Imagine

Today in Iceland, Yoko Ono will relight the Imagine Peace Tower in memory of her late husband John Lennon.

First unveiled on October 9, 2007 by Yoko Ono, the Imagine Peace Tower is a powerful beacon of light representing people’s wishes for peace, set to shine every year between October 9, John Lennon’s birthday, and December 8, the anniversary of his death.

Yoko Ono told NYPost.com: “I wanted the tower to stay forever, but 24 hours a day, 365 days a year is heavy maintenance and electricity. With 24-hour daylight in summer, keeping it visible becomes an expensive undertaking, which scared the administration. So for now, it starts from John’s birthday until his death – Oct. 9 to Dec. 8. Creating it wasn’t that expensive. The government helped since this becomes a tourist attraction. I realized that, with contrasting the two symbolic dates, it gives an understanding of the shortness of life, and eternity of the spirit. It reminds one how brief life can be and is significant even for those not into John Lennon’s life. Actually, this is answered prayer because my first time in John’s house he talked about building a lighthouse. I never knew how to conceptualize that. I never believed this could be reality. Someday this tower will be lit 365 days for 24 hours, but for now I’m not pushing it. Forever is a long time.”

Imagine
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Since its release, "Imagine" has been included in a broad array of most-influential and greatest-songs-of-all-time lists. And has been recorded by over 100 artists.

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Busy time

Spring & Fall are probably the busiest times of the year for those of us who make our living from farming. This weekend with the beautiful weather we've been having doubles the amount of work needed to do. Today, my farmer is busy with planting the winter wheat crop. Monday he'll be filling silo, cutting hay, harvesting white beans and the list goes on. A crazy time for sure, but thankfully one that doesn't last too long.

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History of lyrics that aren't really lyrics

This was posted on another blog and I thought I would share it.

Pretty cool, eh!

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I love you venti much!

oh indeed I do! Blessings

Just be

Found this photo taken by Krista Hall Jefferson of her staircase in her house to be quite inspiring.

What do you think?

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Day tripper

whew! what a day!

We just returned from a day trip to Orillia where we were visiting our son. Faithful readers will recall that Kyle is at Georgian College in his second year in the Police Foundations Program. It was wonderful to see him and spend time together at his new place.

We don't get to Orillia very often - last time we were there was August - so we stayed a little longer than usual. Not arriving back home until quite late.

It was a busy and emotional weekend for me. While I am glad that both boys are becoming independent young men, it's hard not to feel not needed anymore. To everything there is a season.. . ... ..

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Another Move - More Tears

We just returned from moving our youngest son to his new apartment. It's a studio apartment at The Little Inn of Bayfield; where he works not only as a dishwasher but also now as the Night-keeper. (hence the move) As we're settling him in to his new place by putting stuff away and re-arranging the furniture to his liking, I began to clean. Although it wasn't too dirty, it was just something I needed to do. As I'm scrubbing the the floor in the bathroom, Darcy says to me "gee thanks mom, you're awesome!"

While I am excited for Darcy and all the opportunities this move will offer him, I still found myself tearing up. This is definitely one of those bitter-sweet times in my life.

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