Old Man from the Mountain
jmac1949
- Location
- Novato, California,
- Birthday
- July 25
- Bio
- former hermit from the mountains of Southern California, now resident in Marin County exurbs ex: ditch digger / deck hand / carpenter / actor / artist, graphic designer & sign painter/ waiter/ bartender / restaurant manager / drug dealer / federal fugitive / assembly line worker / technical illustrator-writer / industrial, manufacturing, quality assurance engineer, manager / semi-retired consultant / playwright, producer, director / novelist wannabe and general dilettante staring dementia in the face and hoping they find the silver bullet before my brain rots.
MY RECENT POSTS
- 1974 – Karma and Dharma, the
Jew who died Praying in the
Mud
May 17, 2013 10:01PM - 1969 – THE SERPENT's Logo,
the Confessional & Tom
May 16, 2013 09:54AM - People of the Book - 28th
Scroll of the Second Book
May 14, 2013 09:22AM - 1969 – Opening Night, a
Standing Ovation but No
Curtain Call
May 13, 2013 10:19AM - Three Mothers
May 12, 2013 01:45AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “But the NRA will teach
your five-year-old the
fundamentals of
gun safety as
well…”
May 18, 2013 06:54PM - “But Libby dontcha know
that all those multinationals
are just
keepin' their
$37…”
May 18, 2013 06:33PM - “I'm not sure why but
this made me chuckle. R&R
;-)”
May 18, 2013 06:24PM - “I expect that it might
be Lady Gaga on the nose of an
F-35.
R&R”
May 18, 2013 04:05PM - “In light of the
reference to moments of
ecstasy, I got to
make an
addendum to my…”
May 18, 2013 03:16PM
Jmac1949's Links
1974 – Karma and Dharma, the Jew who died Praying in the Mud
People of the Book - 28th Scroll of the Second Book
The Twenty Eighth Scroll
Joab returned to Jerusalem with my message for King David. Barak and Gideon remained in Geshur and became couriers who alternately traveled to and from Jerusalem to carry messages to and from King David and my friends in his counsel. Weeks became months and… Read full post »
1969 – Opening Night, a Standing Ovation but No Curtain Call
Three Mothers
http://background-pictures.feedio.net/happy-mothers-day-cards-happy-mothers-day-cards/media27.onsugar.com*files*2011*05*21*4*1718*1
I had to check to make sure, but after a quick google I've verified that Sunday May 12th is Mothers' Day. I've met many Mothers of damn near every… Read full post »
People of the Book - The 27th Scroll of the Second Book
How much time passed in the cycle of dreaming, bathing, eating and talking with Tamar, drinking her wine and herbs, sleeping and dreaming again, I can not be certain. It was at least a month because I began to take paper and pen and write notes to myself about each dream. … Read full post »
My Day with Sirenita Lake
This morning I dragged my sad carcass out of bed facing a day of on-line corporate BS work to pay the bills; but before I could finish my first cup of coffee, I fell under the spell of the Mermaid Sirenita. It was Femme Forte's post that cast the net… Read full post »
People of the Book - 25th & 26th Scrolls of the Second Book
The Twenty Fifth Scroll
Tamar gave me a cup of her dark red mixture of tea and wine and I slept through the night well past dawn when I felt two pairs of hands on my face and shoulder. Two of Tamar’s young priestesses were changing the dressings on my/… Read full post »
People of the Book - 23rd & 24th Scrolls of the 2nd Book
People of the Book - The 22nd Scroll of the Second Book
The Twenty Second Scroll
Months would pass before I confirmed the death of my sister’s family. Rebekah her husband and children all died within days of one another and their remains were not buried until after my grandparents’ home burned to the ground around them. In their h/… Read full post »
People of the Book - Twenty First Scroll of the Second Book
It was on the morning of Yom Shishia the day before Shabbat that, absent Joab, we sat in council with the King. David wore a haggard expression, for he had not slept for several nights, when he said, “Pray for the Children of Israel and pray for me. I… Read full post »
“In Held ‘Twas in I Parts I & II,” an Epistle to Ms. A
The Divine Ms. A - the Dark Tattooed
People of the Book- the 73rd, 74th & 75th Scrolls, 1st Book
People of the Book - Twentieth Scroll of the Second Book
It's been twenty-four hours since the bombs went off in Boston and whoever is found to be responsible may G_D have mercy on their souls.
We spent the night at the high place above the city. Adonijah and his brothers sent servants to Jerusalem for tents and by nightfall our party… Read full post »
My Lame Take on What Happened in Boston Yesterday
http://www.mediaite.com/online/watch-live-boston-bombing-near-marat...
And now for something completely different, and My 1st Poem
People of the Book-Nineteeth Scroll of the Second Book
The men of Gibeon emerged from the Tabernacle. One carried a looped length of cord with three knots tied in it and this he handed to two other Gibeonites who walked down the high hill into the city below. Then those men who remained began to cut away the newer pieces/… Read full post »
People of the Book - Eighteenth Scroll of the Second Book
People of the Book-The Seventeenth Scroll of the Second Book
In the third year of drought the fields of Israel and Judah lay barren and famine reigned over the Kingdom. Lambs and calves were still born and birds fell from the sky. Even with the help of Ittai and Hiram there was not enough food to feed the people and David… Read full post »
People of the Book - Sixteenth Scroll of the Second Book
Opposite the men who worked at the mound a woman came to wall and cried out from the city of Abel: “Hear me, say I pray you! I speak to Joab: Come near, that I may speak with you.”
The captain sent down a man to bring Joab to the… Read full post »
The Writers Guild of America, Dianne's Got a Nibble...
People of the Book : the Fifteenth Scroll of the Second Book
We arrived in Jerusalem within a day of King David’s return and the city was eerily quiet as we entered the gate. Joab, Abiathar and Hushai greeted us and we all went to the House of the King where his family retired to their chambers and we met in the King’s/… Read full post »
Re-post from June 1, 2012: Seven Days with the Black Dog
This is a re-edited re-post inspired by the struggles of Ms. Alexis James, l'Heure Bleue, Scanner, Tink, Lunchlady II and even the indominable, irrepressible Libbyliberal, as well as many others of the OS community, who all wrestle with some inordinate stressors in their lives and perhaps some interm… Read full post »
People of the Book: The Fourteeth Scroll of the Second Book
David asked: “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” and Ahimaaz, heading Joab’s warning answered: “When Joab sent the king's servant and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.”
As the Cushite approached, the King told Ahimaaz to stand aside… Read full post »
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