Comments on: El Norte Report: More Changes http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/12/17/el-norte-report/ John Hamilton Farr's Living Planet Mystery Tales from Taos, New Mexico Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Montysano http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/12/17/el-norte-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3474 Montysano Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:27:56 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6202#comment-3474 Since you're a musician: this had me grinning yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kYayWH1-YA ""We'll flip, we'll follow and fly Just do it now and don't ask why You gotta strut, wiggle and slide Let everybody know that you're alive You gotta crank, gallop and twist Do it once, you'll never resist Tell me that you love me Tell me that you..." Since you’re a musician: this had me grinning yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kYayWH1-YA

“”We’ll flip, we’ll follow and fly
Just do it now and don’t ask why
You gotta strut, wiggle and slide
Let everybody know that you’re alive

You gotta crank, gallop and twist
Do it once, you’ll never resist
Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you…”

]]> By: JHF http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/12/17/el-norte-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3471 JHF Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:50:50 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6202#comment-3471 Jesus, Montysano, thank you! You should probably read the post before this one, if you liked my comment at Balloon Juice. I'm so grateful for even a crumb of agreement on this. There's so much blindness out there in the blogosphere. I actually hate writing about political stuff, but this is too important. I doubt anyone who <em>has </em> insurance is paying much attention to the turmoil, but they ought to. The health delivery system doesn't work, and pumping more money into it can't fix it, any more than shoveling money to the banksters will "fix" the financial system. North Alabama, eh? I have a good friend here in Taos who comes from there. Man, we all just have to take care of ourselves, don't we? Good luck to you and yours, and God bless us all. We're gonna need it. Jesus, Montysano, thank you! You should probably read the post before this one, if you liked my comment at Balloon Juice.

I’m so grateful for even a crumb of agreement on this. There’s so much blindness out there in the blogosphere. I actually hate writing about political stuff, but this is too important. I doubt anyone who has insurance is paying much attention to the turmoil, but they ought to. The health delivery system doesn’t work, and pumping more money into it can’t fix it, any more than shoveling money to the banksters will “fix” the financial system.

North Alabama, eh? I have a good friend here in Taos who comes from there. Man, we all just have to take care of ourselves, don’t we? Good luck to you and yours, and God bless us all. We’re gonna need it.

]]> By: Montysano http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/12/17/el-norte-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3470 Montysano Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:38:14 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6202#comment-3470 Hey John, I bounced over here after reading your latest (brilliant) comment over at Balloon Juice: http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=31440#comment-1490284 "Turning people into criminals for not paying money they don’t have to a private corporation is obscene and fundamentally un-American." That's the nut of it. All of this talk of "Just pass it, then we'll fix" it is fundamentally insane. It'll never happen. My wife and I are contemplating our own move to a low-population density area. We're in north Alabama, and there are areas of the Black Belt region that are looking attractive. "The country will come apart like a rotten jack-o-lantern" I'm afraid that, no matter what happens, this is our future. As our son, a very aware 21 year old says: something this rotten needs to go ahead and fall apart. Happy Solstice to you and yours. Hey John,

I bounced over here after reading your latest (brilliant) comment over at Balloon Juice:

http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=31440#comment-1490284

“Turning people into criminals for not paying money they don’t have to a private corporation is obscene and fundamentally un-American.”

That’s the nut of it. All of this talk of “Just pass it, then we’ll fix” it is fundamentally insane. It’ll never happen.

My wife and I are contemplating our own move to a low-population density area. We’re in north Alabama, and there are areas of the Black Belt region that are looking attractive.

“The country will come apart like a rotten jack-o-lantern”

I’m afraid that, no matter what happens, this is our future. As our son, a very aware 21 year old says: something this rotten needs to go ahead and fall apart.

Happy Solstice to you and yours.

]]> By: JHF http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/12/17/el-norte-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3461 JHF Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:24:32 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6202#comment-3461 I think this is all about getting to a deeper truth. None of us need to follow "THEM," and more of us are realizing that. :-) I think this is all about getting to a deeper truth. None of us need to follow “THEM,” and more of us are realizing that. :-)

]]> By: carolfrombatonrouge http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/12/17/el-norte-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3460 carolfrombatonrouge Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:53:17 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6202#comment-3460 I know you weren't knocking decorating...I saw the saloon pic, and loved it...your pics of the inside of your adobe always look so inviting. I feel the way you do, I guess. I didn't go all out with decorating. Live has changed and the means of my celebration has gone along with it. I don't need to follow "THEM" and go all out anymore. Creating snowflakes go back to childhood. The joy of creating something and being surprised when the paper was unfolded. Hmm, kinda like life... Plus, it's a cheap way to decorate, haha. Here's to life and the journey. I know you weren’t knocking decorating…I saw the saloon pic, and loved it…your pics of the inside of your adobe always look so inviting. I feel the way you do, I guess. I didn’t go all out with decorating. Live has changed and the means of my celebration has gone along with it. I don’t need to follow “THEM” and go all out anymore.
Creating snowflakes go back to childhood. The joy of creating something and being surprised when the paper was unfolded. Hmm, kinda like life…
Plus, it’s a cheap way to decorate, haha.
Here’s to life and the journey.

]]> By: JHF http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/12/17/el-norte-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3459 JHF Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:35:51 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6202#comment-3459 By no means am I knocking decorating for the season. Did you see the saloon picture? :-) I'm not criticizing, but something in me senses things are different now and won't be going back the way they were. The solstice is where it's at. One year I sent solstice cards and never mentioned Christmas. Of course, those in the know realize that Christianity itself is another solstice- or solar-based religion, no matter how hard centuries of preaching have worked to obscure the fact. I'll have more to say about this time of year. My own tensions have a lot to do with family history, obviously. By no means am I knocking decorating for the season. Did you see the saloon picture? :-) I’m not criticizing, but something in me senses things are different now and won’t be going back the way they were.

The solstice is where it’s at. One year I sent solstice cards and never mentioned Christmas. Of course, those in the know realize that Christianity itself is another solstice- or solar-based religion, no matter how hard centuries of preaching have worked to obscure the fact.

I’ll have more to say about this time of year. My own tensions have a lot to do with family history, obviously.

]]> By: carolfrombatonrouge http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/12/17/el-norte-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3458 carolfrombatonrouge Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:28:22 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6202#comment-3458 I guess the "decorating" my artist sister and I do is more of a solstice activity. We cut out snowflakes from folded paper and send them to each other. It's a joy of the season. I guess the “decorating” my artist sister and I do is more of a solstice activity. We cut out snowflakes from folded paper and send them to each other. It’s a joy of the season.

]]> By: JHF http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/12/17/el-norte-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3457 JHF Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:23:51 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6202#comment-3457 That's the important thing, not regretting it for a minute. Sometimes we just need to pull back and take care of ourselves. Thank you for sharing all this, too. I'm very sorry about the 16 days without pay. There has to be a better way, right? 54 and sunny sounds nice. It's sunny and 16 here right now! That’s the important thing, not regretting it for a minute. Sometimes we just need to pull back and take care of ourselves. Thank you for sharing all this, too. I’m very sorry about the 16 days without pay. There has to be a better way, right?

54 and sunny sounds nice. It’s sunny and 16 here right now!

]]> By: Sherry http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/12/17/el-norte-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3456 Sherry Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:19:27 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6202#comment-3456 My husband and I decided to not decorate for Christmas this year. No outdoor lights, no tree, no 30 piece lighted Christmas village on the hutch, none of the usual. It just seemed like too much work and I don't regret it for a minute. We draw names for gifts on both sides of the family so the financial hit was not too hard in that regard, but they are just sitting on the floor. Guess I'm waiting till the last dog dies to make myself sit down and wrap them. Our community has gone so overboard on all the LED lights flashing and pulsing around in all the strip malls that its just not fun anymore. I'm ready for the obligatory parties and overeating (my own fault - nobody to blame there) to be a thing of the past and move on into the new year so I can start taking my 16 days without pay from my job because the State of Oklahoma is so broke. Or so they say. Seems there's enough in the coffers to pay the legislators to meet in a special session to discuss the whole budget crisis. But now I'm meandering when I only wanted to say I fully empathize with the need to scale back, scale down, and simplify. Its going to be 54 here today and sunny. Maybe I just need some sun to lift my mood. My husband and I decided to not decorate for Christmas this year. No outdoor lights, no tree, no 30 piece lighted Christmas village on the hutch, none of the usual. It just seemed like too much work and I don’t regret it for a minute. We draw names for gifts on both sides of the family so the financial hit was not too hard in that regard, but they are just sitting on the floor. Guess I’m waiting till the last dog dies to make myself sit down and wrap them. Our community has gone so overboard on all the LED lights flashing and pulsing around in all the strip malls that its just not fun anymore. I’m ready for the obligatory parties and overeating (my own fault – nobody to blame there) to be a thing of the past and move on into the new year so I can start taking my 16 days without pay from my job because the State of Oklahoma is so broke. Or so they say. Seems there’s enough in the coffers to pay the legislators to meet in a special session to discuss the whole budget crisis. But now I’m meandering when I only wanted to say I fully empathize with the need to scale back, scale down, and simplify. Its going to be 54 here today and sunny. Maybe I just need some sun to lift my mood.

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