That's from the plate at the Apollo 1 pad, where the first fatalities of the US Space program occurred. That anniversary was yesterday ( Read more... )

I will always love you

I promise I will share you with lstrobel when ever I can.

When the Mongols rode the earth like Kings, they had a special ceremony regarding service.  You see, service is not expected, but given. There is a small ceremony involved with this.
Solomon ben Jacob the Levite was a wise man.  He is wise in ways of the Mongols and the world, as he has been recognized for.  It was the Kahn's court of Bahad Dur, ( Read more... )

sorry.   i don't remember.  The last time I scared one of my daughters with that question ( Read more... )

I fear that too often we must water the

garden of our memories

with tears of sorrow.

This has broken my heart like never before;

The dam that holds back emotions has failed

before the flood of tears,

and it feels like all the dreams

and hopes that grew in my valley garden

have been swept away with the tide.

-- penned 20070101