evening solitude. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/8acad39658453dd4e2da0973dcd54d3d4e4f1214/original/c95900cc-8a0a-4bdc-b2a1-4125016ad8d1.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p>Elusive illustrations</p>
<p>In Solitaire’s hand. </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66391182021-05-24T21:13:31-04:002021-05-24T21:15:06-04:00Fried Spaghetti <p>Fried spaghetti. I don’t take a boiling pot with me camping. I have a medium size skillet and a big size coffee pot. That should take care of almost anything I’ll be cooking, including fried spaghetti. </p>
<p>Kari has gotten rid of me for a couple of days. I’ve found a quiet creek bank to camp beside. Intensive Creek Bank Therapy. I’ve been educating fish all day. I’ll do a bit more as part of this therapy program. It seems to be progressing well. </p>
<p>In some of the still pools of water I saw frogs. Frogs in various stages of development. They have an interesting lifecycle. Egg, tadpole, pollywog, then frog. After all that, your legs are $12.99 a pound when in season. </p>
<p>It’s almost dark here. I have a campfire. Tonight will be a good night. Tomorrow for breakfast, fried oatmeal. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Tadpoles, pollywogs, <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/edadf7c9b40d21eac944252f48fc77d31405badc/original/ca3155dd-9a69-48df-9e2c-84fd268cd729.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p>Frog legs fried $12.99.</p>
<p>They taste like chicken. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all, </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66383442021-05-23T16:20:00-04:002021-05-28T00:46:25-04:00Night Shadows <p>I took a short walk tonight like I always do. I love walking at night. The near-full moon stirred my imagination.<br> </p>
<p>The shadows played beautifully together. They’re clearer, more honest than daylight shadows with light reflecting from different surfaces. </p>
<p>That’s what I think about when I take a walk to think about what I’m going to write about tonight. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Darkness calmed. Moon light </p>
<p>On, Spring grass through leaves dancing <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/d64ff65bd0f74582701cb62b22ccd7ec27ec4dc6/original/6b3cea2c-242f-42ad-8f37-66065ba5e012.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p>Cast darting shadows. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all, </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66376022021-05-22T21:53:03-04:002021-05-22T21:53:03-04:00da6d Ramblin's: Coming Soon!<p>If you are just now joining us, where’ve you been? I’ve been missing you.</p>
<p>This is blog No. 331. I started almost a year ago with a commitment to write a haiku a day for a year. There were a few scattered about before June 30th, 2020, but that’s when I endeavored to write a da6d Daily Ramblin’ each day for a year. </p>
<p>They started out with just a short narrative about the picture or the haiku. Somehow, the narrative and the stories grew to be more of a feature than the haiku. I hope you’ve enjoyed these Daily Ramblin’s. There are a few more left. </p>
<p>I’m not quitting. I’ll still write but not with the same regularity or frequency. Thirty-nine more da6d Daily Ramblin’s, then I’ll have to change the name to da6d Weekly Ramblin’s or maybe just da6d Ramblin’s. Hey, I like that one. It doesn’t commit me to a timetable. </p>
<p>Yeah, good plan. Commencing July 1st, da6d Daily Ramblin’s will become da6d Ramblin’s. But, until then, I’ll keep on doing what I’m doing, writing da6d Daily Ramblin’s. Invite a friend to join us. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/82bef2b6a3a25b79e02a9cac324ba2b26554c1b4/original/da6d-ramblins-coming-soon.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p>Today's picture? Just flowers in the garden.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ramblin’s by the score </p>
<p>Whimsical daily haiku </p>
<p>Off the wall pictures </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66370262021-05-21T21:24:11-04:002021-05-21T21:24:11-04:00Redwings® (Not the Hockey Team)<p>Has anybody seen my boots? </p>
<p>Three or so years ago, I bought a pair of boots. Quality boots, according to the price. Within seven months, the soles were worn smooth. The factory wished me luck in getting them resoled by my local cobbler. </p>
<p>Uncle Sam told me to alternate days wearing a pair of boots. They issued every G.I. two pairs of combat boots. That mindset continued. By the time the soles were wearing smooth on the first pair of quality boots, I had three months wear left on a second pair of the same brand in black. </p>
<p>The first pair of x-brand boots received new soles and are doing great. The second pair are due for new soles, but I haven’t yet. Doesn’t matter, I’ll not buy any more x-brand boots. The cost of the first pair, plus having them resoled, was about the same as a pair of Redwing® boots. I bought a pair of Redwing® boots about two years ago. They’re tough and still holding up well. </p>
<p>I’ll wear these a long time. There are places to go and things to see. “Think of all the poetry and the picking down the line.” – Townes Van Zandt, “To Live Is To Fly.” </p>
<p>Wouldn’t it be grand to say, “Please welcome our newest sponsor, blah, blah, Redwing® boots”? Nah, not today. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/913611b2d7b1f418ab8b364c4140104ef3779f62/original/5d5a62f7-ada9-43ff-8bc3-dbc02c8e6085.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Four feet down, two feet. </p>
<p>Redwings® Have sole; will travel. </p>
<p>Industrial strength. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66360302021-05-20T16:20:00-04:002021-05-28T00:47:04-04:00BobFest 2021<p>What a roller coaster life is, eh? Tonight was a beautiful night. I hope for many years to remember The 2021, 8th Annual BobFest, Back Yard Stage Big-Time Inauguration Whoop-De-Do! </p>
<p>There were people. Listening to music. Happy people. Coming together to celebrate Bob Dylan’s many birthdays (eighty) and his music, and to celebrate the Deck That Community Built. It was beautiful. </p>
<p>It will be, for a long time. </p>
<p>I got home tonight just a bit after ten o’clock. The idea for tonight’s da6d Daily Ramblin’ kindly asked all the other ideas in my head to take the night off. I had a blog to write and only one thing to write about. (Photo credit: Janice Schilling)<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/3244f4145381f5081fddd82ce00ade201b51c4e5/original/bobfest-2021.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Blogs about having </p>
<p>LIVE Music in the Back Yard </p>
<p>Of OOAK <br> </p>
<p>Gee, that was easy enough.<br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66349312021-05-19T22:01:30-04:002021-05-19T22:01:30-04:00Looking Up<p>Kari says, “Aww, look. A dead bird.” I didn’t see a dead bird. I’m getting old in my dumb age, but things are looking up. </p>
<p>Tomorrow evening, the 8th Annual BobFest will be the first performance outback on the stage that Community built. The deck construction is done, but there is plenty more to do. I have no idea what’s next, but there are several items on the list. </p>
<p>Electricians have wiring to do. The back yard needs a final grading and reseeding with grass, and the driveway needs more gravel and grading. An entrance/exit door is needed at the rear of OOAK Gallery to the deck, Let us leave that to the professionals, eh? There’s more to do, and as our budget allows, we’ll get to it. <br> </p>
<p>When I say that things are looking up, don’t fall for Kari’s dead bird prank. She is the trickster, eh? <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/d1e7051a5a3445c6dd4ac819b5adb1b7c44792cd/original/looking-up.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>First quarter moon shines </p>
<p>Brightly above. Luna’s light,</p>
<p>Sunlight reflected. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66340012021-05-18T22:14:45-04:002021-05-18T22:14:45-04:00Creek Bank Therapy Session<p>Construction Junction Update: Toe kicks and handrails, that's what I’ve been doing today. That was what the building inspector said needed to be done. That’s done. I’m looking forward to outdoor events on the stage that Community built. </p>
<p>This has been an interesting project, but I’m glad to be finished. There is often a feeling of relief once a project like this is done. I’m feeling it. I thought we were done yesterday. Today, I think we’re really done. </p>
<p>It’s just past 9:00 pm, and so far, tomorrow almost resembles a day off. I have a couple of rehearsals, but that’s it, I hope. Hiding, somewhere on a creek bank, sounds like the best idea I’ve heard lately. I’m going “catching.” That’s a lot like fishing. I’m sure you understand the difference. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/5cce0bd79aa891b24054470b2a69e654214516cd/original/creek-bank-therapy-session.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>A.M. appointment </p>
<p>Creek bank therapy session </p>
<p>Trout, rainbow and brown. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66329762021-05-17T21:52:15-04:002021-05-18T12:42:46-04:00Outback Air Guitar<p>Air Guitar with a carpenter’s square. My t-square was at home in a humidity-controlled case. This was probably not the most original idea, but that’s what I had at the time. </p>
<p>Today, I finished the handrails on the steps, leveled the ground around the steps and cleaned up a bit. Tuesday, I’m expecting a visit from the building inspector. We’re also expecting the electrician soon. Really soon, I hope. </p>
<p>Thursday, May 20, will be the first official event on the outback yard deck. Micaville Music will host the <a contents="8th Annual BobFest" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/395630315316084/?ref=newsfeed" target="_blank">8th Annual BobFest</a>. Ron Greene has also organized past BobFest events and this year’s BobFest has a big group of performers with a great selection of songs. We’re gonna break this thing in right! </p>
<p>There’s still lots to be done, like wiring, staining, and a doorway/entrance to the building. The <a contents="Kokopelli’s Daughters’ gofundme" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://gofund.me/3e4b4291" target="_blank">Kokopelli’s Daughters’ GoFundMe</a> is still active and Your support would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. </p>
<p>Kari told me she wanted to take some pictures for a slideshow. She asked, “Do you have a guitar here?” She took pictures and made a wonderful slideshow. Me, I just do the best I can with what I’ve got. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/31b84ce32adfcd7b79d4804d98f8a0e1d8fde46b/original/outback-air-guitar.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p><a contents="OOAK Art Gallery Slideshow" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.ooakartgallery.com/">OOAK Art Gallery Slideshow</a></p>
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<p>T-square air guitar </p>
<p>Rockin’ out the outback yard </p>
<p>Come sit for a spell </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66315492021-05-16T21:39:48-04:002021-05-16T21:39:48-04:00I Haven't Yet<p>Kari and I were riding back home last night after tending to a chore. Kari asked, “What would you like for dinner?” That’s a serious question. That’s all it is. What I hear is her saying, “I’m cooking. What do you want?” I’m going to stop that. I haven’t yet, but I’m going to. </p>
<p>I replied, “Pizza.” Kari makes the best sourdough crust pizza. She told me that she’d have to go to the store. We might be out of mozzarella cheese. She hadn’t seen my da6d Daily Ramblin’ from Friday night <a contents="Where’s the Cheese" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/the-cheese" target="_blank">Where’s the Cheese</a>. </p>
<p>I said, “Dear, we have mozzarella cheese and I have pictures to prove it.” I need to learn to shut up. I haven’t yet, but I’m going to. </p>
<p>I love these da6d Daily Ramblin’s. The past “almost year” has been fun and challenging. (I may get three more uses out of that cliché, then I’ll have to find another one.) </p>
<p>I appreciate the welcoming into your life over the past year. I hope that I have utilized the space provided well. The space provided being your time and your interest. Thank You. </p>
<p>Sometimes I will have a haiku written before I write the blog story. Sometimes not. Tonight, not. So I suppose I will go write a haiku. I haven’t yet, but I’m going to.</p>
<p>There was something else I was supposed to do. What was it?<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f63185ae81b8f13505cff530a7ce12c9d5e092c5/original/i-havent-yet.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>No, I haven't yet,</p>
<p>But I'm going to, really.</p>
<p>What's next on my list?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66314702021-05-15T22:15:28-04:002021-05-15T22:15:28-04:00Sharing My Fortune<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f5e7698bd2af8521cd7225f11922acd54774d42c/original/my-fortune.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" />I have Skittles® and I have a plan! Here is the plan. I’ll eat the yellow and green ones first. It will be like chewing Sprite®. Okay, maybe not. The green ones are green apple, not lime. <br> </p>
<p>Good fortune came my way today. Kari brought Chinese dinner from Little Tokyo. Odd. Tokyo is in Japan. Maybe there is a little one in China somewhere. What do I know? </p>
<p>Kari and I ordered enough for dinner tonight, then leftovers for lunch or dinner tomorrow. Little Tokyo must have thought we were ordering for four people. We ended up with four fortune cookies. </p>
<p>I want to share my fortune with you! There's no point in keeping it to myself. The first one says “Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, Be!” The other says “A smile is nearly always inspired by another smile.” I like these. I’m happy to share my fortune with you. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Sharing my fortune, </p>
<p>“Smile and Be.” Simple enough. </p>
<p>Haiku Tokyo</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66309522021-05-14T16:20:00-04:002021-05-28T00:47:44-04:00Where's the Cheese?<p>Hey Friends, I hope you and yours are well. I’ll pray we all stay that way. </p>
<p>This afternoon, the Governor of North Carolina lifted the mask mandate for persons fully vaccinated. There’s more to it than that, but that was the main point. </p>
<p>Tonight was a different kind of evening. I performed at a local venue, indoors. Even though we were almost trying to act like things were normal again, things are not normal. It’s awkward for me. There was a wonderful group of Friends, some I haven’t seen since early in this pandemic. We’ve kept in touch, but seeing each other after such a while seemed awkward. </p>
<p>This feeling will probably pass soon enough. It will. </p>
<p>I don’t think we are finished with this pandemic. We are right here in the middle of it. Let’s hope that what we’re doing is right. </p>
<p>I’ve never given much thought about whether lab rats have feelings, until now. I've Got that Lab Rat Feeling. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b9422008717d1671c22e4afad58b2e86f0c094fe/original/wheres-the-cheese.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Rats follow the maze. </p>
<p>Always follow the rat maze. </p>
<p>The cheese. Where's the cheese?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I really meant that part about hoping that Y'all stay well. Do it for each other.</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66298422021-05-13T20:46:22-04:002021-05-13T21:10:13-04:00Office Moving<p>When I have a gig somewhere, I’ll often set up my gear, then post a picture of the stage area and make some comment about this being my “office” for the evening. </p>
<p>This picture is my “home office” in the corner of my studio room. It’s rehearsal. </p>
<p>A bit over a year ago, I released my CD “I Ain’t Stayin’” on April 1, April Fool’s Day. Go ahead and make whatever comment you’d like about who the fool was. That’s done. Now I'm looking forward. </p>
<p>I’m performing the songs that have sat on the shelf for a year. They're still Hot 'n' Fresh and delivery is FREE! A song isn’t finished until it is shared. I plan on doing a lot of sharing. </p>
<p>I’m temporally moving my office. Tomorrow evening, Friday, May 14, my office will be 114 East Main Street, Burnsville, NC 28714. A Gathering of Friends and Fiends will be taking place at Laura’s Pizza and Trattoria. Join me for an “Evening of Blues, Folk, and Ballads; Truths and Lies.” <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/d7e54cc9300ed52c5856484a43e9a4cb206c3055/original/office-moving.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Blues, Folk, and Ballads; </p>
<p>Truths and Lies.” Family, friends, </p>
<p>Fools and fiends gather! <br> </p>
<p>I love Y’all, and I’d love to see you. </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66286242021-05-12T15:02:28-04:002021-05-12T17:46:37-04:00Peanut Butter Hoarders<p>What a beautiful rainy day. Construction Junction activity has stopped for the day. There’s not much left except clean-up and attending to a few details. I am glad for the day off. It’s a rehearsal day for me. </p>
<p>I heard today about people storing gasoline in plastic bags right next to that hoarded toilet paper from last year. X! people. Create a problem by being the biggest part of the problem. Stupid doesn’t know rock bottom. </p>
<p>There is an anticipated electricity shortage. Households are encouraged to turn all their lights on and leave them on. When we do run out of electricity, we will have used more than our share. Won’t it feel great? </p>
<p><a contents="Hoarding Gas in Plastic Bags" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hoarding-gas-plastic-bags/" target="_blank">Hoarding Gas in Plastic Bags</a> Snopes Link<br> </p>
<p>WWBSD? What Would a Boy Scout Do? Be Prepared. Did you think the "BS" stood for something else? Maybe so.</p>
<p>What scares me are the peanut butter hoarders. That’s a reason to panic. I already have seven 55-gallon drums of peanut butter, thirty-six loaves of bread, eleven dozen jars of jelly, and a small Sprite®. I’m ready! <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/7497ac2446f45d21e33c58738ef1dd0d31875954/original/peanut-butter-shortage.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>PB&J Sprite® </p>
<p>In Case of Apocalypse</p>
<p>Gasoline in bags</p>
<p>!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66279662021-05-11T21:32:00-04:002021-05-11T21:32:00-04:00Budding Holly<p>Is there such a thing as a budding holly? Buddy Holly? Doesn’t matter, I thought this was lovely. Photos are the best way of sharing; better than cutting and putting them in a vase. </p>
<p>I think I am doing well to identify this as a holly bush. Other than that, I could not tell you the type of holly it is. There are several large holly trees nearby, so my guess is that it came from one of those. </p>
<p>My days as a Professional Land Surveyor ended about a decade ago. Tree identification was an important part of the job. If I didn't know the name of a tree, I called it a Balm of Gilead. I had no idea such a tree really existed. </p>
<p>I was surveying a parcel of land near a sawmill on Cane Creek in Mitchell County. The deed for the subject property called for a Balm of Gilead tree as a property corner. I searched diligently but found no tree of any kind in the area where the property corner was supposed to be. That became my “wild goose” tree. The Balm of Gilead, also known as a Balsam Poplar. I know more now than I did back then. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/3dda3d4e6def08e5fb3fb11ce6532c3a47b30091/original/f98fcbfe-1a73-4f21-b0fb-b839cc077066.jpeg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p><a contents="Balm of Gilead/Balsam Poplar" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org/pages/plants/balmofgilead.html#:~:text=Balm%20of%20Gilead%20is%20the%20name%20used%20for,It%20has%20a%20straight%20trunk%20with%20ascending%20branches." target="_blank">Balm of Gilead/Balsam Poplar</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Dendrology class </p>
<p>Balm of Gilead: A real </p>
<p>Balsam Poplar tree </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66270612021-05-10T22:01:11-04:002021-05-10T22:01:11-04:00Boar Wire®<p>Yesterday, I was looking for pictures of baby bunnies. I didn’t find any, bunnies or pictures. It’s a good plan to have a picture or at least have a picture in mind before starting to write. This is a rule that I break often enough, but that’s how I start. </p>
<p>Construction Junction has evolved into something that looks like a stage, eh? What do You think of that? Progress. The best thing I can do is stay out of the way. I did that yesterday. Doug, Ocean, and Bob get all kinds of things done when I’m not in the way. Steps. That’s how steps get built. </p>
<p>Sometimes there are pictures, like today. Now all that is left to do is say something about Boar Wire® and try to find some humor to spread around. </p>
<p>We have a couple of sections of Boar Wire® in place between the posts. Pretty cool, eh? 4” squares firmly secured. It’s a safety thing to keep anyone from falling under the rail and over the edge of the deck. That usually isn’t a problem around here, but you can’t be too careful. Really, I think the idea is to keep children safe. It’s a good plan. Whoever came up with this deserves extra sprinkles on their ice cream. <a contents="Scoop There It Is!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/scoop-there-it-is" target="_blank">Scoop There It Is!</a> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/0a5b785b74506384279c97e10eb37e65698fcc5b/original/boar-wire.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Babies on Big Wheels® </p>
<p>Crashing through the gates. </p>
<p>Any boars around?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66260382021-05-09T23:44:40-04:002021-05-09T23:44:40-04:00Mother's Day<p>Happy Mother’s Day. I wish my Mom and your Mom Happy Mother’s Day. (A few Dads, too.) </p>
<p>I don’t tell my Mom often enough that I love her. I love her. She knows I love her. I don’t tell her enough. </p>
<p>The best idea that I’ve had lately is this. For one year, day for day, counting from the day you were born until the day you were one year old, repay diaper changes with some love and appreciation. That would be like nine or ten times a day for me. I had colic. </p>
<p>Nine or ten “I Love You's” a day might be too much. I’ll spread them out just a little bit but keep them close together. Thank you for the changes. I love you, Mom <3. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/4a1b7d1f98e2ccc8cd0cfc59218db378d950fa9e/original/mothers-day.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Moms’ compassionate </p>
<p>Caring for precious children </p>
<p>Happy Mother’s Day <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66255312021-05-08T16:20:00-04:002021-08-27T01:20:46-04:00Chocolate Ice Cream Therapy<p>“Won’t you lend you lungs to me? <br>Mine are collapsing. <br>Plant my feet and bitterly breathe <br>Up the time that’s passing.” - <a contents="Townes Van Zandt&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://townesvanzandt.com/" target="_blank">Townes Van Zandt </a> </p>
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<p>Today has been one of those days. I guess all of them are in some way or another. Yesterday might have been one too. I don’t know what tomorrow will be, but I’ll let you know then, eh? </p>
<p>Sometimes I listen to Townes Van Zandt because I like to. He is my favorite song writer. Sometimes I listen to Townes Van Zandt because I must. It's been one of those days. </p>
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<p>“Breath I’ll take and breath I'll give <br>And pray the day’s not poison. <br>Stand among the ones that live <br>In lonely indecision.” – <a contents="Townes Van Zandt" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://townesvanzandt.com/" target="_blank">Townes Van Zandt</a> </p>
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<p>The picture? That has absolutely nothing to do with anything other than the title of today's da6d Daily Ramblin' "Chocolate Ice Cream Therapy." Ice cream and milk. If that isn't enough, there's more.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/56f2c8ec26989b3d0d733f425b40e8765c98bf8b/original/chocolate-ice-cream-thereapy.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Kiss the glass, inhale. </p>
<p>Exhale. Kiss the glass, inhale. </p>
<p>Exhale. Kiss the glass. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66248342021-05-07T22:56:23-04:002021-05-07T22:56:23-04:00Absolutely Smashing <p>What a bang-up crew of hardworking volunteers we have had at the One of a Kind Art Gallery. It's amazing what we've done in just a few days. There have been a few smart folks too that have come to offer advice and stay out of the way. </p>
<p>The reason I say these folks are smart is that they’ve figured out that if they offer advice and stay out of the way, there’s much less chance of smashing their thumb with a hammer. That’s the point, don’t smash your thumb with a hammer. Be smart. </p>
<p>Wouldn’t this be a good lead-in to a story about smashing my thumb with a hammer, eh? Well, it’s not. I will say that I have smashed my thumb with a hammer … often enough. There’s no point in bragging about it. </p>
<p>Cheerleaders are always welcome! Without the encouragement and support of our community, none of this would be happening. If you’ve already been by, come by again. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/defb74337c6a3af5c3ee48913810015b2b6b5286/original/absolutely-smashing.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>“Ouch, I smashed my thumb!” </p>
<p>The best advice that I’ve heard, </p>
<p>“Don’t do that again.”</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66235992021-05-06T21:29:44-04:002022-05-30T13:12:27-04:00Crayola® Sheep of the Family<p>I’ve read that, “If you don’t know who the black sheep of the family is, it’s probably you.” Black sheep doing what black sheep do. </p>
<p>8F509D is the RBG code for Crayola® Crayon’s Vivid Violet. Instead of “black,” maybe the off-colored sheep of the family could at least pick their own color. I would pick Vivid Violet. That’s it, third from the top, on the right. That's what I'll be: the Vivid Violet Sheep of the Family. </p>
<p>People I know have chosen rainbows of colors. That’s beautiful! Pick your own colors; don’t let anyone do that for you. </p>
<p>If you need me, I’ll be over here doing what vivid violet sheep do. </p>
<p>I thought this chart was uber cool. It’s from the website <a contents="Jenny’s Crayon Collection" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.jennyscrayoncollection.com/2017/10/complete-list-of-current-crayola-crayon.html#:~:text=Crayon%20colors%20in%2024%20count%20Crayola%20Box.%20blue%2C,cerulean%2C%20gray%2C%20green%20yellow%2C%20indigo%2C%20scarlet%2C%20violet%20red." target="_blank">Jenny’s Crayon Collection</a>. It has RBG codes, hex codes, and … (drumroll) the Crayola® box a particular color comes in. Vivid Violet comes in the 120 count Crayola® box. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/8e95e176bf55ffad346733ad926ef906d47dd638/original/crayola.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Rainbows of colors </p>
<p>Sheep of every hue. With Love, </p>
<p>Compassion and Truth <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66227352021-05-05T22:06:32-04:002021-05-05T22:06:32-04:00Construction Junction<p>The best I can figure, it takes at least five guys to change a lightbulb. The biggest question is, “Change?” </p>
<p>Micaville Music is building a deck/stage. </p>
<p>There is a saying about judging the quality of a carpenter’s work by how well he fixes his mistakes. Between design, redesign, design-by-committee, let’s move this, hey, I’ve got an idea, let’s move that, oh wait, not that far, and let’s move something else, I messed up. Just a little bit. Now we’re fixed and back on track. Footers are poured, the framing has started, and maybe right soon, we’ll set a few posts. </p>
<p>Friday, barring rain, the framing will be finished. From there, a crew of two or a few can build steps. Plans call for two sets of steps. A few folks can secure the decking boards. There are rails and goat wire framing to fabricate to be ready to place once the deck boards are down. </p>
<p>Micaville Music is fortunate to have such a group of Friends volunteering to help with this project. There is still a lot to do, and we’ll find a place for everyone who wants to help. Funding for this project has been entirely by donation. There is still opportunity to participate there also. </p>
<p>Click here: <a contents="Kokopelli’s Daughters" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://gofund.me/3e4b4291" target="_blank">Kokopelli’s Daughters</a> has organized the GoFundMe. </p>
<p>The next big day ought to be Saturday, barring rain. We will see what happens between now and then. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/e4b5b37e8695e81d59c9b800cf6197db1c8e131f/original/construction-junction.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Kokopelli’s Daughters, </p>
<p>Micaville Music, and Friends. </p>
<p>“Construction Junction.”</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66216982021-05-04T22:07:30-04:002021-05-04T22:07:30-04:00Eye of the Storm<p>Look who stumbled and fell into first place. There are 56 games in this Covid-19 shortened season. The Carolina Hurricanes lead the Discover Central Division and the National Hockey League with 79 points and three games to go. (They’ve already clinched a playoff spot.) </p>
<p>Rod Brind’Amour was asked about the President’s Cup in a recent interview. The President’s Cup is given to the team that earns the most points during the regular season. Winning the President’s Cup has often been the “kiss of death” for any team entering the playoffs. Rod said that if it falls in their lap, they’ll take it, but the team’s focus is on home ice advantage during the playoff. That is Team Mentality. </p>
<p>Let me add another bit to this story: Hat Tricks (an individual scoring three goals in a game). The Carolina Hurricanes have the fewest hat tricks in the league. That statistic might be outdated after Sebastian Aho scored a hat trick last night. The point the commentator made was that the Hurricanes’ unselfish Team Mentality has gotten them to this point. </p>
<p>I think the Hurricanes’ game and work ethic will carry them through the Stanley Cup Playoffs. All the way through. Morgan Geekie, center #67, was talking about sticking to their game and said “You can’t out pizza the hut.” I think that means something heavy. I’m still trying to figure it out. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/98b798f9eaf7497a9ec56a7931a2b6545582cc08/original/eye-of-the-storm.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>The Hurricanes’ game </p>
<p>“You can’t out pizza the hut.” </p>
<p>Team Mentality </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66207032021-05-03T22:24:41-04:002021-05-03T22:24:41-04:00Allium Tricoccum<p>Allium tricoccum. That's one of them Latin names that plant nerds use when they talk to other plant nerds. I had to look it up. Ramps. That's all they are and from what I can tell, ramps don't speak Latin.</p>
<p>Grandma wouldn't have ramps in her house. Pop and I would have to go fishing and camping. That was my first experience with ramps.</p>
<p>This is the last of this year's ramps. These are going to the freezer, if they last that long. I got these from a roadside vendor here in Burnsville. They didn't leave anything in the ground to grow next year. That's a shame.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/5a4ae764cdb9dd930428f9fe35f739385fdc912c/original/allium-tricoccum.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Latin names for plants?</p>
<p>To have someone to talk to,</p>
<p>Plant nerds need plant nerds.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66195842021-05-02T13:04:49-04:002021-05-02T13:04:49-04:00Sunday “Goin’ to Meetin’” Shoes <p>I'll bet if I think about it real hard, I could remember my first pair of shoes. Mama said they’d take me anywhere. She said they were my magic shoes – Forrest “Forrest” Gump. </p>
<p>I can not remember my first pair of shoes. The first pair of shoes that I distinctly remember were a pair of Easter Sunday, “Goin’ to Meetin’” shoes. I got a new pair of shoes every Spring around Easter and a pair of boots (brogans) every Fall around school starting. Somewhere in there, there was a pair of tenner shoes for the Summer. </p>
<p><a contents="Gone to the Dogs" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/gone-to-the-dogs" target="_blank">Gone to the Dogs</a>: A brief history of the Tenner Shoe</p>
<p>The reason I remember these Sunday “Goin’ to Meetin’” shoes so well is because they made good brakes. </p>
<p>I had a skateboard that I couldn’t stand on to save my life. What I could do was to get to the top of a hill and lay belly-down on that skateboard. The slope of the hill took care of speed and momentum, and the toes of my new “Goin’ to Meetin’” shoes took care of braking and turning. </p>
<p>There were a few ass-whoopin’s I got growing up that I remember. It took a while, but I learned a very specific lesson about shoes. Do not wear my good “Goin’ to Meetin’” shoes while belly-riding on a skateboard. The general idea of “not dragging the toes out of any shoes” was a point that I initially missed. Subsequent ass-whoopin’s eventually instilled that concept into my seven-year-old brain. </p>
<p>I don't have a picture of my old worn-out shoes. What I do have is a picture of duct tape. Duct tape can fix anything except worn-out shoes and a sore backside. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/7354e3f0e940a6b936f6feca8395eb0d8f44bddd/original/goin-to-meetin.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Toe-draggin’ braking </p>
<p>Hide tanned to match. No sitting. </p>
<p>Holey holy shoes</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66190362021-05-01T21:15:05-04:002022-07-29T11:07:59-04:00da6d Music<p>Today is a good day to shamelessly plug recent releases from da6d Music. This is the da6d Music Official Website. Everything is here: downloads, CDs, videos, da6d Daily Ramblin’s, music, gallery … </p>
<p>I have a few performance dates booked, and I'll post them soon, but there are more dates that I’d like to fill. Let’s do something grand, eh?<br> </p>
<p>Poke around here a bit. I’m sure there’s something you’ll like. </p>
<p><a contents="Shadow’s Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow’s Puppet</a> Official music video (Released Oct. 24, 2020) </p>
<p><a contents="I Ain’t Stayin’" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1328746/i-ain-t-stayin-2020" target="_blank">I Ain’t Stayin’</a> CD (Released Apr. 10, 2020) </p>
<p><a contents="da6d Daily Ramblin’" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts" target="_blank">da6d Daily Ramblin’</a> (310 entries, published daily) </p>
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<p>This picture is worth only 959 words. Some additional words are necessary.</p>
<p>Here's a handful of cool stuff. All three CDs are available individually on the website or as a special "Get One of Everything" offer for $30. (Hardcopy CDs, Stickers, and bonus Promo EP [not shown] for "I Ain't Stayin'," shipping included). (41 words.)<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9a08bf6f7bebbf59cb2446c7120be46e9b2a97ac/original/da6d-music.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Thanks for visiting. </p>
<p>If you find something you like, </p>
<p>Share it with a friend. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p> da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66186002021-04-30T20:51:54-04:002022-05-13T12:26:19-04:00American Songwriter<p>American Songwriter International Website, Magazine, and Podcast Network found a winner for their May/June 2021 Lyric Contest. Cameron Burleson, 1st Place. Cameron has also published a book of poetry. "Riding Fence: Thoughts of a Cowboy." </p>
<p>He’s another one of them folks that I claim as kin. We’re first cousins on my Dad’s side. Well, look what he’s gone and done, wrote a damn fine song. </p>
<p><a contents="American Songwriter" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://americansongwriter.com/may-june-2021-lyric-contest-winner-cameron-burleson-details-remembered/?fbclid=IwAR1LIU8JL18fRNA2okw7wpjXaiKAAWUCaExT9Kxe9wNiuWhNEoW7k6s2ekY" target="_blank">American Songwriter</a> May/June, you can read the interview here. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/ae49790f8dccc0e57b97dabcfb7a70d942a19afc/original/cameron-burleson.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>“Remembered” (Read Q&A with Cameron) </p>
<p> By Cameron Burleson </p>
<p> Mebane, NC </p>
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<p> Off by yourself in a wood all alone </p>
<p> No one to mourn you, cry over your bones </p>
<p> Memories lost but for a brief line of prose </p>
<p> An ancient grey hymnal of songs undisclosed </p>
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<p> You were remembered today by a lone passerby </p>
<p> Unknown to each other in the light of your lives </p>
<p> A tear in a moment of hands held beyond time </p>
<p> No greater monument could mark where you lie </p>
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<p> Peace in a place surrounded by thunder </p>
<p> Of those rushing by pushing over and under </p>
<p> The pace of their chase leaves them no time to ponder </p>
<p> The worth of a soul laid so sadly asunder </p>
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<p> You were remembered today if you are never again </p>
<p> The cool of this morning found you with a friend </p>
<p> Unexpected, this blessing makes it worth more for then </p>
<p> I've a better soul now than before it had been </p>
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<p>Words painting pictures</p>
<p>A moment immortalized </p>
<p>Poets' expressions</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66175122021-04-29T22:11:02-04:002021-04-29T23:02:58-04:00Crackle Pop<p>Going crazy? Who’s driving? I’ll be here waiting for you. We’re going to be just fine. All our Imaginary Friends are here.<br> </p>
<p>The mind is a fertile place. Ask any fisherman. A 12-inch trout will be at least 16 inches by the time I get home. The mind is a place where a normal everyday anything can gain legendary status. </p>
<p>My Great-great Grandmother Katherine Lucinda Jones Harding Hodge Gilley, a Cherokee woman, was the subject of many family legends on the Harding side. Her first husband, whom she outlived, was William H. Harding. She was later married to William Hodge and subsequently to a Mr. Gilley. </p>
<p>One family legend relates an incident where her husband was hollering and yelling and running from a bear. The story does not differentiate between running for the safety of the house or getting away from the bear. I figure either one was about the same at that point. </p>
<p>Hearing the commotion and knowing what had to be done, this rugged Cherokee woman opened the door, set the shotgun out on the porch, then closed the door. I’ve heard the story often, but no one has told me for sure which husband it was or what the outcome was. I haven’t seen “kilt by a bar” on any death certificates. </p>
<p>My Great-great Grandmother Katherine Lucinda Jones Harding Hodge Gilley (Rosanne Rosannadanna) has been quoted as having said “When I die, bury me in a knotty pine box. I’ll crackle and pop all the way to hell so the devil will know I'm coming.” Lofty ambitions. Maybe Mrs. Old Scratch will leave a shotgun on the porch.</p>
<p>The picture is of the grave of my Great-great Grandmother, Katherine Lucinda Jones Harding Hodge Gilley, just outside of Burnsville, NC. Doesn't the grass look a bit singed around the edges?<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/6bd8562fbac173fab020e66d0ce4a2910511de61/original/crackle-pop.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>At death, lay me down </p>
<p>In a box of knotty pine. </p>
<p>Hell waits. “Crackle.” “Pop.” <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66162702021-04-28T21:35:31-04:002021-04-28T21:35:31-04:00Echo Tango Suitcase <p>The abbreviation my Uncle’s Army used to describe "Expiration – Term of Service" was E.T.S. Using the Army’s phonetic alphabet, Echo Tango Sierra. Of course, some G.I. somewhere is going to bastardize the Army’s well-designed acronym/abbreviation. This one caught on. Echo Tango Suitcase. </p>
<p>Soldiers close to their E.T.S. date and those close to their P.C.S. (Permanent Change of Station) date were called “short-timers.” They would refer to themselves as “short.” “I’m so short, I play handball on the curb, I sit on a dime and dangle my feet” or “I can stand straight up, wearing a top hat and walk under a snake’s belly.” That’s short. </p>
<p>Right before departure, many G.I.s would tie laces together and throw their boots over a nearby power line. Three times I gave up a pair of boots to leave my mark and immortalize my term of service. I had to use a ladder and stand on the Sergeant Major’s shoulders. Short people can not throw very high. </p>
<p>I need a picture that is somehow related to the subject of today‘s da6d Ramblin'. How about this one, eh? Let me explain. When talking about home in the U.S.A., we often referred to the U.S. as "The Land of the Round Doorknob." A lot of European doors have handles. Here's a picture of a round doorknob.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/071fa72a99404b1178cd4929216fcd682d0c1de6/original/echo-tango-suitcase.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Empty the suitcase </p>
<p>That day, Uncle Sam and I </p>
<p>Said, “Good-bye,” for good </p>
<p>! </p>
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<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66155872021-04-27T22:47:59-04:002021-04-27T23:43:42-04:00Nine Dollar Nickel<p>Somehow, I ended up with a nickel in my pocket. Change from something somewhere. It looked old, so I got my glasses. 1945 date, Philadelphia Mint. </p>
<p>There is a previous da6d Daily Ramblin’ dated September 27th, 2020, <a contents="…Dollar For That" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/dollar-for-that" target="_blank">…Dollar For That</a> that mentions numismatists (coin collectors). I don’t know any numismatists, but someone needs this nickel. </p>
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<p>The last time I saw Sasquatch, he acted like he didn’t even remember me. I sure as h_ck remember him. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/e6847ec4228bc649400bab9806ff5bb197813d81/original/nine-dollar-nickel.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Sasquatch, it’s your deal </p>
<p>Nickel ante, Aces high </p>
<p>You have no pockets?</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66141902021-04-26T18:09:14-04:002021-04-26T18:09:14-04:00Happy Birthday, Chessnee<p>April 26, 1984 Bamburg Germany. I got a phone call from the U.S. (long-distance). A precious life had been brought into the world. It was a girl, and her name was Chessnee. The whole barracks smelled like cigars for days. </p>
<p>I have a fair-sized list of my shortcomings as a parent. There’s no use in elaborating on that. The existence of such a list, rather than denying my faults, is the point. Maybe I needed to write that, just to get it out of my head. Let a wee bit of light shine on it. </p>
<p>I hope my Daughter has a Happy Birthday. She is a beautifully amazing woman. I Love Her dearly. </p>
<p>People must go through all the birthday cards in the store and take the ones with money in them. I can’t find one anywhere. Oh well, I’ll send a few dead Presidents and hope they fit. Getting the right size is difficult. </p>
<p>This picture hangs in the hallway beside my office door. Late last century, Mom had taken Chessnee on a road trip to Mexico. This is what people do on road trips to Mexico. </p>
<p>My face started leaking about halfway through the first paragraph. I’ll stop now. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/c1e11553067f79473c8ad51fa1fccf046405e74c/original/birthday-chessnee.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>“Best Dad” coffee mugs </p>
<p>Dead Presidents’ Hallmark Cards </p>
<p>Unavailable <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66135892021-04-25T23:17:01-04:002021-04-27T01:00:24-04:00Sunday Afternoon<p>10:00am Sunday morning without Charles Kuralt. Who remembers Charles Kuralt? It is a dreary morning, cloudy, with a misty rain. It reminds me of German weather: Winter and the Fourth of July. The afternoon promises to be sunny and warmer. I hope the fish know that. (The Germans don't have a Fourth of July.)</p>
<p>3:30pm Sunday afternoon, the fish knew. I found a beautiful section of Linville River. I caught four rainbow trout and one brown trout. I gave them a stern talking to about taking tied flies from strangers, then I set them free. We’re not strangers anymore. I hope to see them again. </p>
<p>6:00pm Sunday evening, I had caught two more rainbow trout from a hatchery supported creek closer to home. One got the stern talking to. The other came home with me. </p>
<p>Charles Kuralt hosted a segment, “On the Road” on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. In twenty-five years, he wore out six RV homes. Later he hosted CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, 15 years. </p>
<p>The picture is a metal sculpture of Sol (the Sun). It always reminded me of the Sun on CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt. This one has a house permanently affixed to it.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/432a9dcbfaca99baa71657f7adeac38e007c325e/original/sol.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Sunday afternoon</p>
<p>Time well spent, time wasted well</p>
<p>Solitude's healings</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66125122021-04-24T13:22:28-04:002021-04-24T13:22:28-04:00Curds and Whey (Spider Bait)<p>Who knew you could use curds and whey as spider bait?</p>
<p>Little Missy may have said, “Where the h_ck are my curds and whey?” </p>
<p>I imagine Momma Muffet might reply, “I’ll tell you what right here, Little Missy Muffet, sittin’ there on your high tuffet and all. If you don’t change your h_cking attitude, you won’t be seeing any h_cking curds or whey around here. Do you understand?” </p>
<p>I don’t think Little Missy Muffet’s day is going to get better anytime soon. </p>
<p>So, along comes a spider. He sits there beside her and asks, “Well, hey there, Little Missy Muffet. Where have you been all my life?" She starts off by telling him that she was already about six or eight years old when he was born, and she shouldn’t have to account for that time. Then she gives him a thirty-seven-minute version of where all she’d been from the time she was about six or eight years old until the moment she sat there, then, with a spider beside her. </p>
<p>“There may be a few things I might have skipped over,” she told the spider. “I mean, if you have any more questions, go ahead and ask.” I imagine that would have frightened the spider away. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/2fac17d1ec9c78693733dcb7a1af07cedbe61c63/original/curds-and-whey.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>This is not curds and whey. This is oatmeal and peanut butter and brown sugar. I dunno, Kari might could think of something better, but I’m not going to bother her. Cottage cheese, eh. Who knew?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Spider, come along </p>
<p>Sit, let’s chat. We can be friends. </p>
<p>You’re not so scary.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66124132021-04-23T22:13:46-04:002021-04-24T10:46:12-04:00Dog Day Afternoon (Not the Movie)<p>Poor DeO’jie. </p>
<p>After her recent digestive disorders, she’s back to her steady diet of dry dog food and green beans. It was a good time to cut back on the treats. Now it’s two a day and those are medical. </p>
<p>What DeO’jie misses most, popcorn. She begs, drools, sits and looks sad. That one gets me. I don’t eat popcorn in front of her anymore. Today, she’s pretending like she’s asleep and I’m grabbing small bites of popcorn. I don’t know what I’ll do if she pretends to be awake. “Hey, look over there, squirrel!” That might work. </p>
<p>Let’s ramble over here for a while. I'm tying flies.This is the view at my desk this afternoon. Fish catchers, that’s what I’m making. There will be an opportunity to find a creek bank sometime soon. Today, I’m fishing from behind a desk. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/cb293c231b87bda184c980c7d0bfe17ccfefe187/original/dog-day.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></p>
<p>Popcorn? Not while the dog is awake.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Pheasant tail nymph tied, </p>
<p>Waits, anticipates sunny </p>
<p>Fishing days to come. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66111012021-04-22T16:20:00-04:002021-04-23T20:57:08-04:00Well Doggies, Jethro<p>This evening, I thought about Max Baer, Jr. There are certainly better things to think about. There are enough swiss cheese holes in my head that just anything could be hiding anywhere. </p>
<p>Tonight, it was Jethro Bodine. Why Jethro? Because I was thinking about Kellogg’s Corn Flakes®. I told you there were better things to think about. The TV show <em>The Beverly Hillbillies </em>would often show Jethro eating bowls full of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes®, product placement. I thought a giant bowl full of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes® would be the perfect midnight snack. That’s where I came from to get to here. I’ve often referred to these as “Midnight Ramblin’s.” </p>
<p>What I really want to talk about is our corporate sponsor. </p>
<p>KELLOGG’S CORN FLAKES ® … is NOT our corporate sponsor, oh, but if they were. Whoowee, I’d keep writing these da6d Daily Ramblin’s forever. </p>
<p>I do have a sponsor. You’re on the <a contents="da6d Music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/home" target="_blank">da6d Music</a> website now, reading this. There is more of the site to see. Wander around a bit. Listen to some music, download some music, sign up on my email list. There’s enough to do here; you could waste a lot of that time your boss is paying you to work. Leave a comment or click the share button. </p>
<p>I am happy to announce that da6d Music has been nominated as Corporate Sponsor of the Week. Since there’s only one sponsor, we went ahead and had several plaques made up. We’re good through the end of June. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/7ee80c073a9bd3a4673b2b4dfb4ae29d5d00bb8b/original/corporate-sponsor.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>And the winner is … </p>
<p><insert company="" here="" name=""><Insert Company Name Here> </insert></p>
<p>Congratulations! <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66101872021-04-21T18:48:18-04:002021-04-21T18:48:18-04:00Got Goose?<p>The Chasers of Wild Geese National Federation: Local Chapter Weekly Report </p>
<p>The CWGNF held their weekly meeting recently. Yesterday’s wild goose chase involved following a dump truck on Highway 197 South, up Bolen’s Creek, back on 197 South to the rock quarry. I found a driver that committed to call me Wednesday morning and deliver a load of gravel. </p>
<p>Wednesday morning: no call, no gravel. </p>
<p>Wild Geese: 1<br>d6ad : 0 </p>
<p>Just a reminder: The Chasers of Wild Geese National Federation membership applications and renewals are now being accepted. If you have already submitted an application, go ahead and submit another. We have probably lost your first submission. If this your initial application, please submit the application in duplicate. We are going to lose at least one. Check, cash and credit card are accepted and must accompany each application. </p>
<p>One of the first written mentions of a wild goose chase was in William Shakespeare’s <em>Romeo and Juliet </em>in 1592. The term wild goose chase also referred to a type of horse race where the leader rides in whichever directions they choose and everyone else has to follow.</p>
<p>By the way, I still need a dump truck load of gravel delivered. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/e1b4d76dc6315f0e552742cc117bd583bfa39208/original/got-goose.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>Chasers of Wild Geese </p>
<p>National Federation </p>
<p>Application lost.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66093372021-04-20T18:42:37-04:002021-04-24T19:41:09-04:00Got Gas? (Gear Acquisition Syndrome)<p>For Real? Four reels and one extra spool. I haven’t been able to explain to Kari why I need four reels … and four fly rods. She gets that same glazed-over look that I have when she talks about kiln settings for firing clay pottery. </p>
<p>It is necessary to have a three-weight rod to cast a three-weight line. I need a three-weight reel to hold the three-weight line onto the three-weight rod.</p>
<p>She usually glazes over when I get to the part about, “I’ve washed the dishes, mowed the yard, vacuumed the carpet, taken out the garbage, washed and changed the sheets, bathed, fed and walked the dog, can I get a new fly rod?” "For real?” she says. I didn’t know what reel she was talking about. </p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t need another fly rod. I’m just staying in practice for when I do. </p>
<p>“Honey, have you seen my five-weight reel?” I ask. She replies, “Don’t they all sorta look the same?” Do you see what I’m dealing with here? <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9c81d08702d4f4bf8e9eef64605aeb0b996e8584/original/got-gas.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Three-weight rod and reel </p>
<p>Gear acquisition syndrome </p>
<p>I’ve done all my chores. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! <br>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66081572021-04-19T13:57:43-04:002021-04-19T13:57:43-04:00Poem in my Pocket<p>Kari found this painting several years ago, somewhere. She asked me if I wanted it. It’s hanging beside my work desk. Also, there about the same time, she gave me a poem to keep in my pocket. It was National Poem in Your Pocket day celebrated during Poetry Month. </p>
<p>2021 Poem in Your Pocket Day is April 29th. I’m giving you plenty of advance notice. I wouldn’t want anyone to miss it. <a contents="Poem in Your Pocket" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://poets.org/national-poetry-month/poem-your-pocket-day#:~:text=Poem%20in%20Your%20Pocket%20Day%20was%20initiated%20in,States%2C%20encouraging%20individuals%20around%20the%20country%20to%20participate." target="_blank">Poem in Your Pocket</a> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Poems in my pockets. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/2d6b355e0733769181ff29cc5bee765f7ffe8c20/original/175944065-475090297139399-1012736155526722218-n-1.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>Sonnets in my shoes. Rhymes run </p>
<p>‘round inside my head. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66077112021-04-18T23:49:02-04:002021-04-18T23:49:02-04:00April Showers<p>April showers bring May flowers. Mayflowers bring Pilgrims</p>
<p><br>I had a gig last night. Yesterday’s blog was all about that. This is about something else. </p>
<p>After I finished last night’s performance, I calmly checked in on the Nashville Predators vs Carolina Hurricanes game. The third period was starting, and the game was tied at one. I had the game set to record. No problem. </p>
<p>When I got home, I turned the GUIDE on the TV, trying to get to recordings. I see the game I’m looking for is still in progress, but right there coming up next, after the game, the game. I think Bally Sports Network likes me. It turns out the Carolina Hurricanes won both times. </p>
<p>What does that have to do with anything? Nothing. Maybe I should talk about flowers, eh?</p>
<p>This tulip was blooming last week in a picture for <a contents="Dandy Lions" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/dandy-lions" target="_blank">Dandy Lions</a> </p>
<p>Now the tulip bloom has faded. The pedal looks like wet satin. It’s still too beautiful to touch. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/2d5702423282ff8944befa8c2d72c29cdbe865b8/original/e64e00df-6054-4b39-bce4-63e5d7a7a9a0.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Blooming flowers glow; </p>
<p>Spring, Her colors, hues, and shades </p>
<p>Paint the Earth anew.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66072022021-04-17T16:20:00-04:002021-04-25T21:01:20-04:00Hand Me A Hammer<p>I have an alibi. Babe’s Pizza and Treats in Burnsville was home for the evening. What a wonderful evening that was! Dear Friends and a few new were receptive and kind. I am grateful. </p>
<p>If you’ve ever wondered why these da6d Daily Ramblin’s are called Ramblin’s, here’s why. The following is a Rambin’. It will explain the picture. </p>
<p>I was looking for baking soda in the spice and baking cabinet tonight. What I found was an abomination! That’s not baking soda. Only Arm and Hammer™ baking soda is baking soda. Look, my toothpaste with baking soda has Arm and Hammer™ baking soda. My deodorant with baking soda has Arm and Hammer™ baking soda. What is wrong with this world?<br> </p>
<p>But that’s not what I want to talk about. What I want to talk about is You, the person reading this. You are reading this, thank you. You have probably read others and liked, shared, or commented. Thank you. </p>
<p>What I’m getting around to is this, Friends make nights like tonight special. Writing these da6d Daily Ramblin’s is special because someone reads them. Folks buying, sharing, playing my CDs - it’s all wonderful! Thank you. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/c82b7c5e40fb94dc1a6f5f860e9d19c0a860999a/original/00634426-cdda-4883-bb65-646a15e93501.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>At midnight I write </p>
<p>Gathering a day to page </p>
<p>Etching epitaphs </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6s</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66063562021-04-16T20:38:07-04:002021-04-16T20:38:07-04:00Zombies<p>DeO’jie is still upset with me for changing her diet. I cut out the excessive treats. The problem is that was a major part of her diet. Too much. I’m worried what she may do to me after the zombie apocalypse. If the zombies don’t get me, she will. </p>
<p>Don’t zombies look like they’ve lost their glasses, but they’re still trying to read a book? I’d bet they’re reading “How To Be A Zombie For Dummies." Being a zombie can’t be easy, especially if you have no experience. </p>
<p>I’ll publish a year’s worth of da6d Daily Ramblin’s so zombies will have something good to read. It’s the least I could do. </p>
<p>The picture is from an Amazon listing. No library is complete without “<a contents="Zombies For Zombies" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/Zombies-Advice-Etiquette-Living-Dead/dp/140222012X" target="_blank">Zombies For Zombies</a>.” <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/027c556957ba871bb10cfa24a85c4a351bbeafab/original/zombies.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>“Zombies for Zombies </p>
<p>Life Advice and Etiquette </p>
<p>For the Living Dead” <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66049252021-04-15T14:19:51-04:002021-04-15T14:47:25-04:00da6d Daily Ramblin’ CCXCIV <p>Boy, that was a big bomb! Yesterday’s “Reader’s Choice Challenge” went totally unanswered other than a suggestion to keep on writing about what I write about. I can do that. Here’s a link in case you’re curious. <a contents="Reader’s Choice" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/reader-s-choice" target="_blank">Reader’s Choice</a>. </p>
<p>So, here we are, where we were. I write about whatever falls out of my head, as long as there is a keyboard for it to land on. </p>
<p>It feels like these da6d Daily Ramblin's are a part of me. I am a part of something I created, like children almost. Then there's so damn many of them, I can't remember all their names. I think there's at least eight of them named Junior. </p>
<p>How many of George Foreman’s kids are named George Foreman? George Edward Foreman Jr, George Edward Foreman III (“Monk”), George Edward Foreman IV (“Big Wheel”), George Edward Foreman V (“Red”), and George Edward Foreman VI ("Little Joey”).<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/df72d180bf15a9c72a618a20c95f40be10fa1247/original/2b051bf0-afc7-4e60-82fc-8cee5b8d399d.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>da6d Daily Ramblin’ CCXCIV <br> </p>
<p>Writer’s Choice Challenge </p>
<p>Today’s subject, whatever </p>
<p>Falls out of my head. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66043232021-04-14T22:02:22-04:002021-04-14T22:04:03-04:00Reader's Choice<p>Do you remember the Haiku from the April 2nd Ramblin'?</p>
<p><br>No more hockey posts </p>
<p>One week, promise. But that’s all. </p>
<p>Fishing anyone? </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Well, it’s been a week plus a few days. No one has complained about the lack of hockey posts. Now that I think about it, it’s been a while since fishing was the subject of a Daily Ramblin’. No one has complained about the lack of fishing posts either. </p>
<p>Here’s an idea. I’ll take suggestions. Any subject that anyone would care to read about in a Ramblin', let me know. Either use comments on Facebook or here on this website. </p>
<p>On a different subject, on April 17th, I’ll be playing at Babe’s Pizza in Burnsville, NC, 6:30 - 9:00 pm. I hope we can all make it. Here's a link to the particulars. <a contents="An Evening at Babe's" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.bandsintown.com/e/102555168-david-wiseman-da6d-at-babe's-pizza-and-treats?came_from=257&utm_medium=web&utm_source=artist_page&utm_campaign=ticket_rsvp" target="_blank">An Evening at Babe's</a> I'm looking forward to it.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, here's a picture of some popcorn. Extras include salt, olive oil, and Old Bay seasoning. (This has nothing to do with anything.)<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/2ba5bed74492e8717679f3ee59ef41127926aa49/original/44f83c21-e24d-49ee-8d78-d9a83de2c6ce.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>Tomorrow’s haiku, </p>
<p>Reader’s choice, any subject.</p>
<p>No sacred cows, please.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66033252021-04-13T21:09:29-04:002021-04-13T21:09:29-04:00Human Training<p>DeO’jie <de-oh-gee> is a bit upset with me. Something has changed and she has no trouble letting me know about it.<br> </de-oh-gee></p>
<p>Last week, she must have eaten something outside that didn’t sit well with her digestive tract. I won’t elaborate except to say I wouldn’t trust her on new carpet. </p>
<p>Kari made up a batch of rice and chicken with powdered pumpkin sprinkles. It’s those little touches that make a difference. And candles. That was DeOjie’s idea. </p>
<p>That lasted a few days while gradually returning to the usual diet. We have also cut out excessive treats. That's the part that she is upset about. Democracy in action. One of my votes equals seven dog votes!</p>
<p>Cutting out excessive treats involved retraining both me and DeO’jie. I gave her too many, too often. After late night walks, she’d get five to six treats as we went through her repertoire of tricks. She’d sit, shake, bark, just about anything I’d ask her to do, except long division. She’d tell me, “Dogs know how to multiply. That’s it.” </p>
<p>Now it’s three treats a day (two are medical). She’s upset about it. She looks at me with those eyes like the dogs on the TV commercial about the National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA). Too much television, that’s the problem. </p>
<p>There is also that underlying fact that the Zombie Apocalypse may radically alter our current relationship. She reminds me of this. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a132a617ef30175e2e0e77ae7afc6806309f40c1/original/training-humans.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Are dog dreams about </p>
<p>Rabbits, squirrels and mailmen? </p>
<p>Fewer treats; more love </p>
<p>! <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66016232021-04-12T11:52:56-04:002021-04-12T19:23:43-04:00Wichita Falls<p>“You’d better have a damn good excuse for being.” SSG Echols Miller, Drill Sergeant, U.S. Army. <br> </p>
<p>It was about this time 37 or so years ago that I graduated Basic Training/Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. That’s the only Fort Sill that I know of, but the Army is very specific that this one is in Oklahoma. </p>
<p>Graduation was on a Thursday morning. My flight to Germany left Sunday morning. I’m sure I’m not the first G.I. to rent a motorcycle and ride the countryside for a weekend. I rode forth and back to Wichita Falls (the one in Texas). There was an afternoon spent rock climbing around Mount Scott (the one back in Oklahoma). Probably not an original idea, but I’m glad I thought of that too. I don’t recall much other detail about that weekend. It was a while back and I’ve slept since then. </p>
<p>I was back in Fort Sill a few years later for the Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer. I had spent one night at home in Fort Hood (the one in Texas) after coming from the National Training Center in Fort Ord (the one in California). It hadn’t changed much. </p>
<p>Fort Sill, Oklahoma, is not one of the places that I’d ever say I missed. I’m sure if there was a Fort Sill in Western North Carolina, I’d like that one a whole lot more. </p>
<p>These da6d Daily Ramblin’s usually have a picture associated with the story or the Haiku. There is a slight connection for this one; this was one of my favorite albums at the time. Me, my walkman and a cassette.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/3c3a7ba5aaff5a61851f1f0147675595169206be/original/wichita-falls.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>"As Falls Wichita, </p>
<p>So Falls Wichita Falls." Down.</p>
<p>That would be my guess.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66009772021-04-11T20:18:38-04:002021-10-22T03:55:10-04:00Toe River Valley Boys<p>I saw this picture on Facebook last week. I knew exactly what it was when I saw it because I have seen it before. The Toe River Valley Boys were a major part of my teenage years. They played the Saturday Night Square Dance at Geneva Hall in Little Switzerland during open season at the Switzerland Inn. </p>
<p>That fellow on the left looking at the camera is my best friend’s Dad. Charles Renfro, a damn fine guitar player. He also “called” most of the square dances. Oscar “Fiddling Red” Wilson owned Mayland Recording Studio. I learned a bit about recording and rhubarb wine from Red Wilson. </p>
<p>No one played the banjo the way E.C. Miller played the banjo. I’ll still say he’s one of the best I’ve heard. </p>
<p>The Toe River Valley Boys have a record in the Smithsonian Institute. This record has the first recording of a train whistle. That’s the legend that I heard growing up. I hope it’s true. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/3cec896284a7233832295d7bee83d7df1dcfba03/original/toe-river-valley-boys.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Conductor says, </p>
<p>“All aboard.” Hold my banjo. </p>
<p>All y'all do si do.<br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/66005062021-04-10T21:15:44-04:002021-04-12T08:29:56-04:00Pinocchio’s Paradox<p>Today is Saturday, April 10, 2021. Blog No. 289 (289 is not a prime number, 17 x 17). </p>
<p>It’s raining. It has rained most of the day. That’s not a bad thing at all. I’ve gotten all the mowing done for the week. I’m inside and dry. I asked Siri, “Hey Siri, tell me a random fact.” </p>
<p><a contents="The Fact Site" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.thefactsite.com/top-100-random-funny-facts/" target="_blank">The Fact Site</a></p>
<p>Have you ever wondered why bananas are curved? Because they grow toward the sun. </p>
<p>Where is London Bridge? Lake Havasu City, Arizona.</p>
<p>Here’s the one that rattles my head. What would happen if Pinocchio said, “My nose will grow now.”? </p>
<p> If Pinocchio says, “My nose will grow now,” then if it grows, his statement was not a lie. His nose shouldn’t have grown. </p>
<p>If Pinocchio says, “My nose will grow now,” but his nose doesn’t grow, then his statement was a lie. His nose should have grown. </p>
<p>Look at the picture. That's exactly what would happen. Sawdust.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>When he lies, it grows </p>
<p>Pinocchio’s Paradox </p>
<p>Only his<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a831331cf18363f275dea221ce48eef8a6c19be8/original/pinocchio.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" style="margin-right: 50px; margin-left: 50px;" /> nose knows</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65996262021-04-09T19:03:24-04:002021-04-09T19:03:24-04:00Dandy Lions<p>A fine and dandy dandelion. A fine and dandy dandelion, indeed. Tulips are blooming. The daffodils in the background have bloomed and gone. If you don’t know what the purple flower is, ask Kari. She knows stuff like that. </p>
<p>Daylilies are the next thing in our yard to bloom. They’re always lovely. Kari planted them. She does stuff like that. </p>
<p>We have a large rhododendron beside our steps leading to the lower driveway. My guess is that it will bloom one more time. I’m expecting to come home one day and find that Kari has laid that rhododendron down. She’ll do stuff like that. </p>
<p>If that’s the plan, I’ll hope there are no nests built in there this year. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a2bec70b4b20fdac61d1283b098e1f1515e548a3/original/dandy-lions.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Loudly yell, “Timber!”</p>
<p>Warn the squirrels and the birds. </p>
<p>She does stuff like that. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65976122021-04-08T19:56:04-04:002021-04-08T19:56:04-04:00Beauty Sleep<p>Beauty sleep. I haven't gotten much of that lately, maybe you've noticed. This link is from some dictionary site: <a contents="Beauty Sleep" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/beauty-sleep">Beauty Sleep</a></p>
<p>noun Informal. <br>1) sleep before midnight, assumed to be necessary for one's beauty. <br>2) any extra sleep.</p>
<p>I'll get a good start on the next day before I find a stopping place, then go get some sleep. Kari gets all the beauty sleep, usually a couple of hours a night or more. She doesn't need beauty sleep, but she deserves it.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/2d1367d2eb75194a61dedd712d108d71f7be3069/original/beauty-sleep.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Awake, eyes open</p>
<p>Minutes make seconds make hours</p>
<p>Morning comes quickly</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65964632021-04-07T17:47:42-04:002021-04-07T17:47:42-04:00Spend Lots of Money<p>I have a new battery! Well, the Road Wagon has a new battery. I’d had a couple of issues, including letting the battery die one night while camping. </p>
<p>Everybody ought to have a mechanic. Someone they trust and is good at what they do. I took my Little Red Wagon to my mechanic because I trust him and he’s good at what he does. I asked if he could check the battery for me. He did. </p>
<p>The mechanic asked what was going on with the vehicle. I told him. He grunted. Good mechanics do that. Then I told him that the SPEND LOTS OF MONEY light came on. He grunted, then he rubbed his chin before he said, “I’ll be back.” Well, soon enough he was, but he had something with him. It looked like something from Star Trek. I asked, “What is that, something from Star Trek?” “No,” he said, then goes on to tell me that since my SPEND LOTS OF MONEY light came on, his machine tells what to spend that money on. </p>
<p>Sure enough, he hooked that machine up to the battery and that machine displayed “REPLACE BATTERY.” I nodded. He grunted. Every mechanic should have a machine that says, “REPLACE BATTERY.” <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/90cddd3345398c627ee3f29d8e45f243e05b06b7/original/img-2202.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><br>If I'd known I was having my picture taken, I'd have cleaned up a bit.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>What machine is that? </p>
<p>“It displays your bank account.” </p>
<p>It makes you wonder. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65959282021-04-06T17:33:06-04:002021-04-06T17:33:06-04:00Gadgets<p>Gadgets. That’s what this is, a gadget. CruzTools’ guitar multi-tool set. There are several Allen wrenches, screwdrivers, pokie thingies. Here’s everything a guitar player needs in a tool, except clippers. </p>
<p>A couple of years ago, I was flying out of Austin, TX after the Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference. The TSA officials at Austin–Bergstrom International Airport thought the 2” long tool would pose a danger to the passengers on the flight with me. (It will bend like crazy but not break.) CruzTool confiscated. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/7509ca8c3b6036208fcc6791c1ef9bc390b78a73/original/gadgets.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>I’m lost in Austin </p>
<p>Now here with nowhere to go </p>
<p>Without my CruzTool. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65953452021-04-05T23:22:44-04:002021-04-21T13:14:47-04:00H20 You Doing?"<p>What are you doing? What am I doing? </p>
<p>Why am I here? </p>
<p>Blog no. 284 </p>
<p>Several years ago, I attended Steve Earle’s Camp Copperhead, which was a week-long songwriting workshop. One of the challenges was to write a Haiku a day for a year. The first year, most of them I wrote in my morning pages. I published a few of them on Facebook. That was a start. </p>
<p>Last June 30th, I started another year’s worth. These I began publishing as da6d Daily Ramblin’s. There is not much at all that I won’t write about. You know that already. Everything is worth writing about; I have to find that worth. </p>
<p>I wrote a few Ramblin's before I committed to writing and publishing a year’s worth of Haiku. Here we are, number 284. They started out with just a brief narrative, then the Haiku. Since then, I have written tall tales and short stories. I have stretched truths to the snapping point just to see if they’ll snap back and look anything like what I started with. </p>
<p>I had hoped to see some steady increase in the number of readers. Anticipating that has been a big part of the motivation to keep writing. That hasn’t happened yet, but I’ll keep writing until June 30th. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>A Haiku a day </p>
<p>Three hundred sixty-five days <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/546f48afc00c7325928ae2fafdfcdd203b57355a/original/pexels-mat-brown-552598.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>A year-long challenge </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65942292021-04-04T22:34:35-04:002021-04-05T19:27:17-04:00Coming April 17th, 2021<p>Wow, I haven’t seen one of these in a while. Babe’s Pizza and Treats in Burnsville, NC on Saturday April 17, 2021. I’m looking forward to an evening with Friends. It’s been a while, eh? </p>
<p>My most recent CD, “I Ain’t Stayin’” will be available along with my previous releases. </p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/d8882fc1be039b9a971d654e69f930f6a193ad80/original/babes-4-17-21-2.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" />Blues, Folk, and Ballads; </p>
<p>Truths and Lies. We’ll have a time! </p>
<p>Come and bring a friend. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p><br> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65934612021-04-03T22:32:40-04:002021-04-03T22:32:40-04:00Tooth Hurtie <p>I have a dental checkup coming around soon. My least favorite part is when they poke your gums with a sharp pointy gum poker. They give themselves points for how much they make you bleed. Then they tell you how bad you’re doing with the toothbrush and floss. </p>
<p>“Two. Two. Three. Two. Four, oh you really need to floss more. Three. Four. Does this hurt? Brush more. Two …” </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/1117e40bedfb83c0e88cb8cc7d2088f79625fd7f/original/dentist.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Two-thirty, p.m. </p>
<p>Tooth hurtie appointment. Brush, </p>
<p>Floss, try not to bleed.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65925532021-04-02T19:04:51-04:002021-04-03T12:49:40-04:00Game On! <p>Chicago. I’ve never been there other than dropping by to say “Hi" from some nearby airport. Last night, I watched the Carolina Hurricanes play the Chicago Blackhawks. At one point, I’m thinking the Blackhawks are playing a really strong game … Score! Well damn, I guess they heard me. I’ll pull for Chicago against most teams, not against the Carolina Hurricanes. </p>
<p>Going into the final minutes of the game the score is tied at 3-3. John Forslund is the play-by-play announcer. I didn’t get the color commentator’s name, but the best I could figure, he’s a retired NASA scientist that hops curbs at Sonic on weekends and part-times as a hockey broadcast color commentator. </p>
<p>Game tied at 3-3, just minutes remaining, the quantity of knowledge of the entire universe was greatly expanded. Here's what John Forslund's broadcast partner declares. “The biggest goal of the game. Coming up next.” Genius!</p>
<p>Jesper Fast scored the game-winning goal with 0:29 left in regulation play. The Carolina Hurricanes won 4-3.</p>
<p>This still pales in comparison to John Forslund’s former color commentator and broadcast partner, Tripp Tracy. I’ll never forget Tripp Tracy’s famous line, “The only question remaining, along with all the other questions, blah, blah, blah …” Classic! Tripp likes to talk. </p>
<p>The Hurricanes had lost Tuesday night’s game against the Blackhawks, 2-1. I had to break out heavy artillery. It worked. That's my Cam Ward jersey and <a contents="Kevin Weekes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/weekes" target="_blank">Kevin Weekes</a> (da6d Daily Ramblin') jersey. Yep, that old. I am a goalie fan.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/02625e6162be286e9a6611cc29b2f4d82f03d6bc/original/game-on.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>No more hockey posts </p>
<p>One week, promise. But, that’s all. </p>
<p>Fishing, anyone?</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I wrote a da6d Daily Ramblin' about <a contents="John Forslund" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/kraken" target="_blank">John Forslund</a> a few weeks ago. My favorite play-by-play commentator.</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65910622021-04-01T13:06:58-04:002021-04-01T13:06:58-04:00Flying Goalies<p>The Buffalo Sabres had lost 18 games straight. Wednesday night, they won 6-1 against the Philadelphia Flyers. I watched the game and pulled for the Sabres. During this 18-game skid, the Sabres lost something else. Eric Staal now plays for the Montréal Canadiens. Go Habs! </p>
<p>Wednesday night’s game was a good game for Buffalo. Steven Fogarty scored his first goal of the season. I was watching him playing in front of the goalie. Fogarty dropped his stick. He looks around to see if he has a chance to pick up his stick. As Steven Fogarty picks up his stick, the puck is right there in front of him and the goalie’s (Brian Elliott) right side is wide open. The Sabres were destined to win. That was the third goal against the Flyers. </p>
<p>After Casey Mittelstadt scored the fourth goal, the Flyer’s coach, Alain Vigneault, yelled to his goalie, “Look out, Brian, that one almost hit you.” Alex Lyon came in to finish the job. </p>
<p>This was familiar territory for Brian Elliott. He was pulled after five goals against him came in the game on March 17 in a 9-0 loss to the New York Rangers. Carter Hart finished that mess.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f9b36f4460854ee0f393a43078e8308be8bde404/original/flying-goalies.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Beachballs everywhere!</p>
<p>Hand me my shotgun. Look out!</p>
<p>There comes another.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65905502021-03-31T20:33:57-04:002021-03-31T20:33:57-04:00Lifetime Warranty<p>Sunday night, I was tying fishing flies. It was a quiet and relaxing time of the evening. I was quiet and relaxed. </p>
<p>I heard something break. I thought it was the barb on a hook that I was trying to flatten in the jaws of my tying vice. It wasn’t. <br> </p>
<p>Thirty some years ago, I bought the best tying vise I could. $115 got the cheapest C-clamp model of Regal vise. I’ve never used the clamp much. A German friend made a beautiful brass base for me along with a few other tools. I took a small tying kit to Desert Shield/Storm. On this vise I tied fishing flies for Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and plenty more. </p>
<p>Sunday evening's quiet relaxation was interrupted when I heard something break. It wasn’t the barb on a hook that I was trying to flatten in the jaws of my tying vice. It was the vise. The tiniest chip possible had broken off the tip of the jaws on my 30-year-old Regal vise. I thought it was a huge chip. Without my glasses I could still see it. Huge. </p>
<p>Next day, after contacting the Regal Vise Company, I decided their option for repair was too much. Their options for replacement or upgrade were beyond consideration for anything I do. I took the vise head to my shop. In less than five minutes with a belt sander, some sandpaper and steel wool, it was smooth and pointed again. I was back in business. </p>
<p>Somewhere in the midst of all that, I broke another tool, a bodkin. It’s like a long needle with a handle. A very handy tool and certainly necessary, but the shipping cost doubled the cost of replacement. I combined the broken needle and a rarely used half-hitch tool to make a new bodkin. Back in business. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9b6b7d941306153fdf8438d266d32ab2c58e6b13/original/lifetime-warranty.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>See that chip right there beside a size 14 hook. The warranty only covers material and workmanship.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Lifetime Warranty </p>
<p>If it breaks, they come shoot you </p>
<p>Every claim settled</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65897032021-03-30T16:20:00-04:002021-04-03T13:03:23-04:00What Have I Lost? <p>Did a few people lose it all at once, or did everybody lose it just a bit? </p>
<p>Me, my marbles. I wouldn’t count on finding any of them around here. Mine are gone and scattered. </p>
<p>Compassion? No, I don’t think I’ve lost compassion; I want to share more. I watched the Dalai Lama doing a Q/A, live to St. Petersburg, Russia. Phenomenal. The Dalai Lama knows compassion. </p>
<p>Innocence? Lost? Too much. There’s a great deal of it that I’d like to have kept. Everyone, eh? </p>
<p>I’m sure there is something else I’ve lost. I just don’t know where it is.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/7205966da254980e85aae2d950b12e4d6bf99857/original/what-have-i-lost.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>This a book written by <a contents="Cadillac Man" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/track/2093227/cadillac-man">Cadillac Man</a>. I wrote this song about him.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Lost and never found</p>
<p>Austin, somewhere 'round midnight</p>
<p>Waiting for a ride</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65883072021-03-29T16:53:07-04:002021-03-29T16:53:07-04:00Who's Got the Time?<p>Things happen. Some things just happen the way they happen and there is nothing to be done about it. Too late. It’s already happened. Someone told me years ago, “There is no time, only clocks.” </p>
<p>A clock's function is to measure time (accurately). Rough estimates are no good. Close estimates are better, but just a little. This link, <a contents="Do You Have the Time" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/do-you-have-the-time" target="_blank">Do You Have the Time</a>, is my recent rail against Daylight Savings Time. This particular da6d Daily Ramblin’ is just about clocks in general. </p>
<p>The picture, UFO's maybe? Nope. Clocks, three of them. They’re all in the same room. You’d think they could come to some kind of agreement. You can zoom in on the picture and see what I am talking about. </p>
<p>The clock on the left is attached to the coffee maker. It thinks the correct time is 01:23 am. My coffee is always a minute early. The clock in the middle is attached to the oven. This clock thinks the correct time is 01:22 am. This one agrees with my cellphone and the “clock” clock on the wall. My biscuits are always right on time. </p>
<p>The clock on the right. That’s the one on the microwave. It says 01:21 am. My popcorn is always a minute late. Go figure. Do You wonder how I keep my sanity around here? Well, I appreciate your concern, but it's too late. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/0da34edd62750a525cf650411c4cd807632f0418/original/what-time-is-it.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>It’s 1:23 </p>
<p>Or it’s 1:22 or </p>
<p>It’s 1:21 <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65875972021-03-28T21:35:17-04:002021-03-28T21:35:17-04:00Free Wrinkles <p>Fold clothes or go blind. Write a da6d Daily Ramblin’ or go bonkers. Bonkers? Been there, done that … still there, where’s that t-shirt? Maybe the laundry can wait. </p>
<p>Well, here’s what a week’s worth of laundry looks like. I could live out of the clean basket for a week and not have to fold a thing. It’s a dirty cycle. Four loads to include the bed sheets, which are already back on the bed. </p>
<p>If I fold my laundry and put everything away, I’ll have a place to sleep tonight. I’d better hurry. It’s a school night, ya’ know. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/32ac2be274d19d97dfa17cc8da8de4e39e9187f7/original/free-wrinkles.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Cold wash, tumble dry. </p>
<p>Wrinkle-free, free from wrinkles. </p>
<p>Fold please, don't iron. </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65868522021-03-27T22:25:20-04:002021-03-27T22:25:20-04:00Bake Off<p>“Worst Cooks in America.” It’s a television show on some television network. Kari is finding inspiration binge-watching cooking shows. </p>
<p>I don’t watch cooking shows with her. She doesn’t watch hockey with me. I do have a favorite, tho’. "The Great British Bake Off.” Kari likes it, therefore I like it. Why? </p>
<p>Kari watches these shows, gets some wonderful ideas, then sets about baking something. Apple tarts, pizza, cake, pretzels, oh biscuits and sourdough everything. </p>
<p>I’ll pay the cable bill, she bakes.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f713c17d451c34e14904be0d8c17c73c4bb08277/original/bake-off.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>What’s bakin’ Baybie? </p>
<p>Potatoes, eh? Any pie, </p>
<p>Pretzels, or pizza?</p>
<p><br>Peace Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65862262021-03-26T22:22:53-04:002021-03-26T22:22:53-04:00IKEA Wooly Buggers<p>I fish, therefore I am. Wednesday offered one of the best fishing days that I have seen in a long time. Spring is here and I am looking forward to many more. </p>
<p>I have had little success with a woolly bugger of any sort, but Wednesday was different. Olive woolly buggers were the trick, and I ran through what few I had by mid-afternoon. So, what do you do?</p>
<p>Option A. Drive to the fly fishing shop and pay $3.00 per for wooly buggers? </p>
<p>Option B. Buy an IKEA® wooly bugger kit. </p>
<p>I had gold beads, lead, thread, sparkle stuff, hooks, and hackles. All I needed were some olive marabou and olive chenille. Assembly instructions were not provided. </p>
<p>Do not try this at home. I am a trained professional.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/aef750bb7cbf3c202b582124bea2cf92f4a9ac2b/original/assembly-required.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>IKEA buggers </p>
<p>Wooly, olive, and fishy. </p>
<p>Assembly required.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65851512021-03-25T23:26:55-04:002021-03-25T23:26:55-04:00Stage Planning Stage<p>There’s a happening happening. In February, Kokopelli’s Daughters 501(c)3, One of a Kind Art Gallery, and Micaville Music began a quest: to build an outdoor performance venue for Micaville Music’s Thursday Evening Concert Series, Saturday Morning Jams and many more Community events. </p>
<p>The plans are for a 12’ x 24’ stage/deck in the newly graded and seeded backyard next to the creeks behind the gallery. We plan to have a ramp on the East side plus steps along the front of the deck. There’s more, much more; electricity, lighting, more grading, more straw, and more grass to make this whole area inviting. </p>
<p>The best part of all is that there’s more opportunity for you to be a part of a Community project! Funding through Kokopelli’s Daughters has passed the halfway mark. Over $5,000 has been donated! That’s more than 50% of the estimated cost. How amazing is it that? </p>
<p>What’s next? Share. Share the link, share the post, let your friends know that there is still opportunity and need. Participation is not limited to monetary contributions. There’s room on the DIY Team for everyone, including carpenters, sawers, hammerers, gophers, measurers, cheerleaders and other jobs by the score (note: supervisory positions are limited). </p>
<p>Things are starting to come together, so we'd like to move as quickly as possible. Spring is here and we’ve been missing Live Music for a long time! <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/71b7ad65694d01788ce311b90e7d852fa1d48972/original/img-7195-1.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><a contents="Kokopelli's Daughter Link&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://gofund.me/3e4b4291" target="_blank">Kokopelli's Daughter Link </a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Part of something big. </p>
<p>Your Community needs you. </p>
<p>Opportunity. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65824162021-03-23T16:11:14-04:002021-03-24T09:44:09-04:00Go Ye Forth and Flaut<p>There are no excuses and it’s nobody’s fault but mine. I haven’t spent enough time with my children. My son just turned 40 and my daughter is going to be 29 plus a few. Most memories that I have are through their childhood as Army Brats, and their adolescent years. Those memories are few and precious. <br> </p>
<p>Between Middle School and High School, my son came home one day and declared that he would like to join the High School Band. Hoozah! That was exciting. So, I’m suddenly budgeting a saxophone in my head, but my son says that he wants to play the flute. Oh wow, how badass is that, eh? Another upside, we can still afford electricity! </p>
<p>High School band practice, first day, my son comes home in tears. Why so? “I’m the only boy flute player in the whole band.” I understood. I felt his pain. I also knew that hanging out with all the other flute players would not be a bad thing. </p>
<p>I stepped into a nearby phone booth for a quick-change to my Super Hero persona, “Moderately Alright Dad with Good Intentions.” (I already said that I have no excuses.) The situation is dire. I wish I had a crime-fighting companion. No, I must do this alone. </p>
<p>I need a plan. The fate of the world is at stake. What can I do? Aha! </p>
<p>Ian Anderson is a flute player. Ian Anderson is a flautist! Jethro Tull is not just an English agronomist. (I just assume that everyone is familiar with the band Jethro Tull.) </p>
<p>There is a groove on the LP record that the needle fits in so well. There’s just one. I found it. Crank it up and listen. We did. “Jethro Tull Live, Bursting Out.” I cued “Locomotive Breath.” Glasses rattled on the shelves. A single beam of sunlight shone through the window, highlighting the spinning record. My son drew Excalibur from the stone … It wasn’t quite that dramatic, but this is my memory. </p>
<p>“That, my son,” I said, “Is a flute player!” <br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/236a6b1eb30e52957f344c53e75a68c40abe982c/original/flautist.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>Shuffling madness </p>
<p>Of the Locomotive Breath </p>
<p>Go Ye forth and flaut! <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65810182021-03-22T21:54:19-04:002021-03-22T21:54:35-04:00Get My Tether Reeled<p>Often, there is a need to get my tether reeled in a bit. That happened last night. </p>
<p>Sunday, March 21, 2021: Janice Schilling, my marvelous editor, was editing. She was editing {{good}} well, like she always {{did}} does. She doesn’t let me slip. That’s what she does and she does it {{good}} well. </p>
<p>She doesn’t let me slip. I take pictures. I am not a photographer. Janice is a photographer. It’s a lot like, “You don’t want a picture of that. You want the picture of that.” </p>
<p>Janice asked for more pictures, until the right one was the one. I took more pictures, but I was a bit sparse with patience toward the task and toward Janice. I apologized. I also apologized to Kari. It was her aspirin bottle I kept borrowing. <br> </p>
<p>Yesterday’s Facebook post of da6d Daily Ramblin’ <a contents="You Are Here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/DavidAWisemanda6d" target="_blank">You Are Here</a> looked like this screenshot. Riotous! I laughed loud. It was good for my soul. All because Janice asked for more pictures until the right one was the one. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/60baceaa0a5c52b7e516a632dabbb83b541767f0/original/reel-your-tether.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>What I learned today. </p>
<p>“Check your ‘tude. Take more pictures.” </p>
<p>“Reel your tether in.”</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65808972021-03-21T21:07:26-04:002021-03-21T21:07:26-04:00. <-- You Are Here<p>In an infinite universe, we as a species, on a planet, orbiting a star in a solar system, in the Milky Way galaxy, are infinitely small. Our entire universe could just be dirt under the fingernail of some other species on their own planet, orbiting a star in their own galaxy somewhere. </p>
<p>I imagine some alien looking at us through a microscope and marveling at what fascinating creatures that we are. We are fascinating, but probably not to them. </p>
<p><a contents="Milky Way" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Milky-Way-Galaxy" target="_blank">Milky Way</a>, Britannica link. Imagine that if you knew all this, how much fun you would be at parties! </p>
<p>The picture, eh? There must be some relevance to the topic of universes and galaxies. Of course there is. Too much thinking gives me a headache. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9f794a5d51e50d5032ea54c1e6dda021ca022bae/original/43b56181-40d5-4fff-8e88-6b88ba63cd20.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><br>Mertzog, come and see! </p>
<p>That's a giant microscope </p>
<p>There, next to the Sun?</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65796522021-03-20T15:11:18-04:002021-03-20T15:38:56-04:00Sorry. Wrong Number<p>I am taking the certification test to be awarded Grand High Poobah for Advanced April Foolery status and to lead the First Annual April Fools' Bathtub Parade. Here was my submission: <br> </p>
<p>Hello, Is this [Insert Your First Name Here]? No? I was trying to call [Insert Your First Name Here]. Is [Insert Your First Name Here] there? [Insert Your First And Last Name Here], is he there? </p>
<p>Well, of course [Insert Your First And Last Name Here] shows up on their screen. Tell them how you found this phone on the floor under your dining room table in your house. </p>
<p>And tell them if they see [Insert Your First And Last Name Here] to let him know that you will have more than a “How do you do?” for [Insert Your First Name Here] next time you see him! </p>
<p>If you pull this on someone, later act like you have no clue what they’re talking about, except you do remember misplacing your phone a while back. </p>
<p>Do the same thing to them next year. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/137fba89f62c874510f0101f79147631aa46c008/original/img-5189.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><br>How to test Siri </p>
<p>Accidentally dialing </p>
<p>Someone’s number wrong. <br> </p>
<p>Has that ever happened? It's going to, just like that! And if you are onto this joke when I call, I'll know you've read my blog. If you want to spare any of our mutual friends some confusion, just share this blog, so they'll know too.</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65790272021-03-19T13:03:25-04:002021-04-21T13:14:37-04:00Get Down Mr. President<p>Want to play a game? How about "<a contents="Get Down Mister President" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Get%20Down%20Mr.%20President%21" target="_blank">Get Down Mister President</a>?" Kari's oldest, Allison, told me about this game while a student at North Carolina School of Science and Math. It's all fun and games until someone loses a shoe.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>As a possible subject for a future da6d Daily Ramblin’, I took a picture of my empty toothpaste tube a few days ago. Since then, I have gotten four more dabs of toothpaste out of this. I had to take another picture. </p>
<p>"Waste not, want not," Might be a fitting cliché, eh?<br> </p>
<p>Speaking of waste ...</p>
<p>Ain’t <a contents="Chip Roy" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/18/gop-lawmaker-chip-roy-under-fire-lynching-referenc/" target="_blank">Chip Roy</a> a piece of cr_p? </p>
<p>Someone throw a shoe at that Texas Republican. When was the last time someone threw a shoe at a Texas Republican? <a contents="George W. Bush Shoeing Incident" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_shoeing_incident" target="_blank">George W. Bush Shoeing Incident</a> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9d20cd561ab646dd15f1f4d12d9b5f8ac46b9aa1/original/0eba7184-376c-4313-8aaa-4aec59a8b811.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Incoming, size ten.</p>
<p>Get down Mr. President!"</p>
<p>Chip Roy, don't bother.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65779092021-03-18T16:20:00-04:002021-03-28T20:32:26-04:00Scoop There It Is!<p>Someone posted something funny on Facebook. My wife thought it would be funny to “tag” me. The post was about a Geico Insurance commercial. I had brought Kari into my studio a few days earlier and showed the commercial to her, so her revenge was to tag me. </p>
<p>“Tasha, did you know that Geico could save you hundreds on car insurance and a whole lot more? So what are you waiting for, hip-hop group Tag Team to help you plan dessert?” </p>
<p>Camera pans to hip-hop group Tag Team. “Ah, French vanilla, rocky road. Chocolate, peanut butter, cookie dough! Scoop, there it is! Scoop there it is!” </p>
<p>The best part is the dude with the “Sprinkles!” Riotous. </p>
<p><a contents="Geico Commercial" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/vDAg3VkZPg8" target="_blank">Geico Commercial</a> or click the picture.<a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/vDAg3VkZPg8" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/87fc8ffcca7aba358ebe696264dcee87fe280843/original/scoop-there-it-is.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></a></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Fifteen minutes saves </p>
<p>Fifteen percent at Geico. </p>
<p>"Scoop. Shaka-laka."</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65723972021-03-17T19:16:30-04:002021-03-20T07:45:11-04:00O Brother<p>O Brother, Where Art Thou? Probably not the Coen Brothers’ best film, but if it isn’t, I don’t know what is. Fargo? The Big Lebowski. </p>
<p>Homer’s Odyssey is the basis for the story. Since 2000, this has been one of my favorite movies. Every line is a quote all by itself. “Gopher Everett?” “I didn’t get hit by no train.” “How’s my hair?” “Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!” and of course, “I'll tell you what I am - I'm the damn paterfamilias.” <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/e939491a5b287ec99a4dc83682ad734c96f50eb3/original/o-brother.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>“Ms Hogwallop done</p>
<p>R-U-N-N-O-F-T.” </p>
<p>“We’re in a tight spot.” <br> </p>
<p>Peace Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65723712021-03-16T19:45:16-04:002021-03-16T20:07:35-04:00Egg Basket<p>Okemah, Oklahoma in the middle of July is hot. I’ve been to hotter places, but few of those were by choice. What the h_ck was I doing in Okemah, Oklahoma in the middle of July 2019? It was Woody Guthrie’s birthdate and I was attending WoodyFest. </p>
<p>That explains why I was there, but it doesn’t explain the picture. </p>
<p>I had camped in a designated area about two miles from downtown Okemah were most of the daily festival activities happened. It was a comfortable walk to the convenience store for provisions and supplies. As I was walking on “… a side road, and off the side of the side road was …” a broken basket with broken eggs. (Quoted lyrics are from Alice’s Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie.) </p>
<p>So, all I have is a picture of a broken basket with broken eggs and no idea in the world how they got there. A few cars were passing by on the main road. Pedestrians were few. I saw no one around with the rest of their eggs in another basket. There weren’t any houses close by. There were no egg farms in the vicinity either. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/45f6e5a1251fe422eda45ebc474441f17281b449/original/egg-basket.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Eggs in one basket, </p>
<p>Gathered fresh from the egg farm, </p>
<p>Going to market </p>
<p>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65722292021-03-15T18:35:30-04:002021-03-15T20:31:25-04:00Bull Crap<p>I wrote yesterday about Midway, Florida. Today, I want to talk about Bull Scrape, or Bullscrape Gap, North Carolina. At elevation 3,882 feet, Bull Scrape Gap is in the Blue Ridge Mountains along the Eastern Continental Divide. </p>
<p>Around 1911, parts of Burke, Caldwell, and Mitchell Counties decided to elope and make their own county. They all gathered around the headwaters of the North Estatoe River at a place known as Old Fields of Toe. </p>
<p>Old Fields of Toe became Newland, the new County Seat for Avery County. Nearby residents of Bullscrape Gap decide a much better name for their town would be Montezuma. They may have foreseen a shortage of the letter “s."<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/e7da04fa093824d516c2c47efdd8d944a704ae16/original/bull-crap.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Welcome to Bull Crap </p>
<p>Welcome to Montezuma. </p>
<p>Changed names, smells the same.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65721622021-03-14T21:11:59-04:002021-03-14T21:20:02-04:00Midway<p>Have you ever driven out to Midway, Florida, just to see what was there? Here’s what I found. My guess would be that Peters Gro. has been out of business a long time. Supply and demand, I suppose. </p>
<p>In early 2020 I was on the way from the Folk Alliance International Conference in New Orleans to a few gigs I had around Orlando, Florida. On Interstate Highway 10, about halfway across the State of Florida, is a town called Midway. It must have taken a lot of planning to get this town in the right place. It’s not like you can build a town just anywhere and call it Midway. </p>
<p>Maybe the town was already there before I-10 was built, and all they had to do was change the name. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/d8b9a64bfd76bf2d32b7f2cafce951783721f845/original/c2223de8-afca-42a3-9ebf-6f60c6d2efdf.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Welcome to Midway </p>
<p>Midway across Florida </p>
<p>Thanks for stopping. Bye</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65719162021-03-13T21:53:01-05:002021-03-13T21:58:10-05:00Oh, My Darling Clementine<p>Percy Montrose wrote a song in 1884 about Clementine, a rather lovely girl as far as I can tell from the song, except her feet. “Herring boxes without topses, sandals were for Clementine." Very big feet. </p>
<p>Clementine drowns after "Drove her ducklings to the water… hit her foot against a splinter and fell into the foaming brine.” Her Father, being so distraught, “… thought he oughta join his daughter.” Her lover was "dreadful sorry," but then proceeds differently.</p>
<p>"How I missed her, how I missed my Clementine. ‘Til I kissed her little sister and forgot my Clementine. Oh my darling, Oh my darling.” </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/6f408d80e70de6e6ba68d5c2a5b55143a416f94b/original/clementine.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Walking the ducklings, </p>
<p>Oh, my darling Clementine. </p>
<p>Watch out for splinters.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65718592021-03-12T11:10:50-05:002021-03-12T11:10:50-05:00Maybe Tomorrow<p>I’m supposed to be writing today’s da6d Daily Ramblin’. Instead, I’m tying flies and watching fly tying videos. I’ll never get anything written if I continue slacking off over here at my tying desk.</p>
<p>Usually, writing da6d Daily Ramblin’s is a matter of just going about a daily routine until some seed of an idea pops up. As you have read from other Ramblin’s, “Anything is worth writing about. I have to find that worth.” Then to cultivate that idea, “I will plow and plant; sow and hoe,” until it something grows. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/cb029868e8f1fddd1d3d48ce8abbc94f3f6e20a4/original/maybe-tomorrow.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>There are seven of these for me to write and get to my editor by Sunday. I’d better get busy! </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I’ll think of something. </p>
<p>Today, nothing. Zilch. Nada. </p>
<p>Maybe tomorrow. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65709532021-03-11T19:28:00-05:002021-03-11T19:28:00-05:00The Monkey Experiment<p>“Well, that’s the way we’ve always done it.” </p>
<p>Why? </p>
<p>“Because that’s the way we’ve always done it.” </p>
<p>Often my reply in situations like this is, “The monkeys want to stay dry.” I am usually met with something like, “What the h_ck are you talking about?” </p>
<p>Here’s where that came from. In an experiment, five monkeys were placed in a cage. In the middle of the cage was a ladder with a bunch of bananas at the top. Every time one of the monkeys tried to go up the ladder to get the bananas, the other monkeys were sprayed with cold water. They learned not to climb the ladder to get the bananas. Also, they learned not to let other monkeys attempt to climb the ladder to get the bananas. The monkeys want to stay dry. </p>
<p>One of the monkeys was replaced. The other monkeys kept the replacement from going after the bananas. When a second monkey was replaced, the first replacement joined with the others in keeping the latest replacement from going after the bananas. This continued until each of the original five monkeys had been replaced. </p>
<p>Then there were five monkeys that knew not to go after the bananas and also to keep others from climbing the ladder to get the bananas. None knew why. That’s the way we’ve always done it. </p>
<p><a contents="Forbes Magazine Link&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/keldjensen/2016/10/31/the-experiment-what-do-five-monkeys-have-to-do-with-negotiations/?sh=73a4732a498d" target="_blank">Forbes Magazine Link </a></p>
<p>The picture is from someone's ebay listing. Click it and see.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Keep the monkeys dry. <a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-FOUR-MONKEYS-STATUE-FIGURINE-DO-NO-EVIL-SAY-NO-EVIL-HEAR-NO-EVIL-SEE-NO-EVIL/200868499450?hash=item2ec4b20ffa:g:46wAAOxyeR9TIOB4"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/475b2cea145fcd6cdfe00cb82b82ce0b945bca61/original/four-monkeys-ebay.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Don’t climb the ladder. Don’t change. </p>
<p>Things are fine this way.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65698872021-03-10T11:20:05-05:002021-03-10T21:20:18-05:00Peanuts<p>Blog No. 259, Wednesday, March 10th, 2021. 259 is not a prime number, 37 x 7 = 259. Sunday’s blog will be will No. 263. That’s a prime number. That useless bit of information has nothing to do with anything. </p>
<p>Today is the 69th day of the year. That useless bit of information has nothing to do with anything. </p>
<p>Since Jordan Staal’s game-winning overtime goal Tuesday night, the Carolina Hurricanes hold 2nd place in the Discover® Central Division. For most folks, that's also a useless bit of information. </p>
<p>Some hockey fanatics will wear their jerseys, paint their face red, and sit in front of the tv and wave their foam finger while giving detailed coaching advice to any team or player. I have plenty of coaching advice. Referees could also benefit from my expertise, I’m sure. I keep offering, but they don’t listen. Somehow the Hurricanes keep winning anyway. Maybe they’d pay more attention if I had red face paint and a foam finger. <br> </p>
<p>da6d Daily Ramblin’s ramble through a wide range of topics. The subject I want to get is peanuts. “Huh?” you might say. Well, You can’t just start talking about peanuts and expect anyone to be interested. Prime numbers and Julian dates have nothing to do with peanuts, but hockey does. They’re a staple while watching a game.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/557ab2501f5f686413fd73d72c9ecf2a550dfeb3/original/959a8438-5353-42f1-b3a4-0159e7781ce8.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>Peanuts, whether roasted, salted, boiled, or buttered on wheat bread, are one of my favorite foods. I am concerned about some of the label information, tho'. <br> </p>
<p>3.5 servings </p>
<p>Or 0.5 servings? </p>
<p>Either way, two cans.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65692162021-03-09T20:55:27-05:002021-03-09T20:55:27-05:00Don't Get Your Hackles Up<p>Time doesn’t change, clocks do. We make this change, then believe the lie that we’ve told our clocks to tell us. We accept this as truth for the next eight months. I think it’s all a bit silly, but nothing to get my hackles up about. </p>
<p>What? Nothing to get your hackles up about? </p>
<p><a contents="idioms.thefreedictionary.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/get+hackles+up" target="_blank">idioms.thefreedictionary.com</a> get (one's) hackles up. To become or cause to become angry, hostile, defensive, or irritable. </p>
<p>Have you ever noticed a dog or cat get riled up about something and their hair behind their neck stands up? That is getting your hackles raised. <br> </p>
<p>I ordered some hackles for fly tying. They came in the mail yesterday (see the picture). These are from specially bred chickens that provide long hackle feathers used for tying fishing flies. There are four half capes in the package. I expect it will be a while before I need any more. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/96689ae55b03384b5be0d09e97186ad8ed694c64/original/hackles.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>With hook and hackle, </p>
<p>Feather and fur, I’m fishing </p>
<p>From behind my desk. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65684222021-03-08T20:01:37-05:002021-03-08T23:21:49-05:00No Loitering Without Permission<p>March 8th, a decade ago, Kari Weaver and her two partners were buying the One Of A Kind Art Gallery, Micaville, NC. They were closed, but I knocked on the door and asked if I could hang out on their porch and wait for a ride. “No problem. Don’t break anything.” </p>
<p>I was hitchhiking US Highway 19E and NC Highway 80 in western NC. At the intersection of these two busy roads, I took a photograph of my guitar case and backpack against a metal sculpted “Zimmy Dragon” outside One Of A Kind Art Gallery, Micaville, NC. The story begins. </p>
<p>I posted the picture on Facebook. A few days later, I get a FB message from Kari Weaver asking if the Gallery could use my photograph. “No problem,” I said. “Don’t break anything.” </p>
<p>Somehow, that day brought the prints of my feet across someone else’s path. A year later, on February 29th, Kari asked me to marry her. I did. I’d do it again. </p>
<p>Happy "Path Crossing Day," Kari! <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/c648a7ff4d7fe84c6a28001f5487c3108e06fca2/original/true-8.jpeg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>“Will you marry me?” </p>
<p>No problem, just remember, </p>
<p>Don’t break anything.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65674472021-03-07T18:30:00-05:002021-03-07T18:40:10-05:00Tea With The Queen Of Hearts<p>This time next week, it won’t be this time. It will be an hour earlier. Kari loves it every time I say that. I hope her eyes don’t get stuck like that. </p>
<p>DeO’jie has already anticipated the time change and she’s slowly phasing in adjustments to her schedule. Early last week, feeding and walking all got bumped up 15 minutes. Now we’re in the middle of her 30 minute reset to her schedule. </p>
<p>She’s smart like that and has me trained well. By next Sunday, she’ll be all set in her routine. I’ll be gulping coffee and wondering why I’m an hour late for everything. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f6a96d052cffa13fab314f7f0df361ef10b9f0d9/original/tea-with-the-queen.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Dare not to be late!"</p>
<p>Says her Highness, “Heads will roll!” </p>
<p>Tea time with the Queen.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65670492021-03-06T21:06:47-05:002021-03-06T21:06:47-05:00Passing Through<p>M R ducks. </p>
<p>M R not. </p>
<p>M R too! C M R wangs? </p>
<p>O I C, M R ducks! </p>
<p>They looked like ducks. They walked like ducks. I never could get them to talk. They’re probably on the way to their Summer home somewhere in Canada on some remote lake. Of course, Burnsville is right on the way and there's no better place South of the Border (the Canadian Border, that is). </p>
<p>There are no ponds or lakes close by. These guys were just hanging out in the backyard across the road. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b64bc40fce2fb3c652ca6ae7bec5ecf013a09532/original/true-7.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>March, ducks in Burnsville. </p>
<p>Migratory water fowl, </p>
<p>Must be passing through. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65660332021-03-05T15:15:09-05:002021-03-05T15:15:09-05:00A Stick<p>This is a drill. </p>
<p>This is only a drill. </p>
<p>Had this been an actual pencil sharpening emergency, you would have received instructions to go get a pen. <br> </p>
<p>I know you’ve tried this. Okay, maybe you have thought about it. Well, you’re going to try it now, aren’t you? Go ahead, it’s worth it. </p>
<p>Chef Alton Brown has a drill connected to a pepper mill. Gonna try that too, aren’t you? <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/4b42a8c2792c7f7b426163a0ea2f7fe630514cfb/original/0a31cdb9-91e9-4267-8a78-744e42a6adb9.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>A broken pencil, </p>
<p>Not a pencil anymore. </p>
<p>No, it is a stick. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all, </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65651982021-03-04T20:11:56-05:002021-03-04T20:11:56-05:00Board Meeting<p>Tonight (03/04/21), Micaville Music celebrates Traveling Songs. There are a dozen or more fine folks who have recorded videos for this event and we’re sharing them tonight at 7:00 pm on the Micaville Music YouTube Channel and Facebook Page.</p>
<p>Micaville Music has been active over the past year with Virtual Events. Our goal now is to get our Open Mics, Jams and Thursday Evening Concert Series Events “Outside and Live!”</p>
<p>OOAK Art Gallery and Micaville Music are building an outdoor deck/stage behind the Gallery. Recent grading will help the back lawn dry out. The space on the deck and the lawn will provide room for social distancing. Our Community can gather again, with precautions, throughout the Summer months and beyond.</p>
<p>Can you help? You betchya! Starting with Kokopelli’s Daughters’ GoFundMe for Micaville Music. </p>
<p>Here’s the link: <a contents="Help Yancey Sing Again" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://gofund.me/3e4b4291" target="_blank">Help Yancey Sing Again</a></p>
<p>But wait, there’s more! We’re going to need hammerers to hammer and sawers to saw, and carpenters to carpent, plus gophers, whackers, levelers, measurers, runners, nailers, bolt turners and screw drivers. There are a thousand ways to be involved. A dollar at a time or a board at a time, all are welcome. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/5596339afaa4db7825b16057c3f70a5ca9a7f915/original/stage.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>There’s a board meeting, </p>
<p>Outside, on deck, in the back. </p>
<p>Bring your own hammer. </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65639842021-03-03T19:29:11-05:002021-03-03T19:33:17-05:00Hand Flute<p>As the picture shows, this is a way of holding your hands together to whistle with your hands (hand flute). YouTube has a video for everything, including several on "How to Whistle with Your Hands." <a contents="Here’s How" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/pdMmcoubZTg" target="_blank">Here’s How</a> </p>
<p>Growing up, I had about 35 acres, a pony, a pond, and a treehouse. Besides a guitar, which I also had, that’s all a kid needs. A fishing pole and a can of worms were also handy. I played, adventured, explored, camped, hunted and fished. That’s what kids did back then, but that’s beside the point. Whenever dinner time came around or Mom needed me for anything, I’d hear that hand whistle. She’d come out on the deck and whistle. When I heard that, it was time to go home. I usually did. <br> </p>
<p>Sometime in ’89, my Uncle Sam thought it would be a good idea if I ran around in the woods of Camp Dawson, West Virginia, for a few weeks. It's nice there. I almost enjoyed it, but you can't get there from Frankfurt, Germany. You have to go somewhere else first.</p>
<p>Before I flew from Frankfurt, Germany, to D.C., I shared my itinerary. I don’t recollect any details about the flight, but I do remember walking through Dulles International Airport and hearing the whistle. Yep, the whistle, and nobody does that like my Mom. Sure enough, it was her. In the time I had flown from Frankfurt to D.C., Mom had driven from Spruce Pine, NC, to Dulles International Airport, just to see me for a few moments. I love my Mom. I try, but I think she loves me more. She had a nine-month head start.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/5ad4934fd282e5c2ec3949145c50f5e815b53187/original/hand-whistle.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hark! What sound I hear</p>
<p>Call from miles and years ago?</p>
<p>Dinner is ready!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65630892021-03-02T19:37:58-05:002021-03-02T22:53:20-05:00Do You Have the Time? <p>Do you ever look at a clock because you want to know what time it is? It’s one of those things that humans do. </p>
<p>If you’d really like to know what time it is, call the U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock Time Voice Announcer, Colorado Springs, Colorado: (719) 567-6742. </p>
<p>You’ll notice a difference of four hours forward for Universal Time and two hours backwards for Mountain Standard Time. There’s also another Master Clock at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, DC. That’s where the Vice-President lives. </p>
<p>If you want to know how impatient someone might be over their microwave burrito supreme, look at the clock on the microwave, 0:17 seconds. Seriously, these are not like cell phone minutes that disappear if you don’t use them. These are valuable microwave seconds that someone thoughtfully left for you to use. Use them. </p>
<p>Have you ever wondered where that hour for Daylight Savings Time comes from? It’s those unused microwave seconds that float up into the ionosphere, accumulate with other unused microwave seconds and minutes, and come back as Daylight Savings Time. </p>
<p>Spring and Summer have more daylight hours than Winter. This is because the Earth is tilted on its axis toward the Sun, not because we force clocks to lie to us for a few months. Daylight Savings Time begins 02:00 am, March 14th, 2021. Change that to 03:00 am, then 330 million people will adjust their lives accordingly. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/bd048165777891589598db2827cf19eea51d5b17/original/do-you-have-the-time.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /> </p>
<p>If anyone cares, I think the whole concept is a bunch of crap, and the only way to stop it is to use those microwave seconds. </p>
<p><br>Do you have the time? </p>
<p>I need to borrow an hour,</p>
<p>At least until Fall.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65616542021-03-01T15:19:43-05:002021-03-01T15:19:43-05:00Speel Cheeker<p>D, please, All of the above, if those are my only choices.<br> </p>
<p>Have you ever <br>writen a word <br>then looked to see <br>if it is speeled <br>correctly. </p>
<p>Each letter must be carefully written for this to work. Try this at home, share the results with your friends. IT REALLY WORKS! <br> </p>
<p>Weird. I was writing with a pencil. Some word came up and I don’t even remember what it was, but I’m writing this word and wondering if it was spelled right. I finish writing the word, then I take my pencil away expecting to see the letters turn red with a squiggly line under them. It didn’t happen, so I assumed the word was spelled correctly. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/748a515b92caa9a19fe8559f8fd5f603bbc8489c/original/e7e48e72-fe51-4409-84d4-2403868479d2.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><br>Choose one, A, or B, </p>
<p>None of the above, or D, </p>
<p>All of the above.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65604222021-02-28T22:21:05-05:002021-02-28T22:21:05-05:00Preparing Her Son<p>I recently ordered a book written by an old Friend of mine, Berris “Bear” Samples, “30 Days to Better Flycasting.” It arrived yesterday from a bookstore in Toledo, Ohio. </p>
<p>Inside the book at page 23, I found this picture. Maybe someone was using it as a bookmarker. I hope they read past page 23. On the back of the picture is a poem, “Preparing Her Son” by Marsha Newman. I wish I knew the story of how this picture got here. </p>
<p>If any of Y’all know J. Bell from Payson, Utah, their book has found its way to me. What an interesting story that must be. What are the odds of that? (1:193,682. I made that up.) <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9e50a97024b4bd5c5218d7ec6f67fd851c41d50a/original/preparing-her-son.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><br>Riches that endure,</p>
<p>The gift of a Mother's love </p>
<p>Given without bounds.<br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65604092021-02-27T22:27:50-05:002021-02-28T17:27:57-05:00Ein Stein<p>I don’t have a collection, I have three. Three are easy to keep up with. The plan is to use one. The second is dirty and probably in the dishwasher. The third is clean, sitting in the cupboard. Do you think that works? There must be some flaw in the system when all three wind up dirty and in the same place. </p>
<p>For years, lots of years, over a couple of decades, I only had one. It had a daily cycle. A.M., coffee. Early afternoon, tea. Evening beer. Rinse if necessary, repeat. </p>
<p>A while back, 7-8 years ago, Kari found another in a local consignment store. It’s the one in the back left of the photo. That same day, I had an armload of stuff that I was too lazy to make a second trip out to the car for and I had both mugs in one hand while trying to open the door to the house. Gee, guess which one slipped from my hand, fell, and broke. Not the one in the picture. </p>
<p>I have a couple of spares now. The only time I’ll carry more than one at a time is when all three wind up "dirty and in the same place." Then I’ll carry them to the kitchen, carefully. </p>
<p>Maybe I’ll put coffee in the one that already had coffee in it. The other already had tea in it, why not use it again for tea? I’m not sure what was in the third one. I’ll wash it. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a068011a3968c6d3478a6d28e0cc4c0da4e30427/original/908c36c8-be89-4c1d-9b62-eda2b10689fc.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>Ein stein coffee, please. </p>
<p>Put it in a dirty mug </p>
<p>I’ll drink to your health.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65590002021-02-26T14:37:25-05:002021-02-26T21:46:51-05:00Da Dit Da Dit, Da Da Dit Da<p>Morse code, anyone? </p>
<p>I never did learn enough to be proficient at it, much less get my Ham Radio Operator's License. Gee, my Dad did, back in the late '70s. My brother passed the exam for No-Code Tech several years later. So why am I writing about Morse code and Ham Licenses when I know so little to nothing about the subject? I usually don't let details like that bother me.</p>
<p><br>Several years ago, I was having a conversation on Messenger with Kari. We'd just met and were talking, getting acquainted. I sent her a message, "-.-. --.-" and she was intrigued enough to google Morse code and translate those "das and dits" to the letters C and Q. Ham operators using Morse code will initiate random conversations by transmitting a kind of short-hand, "C Q, C Q, DE callsign." This means, "seek you, seek you. this is 'call sign.'" <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/bcff2bc0f4f39f7377b0609e15851510ac7210f1/original/03cd7f79-7252-4d6f-ae96-4285eff47993.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>Kari thought that was adorable, masterfully funny, and that's why she married me. She may have a different story, but this is mine. All that "Da Dit Da Dit, Da Da Dit Da," that's the chorus to a song I'm working on, "Seek You."</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Three dashes two dots.</p>
<p>Three dashes, two dots, again.</p>
<p>Eighty-eight, (hugs, too.)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65588992021-02-25T21:00:58-05:002021-02-25T21:00:58-05:00Bigger Than Stuttgart<p>OOAK Art Gallery in Micaville, NC, has something happening and it’s bigger that Stuttgart! That just sound big, doesn’t it, eh? I first heard that phrase while I was stationed in Germany. I think it just means big, but bigger than a normal “big.” </p>
<p>Covid-19 and social distancing restrictions forced Micaville Music to cancel all 2020 indoor performances and the Saturday Jam. No events are scheduled for 2021 … yet. “Yet” is what I said. We can have performances and we can have the Saturday Morning Jam and we can have both. Outside on our newly planned deck behind the gallery.</p>
<p>Here's what I wrote about it a couple of weeks ago, <a contents="Friends Gather" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/friends-gather" target="_blank">Friends Gather</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Kokopelli’s Daughters 501(c)(3) has created a GoFundMe campaign to cover the cost of materials. This is where we invite everyone to be a part of something big. Here’s a direct link to <a contents="Help Yancey County Sing Again" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yancey-county-sing-again?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR3tPX9TlZZ7u5SkdG8xg7UHU-bl4l6ayPG2QUtf1AeBNuFi-phd8I99Drs" target="_blank">Help Yancey County Sing Again</a>. </p>
<p>There is more than one way to be involved. All these materials are going to have to be assembled into a 12’ by 24’ outdoor deck. The budget for construction workers will cover Subway, Pizza, Maples Bakery, RC Cola and moonpies by the gross plus anything else to keep a small group of socially distanced volunteers fed and happy. Stay in touch. I’ll share details as soon as I know them. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/050197d03c54f5d18ea84d131750b76af488068f/original/audience-ovation.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><br>Here, magic happens. </p>
<p>Hear magic happening here. </p>
<p>Hey, haven’t you heard? </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65569152021-02-24T23:25:17-05:002021-02-24T23:25:17-05:00What a Mess We Have Here <p>My Grandma was a messy cook. </p>
<p>I remember watching "Hee Haw" on a few Saturday nights. They had a segment where Grandpa Jones was asked, “Hey Grandpa, what’s for dinner?” He’d reply with something crazy like, “Fried muskrat tail and possum ribs. Mmm, mmm.” </p>
<p>My Grandma was a messy cook but in a much different way. I do recall squirrel dumplings, rabbit stew, and even groundhog. I think she was messy simple because of what she had to work with … vegetables. Vegetables were grown in the garden. That may be where they became such a mess. We tried to keep the rows straight and neat. We'd weed the garden and hoe corn 364 days a year. But still, everything turned into a mess.</p>
<p>“Hey Grandma,” I’d ask, “What’s for dinner?” This is where things would get messy. “I’ma fixin’ a mess of green beans, and a mess of taters, and a mess of kilt spring lettuce,” she’d say. Vegetables are messy. But then things would get nice. She’d add, “ … and a nice pot roast and a nice peach cobbler.” <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/dd3d78d7a3e9c4c7f5f1d931602444b9b67bc1e6/original/a7f9df96-51ff-44d8-8f4a-ae753a1ef35e.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>I asked my wife what a "mess" was. She told me that it’s a southern thing. A "mess" is an extra whole lot of something, y’all. She’s funny. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>A lot of something, </p>
<p>Will make a heck of a mess. </p>
<p>Eww, vegetables.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65566932021-02-23T17:01:37-05:002021-02-23T18:06:24-05:00Can You Play That Thing?<p>It’s been a few years since I’ve built an instrument. I have enough pieces cut already to assemble one or two. I make dulcimer kits, then I put them together.</p>
<p>Here’s one that I made sometime last decade. Through twists and turns of circumstance, I own this one again. It has a maple top and headstock and walnut back and sides (bent, not cut) and six strings. It was one of my favorites when I built it. It is again.</p>
<p>I built this one using a pocket knife and a 2" square of sandpaper. That makes a great story, but I used a shipload of other tools also. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b0ddf50e8c8fe7ce6c578cecb548ce3f3cc0fb79/original/dulcimer.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Do you remember?</p>
<p>Always so good hearing your</p>
<p>Dear sweet melodies.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65554182021-02-22T13:55:45-05:002021-02-22T14:02:42-05:00“Imagination at Work,” GE® <p>In case you missed it, here's the link to yesterday’s <a contents="Corporate Sponsorship" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/corporate-sponsorship" target="_blank">Corporate Sponsorship</a> Daily Ramblin’.</p>
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<p>da6d Daily Ramblin’ has been a steady source of useless information for the past eight months or so. For some reason, I just keep on writing. “I’m Lovin’ It,” McDonald’s®. Maybe it’s cleaning out the junk in my head that’s not really attached to anything else. </p>
<p>Just to be current with certain topics, I try to write these every day. They are “Hot & Fresh” like Krispy Kreme®. Most days, it’s a Nike® “Just Do It” attitude. “Think Different," Apple®. “We’ll Pick You Up,” Enterprise Car Rental®. </p>
<p>“Over 830 Hundred-thousandths of a Million Served.” That’s a few less than McDonalds®, but I’m catching up. “Like a Good Neighbor,” State Farm. “Because You Are Worth It,” L’Oreal Cosmetics. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/7cbbdf7a48e758d3bece0648e0f56c51c0946dea/original/f1c59bbf-c1a2-4d88-95a7-fcccc13c404e.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><br>“Think Outside the Box.”” </p>
<p>“The Best Part of Waking Up.” </p>
<p>“Can You Hear Me Now?” </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65548522021-02-21T19:09:26-05:002021-02-21T19:09:26-05:00Corporate Sponsorship<p>“We have been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.” Corporate sponsorship, that’s what I need! </p>
<p>Depending on the company, I may have to limit some of the topics that I write about or possibly only write about the prospective company’s products or services. How convincing could I be peddling whatever products or services that would be of interest to my demographic? </p>
<p>“X brand of toilet paper, because we’re going to have to clean the fan when all of this is over.” </p>
<p>“When you’ve fallen and can’t get up, can’t get it up, can’t get to the bathroom, can’t go when you get there, have already gone when you get there, you get there and can’t remember why, want to save 15 percent in 15 minutes, rollover your minutes, but wait, there’s more! Is your home secure, are your investments secure, do you want to sell your timeshare or share a Coke® with a friend? Call now, operators are standing."</p>
<p>"Bye.”<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/7cff7dcaf0be366080eb3e39cb8c99062a29a94f/original/3f4c47df-f69f-4d5e-8d84-65dcb565f394.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br> </p>
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<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65542332021-02-20T14:09:41-05:002021-02-20T14:09:41-05:00It's the Humidity<p>Well, what are we going to do now? </p>
<p>Texas froze over. It's all somebody else’s fault, and when everything is said and done, there’s usually a lot more “saying” than there is “doing.” I probably ought to talk about something else. Something besides hockey, eh? </p>
<p>Has anyone thought of telling these poor people in Texas, “It’s a dry cold.” Don’t, it probably won’t help. </p>
<p>I have gas heat at home. It’s dry as you can see. Guitars like 40% humidity. 26% is what I would declare to be a humidity emergency. Maybe if I could seal this room, I could maintain heat and humidity, but that isn’t an option. </p>
<p>I’m keeping instruments in their cases and only taking one out to play, then returning it to the case. While in the case, I keep them humid with the D’Addario Humidipak Two-way Humidification System®. The pack in the picture dated 01-21-21 is due for a change. Kari made these adorable pouches from a shirt she’d gotten me for Christmas several years ago. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/91f8b3c45f139bb422f549edff150b315d32cf3a/original/e23a869c-2036-40c0-b304-6a96fcf26052.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><br>On the coldest days </p>
<p>Darkest nights, and driest times. </p>
<p>Humidity helps.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>***Alternate Ending! "Humanity helps."</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all,</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65535252021-02-19T00:00:00-05:002021-02-25T09:49:59-05:00Weekes<p>1:38 pm. Oh my, oh my, oh my! It’s Friday. I vacuum on Friday, but that’s not why I am excited. I’m going to vacuum and if I don’t think of anything else, I’ll tell You what I’m excited about. </p>
<p>2:32 pm. February 20, 2021 was going to be the first NHL hockey game played outdoors in Raleigh, NC, hosted by the Carolina Hurricanes. Postponed Due to Covid-19. There are worse things by far. </p>
<p>The Hurricanes have had a couple of other changes this weekend/week. Instead of playing in Dallas against the Stars, electricity issues have forced more postponements. Carolina will host the Chicago Blackhawks tonight 2/19, then face Tampa Bay for four straight games. Two at home, 2/20 and 2/22, then two games in Tampa 2/24 and 2/25. </p>
<p>Gosh, that’s a lot to be excited about, you’d think. </p>
<p>We won’t see Carter-Finley Stadium iced over this year. Instead, Lake Tahoe will host two outdoor games. Uh-huh, two. Saturday 3:00 pm the Vegas Golden Knights face the Colorado Avalanche and Sunday 2:00 pm the Philadelphia Flyers play the Boston Bruins. Good matchups. The road to the Cup has lots of turns. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/ea4b5ae60e9424a722ff636da8fac4670a0d76cf/original/03b03abd-6c20-4ec8-84e8-25cd842ca36f.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /> </p>
<p>The picture. The #80 Kevin Weekes jersey. It’s been several years since Weekes played for the Hurricanes. I’ve had this sweater since then. Kevin Weekes is now an analyst for the NHL Network. Last night he said something like this … <br> </p>
<p>Goalies’ dilemma </p>
<p>Red lights go on, the crowds cheer. </p>
<p>Failing at my job. </p>
<p><br>Peace Y'all, game on!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65523362021-02-18T09:00:00-05:002021-02-25T09:50:12-05:00I'm Stuck On You <p>It’s Thursday, February 18th, 2021. I am writing to inform you that I am writing a blog today. Much like the previous 238 da6d Daily Ramblin’s, I pick a subject and I write about it. This hasn’t been very complicated. And there’s a Haiku (or two) every day. </p>
<p>I have learned a lot, especially when clearing up many of my own misconceptions. “Everything is worth writing about. I have to find that worth.” You can quote me on that. </p>
<p>I’m still building sets for my stop motion video “Bring The Rain.” My previous video, <a contents="Shadow’s Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU">Shadow’s Puppet</a>, was done the same way: one shoot at a time. Most scenes are compilations of several shoots. </p>
<p>One thing I use a lot of is adhesive. There is a variety for bonding different materials and also different methods of applying the adhesives. One thing I hadn’t considered was the use of gorilla glue as a hair care product.</p>
<p>DO NOT TRY THIS! <a contents="She Accidentally Used Gorilla Glue to Style Her Hair. It Didn't Go Well" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/beauty/she-accidentally-used-gorilla-glue-to-style-her-hair-it-didnt-go-well/ar-BB1doUEd" target="_blank">She Accidentally Used Gorilla Glue to Style Her Hair. It Didn't Go Well</a>. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/0d9d1ca952183bf2ba9d17dabee21227e43ed5eb/original/a4030f26-2e3d-4ab6-beec-142ebe2a5b43.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>What would Darwin do? </p>
<p>This hairstyle is stuck with me </p>
<p>For a long, long time </p>
<p>? <br> </p>
<p><br>Peace Y’all. </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65518712021-02-17T19:00:00-05:002021-02-25T09:49:03-05:00At This Stage<p>Something big and grand is happening at <a contents="OOAK Gallery" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.ooakartgallery.com/" target="_blank">OOAK ART Gallery</a>. I introduced the concept in my <a contents="Friends Gather" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/friends-gather" target="_blank">Friends Gather</a> Ramblin' a couple of weeks ago. It’s still happening and this is part of it. ***Update <a contents="Here's the Link" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yancey-county-sing-again?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR1hOXmMQNcAAsaJGJEj72CseSlp4tqEAYIGOeVRXn5ilpCf1hFO3P4olt0" target="_blank">Here's the Link</a></p>
<p>Today I got to thinking. It’s not the first time, but I seldom share anything worth thinking about, nor do I think about anything worth sharing. But, here we are. You and me. </p>
<p>The background story from the above link is worth knowing at this point. <a contents="Same Link As Above" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/friends-gather" target="_blank">Same Link As Above</a>.<the above="" as="" link="" same=""> It’s the way I ramble sometimes. </the><br> </p>
<p>But here’s what I thought about. What would the stage look like if it were made out of cardboard and construction paper, glue and tape, then photographed on a green background?</p>
<p>See what happens when you stand in the wind and leave both ears open? <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b50157fff70b0d5d240e41c76255560bfe8e2581/original/opporknockity.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br> </p>
<p>The wild blew by me. </p>
<p>Sideways, I stood and I heard </p>
<p>Opporknockity. </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Knock, _____ “Who is there?” </p>
<p>Mister Opporknockity, </p>
<p>Who only tunes once. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all. Be well and stay that way, </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65502222021-02-16T14:00:00-05:002021-02-16T22:01:19-05:00Southern Travels<p>Sometime last decade. Somewhere South of here, there was a gathering of Friends. I had just finished releasing my CD “<a contents="Panes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1373841/panes-2016" target="_blank">Panes</a>” Click here to hear and download. What a magical afternoon.</p>
<p>This was my second “Southern Travels” tour that took me through NC, SC, GA, and Casselberry, FL. It qualifies as a House Concert, even in a pool house. Most of these Folk, I get to visit every year about this this time. Not this year. I miss my Friends, but we’ll do it again right soon! </p>
<p>Nice guitar, eh? This one became my friend the previous year, somewhere between New Smyrna Beach and Osteen, Florida. From a previous da6d Daily Ramblin’, <a contents="Skipper" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/welcome-aboard-skipper" target="_blank">Skipper</a>. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/bd0bbcafd33f0d8394acf6f8837156c70a01b881/original/southern-travels.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>Photo by Linda Chase. Here's her blog entry, <a contents="Linda Chase Blog" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fchasingadventureorg.ipage.com%2Fhttp%2Fchasingadventureorg%2F2016%2F02%2F15%2Fhear-the-voice-of-the-bard-who-present-past-and-future-sees-william-blake%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR12caZrfqSWJ_lWa1slWoYVVmOyuVtE5WR-hfnOM7ma6BIY02ypC4YA4Ig&h=AT3feJwC9FcJSA2YuiveS89pEOB1yb7FTZz5a2KNQlb1vH5eqxYts4LHcZQ81CfTtNkiwHaNsWJIHp3bG-0xbm-KRW5He8vfIRByBqWacAMNTXV7QwYkm2hLwGtbdtQ1flXEhn7k4XW0EJ__cs7dPoXL&__tn__=-UKH-R&c%5B0%5D=AT3W3qddMbSWdffTEn420bDmH9eowNSHK13U4iAcKGheDij6DIwbOFELVT6WNOBrIzDl2Oz7y_c4pCzAWb_8UDKOnd-dKU7zUjljGkDaK0rQ0r_Zp5WbDVCx2IIo0RE7Ci-2xVJDZ6woFA0tL5F_CCY3Pj7_4o_HjhqZmw0c7oCJ3Q" target="_blank">Linda Chase Blog</a></p>
<p><br>Missing tomorrows. </p>
<p>I used to have so many, </p>
<p>So few anymore. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65491162021-02-15T19:00:00-05:002021-02-25T09:48:12-05:00What's Under Your Toque?<p>How do you keep from losing your head? I keep mine under a toque most of the time (not a chef’s hat.) </p>
<p>Toque, toboggan, skull cap, all the same thing if you ask a Canadian. Who else would wear one year-round? I’ve got a lot underneath mine. I’m not talking about hair, ‘cause I gave up most of that a year ago. It’s sneaking back, tho’. </p>
<p>With no hair, my ears make me look like a ’67 Volkswagen with both doors open. There’s a large storage area behind my ears. There I keep my hearing aids, glasses, and mask ties. There’s a lot of room back there, but things don’t stay in place. Well, they do now. <br> </p>
<p>How did Canada get its name? </p>
<p>There were a bunch of old guys sitting around Parliament while wearing wigs, trying to decide what to name the vast new county. The idea they decided on was to put all the letters of the alphabet into a hat and have each member take out a letter. </p>
<p>The first member reaches into the hat, pulls out a letter and reads it. The next member reaches into the hat, pulls out a letter and reads it. The third member reaches into the hat, pulls out a letter and reads it. This was a complicated process. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/58e2463728f14dd6ab6dbfd4edaf754ad2752597/original/150532481-763597554362004-5239180579161393385-n.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><br>First letter, “C, eh?” </p>
<p>Next letter, “N, eh?” Now what? </p>
<p>Third letter, “D, eh?” </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y’all, </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65477982021-02-14T19:00:00-05:002021-02-25T09:47:54-05:00Safely Pinned<p>A Friend of mine made this for me. I’ve worn this pin for four plus years. I’m not done wearing it. </p>
<p>This is a good article. It helped me to clarify, “<a contents="Why I wear a safety pin" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intentional-insights/201611/4-questions-ask-wearing-safety-pin" target="_blank">Why I wear a safety pin</a>.” <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a9018e390152dc6e1237b10795c88dbe5430ae28/original/0a266ae3-fa97-493e-a92a-86b07f9dd98e.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Intolerance, hate, </p>
<p>Culture bias, racism, </p>
<p>Ends here (period) </p>
<p>!</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65461052021-02-13T14:00:00-05:002021-02-25T09:47:37-05:00Whip It<p>Yesterdays Conversation:</p>
<p>"How was your day," she asked? "Eh, it was in the top ten for the month," I replied. "You know today is the 10th of the month, right?" "Yeah, tomorrow the competition gets harder. Overall, it’s an easy month tho'."</p>
<p><br>I'm already celebrating Spring. Today, I went fishing and didn't have to leave the house. I cleaned out my fly tying box and made a list of things I need to get. And just for the fun of it, I tried a couple of whip finish knots for practice. I also tried a few without the tool to see if I remembered how. It's not been that long.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/62e6ef59e8d5d60d9eef4222836f0377b01d2644/original/fur-and-hackle.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>I've got a fly box to fill. Go fish.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hackle, fur, and hook.</p>
<p>Flies tied imitate insects.</p>
<p>Entomology.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65475772021-02-13T06:00:00-05:002021-02-13T18:37:44-05:00Alles Klein<p>Some days start just a bit off-kilter. You know what I mean. I often say that stupid ought to be painful. Ha, this didn’t hurt as much as it should have. No harm, no foul. It’s worth a laugh, even if only at myself. I laughed. </p>
<p>Just a couple of incidences can define, ruin, or make an entire day, good or bad. This wasn’t a biggie by any means, but it gave me an opportunity to stop. I did. My day will be defined by my reaction to whatever comes. “Alles klein” – everything small. Even big stuff is made up of small stuff. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/7524e83ebc056165bdf5085189a9966272d8ba9f/original/alles-klien.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>One lump or two?</p>
<p>"Ouch!"<br> </p>
<p>Don’t sweat the small stuff. </p>
<p>Proportional reactions. </p>
<p>Keep everything small.</p>
<p><br>Peace Y'all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65472492021-02-12T14:00:00-05:002021-02-13T18:37:22-05:00Fishing Friends <p>Other than somewhere in West Germany (maybe Czech Republic) on a riverbank, I have no recollection of where these pictures were taken. I remember the fishing trip, early '90s. Sergeant First Class Phil LeBlanc and Chaplain, Major Berris “Bear” Samples were my bestest fishing Friends. </p>
<p>I saw Berris a few times after my military service. We’d meet up whenever I was around Seattle, WA driving an 18-wheel truck. This is an Amazon link to Berris’s book “<a contents="30 Days to Better Flycasting" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/Days-Better-Flycasting-Berris-Samples/dp/0967173876" target="_blank">30 Days to Better Flycasting</a>.” Read the reviews. Berris, Phil, and Rudi Heger taught me fly fishing. </p>
<p>During Desert Storm, Phil, Berris and I got together a few times and practiced fly casting in the sandy desert. I have pictures to prove it. We also tied a couple dozen flies and Berris gave them to General Norman Schwarzkopf. I hope he caught a few fish. </p>
<p>In the pictures, Phil LeBlanc with the $10 haircut and me looking mean and shaggy. I still have the NorthFace tent.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/eb8f01b023ea6560cb995f5b350cfce4b42be956/original/fishing-the-siene.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Teach a man to fish, </p>
<p>You’ve done him a great favor </p>
<p>He’ll never forget.</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65449972021-02-11T18:00:00-05:002021-02-25T09:47:00-05:00Are The Cows Home yet?<p>Kari made Rice Krispie Treats®. “I could founder on them,” I said. “What’s that,” she asked? “These Rice Krispie Treats®. They’re Great!!!" Kellogg’s® loves me. “No,” she said, “What is 'founder'? I’ve never heard of that.” </p>
<p><a contents="Bovine &amp; Equine Founder" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://animals.mom.com/foundering-cattle-8090.html" target="_blank">Bovine & Equine Founder</a></p>
<p>I’m not going to repeat the story that I recall growing up, but I will say that I never want to founder on anything. <br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a72dc3fc172d25b32a1f4d30c7c8794872486df5/original/are-the-cows-home-yet.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" />But Kari made Rice Krispie Treats®. She loves me. </p>
<p>I acted the part of a Folk Singer for some pictures for Kari’s upcoming video. I love her. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The cows have foundered. </p>
<p>They’re not coming home tonight. </p>
<p>No more treats for me. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Ya’ll,</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p><br>Photo by</p>
<p>Janice Schilling</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a5d0bea72c7e0251cfdb518bdba9887238786a8d/original/img-1-6.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65504982021-02-10T19:00:00-05:002021-02-25T09:46:36-05:00Southern Travels 2016<p>Sometime last decade (2016), somewhere south of here, there was a Gathering of Friends. I had just released my CD “Panes” and was personally delivering copies everywhere I could. I hope to be doing that again, right soon. I’ve had two more releases since then. </p>
<p>Click here to hear and download “<a contents="Panes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1373841/panes-2016">Panes</a>” </p>
<p>This was my second “Southern Travels” tour that took me through NC, SC, GA, and Casselberry, FL. It qualifies as a House Concert, even in a pool house. I get to visit most of these Folk every year about this time. Not this year. I miss my Friends. </p>
<p>Nice guitar, eh? This one became my friend the previous year, somewhere between New Smyrna Beach and Osteen, by way of Winter Springs, Florida. Here’s part of that story, from an earlier <a contents="da6d Daily Ramblin’, Skipper" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/welcome-aboard-skipper" target="_blank">da6d Daily Ramblin’, Skipper</a>. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/bd0bbcafd33f0d8394acf6f8837156c70a01b881/original/southern-travels.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>Photo by Linda Chase. Here's Linda's blog entry telling <a contents="The Story of the Afternoon in Casselberry" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://chasingadventureorg.ipage.com/http/chasingadventureorg/2016/02/15/hear-the-voice-of-the-bard-who-present-past-and-future-sees-william-blake/?fbclid=IwAR12caZrfqSWJ_lWa1slWoYVVmOyuVtE5WR-hfnOM7ma6BIY02ypC4YA4Ig" target="_blank">The Story of the Afternoon in Casselberry</a> <br> </p>
<p>Missing tomorrows. </p>
<p>I used to have so many, </p>
<p>So few anymore. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65437672021-02-09T09:00:00-05:002021-02-09T15:15:52-05:00Esse Quam Videri<p>The Latin phrase Esse Quam Videri, “To Be Rather Than To Seem,” was chosen as the North Carolina state motto by jurist and historian Walter Clark. After Clark drafted the bill in 1893, Senator Jacob Battle of Nash County introduced the bill to the General Assembly to create this as the official state motto. <a contents="NC History" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://northcarolinahistory.org/" target="_blank">NC History</a></p>
<p>Voting citizens elect our Senators and Representatives to perform their duty as sworn ... "to support and defend The Constitution of The United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic...to bear true faith and allegiance to the same... " Please do so. </p>
<p>I demand "TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE" to The Constitution of The United States over political party. </p>
<p>Be, rather than to seem. </p>
<p>Thank you. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>US Senators <br><a contents="Richard Burr" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://contactsenators.com/north-carolina/richard-burr">Richard Burr</a> (202) 224-3154</p>
<p><a contents="Thom Tillis" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://contactsenators.com/north-carolina/thom-tillis" target="_blank">Thom Tillis</a> (202) 224-6342 Copy/paste, click the link, fill in the blanks. Here's the link to <a contents="Senators in other States" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://contactsenators.com/" target="_blank">Senators in other States</a>. Find yours. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b643f8e44878f7e849eecc8396cf8bde7cbf5af0/original/esse-quam-videri.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>NC State Motto:</p>
<p>"To Be Rather Than To Seem."</p>
<p>Means more than it says.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all,</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Romani ite domum." Romans go home - Monty Python, "The Life of Brian"</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65433442021-02-08T13:15:00-05:002021-02-08T23:30:07-05:00What Was I Thinking?<p>I have a toolbox in my studio. Most of the time, it just sits right there, in the way. I don’t have a convenient place to put it. </p>
<p>Oh, if I ever need anything, it's right there. It is the first place I will look. The rest of the time, it just sits there.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/14ebb4b83f11cb1d6fbaf7815e3a40e98ccd8821/original/147082312-233600538394872-1043076057255983737-n.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Have you seen my wrench? </p>
<p>"Have you looked in your toolbox?” </p>
<p>Have you lost your mind?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65423732021-02-07T23:47:40-05:002021-02-07T23:47:40-05:00Tao of the Canon!<p>In the top left of the picture is a Canon 80D Digital Camera. “80D” sounds a lot like “A.D.D.” Maybe Canon made a camera just for me. I’m getting set up to start shooting a new scene. I like trains. You knew that already. </p>
<p>At the bottom is a bunch of construction paper and glue. This will be part of a 32-second scene that I am working on for my stop-motion animation video, “Bring the Rain.” That’s about four days’ work, so far, and I just noticed one thing missing. Who wants to guess what that is? </p>
<p>**That’s a lazy man’s way to edit. All of us hacks know that one. Hey, before I shoot 480 shots, things ought to be right. </p>
<p>Tonight, I was walking DeO’jie. 18 degrees outside, but that didn’t matter none to The Wonderhound. She was going to be slow about her business. She may have been distracted by that chattering noise my teeth were making. I distracted myself by looking at the stars. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f515af218bbc9ddf47a303a49905c091b7563ae3/original/tao-of-the-canon.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>To the South I could see Orion. Ursa Major was to the Northeast. Polaris, uh well? I couldn’t see it from where I was. Anyway, about that time, DeO’jie nudges my hand. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The wind blows bitter </p>
<p>Are you begging for a treat </p>
<p>Or warm ear scratches</p>
<p>! </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace,Yall. </p>
<p>I love you and I wish you well. </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65411342021-02-06T23:24:19-05:002021-02-06T23:24:19-05:00Hey, Buster<p>What would you wonder happened to these? Friday night I noticed a large keyring was bent. </p>
<p>Friday night, February 5th, 2021, I sat and arranged my keys. </p>
<p>My one serious New Year's resolution is to arrange my keys. I didn't have to do that this New Year's Day. No changes.</p>
<p>I did wonder how this keyring could possibly have gotten bent. I positioned the fob at an angle that matched the bent keyring. Weird. Then I noticed the P-39 can opener was also bent. I wondered some more. </p>
<p>One thing that could have bent them would have been a 190 lb fool busting his ass on the ice in the driveway, on Wednesday maybe.</p>
<p>I didn't think nothing of it at the time. I had come back inside and watched the Hockey game. Not even a bruise.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/57c89ae0979984fb3e4952596c2246b2a71f0c85/original/e6a52fa2-b348-4d44-a8fe-c6f1ecba72b9.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>It's ice. Gonna dance,</p>
<p>Or fall? What do you expect?</p>
<p>Gravity check. Check.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65409562021-02-05T21:11:37-05:002021-02-05T21:11:37-05:00Too High Strung<p>Have you changed your strings lately? Every year whether they need it or not. I change mine more often than that. </p>
<p>Bright sounding strings are just too bright. My hearing aids boost upper mids and highs. I’ll never be a recording engineer, but I do well working live sound. If it sounds good to me, it must be good. </p>
<p>Before I got hearing aids six or so years ago, I used Elixer ® strings on my guitars. They were bright and stayed clear and clean longer than non-coated strings, and I really liked their longevity. But when I first heard them with my hearing aids, I immediately thought something was wrong. I’d never heard a guitar sound like that. </p>
<p>It wasn’t bad in any way. It sounded great, but I didn’t know a guitar was supposed to sound like that. To my ear, the bottom end was overpowered. Since I was used to hearing more bottom end, I began several years of trying different brands, sizes and materials to find strings that sounded right to me. </p>
<p>Most pickers I know are very opinionated in their choice of strings. I am. One brand that I settled with for a while was Ernie Ball Aluminum Bronze, but their availability became a problem. The big box stores were the only place to find them, and even then gauge selection was limited. </p>
<p>I attended a Martin Guitar event at one of the locally owned music stores in Asheville. There was a special, buy one set of strings, get any set free. The cheapest set available (I was broke) was $8.99 Martin Retro®. My plan was to buy one set and get the same strings with the free offer. I’ve been hooked ever since. </p>
<p>I keep the empty package with the date written on it in my guitar case. That’s just habit. I don’t have to change these strings often, they don’t have a “dull” sound, and their sound is consistent longer than other strings I’ve used. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/e04a8ef1d152a36e119e27099100adad866ffde6/original/b883af07-ed6f-4e11-b786-ac3f88a1c644.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Really, I could talk all day about strings. That’s enough. It’s time to change my humidi-paks too.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Martin guitar strings. </p>
<p>More sound, longer life. My choice,</p>
<p>Medium Retro®</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65399362021-02-04T21:29:26-05:002021-02-04T21:29:26-05:00Water in Missoula<p>Raise your hand if you’ve ever been to Missoula, Montana. Put your hand down; nobody can see you. I was there in December a couple of years ago. I’ll go back soon. </p>
<p>Willis Alan Ramsey wrote “Goodbye to Old Missoula.” He also wrote “Muskrat Love.” A Friend of mine regularly performs “Goodbye to Old Missoula.” It’s a great song. </p>
<p>Several years ago, I needed a city name for a song I was working on. Somewhere in that process I recalled that my in-laws live in Missoula, Montana. What a beautiful name, eh? It was more than a little convenient the city is situated where several valleys and rivers come together and that the city’s nickname is “The next best place.” </p>
<p><a contents="Missoula, Montana" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://ci.missoula.mt.us/" target="_blank">Missoula, Montana</a></p>
<p>I wrote “Water in Missoula” just a few days after recording my CD “Panes.” A live version appeared on my next CD “Live at The Hideaway,” and I recorded a studio version for my latest CD, “I Ain’t Stayin’.” It's one of my favorite songs.</p>
<p><a contents="Water in Missoula&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/track/2276652/water-in-missoula" target="_blank">Water in Missoula</a> from the CD <a contents="I Ain't Stayin'" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1328746/i-ain-t-stayin-2020" target="_blank">I Ain't Stayin'</a> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/cfb1ecd2ba702ee99c30a0d59e5bedb5e243faa8/original/1d9cd6b5-809f-4252-878c-20228e67a9d8.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>The photo is the backside of "I Ain't Stayin'."</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Life after Asheville </p>
<p>In Missoula Montana. </p>
<p>It’s the next best place!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65389902021-02-03T21:25:40-05:002021-02-03T21:25:40-05:00Weather<p>Weather, whether you like it or not. </p>
<p>It’s here. Weather, all day every day. We’re six weeks and a couple of days into Winter ‘20-’21. According to the National Weather Service, Rodent Folklore Prediction Division, we are going to get six more weeks of Winter weather. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow yesterday, Feb.02, 2021. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/dc3cb004517d1ae83b7e359cca05ebdf1d4f9ea0/original/weather.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Had Punxsutawney Phil not seen his shadow, the prediction would be for forty-two more days of Winter weather. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Phaithphil Phollowers </p>
<p>All await Phil’s prediction </p>
<p>I don’t trust rodents. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65379702021-02-02T20:25:28-05:002021-02-02T20:26:25-05:00Ground Hog Day<p>February 2nd, 2021: Babies that were due to be born today saw their shadows. Sorry Moms, six more weeks. </p>
<p>February 2nd, 2338: Lt. Commander Data was/will be found by Star Fleet on this date 337 years into the future. Data (Star Trek: Next Generation) was created by Doctor Noonien Soong. </p>
<p><a contents="Data (Star Trek)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_(Star_Trek)" target="_blank">Data (Star Trek)</a> wiki link </p>
<p>February 2nd, 1949: American actor Brent Spiner was born in Houston, Texas. He didn’t see his shadow. Brent Spiner is best known for his portrayal of Lt. Commander in Star Trek: Next Generation.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/79e1f4f370b013e041e809b2c4975b05178db24e/original/data.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p><a contents="Brent Spiner" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Spiner" target="_blank">Brent Spiner</a> wiki link</p>
<p>Today is sausage day. That’s ground hog at its finest! <br> </p>
<p>“I saw my shadow!” </p>
<p>Hack meteorologist, </p>
<p>Punxsutawney Phil. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65367812021-02-01T21:01:50-05:002021-02-01T21:26:19-05:00Sourdough<p>What can you imagine? Bread? Yep. Pretzels, you betchya. Kari is pretty amazing in the kitchen. I think she makes the best pizza dough around. It's not delivery; it's not DiGiorno. It's better!</p>
<p>Sourdough is an interesting thing. There's something called a "starter." It grows. It has to be fed to keep it growing. It also should be walked regularly to keep it healthy. Talk to your sourdough starter and pet it regularly.</p>
<p>Kari usually does the pizza, start to finish, but this week was Amateur Night in the Kitchen. I got to decorate the pizza! I've made pizza before, but not with Kari's sourdough pizza dough. It was good. Hers are better.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/aab89b879027efa7e3828cf39ad5313e87c99ab1/original/sourdough.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Tai Kwon pizza dough.</p>
<p>Chef Kari in the kitchen</p>
<p>4th degree blackbelt. </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65359492021-01-31T23:59:46-05:002021-01-31T23:59:46-05:00Fidget Spinner<p>Do you think this is a bit much?</p>
<p>Amazon describes this as "Pure Brass Fidget Spinner Gears Linkage Fidget Gyro Toy Metal DIY Hand Spinner Spins Long Time EDC Focus Meditation Break Bad Habits ADHD with Multiple Premium Bearings (12 Bearings White)." How do you google something like that?</p>
<p>I've used this one a lot lately. Let's hope it's working. I mean, it works; it spins. I was referring to a few of those initials that are in my VA medical chart. Most of them end with the letter "D" (Disorder).</p>
<p>I think everyone needs one. I need several.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/56b3a90a73094cf63d78447bdf3164a78fd49af8/original/fidget-spinner.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p><a contents="Fidget Spinner&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/Spinner-Linkage-Meditation-Multiple-Bearings/dp/B075FTQTHQ/ref=sr_1_160?crid=2QPLNB61UGXJX&dchild=1&keywords=fidget+spinners+for+adults&qid=1612142767&sprefix=fidget+s%2Caps%2C185&sr=8-160" target="_blank">Fidget Spinner </a> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>A fidget spinner.</p>
<p>Designed to spin. I fidget.</p>
<p>Disorder removed</p>
<p>!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65349382021-01-30T21:24:14-05:002021-01-30T21:24:14-05:00Puppy Dreams<p>Last night I wrote about DeO’jie; see my blog <a contents="Pay Your Taxes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/pay-your-taxes" target="_blank">Pay Your Taxes</a>. She's a pound hound from Winston-Salem who's let me hang with her for the past 12 years or so. Truth is, she’s been good therapy. </p>
<p>A few nights ago, she was asleep on the floor beside where I work. As often happens, little yelps escaped her mouth while she slept. Higher pitched “woofs” to warn some dream rabbit of her approach. She was having puppy dreams. I’ve always thought puppy dreams must be so beautiful and fun. </p>
<p>I laid on the floor beside her, scratched her ears a bit. I closed my eyes and hoped to share in her puppy dreams. It felt like stealing. Some things aren’t for humans. I scratched her ears some more. If heaven doesn’t allow pets, maybe pet heaven will allow people. I have treats!</p>
<p>Later that night as I drifted off to sleep, I hoped for my own puppy dreams. </p>
<p><br>Running, playing, free. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/5c90d05ee44c53b40d198ae2563dce021d60dc99/original/img-1-2.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /> </p>
<p>Puppy dreams, so wonderful, </p>
<p>Fields, rabbits, the chase! <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65346172021-01-29T23:23:53-05:002021-01-30T12:13:30-05:00Pay Your Taxes<p>I walked with the Wonder Hound tonight. </p>
<p>It was brisk, but we took our time. </p>
<p>It was her walk, not mine. </p>
<p>I gazed at a slightly past full moon, </p>
<p>Stars, and I wondered what </p>
<p>I would write </p>
<p>About </p>
<p>Tonight.<br> </p>
<p><br>A Friend recently asked where I come up with these ideas for things to write about. I wondered also. It’s probably one of the reasons we’re Friends. I replied, “Everything is worth writing about. I have to find that worth.”</p>
<p>By the way, the picture here is DeO'jie saying, "Camouflage Milkbones? Very funny."</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The hound and I got back home. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/472e49f59853c971fc6c6f3ee326c0d5b2928245/original/img-1.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>She knows the number of treats she’ll get.<br><br>She knows the number and I give them to her.</p>
<p>Stopping at three, I turn and walk away. </p>
<p>She follows, “Hey,” she hollers, </p>
<p>“I know </p>
<p>There’s more </p>
<p>To be had!” <br> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>“Pay your toll!” I paid. </p>
<p>“Pay your tax!” I paid my tax. </p>
<p>“You may pass!” She says.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65333622021-01-28T20:29:46-05:002021-01-28T20:44:55-05:00QWERTY<p>“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” Does anybody remember this sentence? Let me help with a hint, High School typing class. This sentence is a pangram – a short sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet. </p>
<p>We typed this sentence hundreds upon hundreds of times. It didn’t work. I still can’t type. Left hand isn’t so bad, but I still have to look at the keyboard. Right hand; thumb, index, and middle finger. </p>
<p>When typewriters were first invented, the letters were in alphabetical order. Typists were too fast, and the typebars kept jamming. It was 1873 or so was when the QWERTY keyboard arrangement was utilized. It is named after the first six letter on the top row of letters. <a contents="QWERTY" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY" target="_blank">QWERTY</a> wikilink</p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b884c33984b60096e9ba7679f791cb1163c7ba21/original/d2ad16f1-63ef-42d0-ab50-4c1b2af8ecec.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Keyboard typing skills. </p>
<p>“Columbus” typing method, </p>
<p>Discover, land on. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65323392021-01-27T21:34:52-05:002021-01-27T21:39:58-05:00Kraken<p>John Forslund was the only voice I knew for the Carolina Hurricanes Hockey television broadcast. Color commentary by Tripp Tracy with John’s play-by-play has kept me as a fan for a couple of decades. </p>
<p>2020: John Forslund’s contract with the Carolina Hurricanes was not renewed. That was disappointing. I enjoy listening to Tripp Tracy with Mike Maniscalco, but I’ll miss John Forslund. </p>
<p>John has called several games for NBC, FoxSports, ESPN. That’s where I expected to see him. </p>
<p>Surprise! 2021 - 2022 will be the NHL inaugural season for the Seattle Kraken (I love the name). January 26th, the Seattle Kraken announced John Forslund as play-by-play TV announcer. Just as he began years ago with the Hartford Whalers and came with the team to Carolina, John starts with a new team with nowhere to go but forward and upward! </p>
<p>Kraken is not my “new favorite team,” but I’ll be sure to catch a bunch of their game broadcasts.</p>
<p><a contents="John Forslund" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forslund" target="_blank">John Forslund</a> (born February 14th, 1962, Springfield, Massachusetts) wiki link. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/7ff612d1e9c55d7b15f7fe320cfb0903d9bff680/original/forslund.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>“Hey hey, whaddya say?” </p>
<p>Nice landing, John. Kraken scored! </p>
<p>“That’s hockey, baby!”</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65312252021-01-26T18:14:57-05:002021-01-26T18:14:57-05:00You Rule<p>Dunno why, but Kari makes fun of my carpenter pants. “You’re not a carpenter,” she says. “Why do you wear carpenter pants?” Maybe to put my phone in that cute little side pocket if my phone wasn’t the size of a brick. </p>
<p>In setting up scenes for stop-motion video, I do a lot of measuring. I've been using a 15cm ruler, a 12” ruler, a 36” yardstick and a tape measure. That’s four different measuring devices, three of which are always in front of me when I need the other one. </p>
<p>I had a great idea. What I need is a folding carpenter’s ruler. I could use that in just about every emergency measuring situation going on here at the Animation Station. Perfect, eh? I mentioned this to Kari. </p>
<p>She couldn’t be more amazing. She finds a folding carpenter’s ruler somewhere. Inches and metric, oh how perfect! What’s better? It’s New York City Taxi Cab yellow, I’ll never lose it. </p>
<p>Dunno why, but she makes fun of my carpenter pants. “You’re not a carpenter,” she says. “Why do you wear carpenter pants?” Maybe to put my New York City Taxi Cab yellow, 2-meter folding carpenter's ruler in that cute little side pocket. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/53cfde5ae71c4c6e5d749672f9d3f9f918bcbc6b/original/you-rule.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Two feet in my shoes </p>
<p>With meters in my pocket </p>
<p>Only yards to go </p>
<p>! </p>
<p><br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65304172021-01-25T21:33:07-05:002021-02-25T08:29:36-05:00Friends Gather <p>Close your eyes. No, never mind, don’t close your eyes. Look at the picture, imagine, envision an outdoor stage, live performances, and lawn seating. Picture dancing, children with balloons, Norman Rockwell with his paints and brushes. That’s a bit much, eh? We couldn’t afford Norman Rockwell, and besides, he’s unavailable. </p>
<p>Segue is the word I want to use here because I rarely get to use it. </p>
<p>Norman Rockwell is dead, but Micaville Music isn’t. Micaville Music lives in the hearts of everyone who has been a part of it. (Nice segue, eh?) Now here’s where Kari Weaver, One of a Kind Art Gallery, Micaville Music, and a few friends have a big plan, and of course, want you to be a part of it. </p>
<p>Special online events like BobFest, Political Songs Virtual Open Mic, WinterFest and a continuous flow of videos on the <a contents="Micaville Music Facebook Page" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/micavillemusic">Micaville Music Facebook Page</a> have kept us together virtually during Covid-19. And the 60's American Music event is coming up next Thursday, February 3rd. Join us for that.</p>
<p>Well, come Spring, yes, come Spring, let’s gather again! I’ll share more news as things develop. ***UPDATE*** <a contents="Here's the link!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yancey-county-sing-again?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR1hOXmMQNcAAsaJGJEj72CseSlp4tqEAYIGOeVRXn5ilpCf1hFO3P4olt0" target="_blank">Here's the link!</a><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/5596339afaa4db7825b16057c3f70a5ca9a7f915/original/stage.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Micaville Music </p>
<p>Friends gather ‘round, songs abound </p>
<p>Community grows. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65295562021-01-24T23:23:48-05:002021-01-24T23:23:48-05:00Popcorn<p>This is a very well used hot air popper. We found this at Goodwill, I think. I use this to warm my hands. It also makes good popcorn. By the time my hands are warm, popcorn is done. </p>
<p>There is a venue in Athens, GA, called Flicker Bar. Cool vibe in the place. I enjoyed playing there. It was there that I experienced an awakening. Let me tell you about it. </p>
<p>After years upon years of olive oil and pepper on popcorn, someone gave me the idea that cumin might be good. They were right! DeO’jie liked it also. So, a while back I’m at the Flicker Bar at their popcorn machine. I didn’t expect them to have olive oil and cumin. I also didn’t expect them to have Old Bay. Huh, Old Bay? </p>
<p>That has become my favorite. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/c5de895c4df7128eaf3f0dd293c9efd2f9bf29e0/original/img-1-1.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Popping up popcorn, </p>
<p>Old Bay, salt, and olive oil. </p>
<p>Pop and warm my hands </p>
<p>! </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65286362021-01-23T15:51:51-05:002021-01-23T15:51:51-05:00Animation<p>One person who saw this contraption asked me if I was growing something in there. Probably not what they were talking about, but my reply was, “Yes. Concepts and ideas!” </p>
<p>This is the photography/scene capture section of Really Big Shoe Productions, Animation Station. Since I am learning on the fly, I build /redesign a lot of this as I go. I recently built a 2’x4’x6’ version of this table. It didn’t work out. So far, I’ve been able to do everything I need on this 2’x2’x4.5’enclosure which holds my camera and lighting.</p>
<p>I set up the workstation so I can see what the camera sees on my computer screen. The photo was taken by Kari when she caught me working on a mountain background scene for my video “Bring the Rain.”</p>
<p>I had taped four blue pages together, then cut and tore four black pages, taped them together and tacked that layer on top of the blue pages. I had rubbed chalk all over the black pages to create the look of mountains. </p>
<p>To get a 35-second stop-motion scene, I took 520 photographs, moving the 34-inch combined strip in 2mm increments for every shot. I shot it out of focus because it will be backgroud in my next video,</p>
<p><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/36489ab511cb9124b221566a6eca74c29bbca176/original/animation.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Agitation reigns, </p>
<p>But there’s calm in the corner. </p>
<p>That is where I’ll be. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65273612021-01-22T20:14:57-05:002021-01-22T20:14:57-05:00Mower?<p>*Note, I used this meme from Facebook. I'm sure everything will be okay with that. </p>
<p>When I saw this picture, my first thought was, "Seen, my ass?" And then I thought, "That might not sound right." </p>
<p>What I'm getting around to is this. I’ve used one of those. Nope, I’ve used several of those. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a7c582993eb6c567fbe450e4a5118c2abdea3cf6/original/mower.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Older, than I think </p>
<p>Younger, than I seem to be </p>
<p>Even ‘til I pass</p>
<p>!</p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65272772021-01-21T21:39:11-05:002021-01-21T21:39:11-05:00Picard<p>I have watched a few episodes of <em>Picard</em>. I was a fan of <em>Star Trek</em> and also <em>The Next Generation</em>. Patrick Stewart portrays Admiral Jean-Luc Picard, Starfleet Retired. </p>
<p>Casually listening while I was working on something else, I heard something that made me stop, rewind, and listen again. Here’s what I heard.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/e6decb9e84cc581f570405212a19e5cc0f6d1c2f/original/picard.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>“I’ve never really cared for science fiction. I just don’t get it.” - Admiral Jean-Luc Picard, Starfleet, Retired. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Final Frontier, </p>
<p>Where no one has gone before. </p>
<p>“I just don’t get it.” </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65257702021-01-20T14:50:47-05:002021-01-20T14:50:47-05:00Just Any Other Wednesday<p>I am at home today eating peanuts and wishing I was at Five Guys. If today were just any other Wednesday, I could write about peanuts.</p>
<p>Good and bad, this is a most interesting time in the history of the American States (formerly known as the United States of America) for many reasons. </p>
<p>After the Civil War, in 1865 the United States became singular. Now go ahead and ask me what that means. </p>
<p>Prior to the Civil War, plural verbs were used when referring to the United States. For example, “The United States are ...." Late 19th century, that evolved to be “The United States is …. "</p>
<p>Amy Klobuchar, as part of the Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., said, “This is the day when our Democracy picks itself up, brushes off the dust and does what America always does, goes forward as a Nation, under God, with Liberty and Justice for All!” (Thunderous applause)<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/bb52aa3dfa1700f4b5e216f092e4f77e586c6a61/original/68ce6a61-62d1-44d4-bced-5500fe9b1400.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p><br>Our Democracy</p>
<p>Shall not perish from the Earth.</p>
<p>Liberty - Justice</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65247862021-01-19T21:03:20-05:002021-01-19T23:19:14-05:00Burning Down the House<p>"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?" (Janis Joplin, January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970) ... oh, and a gift card to Amazon, Sculpey clay, a paint atomizer, a couple ball joint armature puppets. I can do without the color tv and the night on the town. </p>
<p>Story boarding for the video “Shadow’s Puppet,” I wanted a “Wizard of Oz” scene with the Wicked Witch of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I built a house of popsicle sticks, put it on a small turntable and took 108 photographs to use in the video.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/db61f0240caa56ea4fa4cc9091259f669b095cc3/original/burning-down-the-outhouse.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>I was wondering what to do with the popsicle stick house. What would Stephen King do? Burn it! Janice Schilling caught me in the driveway playing with matches. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Watch the "<a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow's Puppet</a>" video here.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>“Fire Department? </p>
<p>Tell the chief I need a fire. </p>
<p>You deliver, right?” </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/411a3061b880a2c0bc7096746bd9be3f15270e71/original/house-burning.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65244552021-01-18T22:19:43-05:002021-01-19T09:57:36-05:00Got Plectrum?<p>I know how not to lose a $75 guitar pick (plectrum). I started out by not buying $75 guitar picks. The rest was easy. </p>
<p>Picks are rarely in my arsenal tho’ there are usually a couple in my pocket. I just don’t use them very much. </p>
<p>I am not a fingerstyle player of any sort. My method involves a finger or thumb wrapping under and around a string and then pulling as hard and as far as it will go before slipping free and making whatever sound it wants, usually a loud twang. That’s what I’m going for. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/1e37f42694bcd205ce27090f5d72fde9fadbe4df/original/img-1211.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>One of my favorite songs to play is <a contents="Eyes and Teeth" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/track/2093226/eyes-and-teeth" target="_blank">Eyes and Teeth</a> from my CD <a contents="Panes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1373841/panes-2016" target="_blank">Panes</a>. It’s the one I call a good old fashion hangin’ song. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Play a melody </p>
<p>Grooved deep and melancholy </p>
<p>Telling sad stories.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'al!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65236382021-01-17T21:06:38-05:002021-01-17T21:06:38-05:00How's My Cat?<p>Kari says, “You don’t have to shut up, just quit talking to me.” </p>
<p>*NOTE: This story is fiction. There are no names to change, and no animals or persons were harmed. </p>
<p>A friend of mine was going to be out of town for a few days. No problem at all when he asked me to watch his cat. It’s a cat, what could go wrong, eh? “Oh, by the way,” he says, “Would you check in on my grandma, too?” </p>
<p>I agreed to check in on his Grandma. I mean, she’s an elderly lady, what could possibly go wrong? It’s not like she’s going to run out the door and get hit by a car. That’s what that crazy cat did. As I’m walking in, this cat shoots between my legs, out the door! One bounce each: porch, steps, yard, sidewalk, street. The driver had no way to avoid … catastrophe. </p>
<p>As expected, my friend calls and asked about his cat. I learned something that day. I told him the truth; the cat is dead. He seemed more mad at me than upset about the cat. Here’s what I learned. </p>
<p>He’s mad, telling me that was not a decent way to break the news about the poor animal’s demise. He says that I should have shared the news a little bit at a time. “Huh,” I said. </p>
<p>I get an explanation about a kinder way of breaking the news. </p>
<p>First, just say that the cat got out, was up a tree and wouldn’t come down. Then say something like, the fire department got the cat down, but she jumped from the fireman’s arm and ran off. Then maybe a day or so later, break the news that the cat had been hit by a car, but was at the veterinarian’s office, working around gradually to the fact that the creature had passed on. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/6771b7f3fd6a5b0c84a916a871c3b2eeac318a06/original/hows-my-cat.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>Gee, I understand. “By the way,” he says, “How’s my Grandma?” </p>
<p>I told him his Grandma had climbed up a tree and wouldn’t come down …</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I hope Y'all are well.</p>
<p>I will pray you stay that way.</p>
<p>Don't climb any trees.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65230822021-01-16T00:00:00-05:002021-02-25T10:01:28-05:00Looney Tunes<p>It has been a Saturday. It still is in my world. The best Saturdays that I remember were getting up on Saturday mornings to watch the Bug Bunny and Road Runner Show. Everything I know about opera, I learned from Bugs Bunny. Everything I know about A.C.M.E., I learned from Wylie E. Coyote. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/0228c825fe48f7144f4c637b17f30067c33a05e4/original/img-1205.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Some of these characters have appeared in previous da6d Daily Ramblin’s. I’m starting a collection. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>“Knock, knock!” Now you say, </p>
<p>Who’s there. “Who’s there?” Old lady. </p>
<p>Now you say, Old la … </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Yodel on, Y’all! </p>
<p>Peace, </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65223512021-01-15T21:41:44-05:002021-01-15T21:41:44-05:00Progress<p>Here’s a progress report on the work I'm doing on the video for my song “Bring The Rain.” </p>
<p>What you're seeing will be in several individual scenes that I'll use to create a single scene. The stop-motion animation and green-screen photography come after I get a set designed and built, then create the puppets and props. </p>
<p>I am setting up this scene to check size and scale. Then I’ll break it down and shoot each individual section. This is progress.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/446aed389b099c715ed0a8f6fdb9ef831caec3f1/original/stop-mo.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /> </p>
<p>There are more sets to build and more puppets to make. Some of these still need heads. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Magic Elixer </p>
<p>Not your average snake oil. </p>
<p>And, I bring the rain! </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65213422021-01-14T22:38:21-05:002021-01-14T22:38:21-05:00What's That?<p>I stare at a blank screen. Hey, now it’s not blank anymore. </p>
<p>This is blog number 203. I’m sure I’ve learned something. Something useful like, don’t try to write a blog when your team only has a one goal lead and they’re on the penalty kill. It’s the first game of the season. The Hurricanes are playing well. Carolina 3, Detroit 0 </p>
<p>I used to know what to do with one of these. 10th grade chemistry, I passed. Memory purge! There was a load of other garbage that went out with that. From what I know, I’m glad it did. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f2618995dad3ca53d63f5fcb382775d6b2d4bf12/original/periodic-table.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>I heard years ago that the two most common elements in the Universe were hydrogen and stupidity. Humph! </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Sodium humor? </p>
<p>Periodic table joke? </p>
<p>Na, you won’t get it. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65203172021-01-13T23:08:21-05:002021-01-13T23:08:21-05:00Puzzling? <p>It’s Wednesday night. Kari and I worked a puzzle. Sometimes we play cards, sometimes we're busy. The important thing is each other, and us. </p>
<p>The picture is of a puzzle we put together. I dig lighthouses. This one is adorable. (Kari is the adorable one.) </p>
<p>While we were putting the puzzle together, I was ramblin’ around in my head for something to think about. I found this. “What kind of lens makes lighthouses so bright?” </p>
<p>There was a little bit about the Fresnel lenses stuck somewhere in my memory. I almost remembered how to pronounce “Fresnel.” I’ve always been fascinated by them. Here is a link to everything that Wikipedia wants you to know about <a contents="Fresnel Lenses " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens" target="_blank">Fresnel Lenses. </a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/3a94f8d380366b565f92e318184cca0e23e1518b/original/lighthouse.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>“Plug the light in, dear. </p>
<p>I thought I heard a ship wreck.” </p>
<p>Too late, I did too. </p>
<p><br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Perfect Dawn, Sunrise By The Ocean" - by artist Laura Glen Lawson </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65193272021-01-12T20:13:13-05:002021-01-12T20:13:13-05:00Coffee Please<p>Do you ever stop and think? That's the problem. I don't. Words escape without being filtered then they go flying around causing all kinds of damage. It's dangerous.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/0f61c582fb376862893ab69dd4c9366b7e1e8590/original/coffee.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Sometimes, I have something that needs to be said. Often, it is better if I just shut up and hold it.</p>
<p>I had a weird dream last night. This is the gist of it (a picture is worth 1,000 words).</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>No cream, no sugar.</p>
<p>Hold the opinions, self-serve.</p>
<p>To go, please. Surprised?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65185102021-01-11T22:04:37-05:002021-04-21T13:11:32-04:00Off to the Races<p>Let me tell you a story. </p>
<p>Several years ago, I was at the recycling/garbage facility dropping off some construction debris from a small project. I wish I could have used it, but luckily there was someone there that wanted the scraps of lumber. Great, I’ll help you load it. </p>
<p>(*The old man probably wasn’t bearded and bent over. Gee, he probably wasn’t even old, but it is details like this that make the story interesting.) </p>
<p>The old man was bearded and bent over. He stood sideways to me and had turned his head to look up at me. “Whaddya do?” he says. I told him that I was a folksinger and songwriter. He straightened a bit and squinted as he looked at me and said, “Let me share a folk song with you.” The old man went on to tell me the way true folk songs are passed on one person to the next and generation to generation. </p>
<p>The story he told me was about two racehorses, number 11 and number 12. The story came complete. He’d hold up one finger on each hand as he told about racehorse number one-one (eleven). Then he’d hold up one finger on his right hand and two fingers on his left hand as he told about racehorse number one-two (twelve). It went something like this … </p>
<p> </p>
<p>One-one was a racehorse. </p>
<p>One-two was one too. </p>
<p>One-one won one race </p>
<p>One-two won one … also. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>A friend of mine called me today. Bob Dorsey, from Mobile, Alabama. I have not changed his name. He is not innocent and doesn’t need protection. He says, “I was waiting in the drive-thru at the bank, filling in the date on this deposit slip.” He told me, “Writing the date, oh-one, one-one, two-one … Hey, I’m going to call da6d.” He did. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/316e617f310403adc8627abb9912aa77e30d9d0b/original/stolen-from-bob.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>The picture is something that came out of Bob’s creative brain. It may be a lamp. Bob can tell you all about it. </p>
<p><br> </p>
<p>Songs and music shared. </p>
<p>Melodies keep memories </p>
<p>Vibrant and alive. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65177792021-01-10T21:31:17-05:002021-04-21T13:11:24-04:00It's Curling Season<p>I’m just going to ramble a bit about hockey.</p>
<p>Of all the parrots I have known, the Winston-Salem Parrots were my favorite. These particular parrots migrated from St. Petersburg, FL during the winter ’02-03. </p>
<p>The jersey on the left was worn by goalie Dan McIntyre. I had to have it at the time. I admired him as a player and as a person. Now these two, along with a couple dozen other hockey jerseys, are in a large rubbermaid box in a closet with nowhere else to go. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/91b9f9479a594e5c268740bf774763f8bc6504ce/original/5a1845ae-486f-4aab-bac8-5978e80045e3.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Just in case anyone sees this as a source for hockey information, all I know is that the NHL season starts January 13th and the Carolina Hurricanes play at Detroit on January 14th. </p>
<p>That’s all I’ve got to say about that. (Not really.) </p>
<p> </p>
<p>It’s hockey season </p>
<p>The friendliest game on ice. </p>
<p>Curlers are evil! </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65173592021-01-09T22:07:20-05:002023-10-16T10:58:23-04:00Kosher Salt<p>It was a lovely Saturday afternoon at home, nothing going on. There’s snow and ice outside, it’s slowly melting. I am inside working on set building with some minor detail about something tedious. The phone rings or whatever it is that phones do. I answer, <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/950a8574caa083d02b5612a9c211deadac9013f5/original/kosher-salt.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Me: Hello </p>
<p>Friend: I’m coming over. </p>
<p>Me: Great. I will salt the steps. </p>
<p>Friend: Is it kosher?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Frozen ice and snow, </p>
<p>Treacherous steps need salted. </p>
<p>Nothing but the best. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65168732021-01-09T00:48:44-05:002021-01-09T00:55:35-05:00Scratchin'<p>Tonight at home around the kitchen, Kari and I talked a bit. We gathered up on each other’s day is what I mean to say. She tells me a few interesting details from her day, then she drags far fewer and less interesting details about my day out of me. </p>
<p>Oh, but did I have a surprise tonight. A really groovy guitar lick had been bouncing around between my ears and I was looking forward to playing it for Kari. Which I did. </p>
<p>There was something familiar in it that kept trying to come around. I had worked with the timing, tuning, voicing and stuff, and I thought I had it worked out. The test is if Kari hears it and says, “Oh, that sounds like …,“ then I have more work to do. Which she didn’t. </p>
<p>Tonight, I walked the dog and settled down. I got back into my studio and I'm playing this groovy lick. It’s groovy. I’m diggin’ it. DeOjie the Wonderhound is diggin’ it, she’s smilin' and waggin’ her tail. </p>
<p>This dog comes over and sits on my foot, which of course is keeping perfect time. I continue, never slowing down or speeding up, while DeO’jie gets a scratching. It’s groovy. We’re diggin’ it.</p>
<p>I play through it several times with a 12-bar blues progression. There was a brief shift in the Universe that only happens when you’re grooving a lick like this in a 12-bar blues progression with a dog on your boogie foot getting scratched while you’re keeping time. </p>
<p>Stopping to write something down was a mistake. The Universe shifted back. The dog moved. </p>
<p>I played five bars of that 12-bar blues progression after that. It was groovy, but not like before. I didn’t expect the other seven were going to be either. That’s why I’m over here writing this instead. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9475cb2e94221b21e771c06f7de591514b2dcf2f/original/37976d80-0e5e-4ff6-9ec4-888dcb31d41c.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>There’s a crazy one, </p>
<p>Near to every corner here </p>
<p>There, on every square </p>
<p>! </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all!</p>
<p>da6d </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65160242021-01-07T23:40:55-05:002021-01-07T23:40:55-05:00I Am A Jelly Doughnut<p>I Am a Jelly Doughnut – JFK 1963 </p>
<p>“Ich bin ein Berliner.” In that statement from one of JFK’s famous speeches, he was trying to say that he was one of them. The translation of the “jelly doughnut” line from JFK’s speech is confusing because of the indefinite article “ein.” </p>
<p>It seems that the closest comparison would be like saying “I am a danish” instead of “I am Danish.” </p>
<p>I am including a link on the <a contents="History Channel’s website" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.history.com/news/i-am-a-jelly-doughnut-or-am-i" target="_blank">History Channel’s website</a> for this story. There is even a recipe to make jelly doughnuts.</p>
<p>Enough about that. What about the picture?<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/1ffe64e753e9a17d225fb33eb6e3737a64fd3ccf/original/jesus-fish.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Kari throws bread ties on the floor for the cats to play with. The bread ties mostly end up under the fridge. I think the cats have found Jesus! </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Born again ... nine times,</p>
<p>Spiritual cats find fish</p>
<p>Underneath the fridge.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace Y'all!<br> </p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65151452021-01-06T23:56:38-05:002021-01-07T01:55:24-05:00Flowers.Kittens.Puppies<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b3bd130ca41d29ec9ea88b1c32cf1df4e7ff6507/original/confederate-treason.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" />Flowers.Kittens.Puppies.<br>Flowers.Kittens.Puppies.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Acts of war against </p>
<p>Democracy. Treasonous</p>
<p>Confederacy</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65143602021-01-05T20:56:50-05:002021-01-05T21:38:53-05:00Til the Cows Come Home<p>I’m still playing with cows. I do hope that by tomorrow there is something different on my mind. I was working with an idea and just wanted to see if I had sense and space to make it happen. I’ll reshoot this for the final video. </p>
<p>Give a look at <a contents="yesterday da6d Daily Ramblin’" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/have-you-heard">yesterday's da6d Daily Ramblin’</a>. That’s a brief rundown on what I’m doing and how it is going. </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/e4b1d2eb315f19ac5add742279412515a8b99666/original/cow-and-moon.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" />Is Elsie home yet? </p>
<p>Where could she possibly be, </p>
<p>Out shooting the bull? </p>
<p>This is a 12 second video. Just click the picture.<iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="dBlbUDsEnfE" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/dBlbUDsEnfE/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dBlbUDsEnfE?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65136372021-01-04T22:55:00-05:002021-01-04T22:56:05-05:00Have You Herd?<p>Have You Herd? I have half a herd. I’m sure it takes more than two cows to make a herd. </p>
<p>If You read <a contents="yesterday’s da6d Daily Ramblin’" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/it-s-sunday-night" target="_blank">yesterday’s da6d Daily Ramblin’</a>, you know what I’m doing with the cows. I did a couple of stop motion animations for a video as part of Micaville Music’s 2020 BobFest. After that, I immediately began working on a full-length stop motion video for my song <a contents="Shadow’s Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow’s Puppet</a>. That video was released on 10/10/2020. </p>
<p>I’m now making another stop motion video. This one is for my song <a contents="Bring The Rain" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/track/2276603/bring-the-rain" target="_blank">Bring The Rain</a> from the same CD, <a contents="I Ain’t Stayin’" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1328746/i-ain-t-stayin-2020" target="_blank">I Ain’t Stayin’</a>. </p>
<p>Between yesterday and today, I have two cows. I have made parts for two more cows and one bull. Unless something udderly unexpected happens, these will be part of a scene in my next video. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/29e5cf75d2a541050d5e2627723b8cb648035452/original/cattle-2.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hey, diddle diddle, </p>
<p>I will jump over the moon. </p>
<p>When cats play fiddles. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65130012021-01-03T23:19:24-05:002021-01-03T23:19:24-05:00It's Sunday Night <p>It’s Sunday Night – What are you doing? </p>
<p>Tonight, I have been playing with cut out cows. Doesn’t everybody? Okay, in that case, somebody has to do it. Tonight, that’s what I was doing. I was injured on the job tonight. Paper cuts, damn those things hurt. </p>
<p>Worker’s Comp has refused to pay. They say that since there was a three week old, half-eaten bag of M&M Chocolate Candy with Peanuts in the room at the time, I could have been on break when the accident occurred. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/c25f02a8202cf0828ecf584064eaaa436587a48a/original/cow-cutouts.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Pass the scissors please. </p>
<p>“Catch! .. Now look at what you’ve done. </p>
<p>Bled on Mom’s clean floor!” </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65119652021-01-02T21:58:58-05:002021-01-02T21:58:58-05:00Hide and Seek<p>Hide and Seek. The secret may be in being able to do both at the same time. </p>
<p>I have an imaginary Friend whom I've known since forever and who'll probably be around that much longer. Playing hide and seek, I'd forget which of whom was doing what. We'd end up running into one another or not seeing the other for days! </p>
<p>We raced bikes, rode horses, frightened fish, anything you could imagine, we've done it. We've ridden homemade rafts on the Mississippi River and climbed the North Face of the Eiger. There are other adventures ahead for us, and I plan to make the time. </p>
<p>I don't see my imaginary Friend as often as I used to or as often as I'd like. I miss my Friend when we don't get together like when we were younger, when life was simpler and time wasn't such a scarce commodity. </p>
<p>I do keep my Friend close by. As close as the nearest book, or as close as a silent moment where I can close my eyes and see a different world. To open the page of a book is to begin a journey that can stretch the imagination and transcend time. </p>
<p> </p>
<p><a contents="Edward Abbey." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Abbey" target="_blank">Edward Abbey.</a> <--- wiki link</p>
<p>Everything I have read by Edward Abbey has left me with a different attitude (for the better, of course). It's time for a refresher. Right now, my imaginary Friend is with a seasonal Park Ranger in Moab, Utah and he looks a lot like George Hayduke.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Monkey Wrench Gang, <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/c633e8fef1735920b0a5b22107b5de205781465d/original/imaginary-friend.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Hayduke Lives, The Journey Home.</p>
<p>Edward Abbey's best!</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65118792021-01-01T20:45:22-05:002021-01-01T21:03:22-05:00Happy New Year<p>Happy New Year – I tried to think of a clever title. Pretty much nailed it, eh?</p>
<p>My right brain has had more fun times than my left brain ever thought about having. I know because I was there most of the time, or heard about them from eyewitnesses. Believe me, there was other collaborative evidence too. The point is that in my opinion, New Year's Eve is amateur night. Professionals drink and party every day of the year except New Year's Eve. </p>
<p>Happy New Year, Friends! Happy New Year! The picture is my 2020 calendar up in flames. </p>
<p>2021 is not a prime number, but it is a composite prime (1, 43, 47, 2021). <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/262b2c2aa5d304297b2ab486b108e5f27b553759/original/img-1-3.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>I resolve not to: </p>
<p>Make New Year's resolutions.</p>
<p>Break resolutions.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65112032020-12-31T22:24:41-05:002020-12-31T22:34:14-05:00It's A New Year<p>What would Woody do? (Woody Guthrie) That is not a new question, at least for me. I ask myself that a lot, usually for comedic effect, but I am easy to entertain. I think that question even applies to pandemics. Woody was born July 14, 1912, so he was 8-10 years old during the flu pandemic a century ago. </p>
<p>I wrote my own version of Rulin's a couple of years back. I keep them close just in case I need a reminder.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/d01df7a7d92113826a8839045f60836bb68ea8c6/original/img-1-2.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpeg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Happy New Year, Friends</p>
<p>Don't expect change. Be the change!</p>
<p>For the good of all!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65106042020-12-30T22:50:29-05:002020-12-30T22:50:29-05:00C'ya 2020<p>C'ya 2020! Had to be a damned leap year, didn't you? Had to have that one extra day, huh? We'd be near done with you if not for that thing in February, eh?</p>
<p>What have you done? What were your major accomplishments for the year?</p>
<p>There's one day left in 2020 and there's a lot of crap that I didn't get done. My last official act of 2020 will be to put off until next year what I didn't get done this year. I'll be staying up to make sure a New Year gets here and this one gets gone. I have a feeling that we''ll be looking back on this one for a long time.</p>
<p>Steve Martin says you can't play a sad song on the banjo. I dunno. Maybe everyone needs a $600 banjo. How about it, Mitch? Yeah, maybe I'll ring in the New Year by playing a little banjo.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/791fd1704e7d8985d001e5d0a020ad80e50c01ca/original/little-banjo.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Louisiana <br><br>With a banjo on my knee.</p>
<p>Don't cry Suzanna.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65098152020-12-29T18:48:48-05:002020-12-29T19:01:53-05:00Eine Schwarze Katze<p>Eine Schwarze Katze - One Black Cat</p>
<p>Kari's Birthday is today. She's been having birthdays all of her life, she says. I know this one is important because it's today. I woke up too late to fix breakfast, but I had stayed up very late producing a video for her. Just click on the picture ---> </p>
<p>Happy Birthday, Kari! <iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="We4RMbCGvo8" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/We4RMbCGvo8/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/We4RMbCGvo8?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Celebrate your day!</p>
<p>Eat well, drink wine, pet the cats. </p>
<p>Don't answer emails.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The purrfect plan, eh? (That full moon thing, I did that too!)</p>
<p>Peace,Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65079422020-12-28T23:55:00-05:002021-04-21T13:09:06-04:00Gone FIshing<p>Kari asked me why I’m wearing my old glasses. Because they happened to be where I needed them at the time ... on my face. That has nothing to do with anything else.<br> </p>
<p>I was stationed in Bamburg, Germany ’84-87 and Ayers Kaserne at Kirch-Göns, Germany ‘88-92. While in Kirch-Göns I met Chaplain Maj. Barris Samples and SFC Phil LeBlanc. These were the founders of a local chapter of the Federation of Flyfishers, now <a contents="Fly Fishers International" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://flyfishersinternational.org" target="_blank">Fly Fishers International</a>. </p>
<p>This chapter’s membership included local German Nationals as well as several military personnel, and me. We’d gather every week or so to tie flies and tell lies, and plan trips. Most group trips included an organized “clean up” along the river. That was usually the easy part. There was not a lot of litter or garbage along roads, paths, or waterways. It’s a beautiful country. </p>
<p>Once or twice a year, our German Friends would invite us along to one of their clubs' trips. My first, of course, was a learning experience. </p>
<p>After the clean-up, there was a time to “dress to fish." This is where the tweed jackets, twill hats, and expensive paraphernalia came in to play. </p>
<p>Well, I had no tweed nor twill, and very little expensive paraphernalia. I had neither $300 chest waders nor boots. I had tenner shoes and blue jeans and the water was warm. I thought I had died and gone to Mayberry! <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/ccc8ecdcc1fdedc19cdb0da7757e65fb04e33061/original/gone-fishing.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Mistake. I didn’t get invited back for a while. Lesson learned. Fishing is serious business. </p>
<p><br> </p>
<p>We’re playin’ hookie</p>
<p>However old this sign is </p>
<p>Plus a day or two</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65083752020-12-27T23:09:46-05:002021-04-21T13:09:05-04:00Wo Ist Der Bahnhof?<p>Wo Ist Der Bahnhof? </p>
<p>Don’t ask me what that means. You don’t have to because I’m going to tell you. It’s German for “Where is the train station?” I used that phrase a lot when I was in Germany. I was fortunate to have found or caused no serious trouble during those years. </p>
<p>I would venture out away from the military towns where I was stationed, alone or with a few Friends. Hiking, rock climbing, fishing, all sorts of stuff. One thing I did learn while in Germany is that they can make beer a lot faster than we could drink it. That took a while to figure out. </p>
<p>Back to that train station, eh? </p>
<p>Wherever I had gone, the best way home was the train. There were some interesting adventures. Yeah, I might share some of those stories. Have I mentioned how fast they can make beer over there? </p>
<p>Straight up serious, I do have a reoccurring dream where I’m lost somewhere in the West German Rail System. Since I brought it up…we’ll see what fills my head tonight. I really do like trains.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Noch eine bier, bitte! </p>
<p>Ja, ich brauche ein taxi. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/925083a37f6d7f5bcd83ef9a89b33c4ed4f23874/original/img-1.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Wo ist der bahnhof? </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Another beer, please! </p>
<p>Yes, I do need a taxi. </p>
<p>Where’s the train station? </p>
<p> </p>
<p><br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65079432020-12-26T13:51:32-05:002021-04-21T13:14:46-04:00Boxing Day, Eh!<p>Here's that day that we've waited for throughout the past year, and it's finally here and nobody knows what to do with it! That grand Canadian holiday, Boxing Day! December 26th, the day after we celebrate commercial exploitation and capitalism, the Canadians celebrate Boxing Day.</p>
<p>There is nothing comparable to proper motivation to create an excuse for another day off. I like the idea of a shopping holiday...no shopping today. Boxing Day is also a Bank holiday in Canada. This is so the bankers can count all the money they made during the celebration of commercial exploitation and capitalism.</p>
<p>Here's something I found in <a contents="The Old Farmer's Almanac" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.almanac.com/content/what-boxing-day" target="_blank">The Old Farmer's Almanac</a>. George Washington, et al. crossed the Delaware to attack the Hessian army at Trenton, New Jersey on December 26th, 1776. The original plan was to attack on Christmas Day, but the Continental Army Commander wasted too much time posing for historic paintings. They even stopped in the middle of the river to paint another historic painting.<br>(Washington Crossing the Delaware, by George Caleb Bingham)<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/becd65451d1543f1656444c9c23a0d67b2935c49/original/washington-crossing-the-delaware-1856-71-george-caleb-bingham.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Happy Boxing Day, Friends<br>Remember the reason for the season. Another day off! eh!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Washington's Crossing</p>
<p>Frozen Delaware River</p>
<p>"Stop the boat. Selfie!"</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65079232020-12-25T22:17:18-05:002020-12-25T22:17:18-05:00Merry Christmas Y'all<p>Merry Christmas, Y'all. December 25th, 2020. Day 360 of the year. I am glad you've made it this far. There are six more days of 2020 until the beginning of a new year.</p>
<p>Just to prove that I am not an old Scrooge, here is a Christmas song. Here's Mary Gauthier's <a contents="Christmas In Paradise" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/miles-w-2/christmas-in-paradise-by-mary" target="_blank">Christmas In Paradise</a>. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b263bb36bdba4709c15d97213f36540518ee8225/original/christmas.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Merry Christmas Y'all</p>
<p>And a Happy New Year too</p>
<p>Peace and love be yours.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65058972020-12-24T22:24:22-05:002020-12-24T22:24:22-05:00Scotch Tape<p>Yes, every year, Christmas Eve, I usually end up wrapping a few small things for Kari. Every year I say, "Sometime before next Christmas, I need to buy a roll of scotch tape."</p>
<p>Here I am, Christmas Eve, tearing off smaller and smaller pieces of scotch tape because I've been using the same roll for the past three years. Sometime before next Christmas, I need to buy a roll of scotch tape.</p>
<p>Back before 24/7 Wal~Mart, Roses, CVS, grocery or any gas station, if you didn't have it by Christmas Eve, you would do without it until after Christmas. This is particularly true of scotch tape. That's why Grandma was always saying to me, "Don't you be wasting with that scotch tape. That's all we have." Now I understand. We'd been using that same roll of scotch tape for the past three years.</p>
<p>One year for Christmas, I found one of those 12 roll packs of scotch tape. That was one of my gifts to Grandma. I'll never forget what she said. "Well, I don't guess I'll need to buy tape for a while."<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/69217b6a20764fbdbf229448b963037057d73026/original/scotch-tape.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>The next Christmas Eve, Grandma said to me, "Don't you be wasting with that scotch tape now. That's all we have." I love family traditions.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><br>Happy Holidays,</p>
<p>Merry Christmas, Chanukah</p>
<p>Kwanza, Festivus ...</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I hope I got them all.</p>
<p>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65067322020-12-23T22:42:05-05:002020-12-23T22:54:09-05:00Where's My Hassenpfeffer?<p>Happy Festivus, Y'all! I hope everyone enjoyed the celebration. In case You missed it, the da6d Daily Ramblin' from last week was all about Festivus. Have a look. <a contents="Only a Week Away" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fda6dmusic.com%2Fblogs%2Fking-of-hearts%2Fposts%2Fnew-blog-post%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1A_X4zxaJuOoWXvbywVQ4Jo-p6H19zyHzsZCaPu3whYEu9595cplgjQbk&h=AT22HCgWKxYcutafvC81CQyjJYffqC_Jy--MlkT-6fCeM4HrAKpAWouVdk0sfae_DO7dmA6co6HTonoHGRV3t4959EGfidCmS20iyGR5ap8FIUZgWbrzdOT06pxr0ibnoj87ew9h" target="_blank">Only a Week Away</a></p>
<p>I have the Festivus Pole in my studio. Tonight, I made meatloaf. We participated in the airing of grievances. Then, the feats of strength. The host must be wrestled to the ground for the official end of Festivus. As I was walking past Kari's chair, I tripped and fell. She reached out to put her hand on me and counted to three. I lost again. </p>
<p>What was the biggest Festivus miracle? Kari participated. </p>
<p>This space intentionally left blank. This is the space where I sort of tie in or connect the first part with the second part and the picture. I don't see how that's going to happen. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b276c9f56873c6f5a6d2d2bd253b016927b6c6e3/original/hasenpfeffer.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Looney Tunes' Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Hour every Saturday morning. I'll share part of this one. I love it. This is a three-minute clip from the feature cartoon Shishkabugs. </p>
<p><a contents="1962 Shishkabugs" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F_qx9QcYOC10%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2rx-uEvq-FXqvQ_VExaywsH_TIuGwH7SKv5-QMJVQz6Vi_mWQ4cES3jF0&h=AT1MBA1QrbOmckoQRYqF2iCxJSynJsKYMvxu3iccETbTsd6gQuXUp1HdBkgoN-Ezb8eD0y3L8YSjjA6uMWO1TqS-wm8Alx-Rh3YNwyIqVMPes6pYGIryc2zcia-4rAcjMdMnYFx6">Shishkabugs</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>My hasenpfeffer. </p>
<p>Cook! Where's my hasenpfeffer? </p>
<p>This tastes like carrot.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65058262020-12-22T22:33:54-05:002020-12-22T22:33:54-05:00James Tiberius Kirk<p>"Four Score and seven years ago…" These words began Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. November 19, 1863. Four and a half months after the Union victory at Gettysburg. </p>
<p>Looking back “four score and seven years ago” from today, not a damn thing happened. December 22, 1933 seems like an uneventful day. Yep. Not much going on four score and seven years ago.</p>
<p>What do you suppose someone would say about us on December 22, 2107? </p>
<p>Fun Facts: If it were not for December 22, 1933, we wouldn’t be here today. (We would be here tomorrow.) </p>
<p>Two hundred twelve years, five months until the birthdate of <a contents="James Tiberius Kirk" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.startrek.com/database_article/james-t-kirk" target="_blank">James Tiberius Kirk</a> (March 22, 2233 – 2293, 2371) Riverside, Iowa, USA, Earth. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/031b67ff3bb5a06d1a0761568729ec2231d69354/original/james-t-kirk.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>James T. Kirk, Captain </p>
<p>Starship Enterprise, “Spock. Bones!” </p>
<p>“Beam me up, Scotty.” </p>
<p> </p>
<p>“I have been and always shall be your friend.” - Spock </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65048362020-12-21T19:36:09-05:002020-12-21T19:36:09-05:00Jupiter and Saturn<p>Jupiter and Saturn, the two largest planets in our Solar System, got together today to talk about us. More particularly to talk about the U.S. Our planet is trying to kill us, maybe other planets want in on the action. </p>
<p>From Earth, Jupiter and Saturn appear closer together than they have since 1226. Today they are physically closer than they have been since 1623. Still, they are only 456 million miles apart. Amazing that this occurs on the day of Winter Solstice. Enjoy your Winter! <a contents="Earth Sky&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/great-jupiter-saturn-conjunction-dec-21-2020" target="_blank">Earth Sky </a> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/2d5b45d6087bf0af2fa8350b3c102881e978be64/original/jupiter-and-saturn.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>I wonder, “What would Marvin Martian do?” I hope Earth is not blocking anyone’s view of Venus. </p>
<p> </p>
<p><a contents="Marvin Martian and the Space Modulator" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/XvjR9n5EQHc" target="_blank">Marvin Martian and the Space Modulator</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Someone has stolen </p>
<p>My new Space Modulator. </p>
<p>I will destroy Earth. <br> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65041712020-12-20T23:40:00-05:002020-12-22T09:42:07-05:00da6d Daily Ramblin' No. 178<p>Gas and gears and rubber on the road. Now booking Spring/Summer 2021.</p>
<p>This time last year, I was busy. I had finished recording I Ain't Stayin'. We had a cover design, insert booklet layout, and a budget planned. We were working on promotion, touring, signings, Grammy acceptance speeches, all that stuff. </p>
<p>I had gone to the FAI (Folk Alliance International) last February in New Orleans. I took a few dozen hot and fresh "Promotional" CDs with me to distribute. My subsequent tour took me through GA, FL, then back home in early February. Even then there was much left to do for an early Spring CD release.</p>
<p>The release happened during the beginning of COVID, on April 1st - a Facebook Live COVID -19 CD Release. </p>
<p>"We" includes my Dearest Kari and Charlie Stewart of Handshake Management in Austin, TX. Also on the team was Anna Barlow of Barlow Designs from Raleigh, NC. Anna did the layout and design of the 4-panel CD cover and the 16-panel booklet with printed lyrics. <a contents="anna k barlow" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.annakbarlow.com/">anna k barlow</a> </p>
<p>Nancy K. Dillon of Rose Rock Music, Seattle WA, designed the one-sheet and distributed 150 copies to various radio stations and DJs. What a fantastic job she does. </p>
<p>These Folks, along with my Mom and my First Grade teacher, and YOU, are the ones I would have thanked at the Grammy's. Sorry it didn't work out like that. I have said that I will claim a Mulligan on my CD Release.</p>
<p>I’m sure I’m Ramblin’ around to something. Something like “Just in time for your last-minute Christmas shoplifting!” <a contents="I Ain’t Stayin’ " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1328746/i-ain-t-stayin-2020" target="_blank">I Ain’t Stayin’ </a>and the single <a contents="Ends and Means (The Santa Claus Song) " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/track/2276667/ends-and-means" target="_blank">Ends and Means (The Santa Claus Song) </a>are available for download. Just follow the links. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a0e79ffc1b6c586c1a88ea67048c3c16352032c1/original/wiseman-1-sheet-final.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Job Application</p>
<p>Reason For Leaving Last Job:_______</p>
<p>Title: <u>Folk Singer</u></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65037112020-12-19T23:08:04-05:002020-12-19T23:08:04-05:00Hockey Season<p>Joseph Henri Maurice "Rocket" Richard (August 4, 1921 - May 27, 2000). The first player to score 50 goals in one season. He was also the first NHL player to reach 500 career goals. Who do you know that has had a riot named after them?</p>
<p>Is it Hockey season yet? Yes. Is the NHL playing yet? No.</p>
<p>The National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players Association announced yesterday that a 56 game season would start on January 13. This may include a realignment of the seven Canadian teams into a division of their own in an effort to cut down travel and medical support for visiting teams. I think they're doing it right and it'll be a great season. Less than four weeks away. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/0e028f7ff41a693b0faa81ede74b518f70d3a475/original/stick-and-puck.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Game on! (You can't play hockey on carpet.)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>He shoots, he scores. Goal!</p>
<p>"Rocket" fires from the blue line.</p>
<p>Eight Stanley Cup rings.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65021852020-12-18T20:41:09-05:002020-12-18T20:53:52-05:00Mr Bean (Nativity Scene)<p>Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkins) does some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. The movie <em>Bean</em> (1997) has a scene where Mr. Bean is stealing the painting <em>Whistler's Mother</em>. Bean has a cloth over the painting and, while making squeaking noises, holds the painting level as he walks down a narrow hallway. It looks like he's pushing a cart. </p>
<p>This part of the plan works well until he meets someone with a real cart going in the opposite direction. Bean distracts the other person, then squeezes by on one side while holding the painting vertical.<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/aa8408ef0294b08d9d009ebf610506eefe48e600/original/whistlers-mother.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>My favorite Mr. Bean sketch is the department store nativity scene. And here it is for you. <br><a contents="Mr Bean Nativity Scene" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/FsCoK-n10fw" target="_blank">Mr. Bean Nativity Scene</a>.</p>
<p>Whistler's Father taught him to whistle. It really got on Mom's nerves.</p>
<p><em>Whistler's Mother, James McNeill Whistler, 1871.</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Stop that whistling."</p>
<p>Be still Mom. I'm not done yet.</p>
<p>(...why she doesn't smile)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65021702020-12-17T22:00:00-05:002020-12-17T22:00:00-05:00Survey Says<p>It's been a while since I've used one of these. Really, I haven't used one this old, much. I have worked a bit with older Gurley transits. Of course, I've also used theodolites and GPS systems.</p>
<p>I spent a few years working for a Land Surveyor before joining the Army. I spent a few more years doing the same after the Army. Maybe '97 or so I passed the examinations and became a Professional Land Surveyor, L-3890. I continued that career self-employed, then worked with a couple of engineering companies in Winston-Salem. It's been a few years. I appreciate the reminder of my past life, but that's a decade past. No time for that now.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b4740f134222d9886606145a12b4e3d88299e097/original/compass.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>North, South, East and West.</p>
<p>By metes and bounds measuring</p>
<p>Bearing and distance.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/65010132020-12-16T21:54:16-05:002020-12-16T21:54:16-05:00Only a Week Away!<p>What's today? I'm not sure, other than Day Six of Hanukkah. One thing I am sure of, it's only one week until Festivus!</p>
<p>I do remember Christmas while growing up. Every year, we'd all dress up as homeless children and go knocking on peoples' doors. It was like Halloween and Christmas combined. I only got a green bean casserole, twice.</p>
<p>One Christmas, after hearing a year's worth of "If you don't be good, Santa will bring switches and coal," I hid all the Christmas packages. Then I stuffed every stocking with switches and coal. I sat on the floor under the tree crying when Mom and Dad came in. They blamed each other <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/d80a6b50a2e94b00ec5471fe789f0272088503d1/original/festus.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a contents="Enjoy Festivus for the Rest of Us!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus" target="_blank">Enjoy Festivus for the Rest of Us!</a> <--- Wikipedia Link</p>
<p>1. I have a six-foot aluminum Festivus Pole.</p>
<p>2. I'll make meatloaf on a bed of lettuce (The traditional Festivus Meal)</p>
<p>3. I have made a list for the "Airing of Grievances." (It's very short.)</p>
<p>4. I am conditioned and ready for the "Feats of Strength." Festivus will only be over after the host has been wrestled to the floor.</p>
<p>5. Everything is a Festivus Miracle!</p>
<p><br> </p>
<p>Joyous Festivus</p>
<p>To us all from all of us.</p>
<p>It's a miracle!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y,all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64995352020-12-15T20:23:20-05:002020-12-15T20:23:20-05:00The Penguin Always Faces North<p>Stephen King has always been one of my favorite writers. "Misery" has always been one of my favorite books. I recently re-homed several Stephen King books that I'd read enough that they were just shelf surfing. This paperback copy of "Misery" belongs to Kari. I'm just borrowing it to read it again.</p>
<p>One recent da6d Daily Ramblin' had a picture of a pair of carpenter pants laying on my woobie blanket. My Sister Chel gave me this blanket for Christmas around 1999 or so. Kari teases me a bit about how the blanket goes on the bed. The penguins always face North.</p>
<p>"Misery" was the first book I read "under" this blanket.</p>
<p>In the movie, Paul Sheldon (James Caan), an author, is held captive by serial killer Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) after she rescues him from a serious car wreck. She keeps him captive to force him to write a book to resurrect "Misery," his character that died and ended the series of books that Annie was such a fan of.</p>
<p>Annie discovers that Paul has been outside his locked bedroom when she notices that a glass penguin has been moved. Paul had bumped the table, knocking off the penguin. He'd caught it before it hit the floor and broke, but he put it back on the table facing the wrong direction. Annie says, "Paul, my little ceramic penguin in the study always faces due South."<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/77a4e78833978d2be298a174e4678a0d7723a4fb/original/penguins.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>IMHO, penguins spend more time facing North than any other direction just because there's so much more of it for them. From the South Pole, just about every direction is North.</p>
<p>My penguins always face North.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>"South Pole travel guide.</p>
<p>May I help you?" Which way's home?</p>
<p>"North!" Thank you, which one?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64986692020-12-14T16:20:00-05:002020-12-14T16:20:11-05:00Carpenter pants<p>Kari often asks me why I wear carpenter pants. She'll say, "You're not a carpenter. Why do you wear carpenter pants?" I don't play baseball either.</p>
<p>I used to be a carpenter. I've done lots carpenting. That's what carpenters do, they carpent. Plumbers plumb. Farmers farm, painters paint. As best as I can tell, painter's pants and carpenter pants look the same after several years, even tho's painter's pants started out white. Folk singer pants are just modified carpenter pants. Instead of a pocket for a folding ruler, there is a pocket for your cell phone, and the loop for hammers can hold 5 or 6 capos. Enough, eh?<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/6a58f258a3c22671ef05634af519d2f6c05e5512/original/c3d9579e-fb55-40fa-b056-0c9b82d63c98.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Song Farmer plight.</p>
<p>I plow and plant; sow and hoe,</p>
<p>Nature's gifts abound!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64985802020-12-13T19:07:50-05:002020-12-13T19:07:50-05:00Snoop<p>Day 21,282 on planet Earth<br>Blog no. 171 </p>
<p>Today is Sunday, December 13th, 2020. There are 12 days until Christmas, 18 days left in the year, 38 days until the inauguration of Joe Biden.</p>
<p>One thing I enjoy writing about is other people. The story is already there, all I have to do is tell it. I enjoy writing about people and pets that create and share love, joy, kindness, beauty… </p>
<p>This is Snoop the Adventure Hound. Snoop drags around a cousin of mine, Nat Wiseman, to various wilderness areas, then poses for pictures. From what I can tell, Snoop really gets around and finds some of the most beautiful places to pose for photographs. I’ve been trying to keep up with them. They are busy. </p>
<p>Snoop has a friend, other than Nat. Diesel can be seen in some of <a contents="Nat Wiseman’s photography." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/natalie.haney.31" target="_blank">Nat Wiseman’s photography.</a> Stop by, visit, like, share, comment, or just enjoy the adventures of Snoop the Adventure Hound. </p>
<p>Snoop is wearing a cape. You know what that means.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/4df172e9d46610ee34e8dbee7c2fb70e74f08023/original/snoop.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Up, up, and away</p>
<p>To adventures near and far.</p>
<p>Jeep, Jeep. Where's the Jeep?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64981002020-12-12T23:55:00-05:002021-01-05T20:05:24-05:00Opera, Anyone?<p>Kari may have often wondered how I know so much about opera. The <em>Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show</em>, of course. Would you believe that I had Kari singing opera this afternoon? <br><br>"North winds blow. West winds blow. Kill the rabbit! Kill the rabbit." She's pretty good. Kari was looking at my lightning box and lightning bolt cutout. I played with the light switch. I told her that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. I also learned that from Bugs Bunny.</p>
<p>It may be an odd way of going about this, but I needed a lightning strike for one of the scenes in "Bring the Rain." I cut out the lightning bolts, then sandwiched the paper between two pieces of mylar. I used a cardboard box with a lamp inside. It seems to have worked.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>If lightning strikes twice, <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/73c0da81995459b9938aff8b4e4e8082447af516/original/lightning-opera.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>The place is not the same place</p>
<p>As it was before.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'All</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64976832020-12-11T23:55:00-05:002021-01-05T20:06:05-05:00f-stop<p>F-stop, that's a camera setting, right? I didn't want to alarm anyone.</p>
<p>I do know one end of a camera from another, but that's about it; f-stops, ISO, that's all over my head. I'm slow at learning what I'm doing, but I'm not wasting film! Yay, digital technology!</p>
<p>This project often tends to direct me to a vortex of sequences. Everything has several unseen steps that I know nothing about until I'm shoulder-deep in paper, glue, clay and paint. Oh boy!</p>
<p>Meet the Twins. These are Modibots used in 3D stop-motion animation. My new friends are Pollux and Castor. They do all the work around here. One is partially bulked and almost ready for garments. Both still need heads. I and still trying to figure that out. Maybe I'll use Sculpey (a type of polymer clay) so I can create the head and hands and some other interchangeable parts. Any suggestions?<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/bb68b1b1248772b183845c4e45311ae13efd59c3/original/modibots.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Twins tonight tell me</p>
<p>Things we are going to do.</p>
<p>They, We, together.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'All!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64967932020-12-10T23:55:00-05:002021-01-05T20:09:51-05:00Poppie?<p>Tonight she called me "Poppie." She's never called me "Poppie" before.</p>
<p>DeO'jie was only ten weeks old when we met. I was 47 years old. I had volunteered at the Forsyth County Animal Shelter and she volunteered to be my Best Friend. </p>
<p>I'm 58 and she's 84 now. Still healthy, tho' neither she nor I walk enough. Tonight, we walked for a bit and talked some. There were long comfortable spaces between thoughts. Near midnight, I enjoyed the quiet. </p>
<p>Inside, after treats, we played on the floor for a spell. Then her ears needed scratching, so we both helped with that. I scratched between her front legs. She likes that. I made her lip do that "Elvis" thing by tugging her whiskers. I like that. She said, "Thank you, thank you very much!"</p>
<p>That's when I told her that she's been the best puppy ever. I meant it. She has been. That's when she told me that I've been the best Poppie ever. She's never called me "Poppie" before.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/416c9b18ec5821776223d3749d21b6db89827b60/original/poppie.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>We've got a few more years together, I do hope we do. I'm going back to play on the floor.</p>
<p>What if people get to heaven by what their pets think of them? </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Pets go to heaven.</p>
<p>"Do people go to heaven?"</p>
<p>They wonder. I hope.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace Y'all</p>
<p>da6d </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64948732020-12-09T23:55:00-05:002021-01-05T20:09:25-05:00The Band<p>I don't think that I have ever introduced the band, have I? </p>
<p>Harp players are a very weird sort. It's all about microphones, reeds, combs, amps, ceramic diaphragms, tone, tone, and most importantly, tone....do you see what I mean? I love to hear them talk.</p>
<p>One time, in particular, my wife looked at me like I was a phool (pronounced "fool"). I had referred to a harmonica as a "Mississippi Saxophone." I'll never forget what she said. She said, "Huh?" She hadn't seen the movie. </p>
<p>The line "Here's some Mississippi Saxophone" found its way right into the middle of one of my songs. Here's <a contents="Missouri River River" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/track/2093050/missouri-river-runner" target="_blank">Missouri River Runner</a> from my CD, <a contents="Live at The Hideaway" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1373656/live-at-the-hideaway-2017">Live at The Hideaway</a>.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/7497d14c7cbc20100036fc399f1d21abdffd31ce/original/mississippi-saxophone.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>The picture? They are three of the Seven Sisters. These are the three that I would need for almost any performance. </p>
<p>One of them is my favorite, but I also tell that to the other two.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>You don't play no harp</p>
<p>You know, down where I come from</p>
<p>You don't get lucky!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64950022020-12-08T23:55:00-05:002021-01-05T20:08:58-05:00Oct. 9, 1940 - Dec. 8, 1980<p>Ten years ago, I wrote a Facebook post about being (living) at the same place I had been thirty years earlier. On December 8th, 1980, I had been out to dinner. I came home and turned on the radio: WROQ Charlotte. (A station in Anderson, SC has those call letters now.) I heard the first news story about John Lennon being shot and subsequently dying from gunshot wounds.</p>
<p>The week before that, I had attended a Battle of the Bands in Unicoi, TN. The Runner Up in the contest was a Beatles cover band. A week later, they may have won. Who knows. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9fea65e15002d5072eea1e44abc7ed9834b76c6b/original/beatles-songs.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Here's what I had written ten years ago. </p>
<p>"The Dakota, December 8th,1980. I remember exactly where I was when I heard the words of Lennon's death. Today, in that very same place, almost 30 years gone but not very far away. Not far away at all. </p>
<p>Peace. Peace to all of us! </p>
<p>dw"</p>
<p> </p>
<p>John Winston Lennon </p>
<p>A very simple message</p>
<p>Let's give Peace a chance</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'All!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64938612020-12-07T23:05:00-05:002020-12-07T23:09:57-05:00Gnomes on the Move<p>"Gnomes on the Move" was my second animated production, following the video I made for my song "Shadow's Puppet." Just a few hundred photographs in the right order and properly spaced. Kari Weaver, the Gnome Wrangler, did all the hard work. This sure was a lot of fun. </p>
<p><a contents="One of a Kind Art Gallery" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.ooakartgallery.com/" target="_blank">One of a Kind Art Gallery</a> in Micaville, NC is the Home of the Roamin' Gnomes and Hoggie Bank. Stop by and visit them or visit them online.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/6d47988bb0a87c83f5edc7b0a2f900addcada332/original/img-0772.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>This is the Link for the <a contents="Gnomes on the Move " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i2oWfbdmFY" target="_blank">Gnomes on the Move </a>video.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I am still working on the video for the song, "Bring the Rain." Without any major interruptions, things ought to start rolling in a forward direction.</p>
<p>Pollux and Castor have already begun with storyboards and set design. I'm glad they work so well together.</p>
<p>There will be a few things that leak over to here, so keep watching</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Pollux and Castor</p>
<p>My Gemini assistants </p>
<p>Here close, always near.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'All!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64928492020-12-06T13:05:32-05:002020-12-06T13:05:32-05:00Lost Cove Cliffs <p>I rode out to the Blue Ridge Parkway this morning. I was looking for quiet and solitude. I had heard that it was around somewhere. I was right. I left quiet and solitude at home with Kari.</p>
<p>I’m on the way to a camping spot. Part of the Parkway is closed because of weather, but there is another way in.</p>
<p>This is the early afternoon edition of da6d Daily Ramblin’s. I may not have cell service later.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b7b46488741de9886c2ff0ca30fd387d564aecc4/original/6b53b1c6-9674-47a1-b65c-d7ca9c227cc3.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>I stopped at an overlook to write this blog. I’ll get a closer view later.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I’ll view Lost Cove Cliffs</p>
<p>When I’m damn good and ready. </p>
<p>Okay. I’m ready.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace Y’all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64927032020-12-05T23:55:00-05:002021-01-05T20:07:52-05:00Welcome Aboard, Skipper <p>Welcome home, Skipper! How’ve you been?</p>
<p>Skipper is home and nobody knows who Skipper is. </p>
<p>Six years ago or so this coming February, I had a couple of gigs and a House Concert near Osteen and Orlando, Florida. Before the Osteen gig a Friend, Pete Easton, wanted to know what guitar I had brought, so he asked, “What guitar did you bring?” I told him about the one I was going to play and about a couple more for trading. I did not mention looking for a really nice Gibson. </p>
<p>The gentleman sitting next to him, I did not know, was Alan Hale. Not Alan Hale the actor best known for playing Skipper. I assumed he was a gentleman because he wasn’t cussing and hitting on the waitress. I was right. He was a gentleman. Alan Hale leaned over to me and said “I have a really nice Gibson J-50, been under the bed since I bought it.” The waitress handed napkins to me. “That was what, about 1975?” The waitress handed more napkins to me. <br><br>I played my show for the most wonderful group of friends. Afterwards Alan Hale asked me, “How interested are you in that really nice Gibson?” The waitress handed me more napkins. </p>
<p>Well uh, how interested do I have to be? I asked. </p>
<p>“Now I paid $500 for it in 1975.” The waitress handed a towel to me. Alan said, “I’d have to get that much back for it.” I don't drool. I wasn’t drooling. I tipped the waitress well.</p>
<p>He did. He did, right quick, with the help of some very dear Friends, Tony Perry and Janice Schilling. I think of all of them often when this guitar plays what I feel. Napkins, please. </p>
<p>I named that really nice Gibson J-50 Skipper. I've played Skipper since the very first day, but since June it's has been in the shop for some repairs way above my skill level. The Shop at Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville has perfected the art of whatever it is they do. Beautiful. Several of my lutherie Friends declined the job. I don’t blame them one bit.</p>
<p>It is serendipitously synchronistic, the timing, eh? (Those who know, know.) Oh, and OMG, this is the first guitar I heard after I got hearing aids! <br><br>Thank you, Tony Perry, Janice Schilling, Alan Hale.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/23cb4ac8f0254b07bfb4a08eb5ab9113b6f33121/original/df5a4fc3-b370-453b-8f08-a37c8d915e28.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpeg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Skipper, a song please</p>
<p>Played beneath my hands. Wonder, </p>
<p>Gently screaming angst. <br> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all!</p>
<p>da6d </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64922502020-12-04T23:55:32-05:002020-12-04T23:55:32-05:00Shh!<p>Shh. Shh! I am the stealth master, yep. The stealth master, that’s me. Between my office/studio through the kitchen, bathroom to the bedroom, I know the precise location of every squeaky floorboard. I can navigate that path with total quietness. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/e023013c64e4da2779e0f00a177d2c90ef299d79/original/shh.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>In traversing this path, if a single board squeaks it probably means that I still have my hearing aids in. Yeah, I’m not so stealthy after all, eh? Damn, I’m loud. </p>
<p>I’ll try to be quieter next time. </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Squeaky boards abound </p>
<p>Feet heavy pound pounds on pounds. </p>
<p>Grasshopper. That You?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64914002020-12-03T11:55:00-05:002020-12-04T00:51:27-05:00Clyde the Knife<p>Hey, who is that guy? What's his name who writes that blog every night, with a Haiku and a picture? He's a bit somber, political sometimes? A riotously funny and sometimes scary dude. </p>
<p>"da6d Wiseman?" </p>
<p>Nope. I've never heard of him. </p>
<p>Hey, the first person who reads this from a shared FaceBook post, reply with your name and address and I will send you a free t-shirt! (I was going to throw it out anyway, it was getting kind of old and dirty.) </p>
<p> </p>
<p>One of my dearest friends earned the nickname "The Knife" from a folksinging duo that he did a tremendous favor for a while back. This is the way the story goes, and this is the way it will go from now on.</p>
<p>The favor, I've already mentioned. "Other than a copy of our CD burned on a laptop while parked in your driveway, how can we ever thank you? Oh. I know, a nickname!" </p>
<p>Well, everyone seemed to like "the Knife," but it just didn't fit right with Bob. Bob the Knife? </p>
<p>This friend I'm telling you about is Clyde Byrd. Robert Clyde Byrd, a.k.a. Bob the Knife Byrd. Well, since everyone liked "The Knife" so much, Bob was persuaded to start going by Clyde. </p>
<p>That's the true story, but Friends, that's not all... That traveling folksinging duo left with a new name too. Them Travelin' Birds.</p>
<p>None of that at all has anything to do with the picture and all I want to way about the picture is this. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f2973721bb2a45c0bef41f7ee05b2b6e08882e80/original/moose-xing.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Don't cross the moose, the moose won't cross you!</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Look out! Clyde the Knife</p>
<p>Formerly Bob the Knife. Bob?</p>
<p>Just doesn't sound right.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64905582020-12-02T23:55:51-05:002020-12-03T08:19:45-05:00Wednesdays<p>I like Wednesdays. For no particular reason other than they're there. Their place in the week determined by nothing other than being at the right place, at the right time, every week. For years upon years.</p>
<p>Wednesdays seem to do all the work keeping all the other days in line. Otherwise, all of the other weekdays would be wrecking havoc trying to get in between weekend days. Laughing and calling them weekday names.</p>
<p>So as long as Saturday can keep Friday behind and Sunday can handle Monday, Wednesday says, "Tuesday first, then me, Thursday follows me, next we'll do it again and call it Eternity. Rock, paper, scissors to see who starts."<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9b9523810feb531c92d911a923b18eabef283826/original/2a72ca69-ddb6-49f2-884f-50cfa54ee480.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>On time, every time.</p>
<p>Each day in its place. Waiting,</p>
<p>For you to arrive.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64897932020-12-01T23:55:00-05:002020-12-02T23:26:07-05:00I'm a Fun Guy<p>I have not found much yet that I won’t write about. I have never pontificated on the pompatus of love, or why we park in the driveway and drive on the parkway. Gee, I haven’t. Yet. </p>
<p>Tonight, I was making a list. A list of gory words to use with whatever was on my mind a few moments ago. Whatever that was. </p>
<p>Anyway, “ablaze, burned, charred, dead, eroding, fungal,…” I stopped. Fun gal isn’t a gory word. Fun gal sounds right dandy if you ask me! Fun guy sounds right dandy too! Funny thing was that fun guy and fungi sound the same. Fungal and fun gal are spelled the same. </p>
<p>*Note: You are probably reading this. If not, someone is reading it to you. If that is the case, please make sure they noted the difference in spelling fungi and fun guy, fun gal, all that crap.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/8f58875a6c5a7c84c186a49ae2a4a5b373bcacc3/original/library.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p><br>I hope the “Library” never becomes just a word in the dictionary. <br><br> </p>
<p>Words whirled within walls </p>
<p>Plot escape. Booked. Bound and Shelved. </p>
<p>Libraries’ lights dim. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64890042020-11-30T23:55:00-05:002021-04-16T09:55:40-04:00I'll Take the Lead<p>it's usually pretty late at night by the time I get these thoughts down. It's often the next day by the time you read them. Does that have anything to do with anything?? Probably not.</p>
<p>These da6d Daily Ramblin's used to come from my Morning Pages. I wrote three pages, longhand every morning...late morning/early afternoon/evening. They have evolved to these Midnight Ramblin's. Midnight sort of suits me better, wouldn't you think? </p>
<p>It's no longer three pages longhand either. I probably write that much just on sticky notes; they're everywhere. I do keep a word document open on my computer. </p>
<p>That became super convenient once I got used to it. My natural impulse is to reach for a pencil. I'm still trying to break that habit. One way is to remind myself, "Hey, that's my good drawing pencil." My good drawing pencil is a very pointed carpenter's pencil.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Person One: Hey Siri, take a note, "The best musical lyric I've ever thought of..."</p>
<p>Siri: What would you like to do?</p>
<p>Person One: Take a note, Siri, "The best musical lyric I've ever thought of..."</p>
<p>Siri: What would you like the note to say?</p>
<p>Person One: I would like to note to say, "The best musical lyric I've ever thought of..."</p>
<p>Siri: You will need to unlock your device first.</p>
<p>Person One: Uh...</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The part of Person One was played by da6d Wiseman.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Pencil and paper make me think, "Oh hey there, little sprout. I remember you. You grew up next to me in the forest. Look at you now, all grown up into a full size No. 2 pencil. Go ahead, make your mark. I can take it!"<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/49423711a03ce217b957180712cc55103b6a2c1a/original/carpenters-pencil.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>My pencil, Siri?</p>
<p>Chisel, hammer and tablet</p>
<p>So much easier.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64882212020-11-29T22:38:29-05:002020-11-29T22:38:29-05:00Dog Days<p>About this time every year, the DeO'Jie has a birthday. She moved in and took over the apartment in January or so of 2009. The shelter told me that she was a November '08 puppy. That makes her about 84 in dog years. That's a lot. She still gets around pretty well, but we can't let her drive anymore.</p>
<p>DeO'jie notices when I open 40lbs of dog food and pour it into the bin. She realizes that she is less than a month away from imminent starvation. "Please order another bag as soon as possible," she says. "Times are lean. And more treats too, please. It's my birthday, you know."<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/fa5a22fd63ec5249d7d736388b8a5346095c5cd3/original/deojie.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Dog Food $36.99</p>
<p>Dog Treats $6.40<br>_______________</p>
<p>Subtotal $43.39 / 0.142656 (Dog Money conversion)</p>
<p>$303.73 in dog money,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>DeO'jie replied with this.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Barking at Squirrels $101.25</p>
<p>Squirrels Barked at X 3<br>_______________________</p>
<p>Total $303.75</p>
<p> </p>
<p>DeO'jie birthdays</p>
<p>Seven per year. Don't forget!</p>
<p>"Woof. Woof! Woof dammit!" </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64878002020-11-28T23:30:00-05:002020-12-02T23:27:15-05:00Nice Shoes<p>By the time you walk a mile in my shoes, I hope someone has stopped and offered you a ride. I hope you find some better shoes to wear. These have seen some days.</p>
<p>I'm just Ramblin, mostly. I've not made any great treks or anything of that sort, but every step has had meaning. Every place I have visited has been well worth every step.</p>
<p>I really miss going places, performing, meeting new friends. I miss old Friends I anxiously wish to see again. I so badly want both to travel and to stay right here where I am and see my Friends soon again, eh? <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a0c7fc16552456458b02d11dbe06904d3f7d7368/original/boots-and-hat.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Boots, where have you been? </p>
<p>Would you go back, lost again</p>
<p>Where boots go to die?</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64872662020-11-27T23:41:40-05:002021-02-11T01:26:44-05:00It's Tomorrow Again!<p>Tomorrow is a new day.</p>
<p>Maybe today is,</p>
<p>By the time you read this,</p>
<p>I predict. </p>
<p><br>I have no idea where that was going, but there it is. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/0b0e26a7d6fb5bd0c3d4dffdb7ea7a2669370895/original/hello-tomorrow-iii.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hello tomorrow!</p>
<p>Everyone here's been waiting,</p>
<p>You are with us now</p>
<p>!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'All</p>
<p>da6d </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64865592020-11-26T22:59:47-05:002020-11-27T09:50:49-05:00da6d Daily Ramblin'<p>Anyone with a cardboard cutout and a flashlight can summon Batman. My wife has a flashlight and a cardboard cutout of the letter "Y." She uses these to summon Y-Chromosome Man.</p>
<p>Wherever there are toilets overflowing, wherever there are lids on jars, wherever there is a need for that extra chromosome, you'll find Y-Chromosome Man! {Dramatic Music}<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/967e971f57de1b2280dccbdd18cb36057e0e463b/original/da6d.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>"Honey, could you take out the garbage, tomorrow's pickup day."<br><br><br><br>Oh, now look at this, would you? Maybe not as cute as babies, but darn close, eh?</p>
<p>This is the da6d logo designed by Paula McWhirter-Buck. Isn't she wonderful?</p>
<p>Everything is right there, the D, the A, and also the Roman numeral VI. Then another D. Pretty cool, eh? And right there in the middle, on the treble clef, is another No. 6. Beyond awesome. Thank you, Paula!</p>
<p>I think it would make a really great cut out, and everybody could get one and a flashlight. Then if there were any Folksinging Emergencies, anyone could summon da6d! </p>
<p>Maybe I could become a superhero and get an Action da6d figure, batteries not included. Accessories sold separately. Any excuse to wear leotards and a cape! I do get a cape, right? I'll take my glasses off so no one will know it's me. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/09941b83335e8e97fa46184c243775a01bbd401e/original/logo-da6d.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Leotards and capes</p>
<p>High barn lofts, soft piles of hay</p>
<p>Up, up, and away!</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
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<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64836152020-11-25T23:55:00-05:002020-11-26T00:11:32-05:00Gray Days<p>It's 11/25/2020. I stepped outside tonight to walk the hound. Seeing this, I would not have been much surprised if there had been zombies walking toward me.</p>
<p>There were a couple of cars stopped, facing opposite directions while their drivers had conversations about zombies. The red brake lights on one of the cars and three street lights lit the Church roof. </p>
<p>While I was out, I brought in the recycling that had sat out all day waiting to be picked up. Maybe my neighbor will do the same, and check the mail.</p>
<p>iPhone, no flash, I know nothing other than automatic on an iPhone. It would have been cool if I had gotten Kari to wear my hat and coat and walk up the road.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/ff072e6ab9ed603a018f0c57cee8dbb613b23daa/original/zombies.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Are we ever where</p>
<p>We thought we might be when we </p>
<p>Envisioned today</p>
<p>?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64851902020-11-24T23:55:00-05:002020-12-02T23:27:44-05:00Paradise!<p>Several years back, I drove a blue GMC van (Babe, like the Blue Ox). There was enough room inside to host a small rodeo. Someone may have at some point. That would explain the smell. </p>
<p>Before that, I drove a white Subaru Forester (Gump). After the GMC van came the Toyota van, then the white Stay-Puft Stormtrooper van. Now I’m driving a maroon version of the Stormtrooper Dodge van. Oh my, even before all these was the white Dodge Caravan. Yes, the Dodge Caravan with multiple transmission personalities is where it all started. What am I talking about?</p>
<p><em>Paradise by the Dashboard Light</em>. Everyone remembers the song by Meatloaf, right? Well, I thought the coolest thing for a folksinger on the road would be a pair of fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror. These fuzzy dice have been in every vehicle I’ve had for the past eight years or so. They're hanging above my studio door right now.</p>
<p>A Pair of Dice by the Dashboard Light. </p>
<p>Disclaimer: The following haiku is in no way associated with the above story. It’s just something that hit me in the head and bounced off on this page. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/cfbd0057e6f25d0e0bb00f98af9d00af1fd86457/original/pair-o-dice.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Who recalls who called </p>
<p>Here before the Fourth? Not I, </p>
<p>Out since the third fifth </p>
<p>! </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all <br><a contents="Hey, how was your fish?" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/loaves-and-fishes">Hey, how was your fish?</a> </p>
<p>da6d </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64843212020-11-23T22:27:35-05:002021-03-21T09:17:29-04:00Loaves and Fishes<p>First off, the painting and then the Ramblin’.</p>
<p>C. R. Pap Pap Troxell is one of my favorite painters. He painted my CD cover for<a contents=" I Ain’t Stayin’" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1328746/i-ain-t-stayin-2020"><em> I Ain’t Stayin’</em></a>. Have a look!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This painting is “Wooly Worm Trails,” but there are fish in it. Oh, this painting is for sale at <a contents="OOAK Art Gallery" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://one-of-a-kind-art-gallery.myshopify.com/collections/paintings">OOAK Art Gallery</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br>A few years back I was riding with a friend somewhere near Orlando, FL. She went through the drive-thru at Arby’s. Yes, Arby’s. Roast beef Arby’s, that’s the one. I didn’t know that she’d ordered a fish sandwich. I didn’t know that a fish sandwich was an option at Arby’s. All I heard was the cashier at the drive-thru say, “Enjoy your fish.” </p>
<p>I wondered if “Enjoy your fish” was something that people in Florida say to each other as a farewell. Later I found out that there was a fish sandwich involved. Weird, anyway. <br> </p>
<p>Jesus feeds the multitude. </p>
<p>A great crowd had gathered to hear the Master parabolize. They brought their sick to be healed. Of the four thousand, besides women and children (Luke, 15:38), some kid thought that bringing lunch was a good idea. (Plot twist) </p>
<p>“Hey, kid! Give me your lunch!” </p>
<p>Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fishes.” (John, 6:9) </p>
<p>From that, the Master fed the multitude and had leftovers, about twelve baskets. One for each Disciple. There is no mention as to what wine was served with the loaves and fishes. Perhaps this was the first use of the phrase, “Enjoy your fish.” <br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/5a7d782edf792a45330de7828d9a40e1607e5351/original/loaves-and-fishes.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>On the way to a parabolizing and healing, some kid stops by Arby’s for lunch. <br> </p>
<p>“Five loaves, two small fish. </p>
<p>White wine and fries. Is that all? </p>
<p>Enjoy your fish, Kid.” <br><br> </p>
<p>Enjoy your fish, Y’all </p>
<p>da6d </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64835792020-11-22T22:49:11-05:002020-11-23T18:17:22-05:00Hey Rex, Look at This!<p>Has anyone ever asked, “How many eyes did you see that with, and whose were they?” That is a rather silly question, eh? </p>
<p>Has anyone ever said, “I saw it with my own two eyes!”? I wonder how a statement like that ever came into being.<br>.<br>..<br>...<br>Caveman One: “Tyrannosaurus Rex!” </p>
<p>Caveman Two: “Tyrannosaurus? Ug, grunt. How many eyes did you see this with, and whose were they?” </p>
<p>Caveman One: “I saw it with my own two eyes!” </p>
<p>Caveman Two: “Well, that’s pretty convincing since you put it that way. Guess we’d better get some Tyrannosaurus Spray, huh? And stop calling me Rex.” <br>...<br>..<br>.<br>Well, here we are back in the real world, safe from Tyrannosaurus Rexes only because of a convincing statement by an ancient caveman, just before he was eaten by a Tyrannosaurus he was trying to spray. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a5c0904f92952f4debca9a7156625059469bbdb1/original/tyrannosaurus.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Tyrannosaurus??</p>
<p>Thought extinct. Now me extinct. </p>
<p>Damn. Ugly day. Ug! </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all! Ug! </p>
<p>da6d </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64831192020-11-21T23:55:00-05:002020-11-22T01:36:49-05:00Important Things<p>I took this picture in Casselberry, FL on February 8th of this year, so it was way down in my photos list. For some reason, it just popped up this evening.</p>
<p>Miles Dryer made this token. The one I wear is the second one I’ve had. I gave the first token I had to one of Miles’ close friends. This second one was given to me subsequently by my Dearest One. </p>
<p>Several years ago, Miles passed suddenly, at 34 years, 364 days. I wear this to remind myself of things that are important; Family and Friends. </p>
<p>A man that was a Friend to many passed today. I had to stop and remind myself of things that are important; Family and Friends. I’m forgetful sometimes; these sudden reminders are painful.</p>
<p>I have enjoyed the world more because of the presence of each one of you. Dan Williams was one of those people. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/cf74c543e2eeb9ece9396d14760d716713d08705/original/importance-token.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Days, weeks, months and years </p>
<p>Memories become precious </p>
<p>Never forgetting</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'All</p>
<p>da6d<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/3995922843cf00564a16996b8e57389802f1684c/original/big-dan-williams.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /> Dan Williams</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64826112020-11-20T23:30:49-05:002020-11-20T23:30:49-05:00Ding Ding<p><span class="font_large">First, A Word From Our Sponsor!</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">A few weeks ago, I published a video for the song <i>Shadow's Puppet. </i>Several of the scenes were a bit challenging. Some things just had to be the way they were. During a 2nd or 3rd "final," there was something strange going on right in the middle of the <em>Abbey Street</em> scene.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Some really weird anomaly appeared. I had no idea how it got there or how to get rid of it. If you notice a manhole appearing in the street, just know that there is something really weird under it.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">What do you think it might be? <a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU">Shadow's Puppet</a> </span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span class="font_large">We now return you to your irregularly rescheduled deprogramming.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span class="font_large">I watched Hee Haw every chance I got unless Grandma was home and watching Lawerence Welk. Roy Clark often appeared in a sketch as a hotel desk clerk. Someone would ring the bell, and Roy would stand up from behind the desk and he'd say, "Empty Arms Hotel."<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9de37b92f19e9c834c8bbab54f3e06b71b902dbf/original/empty-arms-bell.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Still, whenever I hear a bell like this, I immediately think of Roy Clark. </span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Empty Arms Hotel</p>
<p>No double beds. None needed.</p>
<p>Down by Lonesome Lane.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'All!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64813562020-11-19T22:50:42-05:002020-11-19T23:33:24-05:00Golf, Anyone?<p>Golf is not the sport for me. Maybe, 1979 or so, I played 14 holes with a borrowed set of clubs. That's when I reached the conclusion that if I have time for golf, I have time for fishing. "Fore!"</p>
<p>The game of golf seems to have originated in Scotland. My guess would be by the most bored person on the planet. Then they found the second most bored person on the planet and began devising various methods of breaking clubs after a bad shot. This is a necessary part of the game, as far as I can tell. It's always the club's fault.</p>
<p>Next, they created really silly looking costumes to wear so that people seeing them would know they're golfers and leave them alone. Otherwise, they would just be a couple of idiots whacking balls with a stick. That concept subsequently migrated to other sports as well.</p>
<p>Two dogs observing a game of golf, one commented to the other, "It's like fetch, without the dog. That's all I can figure."</p>
<p>While in Germany, I did note that the practice of dressing up silly had made its way to the proper sport of fly fishing. I prefer "cut-off denims and a pair of Keds" as appropriate fishing attire; shirts optional.</p>
<p>The picture: Iraq, Desert Storm 1991 with Chaplin Major Berris Sample to the left, to the right, SPC Ben Ellis. I'm in the middle. We'd spent the afternoon exchanging fly casting tips and tying flies. I recall Maj. Sample sent the flies to Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/323d3ab824cfaabf1866637485be8d5b0ca93da5/original/iraqi-casting.jpeg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Just to keep this story tied together, there were people whacking golfballs also. We were all dressed about the same.<br><br> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hackle, hairs, and hooks,</p>
<p>Line and leader; anglers' tools.</p>
<p>Beware Ye sand sharks!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64793712020-11-18T23:08:11-05:002020-11-18T23:08:11-05:00Pleiades<p>Pleiades come to visit me.</p>
<p>Ladies, come in!</p>
<p>Enter.</p>
<p>I</p>
<p>Am</p>
<p>Delighted</p>
<p>Everyone came tonight,</p>
<p>Sisters, let us all play Pleiades<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/4a94377147f189898e10744b2ac9effd9bd9dead/original/pleiades-dj-900px.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Welcome again, Friends</p>
<p>Seven Sisters come to play.</p>
<p>Shine bright, Pleiades</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64793822020-11-17T23:55:00-05:002020-11-18T00:00:06-05:00Clean Hands<p>My wife thinks that I sanitize my hands a lot. Me? I like tequila.</p>
<p>Well, I used to. I have become very indifferent about it now. I do recall that almost every time tequila was involved, there was something I regretted.</p>
<p>Too many of those. I'm sorry.</p>
<p>Please Friends, no need to remind me. That's not why I'm writing. I do want to say thank you. You get all the credit, Folks. The blame belongs to me. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/87151b842a404cdf087fc717b0ff3c654e4610ae/original/mas-tequila.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Today, 750 days sober.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>One day at a time,</p>
<p>The Serenity Prayer</p>
<p>To change things I can.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64792542020-11-16T21:47:48-05:002020-11-16T22:25:02-05:00I Ain’t Stayin’<p>It was just about a year ago when I spent a few days with Robert George at Sound Temple Studio, Asheville NC. I’ve been there before. This was my second full-length CD recorded at Sound Temple Studio. I like working with Robert. He pretends to like working with me. </p>
<p><em><a contents="I Ain’t Stayin’&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1328746/i-ain-t-stayin-2020">I Ain’t Stayin’</a> </em>was released on April 1st, 2020 as part of an online Covid-19 Quarantine Facebook Live Event. The full CD or individual songs can be downloaded from my website. Our North American Distribution Center will ship hardcopy CDs to our Friends anywhere anyone wants one. <em><a contents="I Ain’t Stayin’" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/album/1328746/i-ain-t-stayin-2020">I Ain’t Stayin’</a></em>.</p>
<p>Other happenings: I produced a full-length video for my song <a contents="Shadow’s Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU"><em>Shadow’s Puppet</em></a> that was released on October 10. There are still more than 7 billion people that haven’t seen it. If you’re one of those, just click the link.</p>
<p>I’ve already started on my second project, which will be a video for <a contents="Bring the Rain" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/track/2276603/bring-the-rain"><em>Bring the Rain</em></a>. Here’s the link to that song. I'll be doing more cut-out animation and stop-motion photography like I did with my first video. Believe it or not, I’m getting better at this with every attempt. There's lots of trial and almost as much error, but that’s where I am learning the most. That, and YouTube.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/efb3242b876aa662b98fcb2ba4e9c742aa0105c9/original/i-aint-stayin.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /> </p>
<p>I’ve rambled on a bit and only gotten to here, but this is where I am, I think. Part of my day job: self-promotion. That’s what I’m doing. </p>
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<p>Covid Quarantine, </p>
<p>The old “normal” was better. </p>
<p>What’s my next project? </p>
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<p>Peace, Y’all! </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64785222020-11-15T22:50:23-05:002020-11-16T09:06:31-05:00Lip Balm?<p>Lip Balm? </p>
<p>I recall the movie <em>The Three Amigos</em> with Martin Short (Ned Nederlander), Chevy Chase (Dusty Bottoms), and Steve Martin (Lucky Day). Other than the Buttercup scene, my favorite is the Lip Balm scene. </p>
<p>The Three Amigos are riding across the desert. It’s hot! The movie shows a picture of them in distant heat waves, then a shot of the sun with ominous music. That way you know it’s hot. Lucky opens his canteen to drink. Only a few drops come out. Ned turns his canteen up and sand pours into his mouth. Dusty drinks, gurgles, gargles and spits most of a canteen full of water. He then tosses it to the ground. Then he applies lip balm. Of course, he kindly offers lip balm to his traveling companions. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/3c003f8ba768d452c2726e4a457ef6a710f991ca/original/lip-balm.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
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<p>Perhaps seeing the video scene would be better than my version. </p>
<p><a contents="The Three Amigos – Lip Balm" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/L08fJmbHcPo">The Three Amigos – Lip Balm</a></p>
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<p>The Three Amigos</p>
<p>Defenders of Truth, Justice...</p>
<p>El Guapo? Who's that?</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64780322020-11-14T23:50:00-05:002020-11-17T00:01:16-05:00Bolo<p><span class="font_regular">I am ramblin' a bit late tonight. I'm sure that surprises very few. But there is a story I want to tell you about. In the picture, a bolo tie. They have a very interesting history, but that's not what I want to talk about. <br><br>One Saturday Morning a few years back at the Micaville Music Jam, there was one of those "Good Times" happening, and I was right there with some of the finest Friends in the world when it happened.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">One particular Friend was wearing the bolo tie in the picture. "I think that's absolutely beautiful!" was what I commented to another friend, who looked right over my shoulder to see for himself. Suddenly we're all looking at the gentleman's bolo tie, and he's wondering why. He asked, "Why?" </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">I told him the first part of this story, then I added that if I ever want to be a Bona Fide cowboy folksinger, I'd have to find a bolo tie just like that. I looked again, just to admire the detail a bit. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Before I knew it, he's handing it to me for a closer look. I looked. Closer. I handed it back and thanked him. He pushed my hand way as he said, "You're welcome."<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/265f6792c66d05b61d47c68c167e34321cd64d0a/original/6eac2e0d-3401-4304-b7db-2d265d5990fc.jpeg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">This bolo has been on the rearview mirror of every vehicle I have owned since then. It's even been on me a few times. You never know about having out-of-state tags in Texas.</span></p>
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<p> </p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Be On the Look Out</span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">All Points Bulletin, There's a </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Dude in a bolo.</span></p>
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<p> </p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Peace, Y'All!</span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">da6d </span><br> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64774152020-11-13T23:50:00-05:002020-11-14T00:00:09-05:00Splatt's Spontaneous Soiree for Stand Up For Heroes<p>This week, Rob Appelblatt invited me to perform with other songwriters and performers to benefit the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation and Stand Up For Heroes. Rob's efforts for these two interrelated charitable causes can be augmented greatly by any contribution you might care to make. <a contents="Robert W. Woodruff Foundation" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://bobwoodrufffoundation.org/">Robert W. Woodruff Foundation</a></p>
<p><a contents="Splatt's Spontaneous Soiree for Stand Up For Heroes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://fb.watch/1L2ujd4BI3/" target="_blank">Splatt's Spontaneous Soiree for Stand Up For Heroes</a></p>
<p><em>Stand Up For Heroes</em> airs on ABC, November 18th.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/3758a70b8bb9e6db6fd884bebca8e03a388bef40/original/puzzling.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Wednesday evening, when I recorded with Rob Apppelblatt, was supposed to be date night with Kari. She's very understanding. We moved date night until tonight. Here's photographic evidence.</p>
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<p>Puzzled pieces picked,</p>
<p>Placed, properly positioned</p>
<p>Painstakingly poised.</p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64764822020-11-12T23:50:00-05:002020-11-13T01:12:03-05:00Two Dollar Bill<p>Let’s talk about something else for a change. I have a two-dollar bill in my wallet. It’s been in there for as long as I’ve owned the wallet. The same goes for the wallet before that one and maybe one or two more before. </p>
<p>All of that to ramble around to this, I’m going to get a new wallet. My past couple have been repurposed and there is a bit of sentiment attached to them. They’ll be in a special box. <3 </p>
<p>So I got to thinking about this new wallet, ya’ know color, leather eh, bifold, maybe trifold? Well, the thought occurred to me that this might be the last wallet I ever buy. I mean, I was a spring chicken about three seasons ago, so goes to figure I want one that’s going to last what 25, 30 years, more? </p>
<p>So I’m thinking recycled nylon, hemp, plastic, anything with a quarter-century/life-time guarantee! I’ll save up, eight or nine years, then I’ll buy me one, and I may only have a two-dollar bill to put in it. I'll leave it to someone in my will. Well, we'll see. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f69151e0ac480efc2638d83dc1f6ef4295b84934/original/two-dollar-will.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
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<p><br>The backside of a two-dollar bill portrays the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Two of the signers were Benjamin Franklin and William Whipple (look it up). I overheard a conversation between them, right there before Tommy started banging that damn gavel. </p>
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<p>Hi, Ben, How’ve ya’ been? </p>
<p>Been well, Will! How’s all your kin? </p>
<p>We’ve been better Ben. </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64754792020-11-11T23:50:00-05:002020-11-23T22:20:36-05:00Chess, Anyone?<p>I haven't played much in a long time. No matter, I'm still pretty bad at it. </p>
<p>I read recently about the benefits of chess for Military Veterans. There is positive evidence that chess can help veterans with PSTD and TBI. Other treatments may be enhanced or improved when patients study and play chess. Another possible benefit is protection against the development of dementia...I may be playing catch up with a few of these.</p>
<p>Hey, the picture? Yeah, one of the rules of chess and setting up the board, is that the board is oriented with a white square in the lower right-hand corner. That's pretty simple, eh? As shown in the picture, it's like playing the opposing player's position and swapping first move advantage.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/f0227011ba7c5acfc5db5b6bca203412d8562ece/original/chess-anyone.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>I bought this recently in a local store in Burnsville. Distributed by Brybelly Holdings Inc. and manufactured in China. This one got past Quality Control.</p>
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<p>The beauty of chess</p>
<p>Lies beyond science and art</p>
<p>In hearts of players.</p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64746312020-11-10T23:50:00-05:002020-11-11T00:02:51-05:00New Post (Fill in the Blank)<p>This is a new post, alright. A new one every day, but this one is different. This is my first animation from drawings, so how cool is that, eh? I'm learning this by trial and lots of error. If I get something right, I'll write it down because there's a lot of empty space in a swiss cheese memory.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/d15359ba979168fbfdc79546d10c4bbbce9cd45e/original/deojie-day.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>We are still in contract negotiations, but it appears that DeO'jie das Wunderhund has a lot to talk about. There's more to come.</p>
<p>Here's her video debut!<br><a contents="DeO'jie das Wunderhund" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/armJc1kkPFA" target="_blank">DeO'jie das Wunderhund</a></p>
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<p>DeO'jie the Dog</p>
<p>Obedient and loving</p>
<p>Guardian from squirrels</p>
<p>!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64739462020-11-09T23:50:00-05:002021-04-21T13:02:24-04:00When Johnny Comes Marching Home<p>I see these on a shelf or in a box somewhere around the house every year or so, usually about this time. There's often a flood of emotion, good and bad. I'll dust them off and put them back on the shelf for a while. I know they're there. I don't look at them often. I know what they look like and remember every day what they are worth.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/398f3cb66e60749fb343c9aa161906431ab525d9/original/bronze-star.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>The unit crests at the bottom of the picture are from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment. That was the Combat Unit that I served with during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. On the right is an Army Commendation Medal. On the left, a Bronze Star.</p>
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<p>Artillery men,</p>
<p>To Saint Barbara we pray.</p>
<p>Protect and guide us.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64730402020-11-08T23:50:00-05:002020-11-17T20:42:53-05:00d2 to d4<p>Are d2 to d4 chess notations? Yes! I'm not sure I'd know what to do with them if I had them. Notions, notations, whatever.</p>
<p>Where do I go from here? I'll ask often enough to not be surprised by the answer. Sometimes tho', one gets by. </p>
<p>Pawns. They're sent. They go, or they stay and defend. The insurgents are expected to attack! Open pathways for other attackers. Capture their opponents' pawns and Bishops, Rooks and Knights. Capture the Queen if they can.</p>
<p>And should there be strategy, fortune, and stealth in his favor, and should he reach the farthest side of the board, he's granted promotion to the rank of his choice. Most choose a Queen, the most powerful piece on the board. Few players choose a Knight because, "Once a Queen, always a Queen. Once a knight is enough."<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/18eff652b88669c5cba96ba377b639ec01b73a4c/original/d2-to-d4.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /><br><br><br>Bishop takes Rook. "Check."</p>
<p>"Check?" "Check!" "Heck. That's Checkmate, Mate."</p>
<p>"Mate Mate?" "Mate." "Well, heck." </p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64724582020-11-07T22:55:33-05:002020-11-07T23:06:41-05:00U-Haul<p>The picture is a combination of a couple of creations for my video <a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow's Puppet</a>. Give it a look and see what you find.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/b126942d23fc8bee180024e6e98aa6358f729262/original/trespassing.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
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<p>Lots of times, I can't think of anything to say. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Often, there's too much to say. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes, a picture says everything.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Even if a picture is worth 1,000 words,</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Really, one more word won't hurt.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">! </p>
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<p>Democracy wins!</p>
<p>Now to heal America.</p>
<p>Create unity</p>
<p>!<br> </p>
<p><br>Peace, Y’all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64718072020-11-06T21:52:58-05:002020-11-06T21:52:58-05:00Trigger<p>Roy Rogers was a silver screen cowboy. I'd say that he never shot anybody in those silver screen movies. If a bad guy needed a lesson, Roy would shoot the gun right out of his hands. That'll teach 'em!</p>
<p>Of course, there was a horse. A real TV and Movie cowboy had to have a horse. You just couldn't chase down bad guys in an Uber car back then. Besides, where would you put your posse? Anyway, Roy Rogers had a horse named Trigger. That horse would do anything Roy told him to do. Roy did have to cook his own eggs, tho' Trigger's problem in that was the opposable thumb dilemma. </p>
<p>Roy had that horse, and that is what he rode. Along that same line of reasoning, Willie Nelson has "rode" his famous Martin N-20 guitar. He has gone everywhere with that guitar. It's not surprising that Willie Nelson's guitar and Roy Rogers' horse have the same name. Trigger.</p>
<p>You may have seen a saddled horse in my video <a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow's Puppet</a>. Be sure to check the credits.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a773feff73fb7dfbdd17a4de5e6bb514d3faaebc/original/hoss-at-beach.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
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<p><br>Horses with no name.</p>
<p>Guitars with no name, such shame.</p>
<p>Hoss, that's a good name.</p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64711272020-11-05T22:13:16-05:002020-11-05T22:13:16-05:00Sól <p>Sól, how are you dear Friend?</p>
<p>I'm not up on Norse or Roman mythology. I hope that no one expects me to be. I do know that the closet star to Earth brings us light and warmth. Without it, there would be no life on Earth. Maybe rather than be called "the sun," a proper name would be more fitting. Sól, with a capital "S." Otherwise, it's just another day on Mars.</p>
<p>Sól makes a cameo appearance in the video Shadow's Puppet. Did anyone think I was done talking about the video project? Look for our closest and brightest Star at the transition between scene II Collinwood to Scene III Abbey Street. Thanks for watching <a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow's Puppet</a>.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/7d065b1656add265346b1b3f1b11d259e691bfc7/original/sol-at-collinwood.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
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<p>Sól, sunshine and light</p>
<p>Our lifegiving energy, </p>
<p>Luminate Gaia</p>
<p>!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64699832020-11-04T22:59:33-05:002020-11-04T23:00:32-05:00Aardvarks?<p>Blog Post Number 132:</p>
<p>I have rambled on about my video Shadow's Puppet for several days. There's a few dozen more stories to tell about that and the process. But today, nothing serious. No political commentary, no sales pitch. Just something different. I will share the link to Shadow's Puppet if you haven't seen it or would like to see it again. If you see an aardvark, let me know. If I ever had one, it seems I may have misplaced it.</p>
<p>I'm kidding. There's no aardvark in my video for <a contents="Shadow' Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow' Puppet</a>. Go see for yourself.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/00457513192fbec499e3b114a58b19d46eb867a8/original/74cf61e7-3fd5-41f5-b389-e6ada11fc8a1.jpeg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>I'm not stuck. I'm not blocked. If I were, I'd open the dictionary and use the very first word that I saw.</p>
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<p>Are aardvarks around?</p>
<p>African aardvarks abound.</p>
<p>All ants are alarmed!</p>
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<p>Peace Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64696452020-11-03T22:37:32-05:002020-11-03T22:37:32-05:00Abbey Road<p>Did anyone recognize Abbey Road in the video? I recall a meme that I’ve seen a few times that showed the Beatles walking right to left across Abbey Road. All of them are wearing shoes. I have captioned that meme with, “Paul, take those damned shoes off, they’re hideous.”</p>
<p>This scene in the video is mashed up with Black Lives Matter Boulevard. That's what was on my mind at that stage of production. It’s still on my mind. </p>
<p>I’m rambling on about my video, <a contents="Shadow’s Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow’s Puppet</a>. I am hoping for the Tribble Effect with this production<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/ed80fc546ad5ec090df7ecf80023d9808fa80696/original/abbey-road.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>What's a Tribble Effect, you may ask.</p>
<p>It's a Star Trek thing. One person pets a small furry Tribble and other people proceed to pet Tribbles. Everyone is petting Tribbles.</p>
<p>So if my video has caught your attention, if you have found it interesting or meaningful, please Like, Comment or Share. Maybe others will do the same. </p>
<p>Thank you so much for your time.</p>
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<p>Trouble with Tribbles?</p>
<p>Rabbit-like propagation.</p>
<p>You make it happen.</p>
<p>!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y’all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p><br> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64690222020-11-02T23:08:01-05:002020-11-02T23:08:01-05:00Vote! It May Be Your last Chance<p>Tomorrow, November 3rd, 2020 is going to be a pivotal point in American history. I hope everyone makes the effort to be part of it. For the moment, that's enough said about that. Do the right thing. The world is watching.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/82a9c4f6e9e4dadf76378b1b766fb4846e307032/original/817d426e-2549-4c9c-8fe8-c5c846911de0.jpeg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
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<p>Democracy Wins,</p>
<p>Nothing taken for granted.</p>
<p>Count and be counted.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all!<br> </p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64682102020-11-01T23:50:00-05:002020-11-01T23:52:26-05:00Dark Shadows<p>It wasn't intentional, but as the video project evolved some of the lyrics pulled me directly toward an old TV series, <em>Dark Shadows</em>. "...My dark shadow follows me." The second scene zooms out from a window in the silhouette of Collinwood. That is the home of the Collins Family in the series <em>Dark Shadows</em> (1966-1971). The rest of that scene is compiled of several pictures that I took from my front porch. Yes, they're flipped images, but they all fit together so well.</p>
<p>I have already started a storyboard and script for my next project. There will certainly be a few teasers that I'll post along the way. I wonder who will be first to guess which TV show is inspiring the first scene. Cut, glue, add movement ... it's a good thing I paid attention during First Grade. Mrs. Parker would be so proud.</p>
<p>Here's the video to <a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow's Puppet</a> that I keep Ramblin' on about.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/657974c9949294a55fcca155ccef57b6af2b499f/original/collinwood-end.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Thank you, Friends, for dropping in.</p>
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<p>Trial and error,</p>
<p>Mistakes become lessons learned.</p>
<p>Success has rewards.</p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64676762020-10-31T23:50:00-04:002020-11-01T00:57:01-04:0012-17-2016<p>December 17th, 2016, A Chinese Naval Warship captures a U.S. drone spy submarine in the South China Sea. <a contents="Chinese Capture Spy Submarine" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/12/16/defense-official-chinese-naval-ship-seized-an-unmanned-u-s-ocean-glider/" target="_blank">Chinese Capture Spy Submarine</a> </p>
<p>In case anyone was wondering why my video "Shadow's Puppet" has a yellow submarine, here's why. After the above incident, an official 45* who had not yet taken office tweeted, "We should tell China that we don't want the drone they stole back.- let them keep it!" Go figure.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/9cc243be0aa3ac2a9a67348f1f635a07c962b100/original/spy-submarine.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>Yes, the U.S. spy submarine was yellow and there are only so many yellow submarines around.</p>
<p>You can see this one making the rounds in <a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow's Puppet</a>.</p>
<p><br><br>Yellow Submarines</p>
<p>Fish out of water. Shut up!</p>
<p>You're out of your league.</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64671452020-10-30T23:50:00-04:002020-10-31T00:00:05-04:00Go Fly a Kite<p>Months ago, I told Kari about my idea for making a stop-motion video for my song "Shadow's Puppet." She told me to go fly a kite. I did, Well, not quite.</p>
<p>I made a small kite from construction paper and then I took 1026 pictures of it. I took the photos by moving the miniature kite just a very tiny bit in between each shot against a green background. The next step was to crop every photo, then using the chroma key to "remove the green." In that process, everything that was green becomes transparent. That produced 34.2 seconds of video footage.</p>
<p>I'm stumbling through and learning this as I go along. Youtube has been a huge help, and there is plenty more for me to learn.</p>
<p>I used the kite in two scenes. The first was in the Collinwood Scene (Dark Shadow TV soap opera 1966-1971). The cutout of the large mansion on the hill is a silhouette of the House of Collinwood from the old tv show. Who'd say I don't have a sense of humor?</p>
<p>The second scene was the Oz Boy with a kite. That took only 24 photos to make the stop-motion work, but I used the same 24 frames twice to get the double kite effect before the line "Time to put toys on the shelf..." </p>
<p>See what you think: <a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow's Puppet<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/ee5270b06eef21248246624b3992bac50de51bcf/original/img-3041.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></a></p>
<p>I hope to remember everything I've learned so that I won't be so blind in the woods when working on my next project. Soon, eh?</p>
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<p>Shadows follow me.</p>
<p>Stretched long and thin, fading in</p>
<p>The puppeteer's hand.</p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64663192020-10-29T23:50:00-04:002020-10-30T00:00:14-04:00Alice’s Restaurant <p>Day 731: Beer hasn’t missed me one bit. Overall I’d say we’re about even. I have been fortunate and I am grateful. Two years plus one day (leap year). I’ve been counting.</p>
<p>Now, how about l ramble on about something else for a while, eh? Yes, of course, my recent video! I’ve mentioned in previous Daily Ramblin’s about using green screen photography in creating some of the scenes. I took yesterday’s blog photo outside of the Church that’s the former residence of Alice "...she lives in the church nearby the restaurant, in the bell-tower, with her husband Ray and Fasha the dog."</p>
<p>That’s the “Red VW Microbus with the shovels and rakes and implements of distraction.” Today’s snapshot is where that Red VW Microbus single 1920 x 1080 color glossy photograph ended up by way of screen chroma key and masking.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/074f87636ad468c5a2332981ab22b1dc743dc321/original/shadows-puppet-end-shot.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>***</p>
<p>Anyway, today I read this. Would you also, please. <br> </p>
<p><a contents="You Can Give Anything You Want at Alice’s Restaurant&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://gf.me/u/y23jh5" target="_blank">You Can Give Anything You Want at Alice’s Restaurant </a></p>
<p>***</p>
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<p>"Can you imagine</p>
<p>If fifty people a day..."</p>
<p>A movement, it is!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace, Y'all</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64654342020-10-28T23:50:00-04:002020-10-29T00:00:02-04:00Hey, Bus!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/564e3c678548455ffab7bef928b7d8c6bd06cd98/original/red-vw.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_none" alt="" />"Hey, bub bub bub bu bus," is more like what I said when I first saw it.</p>
<p>A few Summers ago I had the good fortune of a few free days while I was in Upstate New York. I certainly went to the Martin Guitar Factory on my way through Nazareth, PA. I had plans for Woodstock and a couple of places of interest, maybe only to me. I was on the phone on a Thursday afternoon with Kari, and she asks me about my plans. Then she asks, "Do you know how far you are from Stockbridge, Massachusetts?"<br><br>Huh? I knew exactly what she was talking about then wondered why I hadn't thought of that. I knew also what happens there on Thursday evening. At the former residence of Alice "...she lives in the church nearby the restaurant, in the bell-tower, with her husband Ray and Fasha the dog."</p>
<p>More about that story later, please. But one more thing tho'. Ya see, right outside that Church that no longer had tenants in the bell-tower, and the garbage in that room where the pews used to be in, </p>
<p>there was a Red VW Microbus! And in the back of that Red VW Microbus was exactly what should be there, "...shovels and racks and implements of destruction." All was right with the world.</p>
<p>I used one digital 1920x1080 color glossy photograph of that Red VW Microbus in my recent video for the song <a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow's Puppet</a>. Go ahead and look. It's right there! <3</p>
<p>If you have no idea what I'm rambling on about, here's a link to Arlo Guthrie's song <a contents="Alice's Restaurant" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/-yLg_bzwvxg" target="_blank">Alice's Restaurant</a> if you have 18 minutes free.</p>
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<p>Closed on Thanksgiving</p>
<p>You ever been arrested?</p>
<p>Group "W" Bench</p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
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<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64639932020-10-27T20:20:00-04:002020-10-27T20:20:05-04:00Owl Nose<p>The owl knows. Not the owl nose. Close your eyes and read that again. Sounds the same, eh?</p>
<p>Hey, speaking of being in cahoots with owls, I had a visit from a couple of wise old friends last week. A very inquisitive couple, neither seemed to know much of or about anyone. They kept asking each other the same question.</p>
<p>What this is ramblin' around to is, they are guests in my video. They call themselves "Barracudas." That's about as close as we could guess. Same disposition, I'd say. They're there with their friends <a contents="Trees and Leaves" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/one-leaf-left-two-leaves-leave" target="_blank">Trees and Leaves</a> from yesterday's "Daily Ramblin'." Nice pair, eh?</p>
<p>I have been touting my video that I posted last weekend. My Ramblin's are featuring some of the characters and scenes, plus some of the processes I used. Stop by, pay them a visit.</p>
<p><a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow's Puppet</a>.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/a3c4b8e1939356a6150ec32282dbf28997e8f95d/original/owl-knows.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
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<p>"Who?" they oft inquired. </p>
<p>"How am I to know?" I ask.</p>
<p>"Only the owl knows."</p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64635342020-10-26T20:20:00-04:002020-10-26T20:20:05-04:00One Leaf Left. Two Leaves Leave<p>Several scenes in the video have trees on each side framing the scene. Three hundred thirty-seven photographs made 17 seconds of video used during the Abbey Street BLM scene. These friendly trees also have a supporting role in the "Boy on a Bike" passing the Wicked Witch o' the West through to the "Toys on a Shelf" scene. Forty-two seconds of stardom!</p>
<p>Don't count the leaves, that's for the tourist.</p>
<p><a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU" target="_blank">Shadow's Puppet</a> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/8ccdf349d8f1f1f687c886e1cc7d35960ea7f20e/original/abbey-st-trees-end-r.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
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<p>Birds flew, Fall leaves fell</p>
<p>Left bare, trees implored, "Come Spring </p>
<p>Make us new again!"</p>
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<p>Peace, Yall!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64631532020-10-25T23:17:48-04:002020-10-25T23:17:48-04:00Baby Pictures!<p>Oh, act like you didn't know this was coming! My Baby is a day old.</p>
<p>So cute, so adorable. Here, have a look!</p>
<p><a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://da6dmusic.com/blogs/king-of-hearts/posts/shadow-s-puppet-video" target="_blank">Shadow's Puppet</a> <<=== Baby Pictures!</p>
<p>Hey Friends, pass these around please!</p>
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<p>Eternal Luna</p>
<p>Rise up, reflect, from Sunrise</p>
<p>Half a world away.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/417018/4f164f80a58a216f21bd1a0b720ef973124d7297/original/charleston-station.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_right border_" /></p>
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<p>Peace, Y'All!</p>
<p>da6d</p>
<p> </p>David Wiseman -da6d tag:da6dmusic.com,2005:Post/64626542020-10-24T20:20:00-04:002020-10-25T02:18:32-04:00Shadow's Puppet Video<p>Shadow's Puppet video came as a result of the Covid Curse. This "Shelter-in-Place Quarantine Project" evolved after I had made some stop-motion/green-screen scenes for Micaville Music's BobFest 2020.</p>
<p>I've learned as the project progressed. I have a borrowed camera body, a borrowed lens, and a borrowed table. I started with a tripod leaning precariously over a table. I built a rack above the table for a safer mount for the camera and also to mount lights. Desk lamps and fluorescent lights from every angle still left shadows, but I luckily found a setup of studio lights at a good price.</p>
<p>I have a very workable and efficient studio now, other than my laptop taking six hours to render a 4-minute video. Good grief.</p>
<p>This project is done! I have some work to do on a Micaville Music event coming up, but I am already starting the next project of video for songs from my CD, I <em>Ain't Stayin'</em>. What would you like to see next, "Bring the Rain”?</p>
<p><a contents="Shadow's Puppet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/qOKzPhiYTXU">Shadow's Puppet</a></p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="qOKzPhiYTXU" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/qOKzPhiYTXU/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qOKzPhiYTXU?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
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<p>Controlled by shadows,</p>
<p>Darkness dictates direction.</p>
<p>Banished from the light.</p>
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<p>Peace, Y'all!</p>
<p>da6d</p>David Wiseman -da6d