{"id":13,"date":"2015-03-11T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T15:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sallysense.com\/blog1\/?p=13"},"modified":"2015-03-13T22:16:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T02:16:57","slug":"13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sallysense.com\/blog1\/2015\/03\/11\/13\/","title":{"rendered":"some sallysense stuff&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">01.18.15<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-400\" class=\"u_42 post-400 storytitle\">imagine what we\u2019d see\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"u_44 meta\"><span class=\"u_45\">Posted <\/span><span class=\"u_47\">at 8:17 pm by sallysense<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(imagine what we\u2019d see)\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"u_49\">is there something i could do to give\u2026you something to help you go on and live\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"u_53\">what would happen if i\u2019d be you\u2026and you\u2019d be my friend\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"u_57\">imagine what we\u2019d see\u2026if we\u2019d be each other\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"u_61\">you and me\u2026<br class=\"u_63\" \/>young and old\u2026<br class=\"u_65\" \/>smart and dumb\u2026<br class=\"u_67\" \/>meek and bold\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"u_69\">fat and thin\u2026<br class=\"u_71\" \/>rich and poor\u2026<br class=\"u_73\" \/>you\u2019d be in my shoes\u2026<br class=\"u_75\" \/>and me in yours\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"u_77\">am i the black\u2026<br class=\"u_79\" \/><span class=\"u_80\">when you are white\u2026<\/span><br class=\"u_81\" \/><span class=\"u_82\">am i the wrong\u2026<\/span><br \/>\nwhile you are right\u2026<\/p>\n<p>asking over and over again\u2026<br \/>\nif we knew where it started\u2026<br \/>\nmaybe we could see an end\u2026<br \/>\nto us as enemies\u2026<\/p>\n<p>in different homes of experience\u2026<br \/>\nwith different frames of mind\u2026<br \/>\nall i want to know is why i\u2019m looking\u2026<br \/>\nfor something i can\u2019t find\u2026<\/p>\n<p>imagine what we\u2019d see\u2026if we\u2019d be each other\u2026<\/p>\n<p>you and me\u2026<br \/>\nyoung and old\u2026<br \/>\nsmart and dumb\u2026<br \/>\nmeek and bold\u2026<\/p>\n<p>fat and thin\u2026<br \/>\nrich and poor\u2026<br \/>\nyou\u2019d be in my shoes\u2026<br \/>\nand me in yours\u2026<\/p>\n<p>am i the black\u2026<br \/>\nwhen you are white\u2026<br \/>\nam i the wrong\u2026<br \/>\nwhile you are right\u2026<\/p>\n<p>asking over and over again\u2026<br \/>\nif we knew where it started\u2026<br \/>\nmaybe we could see an end\u2026<br \/>\nto us as enemies\u2026<\/p>\n<p>is there something i could do to give\u2026you something to help you go on and live\u2026<\/p>\n<p>what would happen if i\u2019d be you\u2026and you\u2019d be my friend\u2026<\/p>\n<p>imagine what we\u2019d see\u2026if we\u2019d be each other\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate u_40\">12.25.14<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-380\" class=\"post-380 storytitle\">for christmas this year&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"u_44\">Posted <\/span><span class=\"u_46\">at 2:54 pm by sallysense<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"u_47\">for christmas this year\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"u_49\">see yourself\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. look inside\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_51\">what is truly you\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 seeing the being\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_53\">yes you\u2019re a human\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026.. a human like others\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_55\">and i\u2019m a human too\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026.\u2026 a human being seeing\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_57\">born into this world\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 living alive on earth\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_59\">in so similar ways\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. in time and space\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_61\">each breathing\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230; hearts beating\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_63\">me and you\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. you and me\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_65\">both so human\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. each a human\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_67\">facing influences\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. being affected by\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_69\">different day-to-days\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. survival\u2019s mainstays\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_71\">while ways to take it in\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. through motion within\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_73\">remain so much the same\u2026 \u2026..\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 regardless of one\u2019s name\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_75\">no matter what certain view\u2026 &#8230;\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 or how any mind can divide\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_77\">our great almighty\u2019s love\u2019n\u2019truth\u2026 \u2026 our creator\u2019s path for us to use\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"u_79\">we stray so far from where he started though not too far to start anew!\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"u_80\">the best of wishes\u2019n\u2019ways\u2019n\u2019todays!\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"u_81\">and the neatest of love\u2019n\u2019truth\u2019n\u2019stuff to you too!\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"u_82\">\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">11.28.14<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-377\" class=\"post-377 storytitle\">bob dylan live!&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 12:45 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>bob dylan live\u2026<\/p>\n<p>embracing life\u2019s passions in truth\u2019s timeless fashions\u2026<br \/>\nthrough music\u2019s wide routes for the soul\u2026<br \/>\nunique styles converge inside neat notes\u2019n\u2019words\u2026<br \/>\nwhile creation\u2019s prime elements roll!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>vibrations burst out around heartfelt pulsations\u2026<br \/>\nincreasing the range of one\u2019s being\u2026<br \/>\nliving the present with bona fide essence\u2026<br \/>\nthe flow of momentum keeps deepening!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>to strike a match or hit a nerve\u2026<br \/>\nsee that catch or try to swerve\u2026<br \/>\nlose the watch and find some time\u2026<br \/>\nall in brilliant rhythm and rhyme!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>start a scene to stop behind one\u2026<br \/>\nlet it go to get it done\u2026<br \/>\nto face head-on or cover the bases\u2026<br \/>\na fine line too for changing places!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>stand a chance or fall in love\u2026<br \/>\nbelow the belt or rise above\u2026<br \/>\na day of reckoning in a moment of truth\u2026<br \/>\nand the wisdom of old in the wonder of youth!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>leap for joy or read it and weep\u2026<br \/>\na happy hour could cry one to sleep\u2026<br \/>\nfully alive and right on dead center\u2026<br \/>\nleaving impressions on any who enter!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>his true works of art and such great ways they play\u2026<br \/>\nnow meets forever on many a day!\u2026<br \/>\nsounds from the heart and just how the soul thrives\u2026<br \/>\nthrough things that come home seeing bob dylan live!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2018n\u2019how!\u2026 wow!\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">05.24.14<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-370\" class=\"post-370 storytitle\">a neat birthday to bob dylan!&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 8:57 am by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>(a buncha neat tunes)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>a buncha neat tunes got together to meet\u2026<br \/>\non a cornerstone of music and poetry streets\u2026<br \/>\ntheir composer\u2019s next birthday came rolling in\u2026<br \/>\nbringing heartfelt vibrations to celebrate things!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>from far and nearby a wide range of songs sing\u2026<br \/>\na repertoire for life\u2019s timeless voice to join in\u2026<br \/>\nrings of truth harmonize their scales of tone\u2026<br \/>\nbalance outweighing to let \u2018em be known!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>keynotes fill details as rhythmic beats soar\u2026<br \/>\nthroughout ballads n\u2019sonnets n\u2019verses n\u2019more\u2026<br \/>\npouring musicules forward in sound for the soul\u2026<br \/>\nbeyond dance halls\u2019n\u2019ballrooms\u2019n\u2019band sets\u2019n\u2019all!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>who builds endless windows \u2018n\u2019 doors into songs?\u2026<br \/>\nwho gives tunes this motion to keep moving on?\u2026<br \/>\nwho is it that gave them unique ways to play?\u2026<br \/>\nthe best of wishes to bob dylan each day!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>(he got the neatest thing for his birthday again!\u2026<br \/>\nyounger!\u2026 bob dylan\u2019s neat song \u201cmy back pages\u201d!)\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">04.20.14<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-367\" class=\"post-367 storytitle\">easter&#8217;s resurrection&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 1:51 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>easter\u2019s resurrection\u2026<\/p>\n<p>as heaven itself surrounds and abounds\u2026<br \/>\nit sees man crawl on bended knee\u2026<br \/>\nits hands outstretched from hidden ground\u2026<br \/>\nbring gifts to lift souls to their feet\u2026<br \/>\nin shadows men find their faces behind\u2026<br \/>\nheaven\u2019s light casts over flickers of love\u2026<br \/>\nit lingers to shine in the recess of time\u2026<br \/>\nto guide men\u2019s sight to that glow above\u2026<br \/>\n\u2018dwell not ye in the dark\u2019 it cries\u2026<br \/>\n\u2018though time may shade its window pane\u2026<br \/>\nthe curtain drawn upon your eyes\u2026<br \/>\nwill open up in life\u2019s true name!\u2019\u2026<br \/>\nstill briefness of what seems so long\u2026<br \/>\nplays swift tricks with human hearts\u2026<br \/>\nto keep the mind of man fixed on\u2026<br \/>\nthat finish line from where he starts\u2026<br \/>\nas thoughts may tread that trodden path\u2026<br \/>\nto follow where they\u2019ve been before\u2026<br \/>\nfootprints sunk in manmade wrath\u2026<br \/>\nsoon lose their way to evermore\u2026<br \/>\nwhat abides in worldly sanity\u2026<br \/>\nis no more than a given ploy\u2026<br \/>\nto tie down tombs of gravity\u2026<br \/>\nand lower moments from rising joy\u2026<br \/>\nchrist speaks out \u2018it\u2019s never too late\u2026<br \/>\ndon\u2019t let what isn\u2019t deceive what is\u2019\u2026<br \/>\nthough some demand you\u2019re doomed to die\u2026<br \/>\nheaven\u2019s sigh bears not this gloomy bliss!\u2026<br \/>\nso as the wraps of worldly fare\u2026<br \/>\nhide the truth \u2018neath blinded lie\u2026<br \/>\nto misjudge love dead lying there\u2026<br \/>\nthis trap by men shall be surprised\u2026<br \/>\nfor every soul touched inside-out\u2026<br \/>\nwho reaches heaven in its realm\u2026<br \/>\nchrist defines without a doubt\u2026<br \/>\nthe almighty\u2019s hands upon the helm!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(through love and truth eternal\u2026<br \/>\nto god\u2019s universal word\u2026<br \/>\nwhere the human being in each of us\u2026<br \/>\nreaches all of us on earth!)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>the best of wishes\u2019n\u2019ways\u2019n\u2019todays!\u2026<br \/>\nand the neatest of love\u2019n\u2019truth\u2019n\u2019stuff to each\u2019n\u2019all!\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">02.14.14<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-360\" class=\"post-360 storytitle\">in the theme of today being valentine&#8217;s day&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 3:37 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>(here\u2019s an old song from long ago)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>it was a little shop\u2026<br \/>\ndidn\u2019t look like very much\u2026<br \/>\nbut the sign i read said \u201ccome on in\u201d\u2026<br \/>\nthe doorknob jiggled\u2026<br \/>\nthe hanging bell wiggled\u2026<br \/>\nand a man flashed his aim-to-please grin\u2026<\/p>\n<p>it was a little shop\u2026<br \/>\nthe man behind the countertop\u2026<br \/>\nasked what it was that he could do for me\u2026<br \/>\ni handed him my broken heart\u2026<br \/>\neach and every little part\u2026<br \/>\nand asked him if he dealt with honesty\u2026<\/p>\n<p>cause truth is the thread\u2026<br \/>\nthat sews up these torn ends\u2026<br \/>\nand mends my old heart\u2026<br \/>\nback together again\u2026<\/p>\n<p>it was a little shop\u2026<br \/>\nmy heart was just about to stop\u2026<br \/>\nwhen the old man took it to a small back room\u2026<br \/>\nhe sewed the pieces up with love\u2026<br \/>\ntaken from that spool above\u2026<br \/>\nand took my faith and put it in there too\u2026<\/p>\n<p>cause truth is the thread\u2026<br \/>\nthat sews up these torn ends\u2026<br \/>\nand mends my old heart\u2026<br \/>\nback together again\u2026<\/p>\n<p>it was a little shop\u2026<br \/>\nthe man brought my old heart back out\u2026<br \/>\nand laid it gently down in front of me\u2026<br \/>\ni looked at that big heart of mine\u2026<br \/>\nfull of smiles that gave it shine\u2026<br \/>\nmy teardrops fell to touch it tenderly\u2026<\/p>\n<p>cause truth is the thread\u2026<br \/>\nthat sews up these torn ends\u2026<br \/>\nand mends my old heart\u2026<br \/>\nback together again\u2026<\/p>\n<p>it was a little shop\u2026<br \/>\nthat fixed my heart to love a lot\u2026<br \/>\nand i paid the man with patience and a song\u2026<br \/>\ni wanted to give him something more\u2026<br \/>\nbut he said love was his reward\u2026<br \/>\nthen told me to keep my heart where it belongs\u2026<\/p>\n<p>yes truth is the thread\u2026<br \/>\nthat sewed up those torn ends\u2026<br \/>\nand mended my heart\u2026<br \/>\nback together again\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>(and here\u2019s an old poem too)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>i heard love say the other day\u2026 \u201cthey tried to put me in a word\u2026<br \/>\nbut i can\u2019t fit\u2026 inside of it\u2026 love isn\u2019t me you heard\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201ci take a walk past people\u2019s talk\u2026 around each and every letter\u2026<br \/>\ni\u2019m too alive to stop on by\u2026 but they don\u2019t know any better\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201ci see faces try to take my place\u2026 in the most beautiful of masks\u2026<br \/>\nthey rush to tell about themselves\u2026 when someone stops to ask\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201ci find the kind who in their minds\u2026 think i\u2019m something to know\u2026<br \/>\nthey study me and try to read\u2026 me like some book or so\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201ci\u2019m told they try to have me sold\u2026 under fanciest of names\u2026<br \/>\nbut they don\u2019t see i\u2019ll never be\u2026 packaged in their games\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cthey try to clone so they can own\u2026 something close enough\u2026<br \/>\nto feel like the real deal\u2026 but they can\u2019t make me up\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cthey hunt and pick and try to give\u2026 me out to all their friends\u2026<br \/>\nbut i\u2019m not bought and can\u2019t be caught\u2026 to stay with any of them\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cthey try to bide me with their time\u2026 and watch for me to come\u2026<br \/>\nas though my power lives by hour\u2026 for them to wait for some\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cthey try to measure my depths of treasure\u2026 in things that are not me\u2026<br \/>\nthen get confused and try to use\u2026 the substitutes they see\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cthey scoff me into an \u2018oh well\u2019 loss\u2026 as though i\u2019m just not worth\u2026<br \/>\nthe price to pay of what fills their day\u2026 in the makings on this earth\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cis it walk or wait?\u2026 chance or fate?\u2026 knowledge or a deed?\u2026<br \/>\ncan love bloom or are we doomed?\u2019\u2026 i hear them cry in need\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cthen with their best they try to guess\u2026 just how it is i am\u2026<br \/>\nwell\u2026 i\u2019m the lover who won\u2019t be discovered\u2026 outside the souls of men\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>anyway\u2026<\/p>\n<p>the best of wishes\u2019n\u2019ways\u2019n\u2019todays!\u2026<br \/>\nand the neatest\u2019a love\u2019n\u2019truth\u2019n\u2019stuff to each\u2019n\u2019everyone!\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">12.31.13<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-357\" class=\"post-357 storytitle\">a new year&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 5:57 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>a new year\u2026<\/p>\n<p>time gives birth to a new year\u2026<br \/>\ncelebrations see the babe\u2026<br \/>\nhe looks just like his parents\u2026<br \/>\nand some other years they made\u2026<br \/>\nhis skin lays drenched in seconds\u2026<br \/>\nhis mind sits full of minutes\u2026<br \/>\nhis head resembles hours\u2026<br \/>\nwhile his cry brings daylongings with it\u2026<br \/>\nthey hold this new born in their arms\u2026<br \/>\nand rock him to that beat\u2026<br \/>\nas each tick tock in his breathing\u2026<br \/>\nrolls down his hands and feet\u2026<br \/>\nthey know what they shall name him\u2026<br \/>\nthey call him two thousand fourteen\u2026<br \/>\nand hope his days mark better ways\u2026<br \/>\nfor every human being!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">12.24.13<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-353\" class=\"post-353 storytitle\">a spirit present&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 7:37 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>a spirit present\u2026<\/p>\n<p>there\u2019s a spirit present\u2026 beneath the tree\u2026<br \/>\nfrom centuries lost\u2026 in humanity\u2026<br \/>\nit\u2019s endeared\u2026 with a humble quality\u2026<br \/>\nand reaches out\u2026 to accompany\u2026<\/p>\n<p>there\u2019s a child\u2019s gleam\u2026 beneath the tree\u2026<br \/>\nand a person\u2019s glance\u2026 at eternity\u2026<br \/>\nthere\u2019s a grown-up peek\u2026 on a sight to see\u2026<br \/>\nand an age-old wait\u2026 upon destiny\u2026<\/p>\n<p>there\u2019s a kiss of tears\u2026 beneath the tree\u2026<br \/>\nand laughter that lifts up\u2026 most tenderly\u2026<br \/>\nthere\u2019s a glow to deliver\u2026 so givingly\u2026<br \/>\nand treasures to keep\u2026 in the memory\u2026<\/p>\n<p>there\u2019s life to feel\u2026 beneath the tree\u2026<br \/>\nand souls to share with\u2026 compassionately\u2026<br \/>\nthere\u2019s warmth to spread\u2026 quite readily\u2026<br \/>\nand hearts to hold\u2026 so lovingly\u2026<\/p>\n<p>there\u2019s a spirit present\u2026 beneath the tree\u2026it beckons\u2026 \u201ccome\u2026 and open me!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>the best of wishes\u2019n\u2019ways\u2019n\u2019todays!\u2026<br \/>\nand the neatest of love\u2019n\u2019truth\u2019n\u2019stuff to each\u2019n\u2019everyone!\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>christ shows life\u2026the greatest love known\u2026<\/p>\n<p>no room at the inn\u2026<br \/>\nwhere men had dropped in\u2026<br \/>\nto bed themselves under their covers\u2026<br \/>\nwith visions and walls\u2026<br \/>\nclosed so tight down the hall\u2026<br \/>\nthe night found no doorway for others\u2026<\/p>\n<p>god opens more space\u2026<br \/>\nfor there\u2019s no place to stay\u2026<br \/>\nin man\u2019s crowded ways of his own\u2026<br \/>\na true home on earth\u2026<br \/>\ncame through in christ\u2019s birth\u2026<br \/>\nand gives life the greatest love known!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>an angel on call\u2026<br \/>\nat that small manger stall\u2026<br \/>\nspread forth to shepherds of sheep\u2026<br \/>\ngood tidings of joy\u2026<br \/>\nover news of the boy\u2026<br \/>\nwho was born christ the lord for all keep\u2026<\/p>\n<p>god opens more sound\u2026<br \/>\nfor there\u2019s no mouth around\u2026<br \/>\nin man\u2019s crowded ways of his own\u2026<br \/>\na true word on earth\u2026<br \/>\ncame through in christ\u2019s birth\u2026<br \/>\nand gives life the greatest love known!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>the young child grew\u2026<br \/>\nstrong and wise in his youth\u2026<br \/>\nwith grace from above laid upon him\u2026<br \/>\nand days came to pass\u2026<br \/>\nthat would see him at last\u2026<br \/>\nsave men by god\u2019s hand among them\u2026<\/p>\n<p>god opens more deeds\u2026<br \/>\nfor there\u2019s no path to heed\u2026<br \/>\nin man\u2019s crowded ways of his own\u2026<br \/>\na true work on earth\u2026<br \/>\ncame through in christ\u2019s birth\u2026<br \/>\nand gives life the greatest love known!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">03.30.13<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-346\" class=\"post-346 storytitle\">good morning to the dawn&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 9:21 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>good morning to the dawn!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>somewhere folks grow happy\u2026 somewhere folks run sad\u2026<br \/>\nsomewhere lives a fine line\u2026 dividing traits they have\u2026<br \/>\nsometimes something\u2019s taken\u2026 making room enough to add\u2026<br \/>\nanother blessing springing\u2026 to change the loss they had\u2026<br \/>\na man stands in the doorway\u2026 a light hangs in that hall\u2026<br \/>\nshades upon a window\u2026 raise from halfway drawn\u2026<br \/>\ntime relays a message\u2026 life has come to call\u2026<br \/>\ngood night to fading darkness\u2026 good morning to the dawn!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>somewhere hearts pour open\u2026 somewhere hearts stay closed\u2026<br \/>\nsomewhere lives a fine line\u2026 declaring traits they hold\u2026<br \/>\nsometimes something\u2019s taken\u2026 leading up to heavy woes\u2026<br \/>\nthe nature of most kinfolk\u2026 forget those words they\u2019re told\u2026<br \/>\na man stands in the doorway\u2026 a light hangs in that hall\u2026<br \/>\nshades upon a window\u2026 raise from halfway drawn\u2026<br \/>\ntime relays a message\u2026 life has come to call\u2026<br \/>\ngood night to fading darkness\u2026 good morning to the dawn!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>somewhere love\u2019s root touches\u2026 somewhere truth tunes in\u2026<br \/>\nsomewhere moves a fine line\u2026 to how it all begins\u2026<br \/>\nsometimes something\u2019s taken\u2026 as god almighty gives\u2026<br \/>\nhis son\u2019s renewed creation\u2026 and path for souls to live\u2026<br \/>\na man stands in the doorway\u2026 a light hangs in that hall\u2026<br \/>\nshades upon a window\u2026 raise from halfway drawn\u2026<br \/>\ntime relays a message\u2026 life has come to call\u2026<br \/>\ngood night to fading darkness\u2026 good morning to the dawn!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>the best of wishes\u2019n\u2019ways\u2019n\u2019todays!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>and the neatest of love\u2019n\u2019truth\u2019n\u2019stuff to each\u2019n\u2019all!\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">12.25.12<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-333\" class=\"post-333 storytitle\">happy holidays in small-scale blue spruce!&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 1:12 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>(i saw a little layout \u2019round some bluer spruce this year\u2026<br \/>\nit runs along that track of songs behind the engineer\u2026<br \/>\nand underneath an evergreen where branches fasten near\u2026<br \/>\nto form their path to tree trunk rings with music for the ear!)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>there\u2019s a tiny village living in that mini yuletide yard\u2026<br \/>\nit\u2019s full of local townfolk busy being how they are\u2026<br \/>\nfrom ground crew kids who never did adventure quite so far\u2026<br \/>\nto distant kin back home again in broader vintage cars!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>on rails nailed over roads a locomotive churns\u2026<br \/>\nengine steam in dream-like state leans into oval turns\u2026<br \/>\nholding onto lantern light as midnight oil burns\u2026<br \/>\ncandle wicks flick coiled flames and brighten foil ferns!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>ornamental tinsel drapes all mantel lamppost plates\u2026<br \/>\nwhile other fringes slumber inside lumber sawed too late\u2026<br \/>\nyet opening quick once forest fir reflects a hinging gate\u2026<br \/>\nto draw tall air space off that shelf which helps to decorate!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>beyond a snow-coned silo spreads the farmer\u2019s meadow ark\u2026<br \/>\nwhere orchard legs on two-fold hooves adhere to glow-in-dark\u2026<br \/>\nand glitter tips flood pine bark wings with scarfs that miss their mark\u2026<br \/>\nbegging first impressions left from footprints in the park!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>a smaller scaled trestle bridge ties gantry\u2019s hectic span\u2026<br \/>\nbringing time together in that mid-stream clock-wise clan\u2026<br \/>\nhence hands on season\u2019s spirit shake to reason bigger plans\u2026<br \/>\nadding up more figurines for cookie cutter pans!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>twilight by a window pane gives quiet touch a shine\u2026<br \/>\nsoftening mankind\u2019s silhouette on truer \u2019twill\u2019s of thine\u2026<br \/>\nthen when that choo-choo train pulls out to travel forth so fine\u2026<br \/>\npassengers embrace onboard and pass warmth down the line!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(i saw a little layout \u2019round some bluer spruce this year\u2026<br \/>\nit runs along that track of songs behind the engineer\u2026<br \/>\nand underneath an evergreen where branches fasten near\u2026<br \/>\nto form their path to tree trunk rings with music for the ear!)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>the best of wishes\u2019n\u2019ways\u2019n\u2019todays to each\u2019n\u2019all!\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>santa\u2019s back pages\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(inspired by and borrowing from bob dylan\u2019s neat song \u201cmy back pages\u201d)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>crimson gifts tied up with green\u2026<br \/>\nrolled in high and mighty wraps\u2026<br \/>\nbounced in sleigh off snowy roads\u2026<br \/>\nusing reindeer as his maps\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cthey\u2019re fallin\u2019 off my sled\u201d\u2026 said he\u2026<br \/>\nproud \u2018neath hairy brow\u2026<br \/>\nah\u2026 but toys were so much smaller then\u2026<br \/>\nthey\u2019re bigger than that now\u2026<\/p>\n<p>half-wrapped bicycles leaped forth\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cstay in the sleigh!\u201d\u2026 he screamed\u2026<br \/>\nlists from kids are way too big\u2026<br \/>\nran through his mind\u2026 he dreamed\u2026<br \/>\nthe simple gifts of christmas past\u2026<br \/>\nhad filled his bag somehow\u2026<br \/>\nah\u2026 but toys were so much smaller then\u2026<br \/>\nthey\u2019re bigger than that now\u2026<\/p>\n<p>kid\u2019s faces form his forward path\u2026<br \/>\nfrom wanting everything\u2026<br \/>\nto memorizing jingle lines\u2026<br \/>\ntv commercials bring\u2026<br \/>\nflung down by corporate kid\u2019s store men\u2026<br \/>\nwith thoughts of sell\u2026 somehow\u2026<br \/>\nah\u2026 but toys were so much smaller then\u2026<br \/>\nthey\u2019re bigger than that now\u2026<\/p>\n<p>a self-ordained woodworker\u2019s tongue\u2026<br \/>\nwhose old trains used to rule\u2026<br \/>\nspouted out that battery packs\u2026<br \/>\nare more to boast at school\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cremote control\u201d\u2026 he spoke the words\u2026<br \/>\nof a far too easy vow\u2026<br \/>\nah\u2026 but toys were so much smaller then\u2026<br \/>\nthey\u2019re bigger than that now\u2026<\/p>\n<p>in a santa\u2019s stance\u2026 he aimed his hand\u2026<br \/>\nat the pay-offs parents reach\u2026<br \/>\nfearing guilt-filled northpole enemies\u2026<br \/>\nshould he ever give his speech\u2026<br \/>\nhis pathway led by children\u2019s hearts\u2026<br \/>\ntoo young to blame anyhow\u2026<br \/>\nah\u2026 but toys were so much smaller then\u2026<br \/>\nthey\u2019re bigger than that now\u2026<\/p>\n<p>yes\u2026 his beard felt tears when yuletide thoughts\u2026<br \/>\ntoo humble to forget\u2026<br \/>\ndeceived him into wishing\u2026<br \/>\nhe could somehow resurrect\u2026<br \/>\nthe simple things of christmas past\u2026<br \/>\nquite good\u2026 they were\u2026 and how!\u2026<br \/>\nah\u2026 but toys were so much smaller then\u2026<br \/>\nthey\u2019re bigger than that now\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>the neatest of love\u2019n\u2019truth\u2019n\u2019stuff to each\u2019n\u2019everyone!\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">09.15.12<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"post-309\" class=\"post-309 storytitle\">bob dylan\u2019s neat new \u201ctempest\u201d album songs on \u201ctogether through life\u201d kvmr radio show tonight!\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 10:57 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>enjoyin\u2019 bob\u2019s neat new \u201ctempest\u201d album tunes!\u2026 pourin\u2019 out tonight from kvmr\u2019s \u201ctogether through life\u201d radio show hosted by david howard\u2026 (replacing mr barco\u2019s \u201cjewels &amp; binoculars\u201d show)\u2026 ( <a title=\"http:\/\/kvmr.org\" href=\"http:\/\/kvmr.org\">http:\/\/kvmr.org<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>these neat \u201ctempest\u201d tunes converge on ya like an inner pivoting pillar spilling forth continuous currents that keep motion streaming through spritzes and flows!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>and the feel of those neat sprinkles\u2019n\u2019soakings\u2019n\u2019submerges as they touch ya just urges ya to take \u2018em in over\u2019n\u2019over again!\u2026 how they do what they do!\u2026 wow!\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">05.12.12<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-302\" class=\"post-302 storytitle\">from \u201cstreet legal\u201d to \u201cjewels and binoculars\u201d to ?\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 9:29 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>tonight brings to mind again a letter\u2019s regard from the end\u2019a march\u2026<\/p>\n<p>dear mr barco\u2026<\/p>\n<p>thank ya so much for bob\u2019s neat tunes\u2019n\u2019stuff\u2026<br \/>\nthat \u201cjewels &amp; binoculars\u201d shared on the air!\u2026<br \/>\nyour roadway past danny &amp; julie\u2019s \u201cstreet legal\u201d\u2026<br \/>\nbrought more vibes for souls riding there!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>years of ears tunin\u2019 in for the show to begin\u2026<br \/>\nlots\u2019a musicules rollin\u2019 those waves!\u2026<br \/>\nheartwarming clusters of bob\u2019s unique songs\u2026<br \/>\nfrom the devotion your keen hosting gave!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>you\u2019re gonna be missed and so surely with this\u2026<br \/>\nand far more than ya might even know\u2026<br \/>\nthese hours of delight on a saturday night!\u2026<br \/>\nthanks to bob\u2019s neat stuff and your show!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(loads\u2019a neat modes\u2019n\u2019moments!)\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>( <a title=\"http:\/\/www.kvmr.org\/show\/jewels-binoculars\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kvmr.org\/show\/jewels-binoculars\">http:\/\/www.kvmr.org\/show\/jewels-binoculars<\/a> )\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">03.19.12<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-298\" class=\"post-298 storytitle\">among some citizen voices verses\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 7:43 am by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>there\u2019s more stuff among some citizen voices verses\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong> http:\/\/citizenvoices.us\/some-citizen-voices-verses <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">02.27.12<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-295\" class=\"post-295 storytitle\">citizenvoices.us website\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 12:43 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>just wanna mention the citizenvoices.us website\u2026 it was re-done last fall (2011)\u2026 and especially for the occupy wall street movement\u2019n\u2019all!\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong> http:\/\/citizenvoices.us <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">07.03.11<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-249\" class=\"post-249 storytitle\">(narrow-minded actions from online status quo mindsets ?\u2026 or what ?)\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 11:17 am by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>(2\/27\/12 belated update\u2026 thank you truthdig webmaster!\u2026 haven\u2019t had any problems posting since last summer)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(7\/17\/11 update for 7\/12\/11\u2026 opened the following email from truthdig today\u2026 delivered to my mailbox on july 12\u2026 am grateful for truthdig\u2019s reply\u2026 and will write back to them)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi sallysense,<\/p>\n<p>I am sorry to hear this\u2013is there any way you could let me know which article you were commenting on, and the content of your comment? I will be happy to check out the problem and get it resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>Truthdig Webmaster\u201d<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>[7\/7\/11 update\u2026 am unable to post a comment on another truthdig article this morning\u2026 being again redirected to \u201csorry\u2026 page not found\u201d etc]\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>[7\/5\/11 update\u2026 was able to comment on the latest chris hedges\u2019 article on the truthdig site last night]\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>(the following was written last mon 6\/27 after reading chris hedges\u2019 article on truthdig.com that day\u2026 and it was specifically written as a thoughtful comment to that particular \u201cgone with the papers\u201d article of his\u2026 was unable to post it in the same manner as had posted the previous week\u2019s specifically written comments to his particular article back then)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201chear ye! hear ye!\u201d the town crier shouted!\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cstraight from the horse\u2019s mouth!\u201d\u2026<br \/>\nears came to listen to accurate accounts missing\u2026<br \/>\nfor the north and east\u2026 and the west and south!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201csome news travels fast beyond raw happenstance\u2026<br \/>\nonto propaganda\u2019s fine rationalizing!\u2026<br \/>\nthey\u2019ll blend true bits and pieces into selective ideas\u2026<br \/>\ndiluting real substance from newsworthy items!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201ccomplete coverage ignores many worthwhile stories\u2026<br \/>\nexpanding detours to fill vacant gaps\u2026<br \/>\nas the currents of mainstream still flow at their own rate\u2026<br \/>\ngiving bankroll terrain extra laps!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cthey\u2019ll leave you believing it\u2019s pure info you\u2019re reading\u2026<br \/>\nthough they actually mutate certain facts!\u2026<br \/>\nthey report situations through more inclinations\u2026<br \/>\nas that news outlet\u2019s slant gets attached!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201chear ye! hear ye!\u201d the town crier shouted!\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cbefore they put words in my mouth!\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cdon\u2019t rely on those views for so much of the news\u2026<br \/>\nfrom the north and east\u2026 and the west and south!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>(on a further note\u2026 had tried again to post the above on the truthdig site on the next couple of days\u2026 but both the preview and post buttons there just kept redirecting me to \u201csorry\u2026 page not found\u201d etc\u2026 anyway\u2026 had contacted them about this\u2026 though no reply back yet)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(then tried to post the comment again\u2026 as an unregistered commenter\u2026 through my sally kline name\u2026 and also adding the following (( \u2026 )) \u2026 but the same \u201csorry\u2026 page not found\u201d etc still came up)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>((the following was just written yesterday after reading chris hedges\u2019 article here\u2026 and it was specifically written as a thoughtful comment to the above particular article of his\u2026 was unable to post it in the same manner as had posted last week\u2019s specifically written comments to his particular article back then))\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>these below were the specifically written comments for the 6\/20 \u201cthis hero didn\u2019t stand a chance\u201d article\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>what happened to good old fair-and-square?\u2026<br \/>\nwho drove him outta town?\u2026<br \/>\nwas his home too close to that neighborhood?\u2026<br \/>\nwhere those big shots stake their ground!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>what did they hold against him?\u2026<br \/>\nwhen they built that slippery wall?\u2026<br \/>\ndid he poke his nose into their affairs?\u2026<br \/>\nor interfere with business calls?!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>was fair-and-square a nuisance?\u2026<br \/>\nwho disturbed their bonus treasure?\u2026<br \/>\nhad he trespassed over properties?\u2026<br \/>\nor resorted to bogus measures?!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>had he crashed too many parties?\u2026<br \/>\nlike an uninvited guest?\u2026<br \/>\nor spoke the truth so harshly?\u2026<br \/>\nit soon dumbed down greediness?!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>was fair-and-square such a stranger there?\u2026<br \/>\nhe couldn\u2019t possibly fit in?\u2026<br \/>\ndid he make life feel too awkward?\u2026<br \/>\nfor them to spend some time with him?!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>did he lessen market value?\u2026<br \/>\non excessive selfish whims?\u2026<br \/>\nwere they in fear of losing out?\u2026<br \/>\nor afraid of decent things?!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>what happened to good old fair-and-square?\u2026<br \/>\nwho drove him outta town?\u2026<br \/>\nwas his home too close to that neighborhood?\u2026<br \/>\nwhere those big shots stake their ground!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>(this next one posted after political brand name comments under the \u201chero\u201d article)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>placing well-defined brand names on people\u2026<br \/>\nto use as the main way for everyone to view them\u2026<br \/>\nis all the rage in relating to others in this day and age\u2026<br \/>\nas so few see how that method relies on so much illusion!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>and on another earlier note\u2026<\/p>\n<p>was banned from commenting at the democraticunderground.com site several months ago\u2026 after posting some things there that contained the truth about some situations\u2026 which also happened to shed some unflattering light on the current president and status of things\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>(have never myself flagged comments on any sites\u2026 nor ever asked for anyone to be banned)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(and am not sharing this for my own sake\u2026 but for the sake of others\u2026 just so they\u2019re made aware of things like this)\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">03.12.11<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-243\" class=\"post-243 storytitle\">another letter sent to the president (and other officials) today on behalf of pfc bradley manning\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 8:41 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>Mr. President,<\/p>\n<p>Please properly investigate the possible\/probable inhumane treatment of PFC Bradley E. Manning, being detained in the United States Marine Corps Quantico Brig in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Common sense tells the conscience that possible\/probable inhumane treatment must be fully investigated.<\/p>\n<p>Facts of the case, as reported by David Coombs, PFC Manning\u2019s defense lawyer, indicate that:<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell has stated that PFC Manning has been a model detainee.<\/p>\n<p>Brig forensic psychiatrists have continually stated that there\u2019s no mental health justifications for the extreme conditions of PFC Manning\u2019s detainment.<\/p>\n<p>Quantico Commander Colonel Daniel Choike has denied a fair request by PFC Manning to be removed from the medically unnecessary extreme current conditions of his detainment.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Warrant Officer Denise Barnes used a sarcastic remark made by PFC Manning, (referring to the waistband in his shorts), as an unfair convenient excuse to unjustifiably further increase the extreme conditions of PFC Manning\u2019s detainment, with no contact of, nor recommendations from, the mental health staff to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The Brig (excluding mental health staff as they don\u2019t recommend the extreme current conditions) is using loopholes in policies to unfairly increase the extreme conditions of PFC Manning\u2019s detainment.<\/p>\n<p>These extreme conditions, inconsistencies between policies, and possible\/probable abuse of authority, must be investigated.<\/p>\n<p>The communication and exercise and sleep of PFC Manning is being severely restricted to the viable concern of inhumaneness.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, to now rely on the sole assurance of those allegedly behind this alleged mistreatment, does nothing to justly bring the truth to light.<\/p>\n<p>Our country\u2019s principles of conscientiousness, deserve to have a serious matter such as this be fully investigated by unbiased independent third parties.<\/p>\n<p>Again, please properly investigate the possible\/probable inhumane treatment of PFC Bradley Manning.<\/p>\n<p>Anything less falls short of truth and justness, and hence the American way, as your words so often convey.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Sally Kline<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">03.05.11<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-218\" class=\"post-218 storytitle\">a letter sent to officials and the president on behalf of pfc bradley manning\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 1:31 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>(a letter sent to officials and the president yesterday\u2026 and more sent today\u2026\u00a0 had posted this elsewhere\u2026 and would like to share it here too)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dear Sir,<\/p>\n<p>My duty as an American citizen, who cares deeply about our country and people, is to speak up for the sake of our country and its principles, which are for truth and justness and human decency.<\/p>\n<p>My conscience is speaking on behalf of Private 1st Class Bradley E. Manning, a soldier being held in inhumane conditions in the United States Marine Corps Quantico Brig in Virgina.\u00a0 The reports of the conditions of his confinement are un-American.\u00a0 They resemble the conditions found in repressed countries using inhumane treatment, those same conditions that United States leaders are quick to call horrible and deplorable.<\/p>\n<p>Our country needs the truth for its own betterment.\u00a0 Intelligence agencies which also consist of Wall Street lawyers and corporate heads, and whose influences steer towards manipulating the playing field to where their own best interests come first, have already wreaked havoc upon the state of our country.<\/p>\n<p>We suffer the loss of our soldiers\u2019 lives and health in wars where their enemies are the same fighters that our intelligence agency encouraged and funded years ago, being formed overseas to fight another country in an earlier era.<\/p>\n<p>Just as Church and State do not mix well, neither does the Military and Wall Street Corporatism.\u00a0 And no matter how hard a higher echelon of ties, tries to hide those enmeshments, it still shows.\u00a0 We don\u2019t have to look far to see the effects it has had.<\/p>\n<p>Our country\u2019s lifetime has gotten to the point where its health now needs the truth for its future well-being.\u00a0 Nothing else will be able to continue to replace that.\u00a0 See the facts for yourself.\u00a0 There are those of high level status who remain in denial, believing that they can ultimately manipulate situations into some sort of silver lining, while failing to realize that their own denial does our country no good.<\/p>\n<p>Our country needs its people\u2019s conscientiousness.\u00a0 It needs its people exposing the truth.\u00a0 Our country does not deserve to become known as the quick cover-up capital of the world.\u00a0 Nor does it deserve to be influenced into being another inhumane treatment facilitator either.\u00a0 For those ways and means to become a policy of our country\u2019s officials, just shows the weakness of conscience, which falls by following the methods of repressed lesser countries, rather than leading the way through the strength of truth and fairness.<\/p>\n<p>No human deserves inhumane treatment.\u00a0 And no one in our country who exposes the truth deserves inhumane treatment.\u00a0 And our military does not deserve inhumane treatment amongst one another.<\/p>\n<p>Truth is not our country\u2019s enemy.\u00a0 Falsehoods may consider the truth to be an enemy, but our country and its principles don\u2019t.\u00a0 Our country\u2019s principles need the truth.\u00a0 For without the truth, our country\u2019s principles will cease to be.<\/p>\n<p>All around the world there are humans being persecuted for exposing the truth.\u00a0 When there is a\u00a0 human in the Quantico Brig in Virginia being persecuted for exposing the truth, it just shows how well lies have taken hold.\u00a0 And our country and military and citizens don\u2019t deserve that.<\/p>\n<p>You Sir, are in a position to intervene and stop the unfair and inhumane treatment of Pvt. Manning, and righten that unconstitutional dire situation.\u00a0 You Sir, are in a position to show our country, and the rest of world, that the United States Military is not like the military of repressed lesser countries.<\/p>\n<p>You Sir, are in a position to let our country and the world see, that you are on the side of truth and decency.<\/p>\n<p>Please intervene to stop the unfair and inhumane treatment of Private 1st Class Bradley E. Manning.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Sally Kline<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">09.17.10<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-191\" class=\"post-191 storytitle\">s\u2019more other recent stuff\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 7:41 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>(gee)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\nO<\/p>\n<p>\u201cso why don\u2019t they end this war?!\u2026 and save more lives and resources!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\\\\\\<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201cbecause they\u2019re too afraid to face the truth of what\u2019s going on\u2026 and individually take the blame\u2026 and collectively blame the take\u2026 and ultimately admit that they wasted away so many humans and resources for the sake of it all!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\nO<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwow!\u2026 that\u2019d be enough to put even more citizens in bigger uproars to start real changes!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\\\\\\<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201cyes indeed\u2026 dismantle the norm in washington for better ways instead!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\nO<\/p>\n<p>\u201cgee\u2026 and that\u2019s enough to put the government in big uproars over anyone who exposes the truth!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\\\\\\<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201ci just donated to the legal defense fund for bradley manning\u2026 our country\u2019s citizens need to know the truth!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>(hmmm)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\nO<\/p>\n<p>\u201cthey say it\u2019s okay to use violence as long as there\u2019s a good enough reason behind it!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\\\\\\<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201cand sadder still\u2026 that\u2019s the same excuse the first violent offenders used too!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>(gee)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>,,,,,<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201csay dad\u2026 since they took my neighborhood paper route away\u2026 i can get a job mowing grass across town!\u2026 i can use their push mower\u2026 but they said that someone will hafta bring me there\u2026 so could you please take me?\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\nO<\/p>\n<p>\u201csorry son\u2026 but after i make the big monthly payment on my super-duper tractor\/mower\/snowblower\u2026 and then fill the over-sized tank on it\u2026 i won\u2019t have the money for extra gas to run you across town\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>(hmmm)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>,,,,,<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201csay dad\u2026 why would one congregation\u2019s preacher wanna burn stuff that belongs to another preacher\u2019s congregation?\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\\\\\\<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201csadly enough son\u2026 his idea is just one of many that comes from some kinds\u2019a folks who don\u2019t know any better\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>,,,,,<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201cso what doesn\u2019t he know dad?\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\\\\\\<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwell son\u2026 not only does that behavior show it doesn\u2019t know much love and truth and wisdom\u2026 it also shows that it doesn\u2019t even know the difference between individuals and groups\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>(hmmm)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\nO<\/p>\n<p>\u201ci\u2019m gonna vote for our incumbent congressman!\u2026 his ads on tv say how he voted against that federal bailout every time!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\\\\\\<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201cgee\u2026 did ya see how he voted in congress when the latest war funding bill came up?\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\nO<\/p>\n<p>\u201cno i didn\u2019t\u2026 i\u2019ve been too busy signing anti-war petitions online for all the elected officials to see!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\\\\\\<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwell i\u2019m not voting for that incumbent congressman\u2026 he voted \u2018yes\u2019 on that bill for more war funding!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>(gee)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>,.,.,<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\nO<\/p>\n<p>\u201chey!\u2026 guess what!\u2026 some older kids are gonna pay me and all i hafta do is tell a story to their friends and pretend that i own some things and sell \u2018em\u2026 so do ya wanna come along?!\u2026 we\u2019ll be like big shots!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>,,,,,<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\no<\/p>\n<p>\u201cno thanks\u2026 i\u2019m busy here in the garage\u2026 i\u2019m training to be the same kinda worker that my dad is!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>,.,.,<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\nO<\/p>\n<p>\u201cgee\u2026 what kinda worker is he?\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>,,,,,<br \/>\n00<br \/>\no<br \/>\nu<\/p>\n<p>\u201can honest one!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>the best of wishes\u2019n\u2019ways\u2019n\u2019todays to each\u2019n\u2019everyone!\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">05.05.10<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-154\" class=\"post-154 storytitle\">a recent letter reply of a different kind\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 10:44 am by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>(among the correspondence that comes this way\u2026 most of it\u2019s very positive\u2026 and am so grateful for it all!\u2026 although the following reply is in regards to something a bit different\u2026 and it\u2019s not about feedback of otherwise either\u2026 as can easily understand how that goes\u2026 but this comes from being all too familiar with the basic ways and means of one of the mindsets behind a certain website scene\u2026 and so just wanna share another side of my replies here too\u2026 as it also reflects the nature of my poems\u2026 and in more ways than one in this case\u2026 which happens to include the poem \u201c <em>head strong\u2026 dead wronged\u2026<\/em> \u201d )<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHiya JR!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your reply.\u00a0 And no, I didn\u2019t mind you using your employer\u2019s professional letterhead envelope and paper.\u00a0 Although I hope it wasn\u2019t used to try to impress me in some way, (since professional use of business letterhead beyond its own company does make a recipient wonder), as that didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<p>Are you inferring that CS2 only accepts an oblique type of particular poetry?\u00a0 Or are you obliquely referring to your own personal opinion?\u00a0 Whatever the case may be, it\u2019s sad to hear, for while an oblique type of particular poetry doesn\u2019t consider other versions of valid verse, it also includes in general the overwhelming tons of mainstream mediocrity these days too.<\/p>\n<p>Well, with the prevailing trends in mind, like a herd stampeding towards a certain pasture, let\u2019s hope for a brighter overall outlook through more awareness for mainstream\u2019s already overrun playground, and not give up the quest for further expansions of insight and openmindedness via other horizons of poetry!<\/p>\n<p>For me to change my poems to fit your own preferences of poetry, would be to deplete them of the very truthful essence they were written with for their delivery to share.\u00a0 And that basis is far too important to be traded away in order to fit the gist of someone else\u2019s opinion. And especially in this day and age, where illusion feeds so many opinions while truth so often sits alone.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I felt that the record did indeed need to be set straight, and hence this letter of reply, and hopefully some added enlightenment also.<\/p>\n<p>The best of wishes and ways and todays to you and yours!<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>SK (sallysense) \u2026 :)\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">04.17.10<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-54\" class=\"post-54 storytitle\">books for va hospitals and veterans too\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 1:22 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>am also sending books to va hospitals and vets\u2026 if you know of any va hospitals or veterans that might like a complimentary copy of the book <em>in a sallysense\u2026<\/em> please let me know!\u2026 sallysense\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">03.30.10<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-48\" class=\"post-48 storytitle\">nowadays basic schooling shouldn\u2019t keep fooling itself without teaching students about illusion\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 6:42 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>one of\u00a0my interests is\/was this idea submitted (in sept \u201908) for consideration in google\u2019s 10 to 100 project\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cnowadays basic schooling shouldn\u2019t keep fooling itself without teaching students about illusion\u201d.. <em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(in short)\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cone of my interests is\/was an idea for google 10-100 sept \u201908\u2026 it\u2019s adding a helpful school education class for students\u2026<\/p>\n<p>for while schools teach kids knowledge to store in their minds and use\u2026 too many students don\u2019t know how standard human perception uses illusion in its natural thought processes\u2026<\/p>\n<p>so it\u2019s important for all children\u2019s well-being and future that they become aware of how illusion can distort and transform something from being seen \u201cas it actually is\u201d\u2026 into something altogether different when thoughts already in the mind create their own pictures and use them as substitutes\u2026<\/p>\n<p>hence as new insightful consideration shows students how illusion works\u2026 those mental pictures that resurface as ignorant racial bias or fanatical religious intolerance or stupified street gang mentality etc are less apt to make an impact\u2026<\/p>\n<p>as this new course gives them awareness of alternatives\u2026 and hence a benefit for all children to learn through simple child-geared terms\u2026 :)\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>(longer original version)\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201chiya folks!\u2026 my idea is to add a much needed course to the regular curriculum education classes for elementary and\/or secondary school students\u2026<\/p>\n<p>for while these schools teach kids all kindsa knowledge and formulas to store in their minds and use at times\u2026 too many students are left in the dark as far as understanding how everyone\u2019s standard human perception including that of their very own uses so much illusion in its natural thinking-patterned thought processes\u2026<\/p>\n<p>and in a world where people are strangers to each other as much as they are strangers to their own selves\u2026 (as most folks aren\u2019t even sure of what illusion really is other than theatrical or optical illusion)\u2026 it\u2019s important for the sake of the well-being of our world\u2019s children and their futures\u2026 that through the use of simple terms and means being shown to them in school\u2026 they\u2019ll become familiar with the ways illusion can distort and separate and transform something from being seen \u201cas it actually is\u201d\u2026 into being something else altogether different when thoughts that are already in the mind create their own pictures and use them as substitutes\u2026<\/p>\n<p>and when insightful consideration gets a chance to show students how illusion works\u2026 those other mental pictures that resurface as ignorant racial bias or fanatical religious intolerance or stupified street gang mentality or whatever etc are less apt to make greater impacts\u2026 as this newer school course will give them the awareness of other alternatives too\u2026<\/p>\n<p>so it really is an important benefit for all children and everyone to have the opportunity of learning these things as part of their normal schooling\u2026 which can be accomplished through simple child-geared layman\u2019s terms and means after teachers themselves are refreshed in this subject matter before teaching it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>this (overall idea) helps address some\u2019a the problems people have from not knowing any better and ending up being hoodwinked into starting or participating in potentially harmful situations\u2026 because on the very simplest basic level of learning they haven\u2019t had any classroom chances to realize how standard human perception can easily end up with various illusion-based ideas\u2026<\/p>\n<p>and when there\u2019s unawareness it can easily mislead those mindsets into different unfair social and racial prejudices and biases etc\u2026 and that can eventually build up and act outwardly into further dangerous and destructive scenarios\u2026 leaving people suffering from the effects of not knowing any better\u2026<\/p>\n<p>and with the world becoming more\u2019n\u2019more crowded\u2026 and with all kindsa mindsets behind trigger fingers and control buttons these days\u2026 this overall awareness for children\u2019s minds to consider and realize how illusion is behind so many ideas\u2026 is urgently needed now more than ever!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>if this idea becomes a reality then children and their futures will benefit the most\u2026 as well as others benefitting too\u2026 and they will become more aware of how standard human perception includes illusion in its processes\u2026 and how that illusion may or may not play out in this world we all live in\u2026 and the awareness of that will spread\u2026<\/p>\n<p>and hopefully young and future generations will become more aware of how theirs and others\u2019 perceptions use illusion\u2026 and how that illusion ends up behind so many ideas\u2026 and then with that added realization they\u2019ll gain a further advantage of being more prone to use additional consideration as they live with themselves and each other in our world here!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(and there\u2019s a preliminary sketch here ready to be made into a poster to hang in school hallways for students to see too)\u2026 thank you!\u201d\u2026 (sallysense)\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h1 class=\"storydate\">03.22.10<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"post-9\" class=\"post-9 storytitle\">part of a letter for \u201cin a sallysense\u2026\u201d book send-outs\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 11:41 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>(this is part of a letter that\u2019s goin\u2019 along with complimentary copies of my book <em>in a sallysense\u2026<\/em> and it\u2019s got some\u2019a the poems\u2019 backgrounds in it)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis letter comes to you from the hand of a new poem-book poet, who not only cares about the well-being of people everywhere, but also simply wants to freely share her verses with others, whether at home or in libraries.<\/p>\n<p>May I say firstly, that my poems weren\u2019t written, nor was this book printed, to make money, and this is not a solicitation for any funds, as you can also find these poems shared freely at my online website <a href=\"http:\/\/dudamobile.sallysense.com\/site\/5b3bf9da7fd74b8ee9766d288533dd4b\/home?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsallysense.com\">http:\/\/sallysense.com<\/a> .\u00a0 (Even royalties from this book, as they occur, are going to charity.)\u00a0 Hopefully, my book will raise awareness, help the disadvantaged, and inspire positive social action.<\/p>\n<p>I am sending complimentary copies of the book to various places, with the hope that the book will be helpful or touch the heart of its readers.\u00a0 Hence with this letter, you\u2019ll find enclosed two complimentary copies of the book <em>in a sallysense\u2026<\/em> for you and your organization and others too.\u00a0 I hope you will accept these book donations and help them find their rightful place upon your shelves.<\/p>\n<p>This paperback book, <em>in a sallysense\u2026<\/em> ,\u00a0came about\u00a0in an interesting way.\u00a0And later, on another page enclosure,\u00a0you\u2019ll also find\u00a0the poem \u201c <em>in a sallysense\u2026 note of thanks\u2026<\/em> \u201d that I wrote for the overseas teacher, stedawa, who happened upon my website, and whose kindness and book knowledge has turned my crude homemade binder-book into a fine paperback book in print.<\/p>\n<p>As for the verses themselves,\u00a0amid\u00a0all the\u00a0different experiences throughout our lifetimes, whether currently or long ago, so many moments\u00a0pass by\u00a0partially unnoticed. \u00a0And so much gets tucked away, only to end up under a latched lid on yesteryear\u2019s treasure trunk stored in some corner crevice of our minds. \u00a0Among these mementos sit the ones that won\u2019t stay quiet, no matter how recently or far back their storage bin has sat with its hinges closed. And it\u2019s these instances that\u00a0fill the roots which feed a lot of my writing, through caring about fairness and well-being in human life here and now, while also opening some mindful treasure trunks for those mementos to add their own notations to the present too.<\/p>\n<p>The varied themes in my poems stem from first or second-hand experiences in one way or another, whether in solitude or among similar bonds through others. The book\u2019s generic chapter headings reflect such befitting commonalities, regardless of any further specifics that may follow.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the poem <em>\u201coutside a local venue\u2026\u201d<\/em> grew\u00a0from some timeless bonding with a homeless lady I had met, while the poem <em>\u201cthat field\u2026\u201d<\/em> was harvested\u00a0during an afternoon\u2019s stroll through a farmland\u2019s local countryside.<\/p>\n<p>The time-lapse scenery of mother nature observing her environmental children struggling so hard to survive these days flows through the poem <em>\u201cfather\u2019s river\u2026\u201d.<\/em> And <em>\u201ca soldier\u2019s voice box reports\u2026\u201d<\/em> is led by service men and women, brave enough to stand up for fair and square when too many calls to duty are based upon falsehoods.\u00a0\u00a0A whispered plea\u00a0from\u00a0the young and deceased, brings <em>\u201ca soldier\u2019s last breath\u2026\u201d<\/em> for those who are killed by war.<\/p>\n<p>The poem <em>\u201ca hobo\u2026\u201d<\/em> describes a simple mealtime shared with me on one of several cross-country treks many years back.\u00a0 And <em>\u201cthe peddler\u2026\u201d<\/em> personifies those wandering travels of someone I\u2019ve known.<\/p>\n<p>Another poem, <em>\u201cstep-brother\u2026\u201d ,<\/em> gave recycled paper another job to do\u2026 the same\u00a0summer I fixed my old porch step, rather than buy a new one.\u00a0 The poem <em>\u201cpassage writes\u2026\u201d<\/em> spans enlightenment\u2019s ancestry with royalty.<\/p>\n<p>These examples\u00a0show just a few of the backgrounds that surround my poems\u2019 foundations.<\/p>\n<p>The book is also home to\u00a0some\u00a0of my songs.\u00a0 The poem <em>\u201csigns\u2019a the times\u2026\u201d<\/em> is a song which keeps a\u00a0few of mankind\u2019s lined-up consequences in mind, while <em>\u201cheaven on earth\u2026\u201d<\/em> holds notes\u00a0of man\u2019s hope in it and was\u00a0written for an outdoor\u00a0church service. \u00a0Several other poems were originally simple songs for a young children\u2019s church choir. \u00a0The <em>\u201cgrandpa\u2026\u201d<\/em> poem was a\u00a0ballad for my grandfather that I sang to him at his funeral.<\/p>\n<p>These are just several of the general themes throughout the book.\u00a0 When you open\u00a0its different chapters, you\u2019ll see many more.<\/p>\n<p>My hope is to simply share my book with others.\u00a0 For it is as its dedication says, \u201cfor all human beings on this earthball we call home\u2026 these poems are shared with the hope\u2026 that somehow or somewhere\u2026 they\u2019ll be helpful to folks!\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much for taking a few moments of your busy day to look over my letter and enclosures. \u00a0I hope you will value the books and will consider carefully their new home(s).\u00a0 I am sending them off like a caring mother watching her grown children make new homes for themselves elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>(this letter is goin\u2019 to schools and libraries\u2026 and it almost felt like some kinda high school homework project while writing it\u2026 and am so glad for the helpful input!)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>if you know of any schools or libraries for\u00a0disadvantaged students\u2026\u00a0that might like complimentary copies of my book <em>in a<\/em> <em>sallysense\u2026<\/em> please let me know!\u2026\u00a0 sallysense\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"feedback\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h2 id=\"post-1\" class=\"post-1 storytitle\">hiya folks!\u2026 and welcome!\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/h2>\n<p class=\"meta\">Posted at 5:12 pm by sallysense<\/p>\n<p>hiya folks!\u2026 and welcome!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>feel free to mosey around\u00a0the backyard blog here\u2026<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/sallysense.com\/blog<\/p>\n<p>or\u00a0go inside the e-house online home for my poems\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a 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