The L I G H T – Let It Be

 

 

On this time challenged day for  me & many others, Christmas Eve, let us prepare to recognize there is a Light wanting to shine in the many dark parts of this world. To act as a beacon or guide through the darkness on the edges of our towns & lives. To lead us forward to the path of a more wonderful life – whatever that may mean, wherever that may lead for each of us.

 

Despite the countless efforts to extinguish it, The Light has always shined somewhere. Small or large, dim or Bright

 

 

They may be R.I.P. up on Rose Hills in Whittier, but The Light still Lives On

 

 

 

I Am no Light-bearer. As you can see I am berry photography challenged in the dark, at sundown!

 

 

 

I Am better when the sonlight is up & awake, as above in Sierra Madre

 

 

 

I hope & pray you are relaxing at home, wherever that may be, away from the shopping, able to have a Peaceful, Contemplative, Happy Christmas Eve.

 

 

 

Let Our Own Lights So Shine Bright in 2010, that people can’t help but notice. That is our Challenge…

 

 

Happy Festivus!!

The Seinfeld sitdown-com program was a very fav TV program. However, I didn’t begin watching it til the last few years.

Just never had much interest to sit still in front of a tube or screen, with no participation from me other than to watch, laugh, or succumb to a brunch of losing emotions.  Or worse, be required to pay for this “privilege” to watch the usually highly-paid individuals on them.

I’m a doer – not a sitter.

However, Seinfeld was a rare one to grab & hold my interest.  I understand some don’t get the comedy. It wood bee interesting to study who gets it, and who doesn’t, beyond the age-groupings analysis.

In 1997 a well-know episode, “Festivus", aired.  And, so was birthed one of the newest holidays: FestivUS. For the resta US who may not have a holyday, not into holidays, come from the rare dysfunctional family, or just like to work, work!

 

December 23rd:  Happy FestivUS!!

 

Aka, Dba: Christmas Eve Eve.  This holiday may bee the one for you!

I didn’t wanna let yet another year go by without wishing y’all a Happy Festivus beyond just the the impotent PC, “happy holidays.”

Some suggest this pre-dates even Seinfeld. That it was actually first a custom back in ancient Rome. Well, with today’s politicians & other “leaders”, who knows what to believe is True anymore.

You can do computer searches for much deeper & wider background re this new holyday should this weblog posting stir up your festive mood.  I’ll just list the fundamentals of this solemn occasion – per Frank Costanza – if you wish to honor this holiday with respect & decorum:

1. The Airing of Your Grievances for the Year
2. An Erection — of an aluminum pole
3. To demonstrate your feats of strength, — which culminates Festivus in wrestling to the ground and pinning the your head of the household

 

The above traditions are performed within your family or substitute family group.

I wanna concentrate on just one of the above today. You guessed it:  The airing of your grievances!!  With this tradition, once you’ve let out the transgressions it’s like a politician making promises and good lottery luck trying to shut them up or collect on their spins, I mean campaign rhetoric.

So, here’s my example of a grievance in 2009. Of course I have more than one, how can I not when I’m a part of this blogosphere and cats run loose in the world!  But, if I go beyond this first example, somebody –even a human- please stop this K9!! 

 

And now, just one sample grievance in Honor of the Holyday of Festivus:

 

 

 

 

Ok, there I’ve done it. Just one. I was spooked if once I begun on this dark road I woodn’t bee able to see the light to stop, without intervention!  Unfortunately, I know there are some, bloggers as one example, who once you get them started – well, God help them to stop them.

 

And You -  2009 a carefree or great year?  Or, did you have a grievance with something/someone or two thousand, which you wish to air here?!  Then, go for it!  Clean the air, set yourself free to be all you can be in The New Year!

 

 

oK, Gotta Get 2 a Multiple of other Stuff before the 25th. But, lemme be The 1st 2 wish y’all around the world wide blogosphere…Happy FestivUS!!

 

 

Popular Business Name in 2009

 

For some reason, this name rose in popularity around town for businesses:

 

 

 

I hear this name wasn’t unique to California. So much for DBA registration.

 

 

 

 

 

The Good News with Closings is the future holds a Grand Opening!  Sooner or Later, For Better or Worse.  Someday…

Plus, a few others thrived in these challenging economic times, despite many having struggled to survive and just make their cash flow balance each month. 

 

 

 

 

If “For Lease” didn’t bring in business, some tried a new name: “For Sale.”  Yet, the dba’s for these popular names often may as well be, “Vacant,” for a period of time.

 

 

 

How did your fav local small business fare this year?

I wonder what the experience of our local business owners has been in this repressionary period… 

 

 

Gotta Hit de Road!  One Last Christmas Party 2Nite.  Stay Hungry & Thirsty My Friends…

 

Mountains of Ash, Streets of Fire.

 

Continuing the annual winter cleaning in prep for the “New” year. (Same as the “Old” year?) Clear more of the dry, dead brush outta my photo archives rather than leave them for yellowing, warping – not much better than fuel for flames.

Use em or lose em later, is one of my original sayings, I say. With that inspiration, let’s recall a few more images of a hot topic for some in the late summer of ‘09 – Station Fire:

 

 

 

Much of our mountains and national forest appeared to have been nuked beyond recognition. Certainly beyond any recreational use.

 

The View from Pasadena

 

 

Fire on High 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorities attempted to explain their actions or actions to we the people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

But, the natives were restless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Believe it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News becomes old, and eventually the mountain engulfed the fire above. Yet, later they realize sometimes memories smolder in the streets below.

 

 

 

 

Gotta Run. Feel Heat on my Tail. Stay Hot & Thirsty My Friends.

 

Mystery Photo

I could never bee a daily photo blogger. Even if I could make a brunch of dough being a daily 9-5 blogger, it still wouldn’t bee my Dream Business. Thank God.

You see, I’m good at starting these kinda things – but bad at finishing them off. Drafts are a breeze, but finalizing a blog ends up  bogged down for…“whatever!” If only there were just one reason for this weakness.

Let us count some of de ways: lack of time for this lesser paying blogger job, preference for eating over thinking, changing of the mind, the birth of a new blog ideas, other bloggers, homo sapiens, no luxury of an editor like the other bloggers have, etc.  Ok, that’s enuf. 

The difficult thing about days is that they must be repeated.  So, on my way to posting a particular topic for this day, I instead dead-ended there and made a U-turn at another post.

This one. A couple of questions come attached to this.

Where are we? And what’s a going down south here??

The first canine, uh, or person as well, who comes up with the answer will win a fabulous prize from the City of Pasadena PIO!!

 

Oooooh, I’m sorry, sorry!!  Tell them hikers to hold em up a minute. I take that back. I’m just back from visiting the PIO’s blog and her words are still stuck in my middle brain.  The little problem is I forgot to clear just two words above with the PIO first: fabulous prize.  Skip it. Lettuce keep it simple and do it for the luv of the sport instead:

Anyhows, where? and what? is enuf.

Any good ideas?  I have faith in you…at least a few of you.

My only hint is this isn’t anywhere near the badlands of Fair Oaks: in Altadena, or Old Town with its tourists/consumers. So, you can breathe deeply & easily as you think.

 

 

While you’re thinking. I’m gonna be sleeping. So, gotta run. Stay Thirsty My Friends!