When you think you are making the right decision Everybody you connect with is on your side. Well, buckle up your seat belt and hold onto your cap You don’t know it, but you just walked into a trap.
It seems like you are making your own choices Everything is going down just like you planned. Suddenly you hear a loud and powerful snap Now you know it, but you just walked into a trap.
A trap you can’t get out of A trap you couldn’t see A trap of your own making Trapped for eternity.
Still struggling and squirming trying to believe Yellin’ ‘I don’t understand’, makes you look like a fool. All bundled up nice with a box with and pretty wrap However you say it, you’re stuck in a trap.
Lashing out at anyone that comes even close. You keep pushing yourself further and further away. The box is smashed and you’re hanging from a strap However you play it, you’re stuck in a trap.
I hate to throw all this morbidity stuff at you but it is a subject at hand. Physically I am fine, yet I grow older and watch my friends and family members get sick, or die.
In some ways it is a burden taking care of your health – eating well – exercising – meditation and the rest. Not for the effort it requires – BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A LOT OF EFFORT!!!! But you will inevitably see many of your friends and loved ones not make it to the same finish line. Sometimes the monotony alone is daunting after y e a r s and Y E A R S.
We all know we will die. My songs have reflected this for over 40 years. I think the earlier we realize the truth in this and treat our friends and family (and all humanity) with that simple understanding it will change our perspective in life. One unexpected generous comment or gesture from a stranger can spin positive echoes throughout decades. Hate works up-hill. Generosity works down. Sorry, I am out of wine.
So, athiest is not a word in Word Press. I am sure this is a pretty standard method of suppression. We are many but have no voice. #athiestisaword
But, I digress. Here are lyrics for “Pray for ME” If you are just tuning in to this blog my name is Michael. My wife’s name is Ellen. Most of my songs are by ME. Mike and Ellen.
“Pray For ME“
I value your friendship More than life itself. You put pride and decency Before anything else.
Laughing like hyenas When no one else gets the joke. Always high on the real thing When fools kept talking coke.
What will you do when I am gone? I hope you will be singing our favorite song. Stay as long as you want, say what you want to say But I’m asking you not to pray.
It’s the irony in things Only you could see. If one of us has to go first I hope to whatever god it’s me.
There is value in hope Struggles through each day. But there is nothing you can do To make this go away.
What will you do when I am gone? I hope you will sing our favorite song. Stay as long as you want, say what you want to say But I’m asking you not to pray.
Love’s not an easy thing Time to Let You Go. Understand that I love you More than you’ll ever know.
I wanted to give you another glimpse of Red River Gorge just as Fall starts to show. Not far south from my home in Ohio, the valley makes things a bit cooler and the trees are starting to turn there. I took these pictures and videos a few days ago while on a quick mid-week-get-a-way with my wife. Usually we can only visit off season due to her work schedule. This time we took a spontaneous short break and the weather was perfect.
The next video you can hear me breathing in the background. It was an effort to get to this perch for an old man but the view was worth every step. And then some.
Fog lifting at sunrise
Sunrise hitting both ‘peaks’
I have a bunch more and like pictures of your kids, they are all beautiful.
My wife and I were lucky to take a quick two night stay near Natural Bridge in Kentucky. We have been there a few times and I always post pictures that interest me. For those considering a trip, I have pictures of beautiful areas that are very close to the road or parking lots. While the paths can be rugged and hilly, these photos were less than a mile from the road.
My wife does not hike, so we pick areas that are close to the road so I can take a quick hike, grab some beautiful memories and rush back to the car so she doesn’t have to wait long. I am 68 years old, so if you are healthy you can reach these monuments of rock formations. It is difficult to view these places close up and not realize how easily early peoples thought of these lands as sacred grounds. Pictures are not enough.
I will post more later, but here is a sample of the pictures from my recent trip. We had beautiful weather and Fall was just starting to turn the hillsides into dazzling colors.
Today you managed Tomorrow you’ll fail Each loss another fragment forever pushed aside. The day after becomes A monotonous stream Each day is just like the last just a bit more purified.
Sometimes it’s easy Falling off a log Then all confidence disappears and your unable to move. I know I don’t know Is somebody watching? Surrounded by a quicksand of doubt and nothing to prove.
When everything disappears Even sacred memories hide underground. Lost, frozen in a searing panic Where Simple Things can’t be found.
This is the last time As much as the first Open or close your eyes but the vision is the same. It’s only in my head It’s only in my head I love you like a brother but won’t remember your name.
When everything disappears Even sacred memories hide underground. Lost, frozen in a searing panic Where Simple Things can’t be found.
I posted thoughts much earlier about Super Black Holes, and have waited for the launch of the James Webb telescope for a pretty long time. Hubble showed us amazing things. Many confirming Einstein’s theories. It forced us to see our universe is expanding rapidly, rather than slowing as expected, in all directions at the same time. Constellations, star clusters, galaxies and eventually suns and their planets will grow further and further apart. The stars and galaxies we see now will not be visible from Earth in just a few eons. (and they were so much closer eons ago) This will never end – speeding away – light constantly retreating. Our universe will get darker and darker, all matter – including black holes, will burn out or blow up, until there is no energy – anywhere.
But if my earlier theory has any merit, this might not be the end. In short, I suggested we are NOW in a black hole. With no proof whatsoever (#noproofwhatsoever) I suggested dark matter and dark energy are converted from regular matter when sucked inside a black hole. This is why our universe continues to expand. Literally everything we see or can detect is matter jettisoned through the Event Horizon with nothing to slow it down. One big sneeze from each black hole. Countless more black holes created as material is ejected – or pushed into a separate universe……?
I love science fiction and can recommend a few books almost as old as I am. I would love to write a novel on this subject but the next step is to think that OUR universe is expanding and will eventually die, but if intelligent life can manage to cross back through the Event Horizon, through the other side of a black hole, we may find a totally different universe that is quite stable or just plain weird. Who knows!
I suggest we can become that intelligent life.
PS I hope the new attempts to recreate the genius of “Dune” and “The Foundation” live up to the hype. These are treasured ideals for me, not just books on a shelf lol!
Thank you for listening.
My wife Ellen and I giving our grand kids a glow stick show in a dark roomCollision of Star Clusters of glow sticksglow stick Nebula
The pictures remind me of other visual games we would play and eventually showed our grandkids, but that is a different post.
The Same People thought the Earth was flat And the Crusades were just. These same people thought the stars were gods Turning cities to dust.
The same people believed the Earth was the center Against which everything turned. These same people held trials to justify Witches tied and burned.
These same people pray to ghosts and spirits Listen to voices in their head. The same people imprisoned men of science Until not only the truth was dead.
The Same People Are Wrong Just as they were back then. How can you keep being wrong Again and again and again?
You are wrong about Global Warming The true existential threat. You are wrong about your part in racism Or the petty things you fret.
You are wrong about the age of the universe You are wrong about evolution no matter how true These Same People believe they deserve what they have Even when taking it from those that don’t look like they you. You are wrong blaming fake media Because it doesn’t agree with what you do Wrong about immigrants searching for a peaceful land. You are wrong about pollution and the things humans do. If you can’t win simply change the rules Repeating the same lies never makes them true. Patriots love their country win or lose The same people are wrong about sex, drugs, and Rock ‘N Roll too.
Out for a ride yesterday and they are almost finished. This will be a great resource for decades to come. I believe the mayor of Cincinnati will be on-hand to officially open the new section of the Wasson Way Trails tomorrow.
Almost there!
Black top being laid
The completed portion of Wasson Way path
Workers finishing the sidewalk and entrance
Even though I took a sneak peak and ride before the path was officially opened I can’t wait. Only a small section will be needed to connect to other bike and walking trails in the city.
This is the next section connecting the Ault Park trails
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