a flock of 160 red-crowned green parrots patrols brownsville, feasting on palm dates, berries, citrus.
my son lives in an old house there and says the birds wake him up frequently.
the new york times ran an article this morning.
From Country Girl:
"Just wondering why you posted this? Looking for other parrot people, or trying to raise dollars for the parrots?"
Well, not looking for parrots or dollars for the parrot people. Ornithology is a great field of study, by so is JWDology. . . . . .
At this point in the life of JWD, just making observations. . Whew! Did Kobe just miss freethrow?
tns
a flock of 160 red-crowned green parrots patrols brownsville, feasting on palm dates, berries, citrus.
my son lives in an old house there and says the birds wake him up frequently.
the new york times ran an article this morning.
Word is most of the parrots came to Brownsville after the last freeze in the early 80's. The hollowed trunks of dead palm trees provided natural cover.
They spend a lot of time around the old Charles Stillman house. Stillman was a cronie of the late Richard King (King Ranch). They roam around town a lot without an obvious method to their madness. In a non-scientific study, my son says they usually hit St. Charles Street early, only to return a couple of hours later.
I've read that many of the yellow-crowned are former captives. Most or all of the red-crowned are wild.
tms
a flock of 160 red-crowned green parrots patrols brownsville, feasting on palm dates, berries, citrus.
my son lives in an old house there and says the birds wake him up frequently.
the new york times ran an article this morning.
A flock of 160 red-crowned green parrots patrols Brownsville, feasting on palm dates, berries, citrus. My son lives in an old house there and says the birds wake him up frequently. The New York Times ran an article this morning. Hope this link works:
Here is a link with audio to actually hear the parrots.
http://www.worldbirdingcenter.org/bird_info/red_crowned_parrot.phtml
tms
my cars cheap cd player is on repeat playing track 9, bob dylan singing tomorrow night during my hour long commute to a job not suitable for a 58 yr old man.
returning home the same tune plays just short of distortion, a funeral dirge for wessie.. tomorrow night.
will it just be another memory, .
kicking this back up for restrangled.
oh, i thought you were talking about the apostle paul.
I dunno dogis. . . is your remembrance of Paul personal recollection or Watchtower artistic depiction?
tms
i described myself recently as no longer angry.. that was a lie.. i am angry at the way jehovah's witnesses treat their most precious.
endowment; their young, developing, stumbling, exasperating, questioning, experimenting, growing,.
offspring.. at the very most urgent time in their young lives; when they need the.
one last look b4 the board dies. . . . .
i am still trying to recover from an experience that i had with a c.o.
reading other discussions has helped me to start getting other bad experiences into a better perspective and since the experience with the c.o.
was really the final straw i was hoping that reading that i am not alone would help me in moving on.
startingovernow,
As long as you believe Jehovah or God is involved, it all comes done to your unworthiness. Afterall his shepherds search for lost sheep. Their recovery is more important to him than the 99 who do not stray. So you must not be one. End of story.
But once you realize that it's just a man-made religious organization interested in self-preservation, not appreciably better or worse than thousands of other religions, you will regret your unfortunate participation and move on.
tms
or should i say goodbye folks.
my posting days on xjw sites are over.. thanks to everybody for making this place so vibrant, informative and at times invigorating.
an special thanks of course to simon and angharad, of whom too many expected too much and who, despite our differing viewpoints at times, have been trustworthy friends to me.
minimus: "After just only reading......who the hell is "Fred"?"
Possibly Fredhall, the quintessential JW apologist who set the tone for the board with humor and supercilious pro-JW comments until he departed suddenly in 2001.
tms
or should i say goodbye folks.
my posting days on xjw sites are over.. thanks to everybody for making this place so vibrant, informative and at times invigorating.
an special thanks of course to simon and angharad, of whom too many expected too much and who, despite our differing viewpoints at times, have been trustworthy friends to me.
Hillary,
I'm genuinely happy for you although your absence will mean fewer personal visits to this board. I assume real life is pressing in on the need to lament your/our "past JW life". Your comments, replies and posts have always been unique, giving us not just an "English" perspective, but a unique HS view of matters. It's difficult to single out one post, but your heart-wrenching treatment of JW suicide comes to mind as especially thought-provoking, revealing.
I wish you well.
tms
over the decades musicians rise and fall like a spring wind.
some stay where they should never be, some never are where they should be; such is the roulette of time.
this thread is dedicated to singer songwriters who influence the rest of the best, but are seldom known - 'gamblers in the neon, clinging to guitars...' .
Guy Clark
Jeff Buckley
Ray Lamontagne
