To:
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:44 PM
Subject: Y3K
To all,
The long awaited moment is here (for me at least). My novel Y3K is
finally in print. Below is a short description mostly from the back
cover.
Y3K is primarily a look back from the year 2999 at the world's
looming social/ecological crisis from the viewpoint of Max and his
extended family; thirtieth century hippie communards. Inspired by my
own five years of living communally, the beginning of the book
unveils an evolved form of that lifestyle in the old growth forests
of the Pacific Northwest.
Loosely based on the biblical '1000 years of peace' subsequent
to 'Entropy Gaia,' the earth's near death experience, it describes
an ecotopian world where society has advanced far beyond war,
exploitation and deprivation; where humanity has learned to live
lightly on the earth and allowed a natural Eden to regenerate.
However, their hip earthly paradise is under threat-Satan returns-
from the very same callous and disrespectful attitudes towards life
and the environment that we are dealing with today.
Y3K is a road novel that nearly circles the world. Travel along with
Max through a fascinating and flourishing communal movement as he
plays his part in trying to protect the world's forests and counter
the destructive new mania for growth.
There you have it. If you enjoy my writing, you'll appreciate Y3K.
Y3K can be purchased online at the publisher, wingspanpress.com
(scroll down to bookstore) greatnorthwestbooks.com and other online
bookstores.
In Portland it can be purchased at;
Great Northwest Books at 3314 SW 1st Avenue. You can also order from
Great Northwest by calling 503 223-8098 or emailing them at
gnworders@greatnorthwestbooks.com.
In the near future it should be available at Powell's on Hawthorne,
near 36th Avenue.
In Phnom Penh it can be purchased at;
Fantastic Planet
Bohr's Books
D's Books
From: Rita 3/21/2007 1:17 P.M.
BREATH DEEP THE SWEETNESS EVERYONE
All seasons have 'their day', but to me Spring
time is the most 'delicious'
Have a beautiful day all you wonderful chatters--
Peace, Love
From: Ted 3/21/2007 8:05 P.M.
I really love all the seasons, Rita, but when I think of the basic concept of spring, I too must admit I am partial to all the budding things in life...flowers, baby birds, kittens and puppies, and of course, children. All these things are pleasant to the eye and have a fragrance about them. I don't know if they are friendly to the ear, however.
From: Rita 3/23/2007 7:59 P.M.
Hi Everyone--
I had a fun talk with Patrick Farley yesterday--
He says 'High' to all you ex-meadowites.
If anyone knows the address or whereabouts of
Alan and Reva's two daughters-he sure would like
to contact them--If anyone has info, post it here--
I'm sure I'll see him again soon, we had such a
nice 'connection', it made my day--
Peace, Love
From: Mij 3/24/2007 8:32 A.M.
Hello all, hope everyone's doing well on this..4th day
of spring..
i'm trying to maintain my sanity after an Orthoscope on my
knee Wed. i'm not good at having to have people do what
seems like everything for me! i manage to wipe myself,
but other than it seems like i can't burp without help!..
( actually, i don't wipe, i just hold it in! )
i do seem to have maintained my warped sense of humor
though...
i go in on the third of April to get the lowdown on the
results of the surgery. Until then, i just find new ways
to smack, pull, bend or otherwise torture my knee! You
don't realize how nice two lower limbs are until you lose
the capacity to use one of them...
But, despite all my efforts to the contrary, it seems to
be progressing in a positive direction towards healing..
As Howard Cosell use to say: "The knee, the knee, always
the knee!"...( FRANK! )
Well, i see a wall i haven't smacked my knee against, so
i suppose i better do that asap...
Peace and goodwill to all ( except that bastard MB and his
Gollum-like sidekick Cheney..)
Hop-along-Mijaddy.
Peace.
Ps. thanks for the well wishes Ted, i saw your note on
live chat..
May the happiness of a thousand hooker customers bloom
like daffodils throughout everyones lives..
Huh?..
Later.
From: Ted 3/24/2007 10:13 A.M.
Man, sounds like a trip, mij.
Funny how being incapacitated makes you appreciate what you had.
Funny how you expect everyone to care.
Funny how, a week after your back to normal, it seems like it almost didn't happen.
Funny...a list of "how to piss people off" on the SUNDAY FUNNIES
Continued recovery, mij.
From: "PENDING" 3/26/2007 8:17 P.M.
From: Kelsey 3/26/2007 6:38 P.M.
Mij, what happened to your knee? I have heard nothing about it. I am bummed that I haven't been able to see you smack it against the wall a couple of times.
From: Mij 3/27/2007 11:23 A.M.
i had orthoscopic surgery on my knee last wednesday
Kelse....although smacking walls and running into inanimate
objects has always been something i've aspired to, it's not
as pleasant when your knee looks like something Steven King
would write about!..
Seriously, it had been "popping", sometimes rather loudly
and with good amounts of pain, for awhile, so i finally got
the gumption and perserverence to have it looked at and
they decided after X-Rays and MRI'S that an Orthoscope was
necassary. i went to a Physical Therapist yesterday and
he made me feel alot better about the whole thing, said
it looked good and that i should eventually have almost
full use again. i'll be out of work for a month or more,
that sucks worse than gravity, but not much i can do...
i'll let you know though if i sense anything painful about
to happen!...
Hope all is well with you hon, and thanks for your...
concern!..i'm here to entertain, what can i say..
i don't "kneed" mental help though, but i could use
some well "kneeded" rest...everyone is "kneedling" me about
my situatuion...
i'm off to "kneed" some bread dough...
Let me know if you "kneed" any more info...
And, it's snowing here a bit.."kneed"less to say it's
a bit colder than normal..
i think i'll listen to the rolling Stone's "Let it kneed"
and call it a day..
Later.
From: PENDING 3/29/2007 4:05 P.M.
From: Kelsey 3/29/107 2:34 P.M.
Well apparantly my mom sucks at relaying information...
I hope it does get better.
If you have any extra pain pills you should send them down, they will be put to good use.
From: Mij 3/30/2007 6:31 A.M.
i never seem to run short of "pain in the ass" pills
Kelsey....i don't even need refills..
Actually, i only took 1 of my pain pills, and they gave me
enough to zone out half of Cave Juntion!
( i know, Most of Cave Junction doesn't need my pills
for that! )
They're Vicadin...which i really didn't..Likadin!..
No, that's it. Thought i'd have more didn't you!?
Later.
They made it hard to ride my..Bikadin?..
How about going Hikadin?..
i have a brother named Mikadin?...
Peace.
From: Ted 3/31/2007 6:50 A.M.
I put an Ad for Stan's book on MySpace
From: PENDING 3/31/2007 1:40 P.M.
From: linda from newjersey lekammer8@AOL 3/31/2007 11:56 A.M.
IM LOOKING FOR DONNA LEE MIELE....LIVED WITH HER IN TAKILMA/MEADOWS 1971ish ..and erin...knew tom...(and allenweiss)..please can someone help
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 4/5/2007 8:25 P.M.
I just found this interactive search engine. Be the first to right a review on Sunnyridge.net:
Reviews
From: Ted 4/7/2007 8:41 A.M.
HAPPY EASTER!
From: ted 4/7/2007 8:43 A.M.
oops...had to fix something.
From: Mij 4/11/2007 6:05 P.M.
Hello all, haven't annoyed anybody in awhile so i thought
i'd better do that before everyone keels over from lack of
inanity..
I WON'T HAVE IT, YOU HEAR ME?!!!!
So, what the hell am i going to talk about anyway?
Sex?..naw, too..decadently tantalizing.
Sports?..Nope, to aggressive..and sweaty-like.
God?..NO WAY!
Food?..i don't think so..too filling
Music?..uh uh, might have to talk about Rap.
MB?..No, too..loud and painfully unispiring. And, he's too
ugly to waste perfectly good letters on.
Cheney?..might as well talk about MB.
Tom Cruise?..he's like MB, especially when he jumps up and
down on a couch..scratching his armpits.
Don Imus?..he "blacked" out the other day. it was a "dark"
day for radio..
Mij Notae?..he made racist remarks and tried to hide them
behind Don Imus.
Weather?..it's raining.
Food?..we already covered that.
Firetrucks?..OK!
Finally! Something different!..and i bet it was the last
thing you expected!
And since we're talking about them, do you know why a Fire
Truck is painted red? Well then, let me regale you on that
very subject!..
Because,
-A newspaper is read too.
-And two and two is four.
-And there's four inches in a ruler.
-And Queen Elizabeth was a ruler.
-And Queen Elizabeth was a ship too.
-And a ship sails on the ocean.
-And fish swim in the ocean.
-And fish have fins.
-And the Fins were defeated by the Russians.
-And a fire truck is always known for rushin'.
-And that's why a Fire truck is painted red.
Wow, the shit i never knew!
Well, so much for fire trucks.
Guess that's all, later.
Peace.
cool.
From: Ted Ted the Head 4/12/2007 6:17 A.M.
God...no way?
Hey, God may very well be the formless eternal reality and all...
but the word "God" is an evolving concept subject to atrophy and deterioration as well as expansion and hitherto simply unseen possibility.
God...no way?
To speak or not to speak.
To be vulnerable or hide.
To be defensive or to be willing.
God...no way
Tao...the way
Cream...no whey
From: Evil Twin 4/12/2007 8:32 P.M.
Geez, Ted, what the hell are you talking about?
From: Ted 4/13/2007 3:59 P.M.
Wow...got an email from Thesa Kallinikos. She's on the big sunnyridge picture (right smack in the middle with the baby thing on her lap). She lives about 10 miles from my son, Jamal, in Colorado.
I sent her the password and hope she fills out a profile in the Address book.
Meanwhile...
I'm off to see the Wizard,
The wonderful Wizard of Sound
Phoenix tonight and tomorrow.
Peace...
From: Rita 2/5/2007 9:37 A.M.
Let us all give our beautiful Mother Earth
lots of hugs and respect--
From: Thesa (via email) 4/25/2007 6:09 A.M.
From: "Thesa Kallinikos"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 4:57 PM
Subject: Angel Mowbray
> Here is a bit of news that's fit to print.
>
> Angel Mowbray, aka Ruby, a Sunnyridge baby born at Grant's Pass Hospital by
> default and lived at Sunnyridge for 6 months, is now 'Captain Angel Nova' of
> the performance art band "The Phenomanauts" out of Oakland CA. Their
> websight is phenomenauts.com They had the award for best new band from San
> Fransico Review in 2003 and they are still going strong, traveling across
> the country and in Europe (once :)
Angel
From: Rita 4/25/2007 11:15 A.M.
Hi Everyone--
Sunnyridge is known for the classic event,
"Two Token while Taken"(Hi Stan) way back in the 70's--
But we all missed the event of "4/20 Day" last
Friday on this chatline--
But lots and lots of people in CJ had '4/2o'
parties or just stopped whatever they were doing
and took time to have 'a toke' around 4/20--
I'm sorry to say, I was one of the forgetfuls--
But its nice to know that 4/20 day is alive and well
in southern Oregon--
I would like to remind everyone of this upcoming event--
It's around September, 2008--That will be the
Anniversary of Sunnyridge, 40 years young--WOW!!!!
I thought I should remind us chatters(what, about
10 of us) that sometime chat with us now, so they
could pass the word around in the coming months--
It would be a great time to dedicate this anniversay
to all who are gone now, especially Peter and Jim!!
Would love to have some input--
Peace, Love
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 4/25/2007 12:20 P.M.
Sounds like it's time to plan the next
Sunnyridge Reunion!
From: Webmaster 5/1/2007 8:30 A.M.
Complements of Mr. Webster
From: Ted 5/1/2007 5:07 P.M.
Hey, just read the first 3 chapters of Stan's new book, Y3K. I am really enjoying it. Sounds like Sunnyridge to ME.
From: Ted 5/2/2007 8:46 P.M.
If I don't get any reaction from mij or someone real soon I'm going to close down this whole damn web site.
Check out the sunday funnies and this page.
I know, I'm being a baby, but what good is a toy if it don't work?
From: Ruby 5/3/2007 4:09 P.M.
This was an interesting experiment. "Is beauty noticed?"
"... It's an old epistemological debate, older, actually, than the koan about the tree in the forest. Plato weighed in on it, and philosophers for two millennia afterward: What is beauty? Is it a measurable fact (Gottfried Leibniz), or merely an opinion (David Hume), or is it a little of each, colored by the immediate state of mind of the observer (Immanuel Kant)?..."
The Washington Post does this experiment in context, perception and priorities -- as well as an unblinking assessment of public taste: In a banal setting at an inconvenient time, would beauty transcend?
Read the full article here. after you read it, listen to it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?hpid=topnews
Ruby
http://www.joshuabell.com/
From: Ted 5/3/2007 9:20 P.M.
Thanks, Ruby. One video says a thousand words.
From: Mij 5/3/2007 9:05 P.M.
Wow, i've never felt in such demand before..except for
maybe that time when i was the only one with a joint at
a party..
Your right Ted, i've been as lax lately on the chat as
MB is on the war. i'll definately make sure i check in more
often, been a bit busy lately..i sure hope you don't close
down shop, i know i'd miss it terribly..
So, i, Mij Notae, being of sound mind and body, hereby do
promise to write an annoying, senseless, but hopefully
funny, diatribe.
i also, still being of sound mind and body ( i'm not so sure about the mind part though..) once again hereby promise to send some rather crude, socially unexceptable and highly offensive jokes/ and or humor to the comedy
page..
i'll be gone a couple days, but then look out, you may want
to coveniently avoid reading the chat for a few days!
Thanks for a cool site Ted..
Peace.
From: llucy 5/4/2007 4:40 A.M.
so busy so little time to write got cowbabies coming out me ears..also we had to butcher our huge steer that took a week and we thought we would have a heart attack trying to get carcass hoisted in barn for skinning, even bigger than an elk...jeez.actually first time i had to use a 12 foot ladder to tuen hide loose from hocks...we could not keep our knifes sharp long enough so allan scribbling away at stone while i skinned and yanked.have freezer full to brim and house freezer too..sure wood like to trade some good organic beef forsome other commoddity..as we just can't eat beef only or probably shoudn't. we bought a lovely grill on sale at Bimart and have had several barbecues while the weather was warm and sunny..was great. i love farming, nothing like your own foods that ya know don't have melamine in them. the dog in seventh heaven with the homemade beef trimming and oats and rice, so don't hafta worry about poisened dogfood either.
so far i have resisted planting out flowers as it is still freezing at nite, but we did get our little greenhouse back up, have one more day of work fastening down and can start tomatoes and lettuce, spinach,and marigolds and calendulas. happy to see my bulbs and fruit trees and honesty and poppies survived the six years of neglect and no weeding watering or fertilizing. is amasing but once i weeded i found a gorgoues garden..
so other than fencing, building, animal care and gardening we don't have alot going on. i hafta finish off another scientific paper i just got the tailend of data for, and apply for a value-added grant to start a specialty dairy. i want to make brown cow yoghurt...although my cows are kinda black chuckle. sounds bad tho black cow yoghurt.
love and hugs to all and make yourselves happy..who else cares?
From: Stan Khan (via email) 5/4/2007 6:00 A.M.
From: Ted 5/4/2007 6:05 A.M.
Geez, you are a genuine Cowgirl, 1lucy! Can you send frozen beef in the mail? Maybe I can barter some local avocados or something, which are equally hard to ship.
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 5/4/2007 6:23 A.M.
By the way, here's a direct link to Stan's book, Y3K on Amazon.com.
From: Ted 5/4/2007 4:27 P.M.
Ok, time be be embarassed.
I have a YouTube page with a tour of our home here:
Home Tour for Cambria's Birthday
I uploaded the video because an old friend from High School sent me his own page with a video we made in 1966.
The Lone Runner (me)
From: Mij 5/5/2007 3:51 P.M.
With our vintage Maytag computer Ted, i am unable to view
it...if i were to start loading it now, i may be able to
watch it by the time MB becomes a Rhodes Scholar...
..Moss would be growing on the North Side of our computer
by the time it finished..
..i'd be able to dig a good-sized ditch with one fingernail
before i could view it..
..i could scrub Hays Cut off with a toothbrush..on one
leg..with a broken, jagged piece of glass in my one good
foot, while carrying Cheney's dead animal collection,
before actual viewage could take place..
..No, i'm not done..
..i could drive 100 miles in a car that only goes as fast
as it can be pushed..by hand..with a gang of neandertholic
troglodites pushing the opposite direction..all of them
high on crack..
..enough yet?
..Good!
Peace.
From: Mij-not-done Mij 5/5/2007 4:21 P.M.
i could read every message the mad spammer ever sent!
alright, it's not THAT slow!
Later.
From: Vickie 5/7/2007 9:25 P.M.
Hey Ted...yup, I got high speed internet. Fun video's you posted. I especially liked your golf ball collection. Cool thing is...you don't need no 'stinkin' golf course' to practise your swing.
So do you hit those suckers back out daily?
To bad the Eaton's can't view them.
Actually, it may be a good thing. Think of the endless Mij 'diatribe' we'd all have to endure if he could view it?
Oh, Oh, I think I just opened the Pandora's box...he's going to be hounding me to view them on my fancy 'high speed' computer.
Really I just wanted to let you know Ted that I really enjoy reading this chat page.
We all live such busy lives and although we may not contribute to the dialog, many of us 'vicariously' check in to get our dose of reality and that warm fuzzy feeling (like checking in with Mom) to make sure we have a collective vision and we all remember what 'community' is.
I think it's important for you to know that you've played a huge part in keeping that communal 'fabric' together. THANK YOU!
PS Rita...I did remember 4/20 at 4:20 with my son's traditional phone call (this year a text message at precisely 4:20). Love those holidaze's!
From: Leah 5/7/2007 10:38 P.M.
Hi, Just browsed by and saw the message from Thesa! I have such fond memories of you doing plays with us kids. I remember being Rumplestilskin and the outhouse skits. I live in Oakland too...I don't want to post my email on the web but would love to be in touch.
Hi to everyone else too, of course. I'm sure my dad would have gotten a big kick out of Stan's book and been sure to celebrate 4/20 day. I do remember the headline "Two tokin' while taken".
Love to all,
Leah
From: Ruby 5/8/2007 9:07 A.M.
I too have fond memories of Thesa! Hello, to you and your family! And of course Leah. When I first moved to Sunnyridge at age 17, I fluctuated between being the oldest child and the youngest adult. Leah and I had some really great times! Pretty trippy.
Check out some of my new favorite uTube videos. People are so interesting! How do you practice for these things!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAkJgJ27uVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xuUzuklkoU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLSXS4cRFFI
Sorry Eatons : (
Maybe we should take up a collection to buy them a new computer! I'd donate, if for no other reason than to hear MIJ's comments!
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 5/8/2007 9:38 A.M.
Thanks Vickie for your comments. Maybe Stan hisself can post a vivid account of the famous 4/20 event either here or on the questionnaire under "typical incident" or "drugs".
Leah, if you remember the password, Thesa posted her email in the private section of the Sunnyridge Address book. Email me if you need the password again.
When I get some time, Ruby, perhaps I will make a page for collecting donations for fellow sunnyridgers. Got some ideas on the name? "POTLUCK" "PIPE DREAMS" ???
From: Ted 5/8/2007 10:04 A.M.
Ruby, some amazing videos.
Amazing what the human body can do.
America's got talent once in awhile has some mind-blowing performers!
Those street-climbing russians...ok, they're in good shape...but I think they imbibed in a little dust and crack to pull that off.
From: "Pending" 5/9/2007 6:22 A.M.
From: Leah 5/8/2007 8:44 P.M.
Oh Ruby I didn't realize that was you! I have so many memories of our friendship that year. Wow, I'd love to hear about your life too....
xoL
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 5/9/2007 6:25 A.M.
Leah, you can also read Ruby's profile in the Sunnyridge Address Book. Email me if you forgot the password.
And for everyone who is tired of this password stuff...
Bookmark the page after you go there.
And for those who have difficulty posting...
Email me or use the Feedback Form to describe the problem.
From: Mij 5/9/2007 5:56 P.M.
That Vickie chick sounds pretty cool...anybody that smart
and with such a good outlook on this strange thing we
call life is probably really cute too...
Thank you so much Ruby, that's very flattering..now, flush
out your system really good with lots of water, and that
should help immensly towards diluting the acid you took..
Hi Leah, good to hear from you. Hope all is well..i always
get an ache when you mention your dad, and the same with
Jim..they still float around this site i have no doubt..
Been really busy..with what i don't really know!...lifes
minutia which although at the days end adds up to squat,
it nonetheless contributes substantially overall towards
the final mosaic of a full day..
Speaking of absolutely nothing, How about we peruse the
world of the weird, strange, and bizarre..( kinda like
reading my postings! )
-A former Hooters waitress is suing the Panama City, Fla.,
restaurant after claiming they cheated her in a contest.
Jodee Berry says the top waitresses from all the Hooters
were entered into a contest to win a Toyota. Jodee was the
excited winner of the contest, and was led, blindfolded, to
the parking lot. After an agonizing wait, the blindfold was
whipped off, and there it was!..a toy...Yoda! Yes, she was
given a toy Yoda, about 4' tall, made out of ceramic! The
officials of the contest claim it was not misleading, but
Jodee is suing for the value of a new Toyota nonetheless.
( i'd take the toy Yoda..it's the "breast" prize..)
-In Geneva, Switzerland,( where the hell else would it be!)
a 32-yr-old man won a lifetime supply of toilet paper after
proving that, while blindfolded, he could identify
different brands of toilet paper.....by taste.
( First, exactly what is a "lifetime" supply of toilet
paper?..this family could "wipe" out a fairly good-sized
forest inside a year!..
Second,..ahh, that's it. )
-A san Francisco man unveiled his one-act play called
"The John". it will be staged in the men's room at the
city's Maritime Hall throughout the month.
( sounds shitty. )
-A South Wales woman has told her husband to decide between
her and his ventriloquist dummy.
Maureen Roberts says her husband, Ray, sets a place for
"Charlie Boy" at the dinner table and takes him on trips
to the supermarket. "I thought it was funny at first, but
it's grinding me down now!" she said. "Ray spends more time
talking to a lump of damn wood than me. if i had my way, it
would be kindling..i can't even watch tv without the thing
chipping in with stupid comments!"..
( kinda like having a Mij around..)
Speaking of high intelligence..
-Chaddrick Dickson, ( isn't the name enough! ) 25, was
hospitalized in Monroe, Louisiana, after being wounded by
the .22-caliber bullet he was trying to smash against the
floor. Dickson said he was trying to remove the gunpowder
so he could mix it in the dog's food to make him "meaner".
( Chaddrick shouldn't be allowed within a 1000ft of any
living or breathing creature what-so-ever....and he should
do something about his name. )
-In New Zealand, a woman suffered a fractured skull caused
by her 3-yr-old boy who repeatedly hit her with his toy
truck for 30 minutes! Said the mother, "Yeah, he does that
to people sometimes".
( She should be spade and neutered immediately )
Speaking of strange animals...
-A mother duck in Vancouver, B.C, saved her ducklings by
chasing a police officer, grabbing his pant leg, and
leading him to where her brood was caught in a sewer.
Vancouver police officer Roy Peterson said when the duck
grabbed his pant leg he thought it a bit goofy and shoved
it away, but it grabbed his trousers again, led him to the
sewer grate, and sat down. He went up to where the duck was
lying and saw 10 little babies in the water below. After
he rescued the ducklings, the mother gave a "friendly peck"
and marched her babies to a nearby pond.
( What the duck is going on! )
-Every Sunday morning in the small town of Sabrado,
Portugal, "Preta" the dog gets up, leaves her owners house,
and trots 8 miles to church in the neighboring village of
Ermesinde. Preta saunters right up to the church's altar
and lies down. She rises when the congregants rise, and
sits when they sit. Afterwards, as soon as the service is
over, she trots the 8 miles back to her home again.
( Well, dog backwards is god afterall...)
-In Cave Junction, Mij Notae finally signed off the
sunnyridge chat. According to fellow chatters, the relief
from his exiting the chat was like a "spring breeze
caressing ones soul"....
And all joking aside, thanks Ruby, i appreciate your
comments...i really am flattered.
Peace all.
From: Ted 5/10/2007 5:30 A.M.
One pinprick could probably pop that sensitive swollen ego of yours, mij. Unfortunately, all I have is more praise and thankfulness for your unbelievably weird postings and even funnier comments. I am giggling as I write this. I feel the healing juices of laughter in my bloodstream (probably like a junky feels the fix).
From: Mij 5/10/2007 6:59 A.M.
"Let go of my ego"!..
i'm not sure about the pinprick...but if you separate
pin from prick it fits me perfectly! People are always
saying, "Boy, he's a real pin!"...
Huh?
Peace.
later.
From: Mij 5/10/2007 8:06 A.M.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!
82 and looking 40, a most wonderful
mother, grandmother, and a personality
that shines like the sun. Happy birthday
mom, we love you very much...
The family.
PEACE
From: Ted 5/10/2007 8:54 A.M.
Wow, Happy Birthday, Rita.
I think it's appropriate that your birth is so close to Mother's day. You are the epitome of the nurturing feminine. Congrats on such a landmark...and many more.
May all you hold dear sparkle with appreciation for your loving attention.
From: Ted 5/12/2007 10:20 A.M.
To all the beautiful mothers out there...
Happy Mother's Day
From: llucy 5/13/2007 5:52 A.M.
yes it is..i am getting a lovely visit with party favors from my number 1 child and her puppy. absolutely great. we will soon call her sis on the speakerfone and listen to baby oscar babble away...technology is wonderful!
by the way she needs a guide to the swimming hole on althouse...who has a memory of mileage or landmarks? i don't think i can get away from here for that all summer.
In 2 more weeks will wean all calves and have a full 12 hour day as milkmaid...and food processor. sigh. I may syndicate my dairy cows so other owners can legally drink raw milk. hafta see if that is legal in Oregon
luvs and hugs
From: Mij 5/15/2007 5:53 P.M.
Hellooooooooooooo...........
The evening news is on..a more annoying broadcast would be
hard to find. We, the family, could easily power the modern
western world for a good half century were we able to
somehow harness the energy expended during our ranting
which occurs during said broadcasts..
Same ol' craposis: War, drought, pestulance, and basic
overall worldwide misery and unfortunate events..and of
course the never ending, always the same, rhetoric which
oozes like a smelly slime of goo from MB's mouth..
Luckily there was a story on an ice shelf the size of
California which was recently found to have melted off the
Antarctic ice shelf...finally, a happy story!
And there's going to be a story soon on Anna Nicole Smith!
She's still dead...
But, other than that, i really enjoy the news.
Alrighty then! just thought i'd pass that little tid-bit
of info on.
Anyway! i'm outta here! Been a slice, hope all is nice,
don't think twice, i have a friend named Brice, i can't
stand Condoleeza Rice, i'm unlucky at dice, kids get lice,
elephants are scared of mice, a winning lottery ticket
would sure be nice, if you do meth you'll pay the price,
i can't stand Condoleeza Rice, i just decided to say that
twice, coffee is my current vice,...
"bitta, bitta, bitta, bitta, bitta, that's all folks"!..
Peace.
Hi Llucy!
Adieu.
From: stan 5/21/2007 11:17 A.M.
In truth, I've been out of the chat room loop for a while... but will soon post a story of "Two Token While Taken" which was actually a headline posted in several newspapers around the country
From: stan stancam@ekit.com 5/22/2007 11:32 A.M.
Two Token While Taken
Well, there we were – Me and Phillip; buck naked hanging around the plants, stoned, naturally, when rifle toting police show up. The patch was quite close to the courtyard, on an old logging road which I mistakenly thought was impassable. Story was, the police had been clued in by some Jesus freak who had been snooping around the claim aiming to cleanse his county of the evil weed.
They weren’t sure what to do with our nakedness; they were inclined to wrap us up in sheets, which I protested to vigorously. I absolutely insisted they take us down to the courtyard where we could get our clothes.
As we walked down the hill we passed within 100 feet of one of Ted’s small patches which they amazingly didn’t notice. It was in front of some small trees but still completely out in the open and visible. This was good since Ted saved a sizable stash of it for my homecoming.
The courtyard was quite abuzz with our arrival, as you can imagine. I went for a shirt and pants – I think I only had one change of clothes at the time – and immediately realized I had put two joints in my shirt pocket that morning. This is all ancient history, of course, but I believe I was a bit confounded by the logistics of getting the incriminatory stuff out of my pocket with a cop standing by my side, so I just left it there. In the excitement and confusion – lots of irate hippies including topless women milling about – the police didn’t think to search my clothes.
So there we were in the cop car heading to Gramps Ass. Soon after we started up Phillip rolled a cigarette and lit it up. A cop turned around and demanded to know what we were smoking. Just tobacco, we assured them. Once the car was smoked up I lit one of the joints. I think we each got a couple of hits off of it before they wised up to the change of smoking substance.
That simple act of defiance saved my life; well, not my life per se but a damn good chunk of it. Anyway, I’m getting ahead of myself. A doctor from New York, who had just come to visit the claim that day, went down to the courthouse to make my bail and while he was at it he had a little private conversation with the judge, who was inclined to let me off easy.
But this now gets a little complicated, you see, because possession or use – ‘token while taken’ – is a simple misdemeanor, while cultivation is a felony with some pretty serious potential consequences. Possession was decriminalized in Oregon in 1973 but this was 1972.
I went to court on the misdemeanor charge feeling irate about having my plants uprooted and my life messed with and righteous about pot in general. As a result, I wasn’t as deferential towards the court or the legal system as I should’ve been, had I wanted to get off easy. In fact I was nearly belligerent: I went on to the judge about how I only grew it for myself and friends, received no money for it and besides told him I thought smoking pot was a perfectly normal and reasonable thing to do. As the session was culminating he was getting a bit stoked up himself and asked, “Do you mean if I set you free today, you’d go right out and smoke again?” To which I replied in the affirmative. To which he replied with a six month sentence in the county jail.
I had been going through a lot of changes in my life – who didn’t at Sunnyridge? – and almost looked forward to ‘getting away’ for a while. However, it didn’t take more than a few minutes behind bars to realize that being in jail was really, really, really not where I wanted to be. Even today, I feel sorry for people sent to prison, even when they really deserve it.
At any rate my attitude towards the system changed with lightening speed. I realized that they had ultimate power over my life and that my five minutes of fame – Two Token While Taken – wasn’t going to do diddly squat to make my time easier, let alone set me free.
I decided I’d better go with the flow. No sense in being a martyr for pot. Within a week I had shaved my head and beard and within two weeks I was made a trustee. As a trustee, I had a bed in a relatively spacious four room dorm, compared to 12 bunks in a very small room in the lock up. I served meals and got to go outside every few days to wash cop cars. I also learned to skin and gut deer: we did the work when poached deer were confiscated. Not long later we had venison sausage for breakfast.
This came in handy, since very soon after I returned, somebody picked up a fresh road kill deer and I was the only one who any idea what to do with it.
Three weeks after I entered the jail, it was time to stand before the felony judge. Believe it: I was as contrite and deferential as a young hairless hippie could be. Oh no, your honor, I won’t do that again. Oh yes, your honor, I’ve learned my lesson: I’m sure not interested in spending a lot of time in your prison system.
So that’s the part about tokin’ up in a cop car that saved my life. The felony judge had a reputation as a hard ass. Without the wake-up call of spending three weeks behind bars, I would have gone before him with the attitude I had expressed to the misdemeanor judge, and he would have thrown the book at me – ten years in the slammer for sure. My bodaciousness saved me a grueling stint in the Oregon prison system, and made me famous... for five minutes.
Hey... Wait a minute. Two Token While Taken seems to have become the stuff of legend, so maybe it wasn’t five minutes after all.
From: Stan (via email) 5/22/2007 5:20 A.M.
From: Ted 5/22/2007 5:33 A.M.
Thanks for posting your account of the famous 4/20 incident.
I was going to ask you if you would mind me adding it to the Questionaire and which one of the 21 questions would be most appropriate. Then I discovered we already had a description of 4/20 on the History Page pretty much dedicated to you and your love(s). Check it out for a few more details everyone...Special Herbs.
From: stan 5/23/2007 8:50 A.M.
How about that... already had the story
From: Ted 5/25/2007 4:45 P.M.
New Music
Hope it works for you Eatons...
Go to Home Page and listen.
Click "Add music" to see the new stuff.
It's from YouTube.com
Please offer suggestions or find links from YouTube remeniscent of the Sunnyridge days...
From: Mij 5/27/2007 4:02 P.M.
Happy Memorial Day all, hope everyone has a great start to
this summer 2007...
Breezy, but nice here in CJ..it's Boatnik weekend in GP and
of course it's a madhouse up there..just got back from
there as a matter of fact..
Check back in soon, until then best to all and everyone..
Peace.
Ps. Ted, haven't had time to see if we get that...i'll try
later and hopefully we can..people starting to show up so
i have to sign off for now. Have a great day.....
Adieu.
From: Ted 5/27/2007 7:11 P.M.
Boatnik? I'm dying to hear what that's about...
So, the holiday of remembering is upon us, like we don't already remember things ad nauseam. I, for one, will try to remember I am the witness to the noise.
On the other hand...my deepest thanks to all those who out of heroic and noble intention gave of themselves for humanity. Good karma, man.
From: Mij 5/28/2007 6:46 A.M.
The Boatnik is an annual festival in Grants pass at
Riverside park..besides the usual fare which you'd expect
to find at such an event, such as booths, rides, etc.,
they have jetboat races in high-powered, VERY LOUD jet
boats up and down the Rogue River...may be considered
obnoxious and enviromentally insane by many, but it's
Grants Pass, so there you go!..
Actually, if you can overlook and get past that part of it,
it's quite an event..one of the biggest shindigs of the
year for the bustling town of Grants Pass..sort of GP's
version of the ever popular and well renowned Labor Day
festival that occurs every year in the small, unique town
of Cave Junction..
Well, there you go, the incomplete, biased version of the
Boatnik Festival!..
Have a great Memeorial Day everyone, and that's the way to
come at it Ted..celebrate and honor the fallen in any way
one feels comfortable with..it's not the fallen who'm make
the wars, they're just the ugly backwash of the ever tragic
and uselessness of war..i hope all whom have lost loved
ones under such tragic circumstances can somehow find a
little peace and make their losses a little less horrific..
Sincere peace and happines to all...and happy BBQing!
Adieu.
From: Ted 5/28/2007 11:08 A.M.
boatnik 2006
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 5/30/2007 2:35 P.M.
Sunnyridge Finacial Report
Thanks Rita and mij on your recent donation.
(and thanks for testing out paypal for me)
So Memorial day wasn't really that memorable.
I took a stroll down the beach where they have 1000 white crosses set up with the names of those who have died in Bush's war. No tears, but a little vaklempt.
Made my first "pot roast": Seared the meat, added left over tomato sauce and half a bottle of beer, a few vegies like onions and carrots and cooked at 300 for 3 hours.
Wow!
Next time I will use the solar oven I made last year.
From: Rita 5/31/2007 6:10 A.M.
Ted, your Memorial Day may not have been very
memorable, but your Pot Roast sounds great--
By the way, you used the word 'vaklempt'
WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?????
Peace
From: Rita 5/31/2007 6:22 A.M.
Through the ages, the second full moon in one month
has been called the Blue Moon--only a few times is it
really blue--We have tome to use the phrase "Once In a
Blue Moon" for something very rare--as an example--
Mij is NOT funny, once in a blue moon--or--
Sunnyridgers use this chatline, Once in a Blue Moon--
From: Ted 5/31/2007 6:30 A.M.
Hi Rita,
vaklempt means "choked up". It is Yiddish, a combination of German and Hebrew. The word was made famous on Saturday Night Live. vaklempt is that lump in the throat that can signal a readiness to break down and cry. It is the ominous cloud before the rain.
How's that?
I only use the word "vaklempt", once in a blue moon...
From: Ted 5/31/2007 7:05 A.M.
I added a few new selections to the music page.
HENDRIX-HEY JOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLxhRwnFhag
RICHIE HAVENS - FREEDOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=padFWnVac8Y
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE-ALICE-WOODSTOCK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xhYk9PEmXA
JOE COCKER - A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FMq0iDX1yE
From: Kelsey 6/1/2007 10:01 A.M.
Happy Birthday my wonderfully hilarious uncle Mij!
I hope you have a lovely day, chill out, relax, smoke a joint, don't think about MB all day long.
oops sorry made you think about him.
I love you and you're old.
From: llucy 6/2/2007 4:52 A.M.
whoowee, had some litening strikes last nite, hope no more fires from that. fire at crooked river is 80 miles away and mostly contained i think. all well and calm here for sure. i never think about politics or religion or, well i am actually trying to live in the moment without much thinking, it is a challenge, but sweet when ya can get it.
From: Mij 6/3/2007 4:09 P.M.
Thanks Kelse...not only am i'm old, so are my jokes!..
Hi all...
Later all..
Peace.
From: Ted 6/4/2007 8:27 P.M.
mij, I know someone who's brother was a prison warden.
Talk about old jokes!
The inmates know the jokes so well they just call out the number...
(but you still have to know how to tell a joke)
True story.
From: Ted 6/4/2007 8:28 P.M.
Well, I have read Stan's book, Y3K and really enjoyed it.
Of course it was impossible for me to read it knowing who wrote it. Wonder what a normal human thinks of his book?
From: Mij 6/6/2007 5:47 A.M.
A normal human being?...that leaves me out!..
Been REALLY busy Ted, but i'll annoy all things Sunnyridge
soon...i hope by Sunday evening i'll have gotten the
myriad of minutial chores and countless little things
that i need to do done..i don't mind, it just get to be
a bit much sometimes..( "Calgon take me away"! )
Hope everyone is doing well. We were just missed by those
thunderstorms Llucy..me and Vickie went to Crater Lake
Saturday..sort of "storm chased"...it was a most fantastic
day! Thunder, lightning, warm temps and breathtaking
scenerey..a most wonderful day and birthday treat..a soul
soothing time. every time i go to Crater Lake i still get
that "first time" feeling like i'm seeing it for the first
time. Stopped at the Rogue River Gorge on the way up which
is also incredible in it's rugged beauty...we really do
live in a special place, we just need a reminder now and
then just what the earth mother is capable of...
Peace to all..
Until next time..
adieu.
From: stan 6/7/2007 9:04 P.M.
Well Ted,you would especially relate to it because of the familiarity - the stop sign etc. - but all who've read it here in Cambodia - assuming anyone here is normal - have liked it.
I just want it to provide enough income to relieve me of having to work for a living - not a whole lot of money but still something.
I expect to stop in the Illinois Valley this July... seeya
From: Mij 6/12/2007 5:25 P.M.
Hi all..a sad and somber day here in the valley. There was
a horrific car accident yesterday on Takilma rd which took
the lives of two young local girls and seriously injured
three other teens..
One of the girls was Kiera Richardson, the daughter of
very longtime valley residents and friend's, Michelle and
Jimmy Richardson. Jimmy's mother lived out at Bob's for a
good while when Jimmy was just a boy, so we know him quite
well. Michelle is a longtime friend whom has worked as a
receptionist at Dr. Nordals for many years...
Although i don't have all the details, it seems the driver
was 18 and the others just out of school..He and the girls
and two other passengers ( 5 in all ) were apparently going
extremely fast( estimates are 85 to 90 MPH )when they lost
control and the vehicle rolled..
This is a small community as many of you know..population
has grown, but it's stil a place where something as
tragic as this touches many people...i haven't gone to one
place today where it wasn't being grieved over or talked
about...so, although they don't know this site exists, i'd
like to send them my deepest condolences..from me and my
entire family..to them and their family..our thoughts and
prayers go out to you..
Peace to you..and may perseverence and love sustain you
through this most tragic of times...and to the family and
friends of the other passengers also..
..
Footnote..i'm still getting details of the accident even
as i write this..i have just learned the other three
passengers were released from the hospital and are going to be fine..also, the three survivors were wearing seat
belts and the two girls were not. The driver is being
charged with vehicular manslaughter due to the nature of
the circumstances. Apparently a popular thing to do is
"E Breaking"..you floor it on straight-a-ways and then
stop abruptly..this was what the young man was doing when
the vehicle rolled..
..
From: Ted 6/13/2007 5:51 A.M.
Condolences and compassion may not be heard with physical ears but there is so much magic in the design and structure of the universe. Our song to the bluejay is felt by the native in Borneo.
From: Ted 6/13/2007 8:35 P.M.
500 years of female portaits in Western Art
(I think this came out for Mother's Day)
From: Ted 6/13/2007 8:41 P.M.
I have had the privelege of observing a blue jay family this spring. First they courted, then the male fed the fat momma, then the babies appeared. One got eaten and the other left to join a commune. Now it looks like they made up for the loss. I heard a commotion next to my hammock and what do you know...a little baby blue jay with eyes not even open yet lying on the ground. So now I have the little guy in a shoe box with 2 quarts of hot water to snuggle against. Fed him (or her) some water and bread with an eye-dropper. It is so cute. Hope he makes it or he'll (or she'll) be dinner for the crows. So be it.
From: llucy 6/15/2007 6:12 A.M.
just spent 2 nites sleeping on beebee ridge outside on the deck..
incredible..slept like a babie listening to the wind blow down the ridge
LOOKED for the althouse swiming hole but no joy(NO LANDMARKS)
so we went
to obrien and had out of body azalea aromatherapy treatment..also jumped in pretty brisk river...jees but i got down close enough to the ground getting out to spot an 8 inch tall lopard lily wow
part of me message dissapeared
did not go to the davis home, called and offered help and condolences...
tough time has fallen soul survivors
cleened up galpal judes house saw some friends, collected southern oregon yarrow, yerba buena(hands down a favorite of this west coast native), gathered daisies and sweet peas and just breathed deeply
From: llucy 6/15/2007 6:21 A.M.
collected some wild rosebuds in grants pass stuck behind a wreck at wilderville...sun beating down..is dryer in IV then here in the desert that was strange...very strang. i see many properties for sale even where i desire to retire..along lake of woods hihgway...but i will tell you that
Medford STINKS big time and i guess that puts samm's valley out for me
is even quieter here at home especially since i slept late and the cows have now been trained for a later feeding this week
the perils of living with a niteowl
From: Ted 6/15/2007 6:26 A.M.
Well, this is partly a test to see why L1ucy's message half disappeared...and partly to update you on the baby blue jay: it disappeared (your guess is as good as mine...let's leave it at that). By By Birdie.
From: The Eatons 6/18/2007 6:27 A.M.
had a wonderful day yesterday--
We had our usual Family and Friends Sunday
dinner--
The croquet court was set-up, but the Guys
played basketball instead--They play this game
called "shoot from where it lands"--
Lots of friendly shouting and bantering
and of course laughter--
Peace and Love to all--
From: Ted 6/18/2007 8:33 A.M.
That sounds like my life; shoot from where it lands
From: lucy 6/20/2007 12:33 P.M.
or land from where it shoots
From: Mij 6/20/2007 4:14 P.M.
Sorry to hear about the Blue Jay Ted...maybe it's on
"Blue Jay Way"....
Been awhile since i've contributed to the existing banter..
i've been very busy, but that's still no excuse not to
post something now and then. So, to make up for my lack
of participation, you will now pay dearly with these!..
( "Sorry Charlie" )
-A Canadian entrepreneur is launching a service that will
deliver talking underwear to your front door. The boxers,
briefs, and lingerie come equipped with sound chips that
say, "Yoo hoo! Pantygram!"
( They should come with skidmarks for better effect! )
-A hospital in Fargo, N.D, appologized after it read a
man's X-rays wrong and removed his testicles for an ailment
later diagnosed as Arthritis.
( That hospital has balls! )
-In Cambridge, Ohio, a teenager stopped by police for
driving with his car stereo blaring at an obnoxious level
was sentenced to listen to 4 hours of Polka music.
( Better than a polka in the eye with a sharp stick! )
Hey, it's been awile!
moving right along..
-In Brockton, Mass., a man with a full cast on his broken
leg robbed the "Dip N' Sip" cafe and fled on foot
( literally! )..he was quickly tackled by two customers..
who broke his other leg.
( Now he can rob from a wheelchair )
-In Blythe, Cal., a teenager ( again with the teenager! )
jumped on a city bus, pulled out a Swiss Army Knife, and
tried to rob it. But he was surprised when his mother, who
happened to be sitting a few rows back, stood up and
shouted at him to, "behave yourself and get off the bus!"
( i guess he was "Bus"ted...)
-A woman in a Prague bakery, after being asked to move
a baby stroller aside because she was blocking a loading
area, injured sixteen people after she repeatedly rammed
the stroller into the line customers.
( She went dough"NUTS"...now she "kneads" mental help..)
-Packets of cocaine from local drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro
have recently been found to have bar codes.
( the police "sniffed" out the info.)
-43 members of Melbourne's "Bay City Scuba Diving Club"
broke the world record for ironing underwater when they
ironed in ten feet of water.
( DAMN! i was just getting ready to break that record! )
( the competition was called "ironman triatha-nylon"...)
That sucked.
Speaking of sucking..
-Police in Lagos, Nigeria, have organized groups of
officers into street choirs to help disperse unruly mobs
by singing.
( "Let go of my Lagos" )
-OK, you gotta keep up on this one!..
A man in Constanta, Romania, was married to the wrong lady
for three years. He met the first lady during a trip to
France. They spent many days and nights together, and when
it came time to depart, they promised to meet again in
Romania. But lady ( #1 ) was in an accident and decided
not to meet due to needing to recover and all. Meanwhile,
lady ( #2 ) who happened to be the twin sister of lady
#1, happened to meet up with the man. The man, thinking it
was the twin sister ( lady #1 ) asked her to marry him,
which lady #2 accepted. They were married for three years
until the man found out it wasn't really lady #1. He has
now filed for divorce...
( i hate it when that happens! )
-In Port Angeles, Wash., prosecuters have charged a 63-yr-
old woman with arson after she set her apartment on
fire because, as she later told investigators, "The kitty
litter smelled and i was tired of cleaning it!"
( sounds like she has "cat's in her belfry". )
Soooooon, very soooooon. this will be over....
But not until this..
A lady writes:
"My very first day on the job my boss asked me to make a
pot of coffee. Of course, i walked right out the door!
He and those other sexist pigs at Starbucks can kiss my
ass!"
it's funny if you squint your brain and wrack your eyes..
-Two cows are standing in a field. The first one says, "i
was artificially inseminated this morning".
The second says " no way, i don't believe you"!
The first says, "serious, no bull"!
And finally..( Really! )
-A Romanian prisoner is suing God.
He claims that God failed to save him from the Devil and
that his Baptism was a contract between himself and God
and that God was suppose to save him from the devil and
keep him out of trouble.
( sounds reasonable. )
Deep thought #25468956642: Atheism is a non-prophet
organization.
Later.
From: Ted 6/20/2007 9:16 P.M.
I must sure have a sick sense of humor.
I was pretty much strait faced but entertained with your newest, mij, but that cow saying...
"serious, no bull!"
Got me laughing uncontrollabilly
From: Mij 6/21/2007 6:31 A.M.
Thanks Ted...i really do enjoy posting those...whatever
the hell they are!...i've gone through many hours of
newspapers, etc. to come up with the very few semi-funny
stories i've been able to annoy with. it's amazing, but i
was just noticing an end is near for my "pile o'prose" and
other craposis i've gleaned from periodicals over the
years, so i'll have to start doing some more research into
the strange, bizarre world of people and their mysterious
ways again soon..
Thanks for this outlet, i'm pretty sure i would be hard put
to find another site which would not only post them, but
enjoy them as well...
i'll write again soon, until then keep on keepin' on.....
Peace.
Ps. "Shoot from where it lands" is a game i invented while
i was on the toilet...no, not really, but that would be
appropo! it's real simple: a person shoots the ball, and
after the ball completely stops, the next person shoots
from that spot. it's ridiculously stupid, which probably
explains why we have so much fun with it! Anyway, you
won't be seeing it on ESPN anytime soon, so you'll have to
imagine the intense, mind-boggling fun and the incredible
talent it takes to play it...
Hope peace and tranquility rule everyone's days, and don't
forget:
MB is a waste of good skin and perfectly good brain cells!
They should melt him down and try to obtain whatever
useful matter is left after he's just a pile of quivering
manmeat..maybe use what's left as a trial basis for
Soilent Green..
or not.
Peace.
From: Rita 6/21/2007 8:05 P.M.
The Longest Day
Enjoy the sweetness of the Summer Air
Enjoy The Healing and Soothing Vibes
Being Rained Down On us
Enjoy Just Being
From: llucy 6/22/2007 5:15 A.M.
whew, the hammer is down and it is hot out now. isn't the medium of speeking to the public daunting at times?i am guessing why most of us don't have much to say.besides it is like having a phtograph of wordz frozen in time
that's wierd too
won't be back to IV forever i spose but sure enjoyed my quick visit there
what a long strange trip itz been
From: larryandbarbara lbwnaima@comcast.net 6/23/2007 7:27 P.M.
sunnyridgemining claim
larry and barbara have email now..lbwnaima@comcast.net send us amessage.
From: mij 6/25/2007 6:11 P.M.
Wow, a whole new page! ( i know, it's all the rage! )..
Hope everybody is doing well on this Monday....of course,
how damn good can a monday be!?..
Saw a couple concerts over the weekend..i'm becoming some
sort of "upper-aged, ex-hippie, just finding culture for
the first time and still a bumpkin anyway" kinda guy..
Been to four or five concerts in the last month..anyway,
i digress! ( can you believe i used such a complex word as
digress in a complete sentence?! )..we went to the Rogue
Theartre Friday and saw a great band called
"devil makes three". The first act, a local solo act who
was trying to be Bob Dylan but came across more as just an
annoying man with a guitar who happened to know a few
notes, was as entertaining as a festering
hemrroid that has been scraped raw by a cheeses grater..
The second act however, made up ten-fold for the screaming
blister man. Called the Devil Makes Three, they comprised
of three people ( Go figure! ) and put out some awesome
sound for a three man band..or in this case two men and
a nappy headed ho..i mean girl. Good show..
Saturday i saw Josh Ritter who was an opening act for....
HMMMmmmmm..forgot her name..oh yeah, Madeline Pereaux.
She wasn't that good unless you happen to prefer sad
people who sing sad songs..great voice though. Josh Ritter
was absolutely great though..they should have switched
the acts..
This weekend i'm seeing "Joan Armatrader" ( i think that's
how it's spelled ) and in a couple weeks
"The Cowboy Junkies"...i'm a man about southern oregon!
Anyway, i'm off to the river...
Hi Larry and Barbara!
Peace.
From: Ted 6/25/2007 8:50 P.M.
I don't need no stink'n concert...
Got ringing in my ears all the time!
Just kidding.
Actually, I stopped by the park after our annual Summer Solstice Parade and took a picture of what I thought was the best Human powered parade float
(wonder if you could do wood-runs in this)
Also took a little video of the drum jam going on there but will not post it unless I hear a uproar of protest from the many viewers.
From: Rita 6/26/2007 6:22 A.M.
POST IT--POST IT--
But only if we Eatons can access it
in less than an hour--
Loved your 'Human Machine' picture--
Reminds me of the Kinetic Races that were
held in Eureka--
Peace, Love
From: barbara weinstein lbwnaima@comcast.net 6/26/2007 7:27 P.M.
From: Ted 6/26/2007 8:24 P.M.
Here's Barbara's message:
hi all you sunnyridgers and families larry and barbara are still married and we have anew baby ie doggie named naima august is still in eugene doing his glass and other eccentric things love to hear from some more of you.
(Editor's note: barbara used one of my crazy forms to type in and it didn't work)
From: Mij 6/28/2007 6:23 P.M.
Summer...the season of excitement..romance..and unexplored
opportunities. Stifling yet comforting, summer always
seems to have that sensation of relived memories, as if
this is the season where Deja Vu exists in an underlying
tingle of anticipation..we have been here many times, and
know what's next, yet can't wait for it..as if it's all new
and unexperienced.
Sensations..always there..an almost achingly blissful
feeling that can consume ones entire being..not sexual,
not physical, more like ethereal..feathery and light..
adhering to our souls like a blanket of pure nectar..and
reminding us ever and a day how lucky we are to see, feel,
and experience this ever mystical sphere we call life.
Summer...
Peace.
From: Ted 6/29/2007 5:39 A.M.
Thank you for showing your true colors, mij. That was a beautiful poem we can all relate to.
From: Ted 6/29/2007 5:43 A.M.
Speaking of inspirational, this link was emailed to me.
From: barbara w lbwnaima 7/1/2007 5:05 P.M.
hello all who read this who is Mij? im not tuning in..and also what am i doing wrong ted? i mean about sending these messages? bw
From: Mij 7/2/2007 6:12 P.M.
Hi Barbara, i'm the son of Lefty and Rita Eaton, brother to
Bob and Sue and Mike and Rick and Patrick..the Hays cut-off
crew. You remember now..but probably wish you didn't!
An amazing day in Cave Junction yesterday. An RV, which was
towing a Volvo station wagon, ran the red light at the
Caves highway intersection..where the Junction Inn is.
he hit two cars, careened off the highway, and plowed into
the "Pizza Pit", a restaurant right there in the
"Shop Stupid" parking lot. ( Shop smart )..anyway, he took
out the entire front of the restaurant! he smashed into the
front, went through the inner part, and came out the other
side into shop stupid's parking lot, stopping a few feet
away from a fireworks stand! The sound was heard all over
town, and people came running from everywhere! within
seconds, over a hundred people were at the scene..including
my nephew Cody, who said it was just plain horrible..
The driver was flown out of the Junction Inn parking lot
by helicoptor, and his condition is very critical. Four
others were injured, but are going to be ok. Everyone is
just amazed and thankful more people were not killed or
seriously hurt. Two employees were in the restaurant, but
no customers because they open later in the day on
sundays. One of the employees ( We saw it on film on the
local news..a surveylance camera caught it all on tape )
had just been walking into the front, but turned around
at the last minute and went back to the rear of the
restaurant..seconds later the mobile home crashed in...
All traffic was re-routed through the side streets of CJ
for over 7 hours! it was a mess to say the least..all of
199's traffic all of a sudden was going through these
small bumpy backstreets..you can imagine how crazy that
was! They reopened i99 last night, and today there's a
huge pile of twisted rubble where a restaurant was just
hours ago..
Well, that's the latest from your ex-home town. Hope
everyone is doing well and i'll talk again soon..
Peace.
From: The Eatons 7/4/2007 8:32 A.M.
FOURTH OF JULY
Time for Parades, Bonfires. Fireworks
and of course HOTDOGS and BEER--
The Treehouses here in Cave Junction
put on an all day affair with softball,
ziplines and other activities, until the
Grand Finale of a wonderful Fireworks Display--
It's time to let your hair down and enjoy
all the Hoopla--
Have a Great Day everyone!!!!!!!!
PEACE, LOVE
From: barbara weinstein 7/4/2007 11:08 A.M.
happy fourth of july..actually i hate this holiday too noisy and freakks out all the housepets..anyway love to all and have a good day no matter what. we are going swimming with naima. not naima mora who i finally saw on tv but naima the wonderful dog. love barbara
From: Ted 7/4/2007 3:34 P.M.
What would Fourth of July be without this popular
Fireworks above the Statue of Liberty (click the sky)
This morning I got an email with, what else...
Declaration of Independence
From: Mij 7/7/2007 7:05 A.M.
Hi all, hope everyone had a great fourth...i love the
firewoks Ted! i sit and click on it like it was the best
thing since sliced bread! ( it's right up there! )
Very hot here..100+..i'm going "Tahiting" today..never been
on the river in a self-guided water craft of any sort.
Vickie has run many rivers in all kinds of rafts/canoes so
i couldn't go with a more capable person..should be a lot
of fun..
i'll write again soon and have nothing to say..it's a gift!
Stay cool and have a great rest of the weekend..
Peace.
Ps. Great fireworks Ted!
From: llucy 7/7/2007 8:10 A.M.
indeed the TED posted fireworks were fun...we ourselves don't use explosives if at all possible. hot here too..109 in the driveway on thursday...very very hot and spending time hosing down cows...really, they are brown and get too hot
gearing up for country fair..will go early and leave early but have a wee fun
From: Ted 7/7/2007 2:17 P.M.
I'll be seeing Stan tomorrow
I'll take some pics
From: Ted 7/9/2007 3:17 P.M.
Stan be continuing trucking on...
Wonderful visit.
Big thanks for great stories and updates on you and your family.
Big thanks for the songs
(He's got a million of 'em on that hard-drive in his pocket)
Me & Stan
And last but not least...
Big thanks for a generous donation to this website.
Sure was a part of me that felt the urge to travel!
From: Ted? 7/10/2007 7:03 A.M.
Me?
From: Curious Rita 7/10/2007 6:59 P.M.
Ted, last night you posted a great picture of
you and Stan--Today a totally different picture
of the same Ted--it's good, but you look so polished
Ted--Clue us in if you will--Are you back to school,
taking a course or what's happening??
From: lbwnaima 7/10/2007 7:58 P.M.
hello who reads this anyway only ted pilger? happyand peaceful memories and blessed current events to all whoread this it is about 100 degrees outside today in eugene.makes me think of the sauna.love barbara
From: Ted 7/11/2007 6:29 A.M.
Hi Rita.
You live with the greatest comedian in Oregon but still sometimes miss my sick twisted humor...
That "Doctor" is not me. He's got the same name, however.
I did a Google search on my name, just for fun, and saw his website. I thought it might be good for a laugh and a good reminder that we should always be asking, "who the hell AM I, really?"
From: Ted 7/11/2007 6:33 A.M.
Hi Barbara,
Yes, sometimes I feel the same way, that I am the only one reading and responding to all the sunnyridge posts.
But if you look at the ARCHIVES you will see some active participation in the past. Nina, Betty,Stewart,Stan,Leah,Michele,Michael & Mona, Don Yo, Tom Miley even...Not to mention the famous JAF and beloved Peter. Also take a look at who has posted their profile in our Address Book for more names.
Also, I can see from a program that is available to "webmasters" that sunnyridge.net actually gets quite a bit of traffic from all over the world.
Stan said he visits quite frequently but doesn't leave a message. Stew says the same thing.
So thanks for adding your beautiful voice to the site, Barbara. Maybe you can encourage Larry to say a few words.
AND REMEMBER:
All Sunnyridgers...Add your profile to our Address Book.
Email or send pictures you have to add to the site.
Send your artwork...your recordings of music...
IT'S YOUR SITE! IT'S COMMUNAL! IT'S PAID FOR
From: Ted 7/11/2007 7:11 A.M.
I thought I would remind everyone something that Rita pointed out:
So...
Any thoughts on a REUNION!!!!
From: llucy 7/12/2007 4:54 A.M.
off to the country fair, put the calves back on milk cows and found someone to feed and water..so getting 2 days off for party time. I bet it rains on us...chuckle, so many fairs in the mud...but mudbaths ok i guess
From: Mij 7/12/2007 5:08 P.M.
Hello fellow ex-hippie types...
We had a once in a decade thunderstorm yesterday ( actually
it was the day before..time flies when your having brain
loss! )
Anyway, it was awesome. constant lightning for three hours
that lit the night like daylight, thunder that shook the
house and rattled your brain ( in my case, not much
rattling actually occured..) and LUCKILY, a good douse of
rain with it. There was still fires satrted but not nearly
as bad if it had been "dry lightning"..
EVERYONE talked about it the next day of course! From the
Building Supply to Shop Stupid, from the O'Brien Store to
the Dairy Queen, it was the biggest thing since The Pizza
Pit was demolished by an out of control mobile home! i tell
you, this town has seen more action lately than
Heidi Fleiss!!
Well, that's your hometown update for this, the 12th of July 2007....for more information, please log on to:
www.cavejunction.bigassnews.excitementabounds.com
or
www.illinoisvalley.ravagethehillsides.clearcuteverything//
( notice the last ones are "slash, slash"? )
Well, i'm outta here! Good fortunes and happiness to all...
Peace.
From: Ted 7/13/2007 5:53 A.M.
Wow. Thanks for the update, mij. When mother nature shows her passion, how can we be apathetic towards life?
From: stan 7/14/2007 8:11 P.M.
ncesus, amongst just a few of us in the Illinois Valley is to have the reunion at the claim... plenty of room, nothing there, what could be better? Barbara and Larry approve....
From: Rita 7/14/2007 7:53 P.M.
Hi Everyone--
We had a wonderful visit with Stan and
Mike Menge yesterday--Lots of laughs from
Old stories, new stories and just plain crazy
stories.
Stan, you look great--for some reason I thought you
lived out in the jungle in some village type setting--
I was truly surprised when you told me you lived in the
capital city of Cambodia in a nice luxury apartment--
And it was especially nice seeing you again, Mikey Engem--
Peace, Love
From: SIG 7/14/2007 6:58 P.M.
lbwnaima--I visit here pretty much daily, but very rarely feel prompted to post. I do have almost 2600 posts at bibleforums.org, though...
I did send you an email a week or so ago. The subject line and message were "greetings."
Best regards to Larry.
From: SIG 7/14/2007 7:03 P.M.
MannyFest
From: Ted 6/26/2007 8:24 P.M.
Here's Barbara's message:
hi all you sunnyridgers and families larry and barbara are still married and we have anew baby ie doggie named naima august is still in eugene doing his glass and other eccentric things love to hear from some more of you.
(Editor's note: barbara used one of my crazy forms to type in and it didn't work)
From: Mij 6/28/2007 6:23 P.M.
Summer...the season of excitement..romance..and unexplored
opportunities. Stifling yet comforting, summer always
seems to have that sensation of relived memories, as if
this is the season where Deja Vu exists in an underlying
tingle of anticipation..we have been here many times, and
know what's next, yet can't wait for it..as if it's all new
and unexperienced.
Sensations..always there..an almost achingly blissful
feeling that can consume ones entire being..not sexual,
not physical, more like ethereal..feathery and light..
adhering to our souls like a blanket of pure nectar..and
reminding us ever and a day how lucky we are to see, feel,
and experience this ever mystical sphere we call life.
Summer...
Peace.
From: Ted 6/29/2007 5:39 A.M.
Thank you for showing your true colors, mij. That was a beautiful poem we can all relate to.
From: Ted 6/29/2007 5:43 A.M.
Speaking of inspirational, this link was emailed to me.
From: barbara w lbwnaima 7/1/2007 5:05 P.M.
hello all who read this who is Mij? im not tuning in..and also what am i doing wrong ted? i mean about sending these messages? bw
From: Mij 7/2/2007 6:12 P.M.
Hi Barbara, i'm the son of Lefty and Rita Eaton, brother to
Bob and Sue and Mike and Rick and Patrick..the Hays cut-off
crew. You remember now..but probably wish you didn't!
An amazing day in Cave Junction yesterday. An RV, which was
towing a Volvo station wagon, ran the red light at the
Caves highway intersection..where the Junction Inn is.
he hit two cars, careened off the highway, and plowed into
the "Pizza Pit", a restaurant right there in the
"Shop Stupid" parking lot. ( Shop smart )..anyway, he took
out the entire front of the restaurant! he smashed into the
front, went through the inner part, and came out the other
side into shop stupid's parking lot, stopping a few feet
away from a fireworks stand! The sound was heard all over
town, and people came running from everywhere! within
seconds, over a hundred people were at the scene..including
my nephew Cody, who said it was just plain horrible..
The driver was flown out of the Junction Inn parking lot
by helicoptor, and his condition is very critical. Four
others were injured, but are going to be ok. Everyone is
just amazed and thankful more people were not killed or
seriously hurt. Two employees were in the restaurant, but
no customers because they open later in the day on
sundays. One of the employees ( We saw it on film on the
local news..a surveylance camera caught it all on tape )
had just been walking into the front, but turned around
at the last minute and went back to the rear of the
restaurant..seconds later the mobile home crashed in...
All traffic was re-routed through the side streets of CJ
for over 7 hours! it was a mess to say the least..all of
199's traffic all of a sudden was going through these
small bumpy backstreets..you can imagine how crazy that
was! They reopened i99 last night, and today there's a
huge pile of twisted rubble where a restaurant was just
hours ago..
Well, that's the latest from your ex-home town. Hope
everyone is doing well and i'll talk again soon..
Peace.
From: The Eatons 7/4/2007 8:32 A.M.
Time for Parades, Bonfires. Fireworks
and of course HOTDOGS and BEER--
The Treehouses here in Cave Junction
put on an all day affair with softball,
ziplines and other activities, until the
Grand Finale of a wonderful Fireworks Display--
It's time to let your hair down and enjoy
all the Hoopla--
Have a Great Day everyone!!!!!!!!
PEACE, LOVE
From: barbara weinstein 7/4/2007 11:08 A.M.
happy fourth of july..actually i hate this holiday too noisy and freakks out all the housepets..anyway love to all and have a good day no matter what. we are going swimming with naima. not naima mora who i finally saw on tv but naima the wonderful dog. love barbara
From: Ted 7/4/2007 3:34 P.M.
What would Fourth of July be without this popular
Fireworks above the Statue of Liberty (click the sky)
This morning I got an email with, what else...
Declaration of Independence
From: Mij 7/7/2007 7:05 A.M.
Hi all, hope everyone had a great fourth...i love the
firewoks Ted! i sit and click on it like it was the best
thing since sliced bread! ( it's right up there! )
Very hot here..100+..i'm going "Tahiting" today..never been
on the river in a self-guided water craft of any sort.
Vickie has run many rivers in all kinds of rafts/canoes so
i couldn't go with a more capable person..should be a lot
of fun..
i'll write again soon and have nothing to say..it's a gift!
Stay cool and have a great rest of the weekend..
Peace.
Ps. Great fireworks Ted!
From: llucy 7/7/2007 8:10 A.M.
indeed the TED posted fireworks were fun...we ourselves don't use explosives if at all possible. hot here too..109 in the driveway on thursday...very very hot and spending time hosing down cows...really, they are brown and get too hot
gearing up for country fair..will go early and leave early but have a wee fun
From: Ted 7/7/2007 2:17 P.M.
I'll be seeing Stan tomorrow
I'll take some pics
From: Ted 7/9/2007 3:17 P.M.
Stan be continuing trucking on...
Wonderful visit.
Big thanks for great stories and updates on you and your family.
Big thanks for the songs
(He's got a million of 'em on that hard-drive in his pocket)
Me & Stan
And last but not least...
Big thanks for a generous donation to this website.
Sure was a part of me that felt the urge to travel!
From: Ted? 7/10/2007 7:03 A.M.
Me?
From: Curious Rita 7/10/2007 6:59 P.M.
Ted, last night you posted a great picture of
you and Stan--Today a totally different picture
of the same Ted--it's good, but you look so polished
Ted--Clue us in if you will--Are you back to school,
taking a course or what's happening??
From: lbwnaima 7/10/2007 7:58 P.M.
hello who reads this anyway only ted pilger? happyand peaceful memories and blessed current events to all whoread this it is about 100 degrees outside today in eugene.makes me think of the sauna.love barbara
From: Ted 7/11/2007 6:29 A.M.
Hi Rita.
You live with the greatest comedian in Oregon but still sometimes miss my sick twisted humor...
That "Doctor" is not me. He's got the same name, however.
I did a Google search on my name, just for fun, and saw his website. I thought it might be good for a laugh and a good reminder that we should always be asking, "who the hell AM I, really?"
From: Ted 7/11/2007 6:33 A.M.
Hi Barbara,
Yes, sometimes I feel the same way, that I am the only one reading and responding to all the sunnyridge posts.
But if you look at the ARCHIVES you will see some active participation in the past. Nina, Betty,Stewart,Stan,Leah,Michele,Michael & Mona, Don Yo, Tom Miley even...Not to mention the famous JAF and beloved Peter. Also take a look at who has posted their profile in our Address Book for more names.
Also, I can see from a program that is available to "webmasters" that sunnyridge.net actually gets quite a bit of traffic from all over the world.
Stan said he visits quite frequently but doesn't leave a message. Stew says the same thing.
So thanks for adding your beautiful voice to the site, Barbara. Maybe you can encourage Larry to say a few words.
AND REMEMBER:
All Sunnyridgers...Add your profile to our Address Book.
Email or send pictures you have to add to the site.
Send your artwork...your recordings of music...
IT'S YOUR SITE! IT'S COMMUNAL! IT'S PAID FOR
From: Ted 7/11/2007 7:11 A.M.
I thought I would remind everyone something that Rita pointed out:
I would like to remind everyone of this upcoming event--
It's around September, 2008--That will be the
Anniversary of Sunnyridge, 40 years young--WOW!!!!
So...
Any thoughts on a REUNION!!!!
From: llucy 7/12/2007 4:54 A.M.
off to the country fair, put the calves back on milk cows and found someone to feed and water..so getting 2 days off for party time. I bet it rains on us...chuckle, so many fairs in the mud...but mudbaths ok i guess
From: Mij 7/12/2007 5:08 P.M.
Hello fellow ex-hippie types...
We had a once in a decade thunderstorm yesterday ( actually
it was the day before..time flies when your having brain
loss! )
Anyway, it was awesome. constant lightning for three hours
that lit the night like daylight, thunder that shook the
house and rattled your brain ( in my case, not much
rattling actually occured..) and LUCKILY, a good douse of
rain with it. There was still fires satrted but not nearly
as bad if it had been "dry lightning"..
EVERYONE talked about it the next day of course! From the
Building Supply to Shop Stupid, from the O'Brien Store to
the Dairy Queen, it was the biggest thing since The Pizza
Pit was demolished by an out of control mobile home! i tell
you, this town has seen more action lately than
Heidi Fleiss!!
Well, that's your hometown update for this, the 12th of July 2007....for more information, please log on to:
www.cavejunction.bigassnews.excitementabounds.com
or
www.illinoisvalley.ravagethehillsides.clearcuteverything//
( notice the last ones are "slash, slash"? )
Well, i'm outta here! Good fortunes and happiness to all...
Peace.
From: Ted 7/13/2007 5:53 A.M.
Wow. Thanks for the update, mij. When mother nature shows her passion, how can we be apathetic towards life?
From: stan 7/14/2007 8:11 P.M.
ncesus, amongst just a few of us in the Illinois Valley is to have the reunion at the claim... plenty of room, nothing there, what could be better? Barbara and Larry approve....
From: Rita 7/14/2007 7:53 P.M.
Hi Everyone--
We had a wonderful visit with Stan and
Mike Menge yesterday--Lots of laughs from
Old stories, new stories and just plain crazy
stories.
Stan, you look great--for some reason I thought you
lived out in the jungle in some village type setting--
I was truly surprised when you told me you lived in the
capital city of Cambodia in a nice luxury apartment--
And it was especially nice seeing you again, Mikey Engem--
Peace, Love
From: SIG 7/14/2007 6:58 P.M.
lbwnaima--I visit here pretty much daily, but very rarely feel prompted to post. I do have almost 2600 posts at bibleforums.org, though...
I did send you an email a week or so ago. The subject line and message were "greetings."
Best regards to Larry.
From: SIG 7/14/2007 7:03 P.M.
MannyFest
lbwnaima--A link you might enjoy:
From: barbara w. 7/15/2007 1:18 P.M.
hello everyone...stan has been visiting larry an me for a day or twom and we are having fun with our uncooperative computer etcetera. i notice stan sent a message lastnite that was not complete so i will add that a sunnyridge reunion at the claim in 2008 the 40th i believe would be a great idea. what does anyone or someone need to do to make this happen? ted thankyou for replying to me when i blurt out stuff that i later wish i had not typed in..love barbara, larry, stan...hi rita..so nice that you stay online here also and all of the rewt of you eaton clan.
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 7/19/2007 6:43 A.M.
Sunnyridge 40 Year Reunion
Barbara, I think the best way to get the Reunion thing started is to just throw around a few ideas right here in the Outhouse.
(any crappy ideas can easily be disposed of)
here's a few...
How would you Eatons like to host the reunion?
Could we have it right on the old Claim site?
What's the story on the "tree houses" place...room enough...expensive...how far from the claim...etc?
Is the place we had the last reunion still available?
I could make a web page just for the occasion so we know who is going and perhaps, like a pot luck, who is doing what to make it happen.
Would we want to combine it with a Meadow's reunion (Woodstock 2008).
If all proves to overwhelming we could have a "virtual reunion" online for a few days. I'll have to think about that one.
From: Stan 7/19/2007 10:40 A.M.
The campsite we used before is still around and has the advantage of toilets and cooking facilities. Doing it at SR would probably require portapotties - There's certain to be more than a 100 people considering all the kids and now grandkids.
As for me, I've just done a reunion tour of my own - 9 places in 17 days - and saw relatives I hadn't seen in 20 years as well as Ted and Jim in Santa Barbara, Don Yo in Arcata, Mike and the
Eatons in CJ, Larry and Barbara and Demetra in Eugene. Altogether a great trip, and I'm psyched for SR 40th reunion.
From: Rita 7/19/2007 12:47 P.M.
Sorry folks--We Eatons can't host the reunion--
We only have room for 99 people--
But here's a great website at the place we had
the 25th reunion--
www.countryhillsresort.com
Can you make this URL work Ted??
From: Mij 7/20/2007 7:45 A.M.
Good Morning fellow ex-hippie types..
i can't add a lot of input as far as where it would be
good to hold the reunion..but i'd just like to say it's a
cool idea and i hope it comes to pass..
Our place wouldn't work..to many reasons actually, but
suffice to say it's just too unopen..all the trees that
were not so big 40 yrs ago have now grown into full-sized
trees, and what little space we did have is non-existent
now..
( We could always clear-cut the property real fast! )
But whatever is decided i support, and i look foreward
to attending..and of course anyone who wants to is always
welcome to come by here...
i hope this all works out, and hopefully we'll be seeing
each other in the not so distant future...
Peace and tranquility to all..
Adieu.
Ps. 40 yrs!....wow...pretty cool.
i'm gonna go change my depends now..
Later.
From: Ted 7/20/2007 8:16 A.M.
mij...I'm still laughing as I type this. Clear cut! Depends! You are something else.
Ok...
Country Hills Resort
(formerly known as Woodland Echoes
(Looks like a few ideas have effortlessly gone down the Outhouse hole. See how easy it is!)
From: Ted 7/20/2007 8:33 A.M.
A few more links:
Out 'n About Treesort (Takilma...a friend of ours had her wedding here and loved it)
CaveJunction.com (Places to stay - even in Kerby!)
Aerial View of Sunnyridge Now
From: michelle 7/21/2007 10:04 A.M.
i'm thinking about my dad so thought i would drop by. had a far out dream about him the other night. . . we were chatting. . . i told him i was a bit confused, "you're dead" . . . he said, "i'm confused too. i'm still dealing with my unconscious". i woke up knowing that jimmy had visited me.
i'm living in a highrise in seoul korea. . . teaching western culture to business people. . . tomorrow i'm going to honor my father on the anniversary of his passing in the korean style. . . .. . . make a special meal for him . . . and bow four times . . . inviting him to join me . . . my korean friends say that it is appropriate for me to be dreaming about him at this time. . .
love to all of you out there . . . thank you jimmy! jaf lives!
From: michelle 7/21/2007 10:06 A.M.
when i say i'm "teaching western culture". . . i mean that i'm helping koreans understand western culture . . . so they can have an easier time doing business with us. . . teaching adults is quite a bit different than teaching kids. . . way less stress and a lot more intellectually stimulating . . .
. . . those that know me will remember that i had begun a masters program in eugene. . . well. . .. i got a kidney infection two weeks into the program and got booted out because i missed too much school. . . kept coming up against brick walls. . . and when i moved with the flow it brought me back here to korea. . .
From: Ted 7/21/2007 10:22 A.M.
Hi Michelle
It's good to hear from you and remember your dad. He loved life and loved this website.
Today is the anniversary of his last posting:
Tribute to jaf
From: barbara w lbwnaima@comcast.net 7/21/2007 3:05 P.M.
larry and i think woodland acres or country hills or whatever they are calling it now is the most versitile site for the reunion. demetra thinks so too. hi michelle. how nice to hear from you and to be reminded of jimmy i think about him alot and have many conversations with him also. love barbara
From: Rita 7/21/2007 4:46 P.M.
Hi Michelle--I'm so very happy to hear from you--
And you certainly sound 'Good' like the road you
are on is okay--You have some stability in yout life--
Yes, I still miss Jim alot--Thank you for sharing your
'dream' with us--What a woderful connection Michelle--
I hope you will check in more often--I would love to
hear some stories from Soule, or anything you wish--
Peace, Love
From: Mij 7/23/2007 4:46 P.M.
Thanks Ted, always good to make someone laugh..usually i
have to pay them..
Hi Michelle! Good to hear from you...glad all is well..
Two cents worth:
Sounds like the old Woodland Echos, which is now Country
Hills, would be best..facilities, semi-close, and it's
not Kerby!
End of two cents worth.
So, what is it with Kerby, and what did they ever do to
me!?
Speaking of absolutely nothing, did you hear MB does not
have cancer? There is no god.
hey, i don't mean it, i just don't not wish it would
happen..
Huh?
In other news, Cave junction is still between Grants Pass
and Crecent City..officials say they predict a continuing
of this location, although many residents believe they've
been secretly relocated to a place where trees are no
longer allowed anywhere on, near, close to, around, in
the vicinity, close to the area, even thinking of being
nearby or adjacent to, the north end of town...
Luckily the trees were an eyesore and begged to be
eradicated from the face of this way to tree covered earth!
Have to go, until next rant...
Adieu.
From: Rita (via email) 7/25/2007 9:28 P.M.
From: Rita Eaton
To: ted@pilger.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:21 PM
Subject: Fw: Emailing: crop2-1--fromRita
Hi Ted, Daughter-in-law, Holly Zook, makes all kinds of these decorative cakes--
She never went to school or anything--She now has sold quite a few on
her "My Space" website.
Sue e=mailed me this picture, but I couldn't
get it on 'My Documents to post it myself.
She made this cake for a 5 year
young friend who loves Pandas--Pretty clever--
PANDA CAKE
From: Ted 7/25/2007 9:31 P.M.
I want one!!!!
From: Rita 7/26/2007 5:50 A.M.
Thanks Ted--I do want to add that everything is
edible on this cake--also the characters on the
cake are Chinese meaning, HAPPY BIRTHDAY--
From: Daddy Ted 7/27/2007 8:30 A.M.
|
"I need a pen-pal or two. Maybe put my address on the website"
Adam Pilger CDC F16537 RCPH T-3 328U PO Box 441 Chino, CA 91708 Yeah, Adam is in "the hole", poor guy. We all have our ups and downs and our beautiful and ugly side. If you remember Adam, he was at the last reunion and and said, when everyone was sitting around introducing themselves, "I was at Sunnyridge...just not physically". Anyway...if you do decide to write him and want a return letter I would highly recommend you include a self-addressed and stamped envelope and maybe a piece of paper to write on. He doesn't get much to work with where he's at. |
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 7/27/2007 9:07 A.M.
I added a picture of "Larry the Fluff" to the profile on the CONTACT PAGE. Thanks for that link to the MannyFest, Stewart. I saw it before but didn't realize there were more pages...wow.
From: Terry Nowotarski supastarz-ntz@juno.com 7/30/2007 7:00 P.M.
HI all! my name is Terry I lived further up Althouse Creek from Sunnyridge in Browntown a friend sent me this web site. I am in tears and my heart aches looking at places and times I yearn for. We were forced out of Browntown and lived in a TeePee in a magical meadow high above Sunnyridge .I gave birth to my first child (LIKAIA) at sunnyridge on feb 16 1974.with the help of the wonderful women at the Ridge.I think I gave birth in the Lodge, not sure, I later moved to Takilma and lived at circle S on the other side of the river.I lived with John ,Eddie, and Danny we all came from Reading Pa. I now live in Orange Ca. I have four wonderful daughters I work for Hospice as an aide I'm single and poor SHOCKING!! I would LOVE to hear from anyone that knew us. PS I had no idea Sunnyridge was also brought down so very sad. Love to all Terry
From: Mij 8/2/2007 6:05 P.M.
Hi to all you whoever you are that are reading whatever
it is that is being written by whatever i am about
whoever i can...
If that makes sense, you should seek immediate help.
Hi lady from Browntown! ( sorry, i've only just seen your
message once and of course being the drug soaked brain
mass that is called my mind, i couldn't retain your name
from the time it took to read it and sign in...)
But, we were close to the Browntown folk..at least for
awhile. The people i remember was Browntown Bill and his
sister Gayle or Gail..i think there was a Peter also.
That was 34 or so years ago, so the fact i can remember
that much is quite amazing.
Anyway, thought i'd add my 1.5 cents worth..i think you
were there after that...
In other news, MB still cannot talk, think, feel, or
even utter what once passed as complete sentences. His IQ
is lower than the Minniapolis bridge..
OOOHHHHH...
OK, so that was a bit...crass! What do you expect after
3 thousand hours of the same drivel, something different?!
Well, luckily for everyone i'm off to my softball game.
Good to hear from someone who was around in that same
time period lady from Browntown, hope you keep in touch
with the site...
Peace.
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 8/4/2007 8:15 A.M.
Added and replaced a few pictures
in the Address Book.
Rita: more flattering photo.
Barbara: found a "now" photo (2006 I believe) and added it to your profile.
Ted: new "now" picture (a few weeks old).
From: barbara w. lbwnaima@comcast.net 8/5/2007 10:21 A.M.
check out the current photo of me posted on my address by w.webmaster ted...i am interested to note that i look pretty much the same and it is actually at least ten years old. i can tell by the shirt i am wearing. thanks anyway for postinf that ted. love barbara
From: Mij 8/6/2007 6:59 P.M.
Hello all fellow people who use to sit around the fire,
watch the rain, and eat brown rice in-between acid trips
and woodruns!..
Hope everyone is doing well..we were talking reunion a bit
ago, and i wanted to say i went this weekend to a gathering
very similar in attitude and meaning up in Sunny Valley..
Vickie had old stomping grounds around that area and some
old friends were having a combination birthday party and
celebration of old friends and old memories..the host was
60 and all his friends and aquaintences from the old
communal and hippie days from all around Wolf Creek, Sunny
Valley, etc came and celebrated. i really didn't know
anyone, all though some people did look familiar, but it
was just the same in..atmosphere and familiarness with the
past...all good people whom came to the area in the 60's
and early seventies to get away and do something different.
Some of you may know or remember the people who attended
if you were ever in Sunny Valley or Wolf Creek back then..
Anyway, it was a beautiful place and a really nice time.
it's weird seeing how far we've all come yet at the same
time never seeming to have changed at all..everyone still
have the same values and political views, etc..yet in
different garb and driving newer vehicles!..
Hope the reunion plans for Sunnyridge come to fruition..
it's good to reunite and remember there's still something
to grasp onto from the past even though so many years and
changes have come and gone..we all came here for the same
reasons at the same time, and the exodus of young people
looking for new everything in lieu of their old nothing
was nothing short of astonishing in it's overall impact
and the permanant roots which were laid down by so many..
Anyway, that's your update on fellow hippies and friends
from the North!..until next time,
Peace.
From: barbaraw. 8/6/2007 8:05 P.M.
hey mij..i am glad you are more facile on the keyboard than me. nice reminiscences i hope the reunion happens too ..we have to make it happen.. just like the old days you know...manifesting? ok love barbara
From: Ted 8/7/2007 6:13 A.M.
How depressing to think we have not changed.
Yet that is an observation I have heard quite frequently.
"You haven't changed a bit!"
But the 60's was about real change.
And besides "manifesting", the other big Sunnyridge slogan was "going through changes".
So I'm sending out a thought...
A hope...
Whatever you want to call it.
Let's all dig deep and let the reality of who we really are shine more brightly than our old love beads.
And now a word from "Evil Twin":
"You surely gonna fall off that high horse, Mr. Ted"
Anyway...
Reunion sounds like it is taking shape in the ethers...
manifestation is only a hairsbreath away.
From: Mij 8/7/2007 4:21 P.M.
But it's ok Ted to not change..at least deep down. We are
who we are and i think people spend to much of their lives
trying not to be what no amount of fancy cars or huge
houses or espresso coffees can alter..those things can and
do make people PRETEND they're someone whom they really
are not..i guess it's the material plane in which we exist
and thrive that colors our innate being..
That's why i'm not..very keen for lack of a nicer word, on
"organized religions". i believe to many people spend so
much of their lives trying to figure out what "it's" all
about and where and what and why and etc..they figure
themselves out of an amazing opportunity that who or what
bestowed upon us in this unbelievable thing
called life. i'm not begrudging anyone who does aspire
to such beliefs, it's just my outlook on why and what and
who i am..i don't see the point in throwing myself, body
and soul, into something that, when it comes down to it, is
still just a word on a page which was put there on this
same linear level of existance that we wake up to
everyday..which brings us to that thing we as humans have
decided to dub as "time"...a theory i believe to be not
possible. There is no such thing as time, there just IS.
if putting a label on this force which we can only fathom
as time helps us cope with it's immense presence, then who
are we to make waves over something that's so finite and
final..
Anyway! That's the "Doctrine of Life" by Mij Notae.
I'm off to play softball..a hobby upon which many such as i
find interesting and thrilling enough to take what passes
for our minds off the presence of is..
Peace.
Ps. By the way, i'm an IV graduate, who ingested more
substances by the age of 35 than most entire labratories
of rats and mice and guinea pigs put together, and have
been thumped, banged, whacked, boinked, frapped, and
konked on the head more than a MB pinata at an Iraqi
frat party!....so don't put too much stock in what the hell
i say!..
Peaceagain.
From: Ted 8/7/2007 8:20 P.M.
Ah what a beautiful mixture of insight and humility. You are a good guy, mij notae.
It's funny how both sides of an issue can be completely right. To change or not to change...that is the question.
To polarize the issue...that is the bane of mind.
Luckily we have all been a pinata at that Iraqi
frat party and are for the most part out...of our minds.
From: stan 8/8/2007 7:00 P.M.
out...of our minds... and PROUD of it. To borrow an old trite saying; If you're not crazy then you're not seeing life as it really is.
But would we trade it? For normality?
Changing gears.... We don't need to do anything about the reunion nown aside from letting everyone know. Action can wait till springtime.
From: Ted 8/8/2007 7:32 P.M.
So Stan!
Are you back in your hammock?
Did you go anywhere else after Oregon?
It was great seeing you.
From: barbara w. 8/9/2007 11:38 A.M.
i really like this bantering and raving thar goes on here yes stan your visit was great. it is great also to hear from the rest of you and to put in my chatter as well it is giving me a whole new feeling of connection again. just heard from lester licht so i encouraged him to join..he called to widh august happy birthday; it is his 37th if you can believe that. ted i am trying to figure out whatn photo might get through to adam. i have a great one of me doing yoga but probably would get censored. we will figure it out. love barbara
From: Ted 8/9/2007 6:01 P.M.
Barbara, just what kind of yoga are you doing!
(just kidding)
As far as bantering goes...have you looked at the archives yet? Anyone remember the "tabtee" episode?
It's great having you here, Barbara. Hope Lester joins too. And anyone know how Nina's doing? Sam Johnson? Miley (he was all excited about finding Sunnyridge.net and almost immediately disappeared...he was going to visit his mother in NY just before 9/11)
From: stan 8/10/2007 4:37 P.M.
still in Portland. Back to Cambodia in a few days where I can sweat instead of shiver (really, it wasn't that bad) Wea great to reconnect. Seeya next year
From: barbara w. 8/11/2007 10:58 A.M.
hello again...i am working on getting in touch with nina k. and have also sent our email address to mona and michael. we shall see who logs in...nina is alive and well here in eugene. mail has gone to adam pilger..regular stamped mail.. and i told him larry is a drum expert hope that is a perk for a guy who is locked up.treasure your freedom. love barbara
From: Ted 8/11/2007 3:32 P.M.
Thanks for sending Adam something, Barbara.
I'm sure he'll appreciate it.
And thanks for your efforts to get more people to visit this site. Yes! Nina is the original organizer and actually the inspiration for starting this site.
NEW STUFF:
Barbara, there is a "THEN" photo of you on your address book profile.
There is a cute "THEN" picture of Faith on her address book profile.
Added a new history page, History40.html (new kids picture).
Rescanned the picture on the history page called "kids" (much better resolution and size).
From: Rita 8/11/2007 7:57 P.M.
Hi Everybody--Can anyone help me? I want to
know the names of the 3 ships involved in the
Boston Tea Party--The settlers, disguised as Indians
on December 18, 1773,boarded these 3 English ships
filled with tea. and dumped them in Boston Harbor--
Sort of a prelude to the revolutionary War--Anyway,
I know two names, I think, ie, The Dartmouth, the Endeavor(??) and the ???????--
Peace, Love
From: SIG 8/12/2007 10:47 A.M.
The Dartmouth, Eleanor and the Beaver...
From: Ted 8/12/2007 3:28 P.M.
The ADDRESS BOOK now has a MAILING LIST entry form. When enough people register, we can send group email (or individual email) from the password protected section.
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 8/12/2007 3:30 P.M.
jim frankfort's website is apparently being revised (see the link section of sunnyridge.net)
Anyone know who is doing it?
Michelle...come out, come out, whereever you are...
From: Rita 8/12/2007 3:36 P.M.
Thank you so much Sig--I knew you would come
through--I was one out of three(not good)--
As a librarian, I looked up those names for
a 4th grader--I wrote them down--I knew Dartmouth
and my mind said Endeavor because of the space ship
EndeavorThose names of the ships were never exposed
too often in books--I'm curious Sig, did you remember
from grade school or did you have to use the internet?
I know its trivia, but I'm an addict for trivia--
From: SIG 8/12/2007 2:57 P.M.
I Googled...
From: Mij 8/13/2007 5:59 P.M.
i googled twice this morning..
Then flushed.
Probably google again tomorrow..
of course the older we get googling doesn't come as easy
as it once did.
it's mind googling really..
The rooster in the morning says "cock-a-google-doo"..
Of course, spelled differently, it could mean something
else entirely; Googull..a bird covered in slime.
That's about it for todays lesson in google/googull.
Peace.
From: llucy 8/13/2007 6:15 P.M.
picked 6 gallons of blackberries this weekend in Holland near the winery. went up the road and found a spot to pull in shuttleship and soaked in athouse creek nice. dusty horses in the hedges picking blackberries stew, loose viny maple leaves blowing in the wind.went to the river, cooked and cooked and made berry ice cream with buddha baby grandchild and his parental units at cody's
From: Ted 8/13/2007 8:50 P.M.
2 times! I had beets yesterday and googled 3 times today. I love beets and that is one of their wonderful side-effects. I'm sure everyone is hearing more than they actually care to about this, but I'd venture to say most of the senior citizens of sunnyridge appreciate a good google. Maybe this is the start of a new adventure, like the "tabtee" fiasco.
On another note...
Llucy...what memories the blackberries in Holland bring!
Bet the grandkid loved the ice cream.
From: Ruby ruby_gaby@yahoo.com 8/14/2007 12:47 P.M.
Cool Paper Sculptures
Hello everyone, It's been a while. I am so glad to see Barbara and Larry online! I have so many wonderful memories of you guys! The tabla, the bellydancing, stories of Max and Selma. The reunion sounds great!
I have been living in Portland for a little over a year and so far I really like it. Denver is really extreme. Too hot, cold, and crowded.
I googled you Barbara and I see that you have art up at the Beanery. Very cool - I remember the book you did for Leah's birthday! That was so awesome! I wonder if she still has it?
Had lunch with Stan yesterday. We shared stories and pictures - he goes back to Cambodia today.
I do paper sculptures too, but not amazing ones like this guy! Check it out!
Hi to all you Eatons! Thanks Ted!
Ruby
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 8/15/2007 9:18 A.M.
If anyone is interested in adding their email address to a new MAILING LIST (in the private password-protected section)
Go to the ADDRESS BOOK and click on SUNNYRIDGE MAILING LIST.
Add your name and email address.
To see a sample of the result go to the PRIVATE MEMBERS-ONLY PAGE and click SUNNYRIDGE MAILING LIST.
*You can send a group email to everyone on the list.
*You can send just to one or select from the list.
*We can let each other know anything really important
*We can use it for the upcoming REUNION
From: barbara 8/15/2007 7:45 P.M.
hi everyone. how nice to hear from ruby. i have been painting alot but the beanery show was last january..did you actually see this online ruby? i am in a figurative show opening at diva in eugene on sept. 7th. maybw they put shows online. this train of thought to be continued. i guess little by litle we are all reconnecting. good work ted on getting those pictures in. thanks i can send my paintings too larry just said that. love barbara
From: Ted 8/15/2007 8:29 P.M.
Hi Larry. Good idea.
Barbara, you used to have a website with your work on it.
Do you still have it?
HEY...FOR THOSE WHO NEVER READ THE ABOVE MENTIONED "TABTEE FIASCO" HERE IS THE BEGINNING FROM ONE OF THE EARLIEST "ARCHIVES" FROM THIS CHAT ROOM: ARCHIVE 2
FROM Bill ...................Sep 3, 1999, 22:59 (EST)
Hello,looking for and info about what i remenber being called tabtee or something like that , its been a long time but i remenber the effects as mind blowing.
FROM Peter...................Sep 8, 1999, 15:46 (EST)
Who is Bill? Tabtee?
Is he daft? Most people would be unwilling to share such knowledge with just anyone, but we at Sunnyridge have always been magnanimous, and altough I know there are those who will be upset by my revelations, here goes: In fact I remember Tabtee
very well and on those occasions when I was involved it certainly provided a very positive experience- I remember Aron Greenberg waxing on poetically on its esoteric and holy properties, especially when applied to some eroticaly esoteric fol-de -rol... on the other hand when Larry saw it in a chart it was alwaays a Sign of something and Barbara's
Tarot deck would have to be consulted so that the tabtee could be properly put into its cosmic context especially when someone walked up the driveway with a pouch full of them. Also, as I remember it they were of many colors and when we took them to town to the laundromat it was always easy to tell them apart so that Beany could nail them up in "his" workshop, formerly kids room, middle room, sauna, while others could be planted in the garden.
Oh yes the Tabtee... I remember them well... remember when the dogs got a hold of them and we found them out on a far away wood run, among the detritus of the logging operations. One time I acdtually saw some of them hitching a ride up the mountain on an empty logging truck and then hours later saw them waving from the top of some logson the truck careening on the way down. But when you ate some with your oat meal and honey in the morning, with the kids around the black stove and coffee and Jimmy and Rita then you knew that later in the day at the swimming hole you would see them and the eel making their nest. Yes you could also hear them once in awhile while we chanted or the drums and the flutes were doing it oh yes the Tabtee ... it was good. I also remember Tabtee on the planks of food we brought into the Lodge when we inaugurated it and Tabtee was also there when babies were born and ...all the time... Got it Bill?
From: Ruby 8/16/2007 1:06 P.M.
http://www2.eugeneweekly.com/2001/08_30_01/galleries.html
Hi Barbara, I actually googled your name and it had this website announcing your art at the Beanery. I wish it did have the paintings. You can show them on our Sunnyridge site though and that would be beautiful!
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 8/16/2007 7:26 P.M.
Michelle Silver was asking about this movie.
It shows rarely but captures the feel of communal life.
jim melnik saw it when it was in Santa Barbara and I have been looking every once in awhile for where it is playing next. If anyone gets wind of a west coast showing...
please post it.
From: SIG 8/17/2007 7:58 A.M.
Review of "Commune"
FWIW...
From: Ted 8/17/2007 6:11 P.M.
A couple of paintings by Barbara W:
Painting 1
Painting 2
I'll probably make a page for these and more to come, I'm sure.
Also going to make some pages with photos that are just plain beautiful rather than historic. Soon to come.
Meanwhile I rescanned (digitally remastered) the following web pages:
The Old Kitchen (History in Photos)
The Patriarchs (Reunion Page).
From: barbara w. 8/18/2007 11:12 A.M.
thanks ted for your hard work. i sent you a blessing in yoga class this morning. om namah shivaya. maybe larry and i will next figure out how to send more photos at once. chat to continue as always..love to sunnyridge of the imagination. barbara.
From: Ted 8/19/2007 9:20 A.M.
I had some champagne grapes I bought last week and knew we couldn't eat 'em so decided to make some juice.
wine press
Came out excellent! Got a whole glass!
From: barbara w. 8/19/2007 9:28 A.M.
about making your own wine...last year larry and i pressed alot of grapes on ahot day and after realizing one quart of juice wasnt what we hoped for we gave up before we killed each other and drank the juice. it was tasty. reminds me of some vague fermentation events a very long time ago...better left unshared.love barbara
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 8/20/2007 6:05 P.M.
Much appreciation from this webmeister to Michelle Silver for a generous donation!
I should probably put a little more emphasis on some money-making gimmick. The "virtual commune" seems to have been a big flop. But, like Sunnyridge itself...things manifest as needed.
From: Rita 8/20/2007 7:42 P.M.
Barbara--It is so wonderful having you on this
chatline--And when I viewed your paintings all I
could say was 'WOW'--And I do love that line you
wrote "love to the Sunnyridge of the Imagination"--
Ted--Thanks for rescanning the 'Old Kitchen"--It is so
much clearer than the one I have hanging on the wall--I never noticed before, but Lefty is half hidden behind
Bob and Ron, who is holding or hanging from the rafters--
I tried accessing your 'wine press' picture but after 10
minutes it was still downloading, so I clicked off--
All the other pictures came up okay--
Lefty made some great Elderberry winein the early 70's--
I was the 'brew meister'--I brewed and bottled many bottles of beer--It was yeasty tasting, and strong--
some folks called it 'Mead'But through the early 70's,
the bottles were drunk with pleasure and so were we--HA
Peace, love--
From: Ted 8/21/2007 7:42 A.M.
"Ted the Head" in 4th grade Can you find me?
From: Ruby 8/21/2007 8:22 A.M.
Good morning! I say WOW too about Barbara's beautiful paintings! You are a pro! I went to art school from 1988 - 1991. I always loved art, but during and after attending art school I've looked at the world so differently and with much more appreciation and attention. It forced me to do things I normally wouldn't have done, like life painting and life drawing! My first attempts of the human form resembled squids...the bodies seemed to have no bones! I got a little better with time. I have some pictures I will scan and send to you Ted, if you want to post them.
The guy hanging from the rafters is Goerge, my ex-husband and father of my 2 sons. Aleph was born at Sunnyridge 38 years ago, on August 19th. Kahlil was born up in Newport a yeart later and then we returned to Sunnyridge for another round.
From: barbara w. 8/21/2007 9:28 A.M.
good morning. the sun has returned to eugene. hooray for alitle more summer we ave company..my dear cousin from chicago, also a painter of great merit;;thanks for all that positive feedback on my art ..and her husband, we ad a big spaghetti dinner last night and actually got august to attend as well. he seems to be doing well so what else can a parent ask. lovge to all of you. barbara
From: SIG 8/21/2007 12:56 P.M.
"Ted the Head" in 4th grade Can you find me?
Third row right, seated next to the "Bay Ave. School 32" sign...
Love that dress! And who did your hair?
But why were you so pissed off?
From: Ted 8/21/2007 6:14 P.M.
Man, I thought it would take forever for someone to recognize me in that picture. Good job, SIG!
The reason I was pissed was because of my hair. Mom did it. As far as the dress goes, what's wrong with it?
Ruby...definately send those photos and I'll post 'em.
And HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO ALEPH!!!
Barbara, I just posted a message on the Questionnaire (on the pending page right now). It's a sunnyridge episode about spaghetti. Check "what's new" to read it.
From: Rita 8/22/2007 8:15 P.M.
Ted--I guess that is you--I still have a sneaking
suspicion that you are 'pulling our legs'--The
hair is okay , but the dress?? Were you in a play
or something?--The other boys were all in suits and
ties and no mixture of girls between them--At the
same time across the country in Phoenix, Arizona-
Bob's 4th grade, boys and girls sat together,and the
boys dressed in Levis and T's--
The East is still prim and proper while the West is
definitely more laid back--I like them both--
But please Ted, why did you wear a dress????????????
Peace, Love
From: Ruby 8/22/2007 9:12 P.M.
Ha ha ha...did anyone think that the boy that looks exactly like a mini you wasn't you? I see which one you are!!!
From: Ted 8/23/2007 6:19 A.M.
Mini-Me...wasn't there a movie about that?
Yes, Ruby, that's the actual me, complete with clip-on tie and corduroy pants. The girl was named Susan Svelte (actually Velt, I think...an definately not svelt[slender]. I apologize if this sounds like I am making fun of her. All the kids I grew up with had problems. In fact just about everyone I know has problems.)
And Rita, sweet Rita...I am beginning to think that either you are quite gullible by nature or that you have come to trust me a little too much. Either way, we all share gullibility. In fact, I have heard that the Goddess, Shiva has duped all of humanity as well as each individual into thinking we actually are the shadow of reality rather than reality itself. Hey...got a fortune cookie the other day that said, "Look towards the sun and the shadows will all fall behind you".
From: Sweet Gullible Rita 8/23/2007 10:45 A.M.
Ted--Yes, I prone to being gullible, bur trusting is more
me--I still was suspicious if that was really you, but you
'got me' with giving accolades to Sig--I didn't think you
would go to school wearing a dress--
But that was fun Ted--
Peace, Love
From: SIG 8/23/2007 12:33 P.M.
Actually, the Real Detectives here may have noticed that the photo is labelled (look up near the flag) with an arrow and info pointing to the little Webmeister...
(The church sign I read said, "Face the Son; shadows fall behind.")
From: Mij 8/23/2007 11:23 P.M.
Hi all..
Been busy so haven't had a lot of pute time..cool to see
everyone writing, about time!
I just got in from my softball game, we beat the only
undefeated team ...which means they are no longer
undefeated! Anyway, i hit a three run home run that turned
out to be the game winning runs..
Well, i'm off to bed, it's late and i'm still blitzed
from the smoke session which we have in the parking lot
after every game..
By the way, the webmeister doesn't where dresses...he wears
teddies!
Like i said, it's late and i'm still high.
Adieu for now..
Peace
From: Teddy 8/24/2007 5:43 A.M.
Can't beat that, mij, for making your day!
Congratulations.
May you continue to hit home runs.
May you bask in the high each time.
May you never have to see me in my teddy.
From: Rita 8/24/2007 6:54 P.M.
Hi Everyone--
A little trivia from the Eaton household--
Last night I went to my great granddaughters
birthday party--She is nine--the party was fun--
Llucy's daughter Gracie was there and Donnalee's
two granddaughters were there too, Willow's
girls, Camelia and Anika--Torun got a guitar that
she was thrilled with, but her prize was a DVD
player and some discs and she jumped up and hugged
her mom when she saw the title 'Hello"--I immediately
started singing 'You say hello and I say goodbye'
Torun was so surprised that I knew the Beatles--And
it made me laugh--here is Torun 9 and I am 82, liking
the same music--Who says 'never the twain shall meet'
Peace,Love
From: Ted 8/25/2007 6:11 A.M.
Well HAPPY BIRTHDAY TORUN!!
And so happy you got such a wonderful revelation, Rita.
It's a small world (yet vaster than we imagine).
time keeps on slipping into the future (yet eternity is in the present moment called "now").
Got any pictures of this grand occasion?
From: Mij 8/25/2007 7:17 A.M.
"Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the
future..time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into
the future..i'm going to fly like an eagle, to the sea..
fly like an eagle, let my spirit carry me..i'm going to fly
like an eagle, till i'm freeee.. whoa, whoa, whoa, there's
a solution"...
Steve Miller circa 70'-something..back when the brain cells
were plenty and noone ever heard or cared about a Bush..
unless of course it was naked and swimming at the swimming hole!
i know! i said i didn't have a lot of computer time, but
the old adage of there being an "occasion for every song
and a song for every occasion" is so true...for instance,
"the deeper you go, the higher you fly, the higher you fly,
the deeper you goooo, so come on!..come on!..come on and
take it easy, come on and take it easy, come on take it
easy...come on and take it easy, take it easy..take it
easy..everybody's got something to hide except for me and
my Monkey Boy!"
it's time to go..join us next time for "lyrics with MiJ"!
Peace.
Side note: it's weird writing down and actually looking at
the lyrics to past songs which we've heard more times than
MB's reasons for going to war..we've "grooved" to them
and enjoyed them, but when you look at the actual lyrics
they seem so repetitious and basic...almost as if a five-
year-old wrote them!..Sorry John, as in Lennon...just an
observation from a guy who never wrote a lyric in his
life!..and besides, we still love them and couldn't imagine
the songs any differently..
we're all just lyrics in this song of life..i just happen
not to rhyme..or make sense!
Peace..again.
Huh?
From: Mij "i won't go away" Notae 8/25/2007 8:22 A.M.
..."it's the end of the world as we know it, it's the end
of the world as we know it, it's the end of the world as we
know it, and i feeeel fine!"..
REM..circa aught something..very poignant in it's
simplistic meaning..but deep in it's shallowness..
Huh?
i'm going! until next annoying diatribe...
Peace-again.
From: Mij 8/27/2007 4:05 P.M.
Hello all..
A total Lunar Eclipse tonight..."the moon will touch
the dark inner portion of the shadow at 1:51 AM and will
reach mid-eclipse at 3:37 AM"..
That's the official text from the Weather Page of the
"Oregonian", a newspaper some of you may remember from your
travels of yore. Now, what the hell that means i'm not
exactly sure! it doesn't just say when the hell it will be
totally covered, i'd guess around 2:00AM or so, but i'm
sure the exact time could be found easily were one to
apply himself...( leaves me out i guess! )
Should be viewable to most of the west coast, so check it
out if you happen to be weird enough to be up at that
ungodly time of night!
Peace.
From: Lunar-tic 8/27/2007 4:25 P.M.
"A total lunar eclipse is going to happen tonight. It will
start at 1:51 am, and by 2:51 am the moon will be
completely shaded"..
Next time, get the facts straight Mij!
Adieu.
From: Ted 8/28/2007 6:21 A.M.
Well, I didn't get up in the middle of the night but awoke at my usual time, 4:30 (I know...I'm weird)
The moon was still half covered by the shadow of the earth.
If the moon is representative of the lesser light...
the mind...
It was tonight overshadowed by, eclipsed by, out-created by...
The glory of this creation.
Something to think about.
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 8/28/2007 6:25 A.M.
Ok...
Since everyone did so well identifying me in my 4th-grade class picture:
Can you tell if the person who took this picture of a dining room table to sell on E-Bay was a
MAN OR A WOMAN?
(it's pretty obvious)
dining room table
From: Ruby 8/28/2007 12:05 P.M.
well, unless my eyes deceive me, I'd say a man set this up.
From: Mij 8/28/2007 12:29 P.M.
Well, guessing by the reflection in the mirror, i'd say,
for that person's sake, that it's a man....if it is a
woman, she needs to get rid of that pesky penis!
Peace.
From: Ted 8/28/2007 2:06 P.M.
Very humbling...
You all found it easily
so did Ellen Sue
Me?
no comment
From: barbara w. 8/28/2007 4:39 P.M.
took me a while too ted but i spotted him finally. larry and i are on vacation in eastern ore. and having a wonderful time. larry's new hobby is taking digital photos so we plan on sending some into cyberspace for you all to view soon. love barbara and larry and naima.
From: Ted 8/28/2007 8:43 P.M.
I've seen some of these before, but they're still heartwarming to read again.We all could learn a lot from small compassionate little ones.
What is Love?
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does love mean?'
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
Rebecca- age 8
'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
Billy - age 4
'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
Karl - age 5
'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'
Chrissy - age 6
'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
Terri - age 4
'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'
Danny - age 7
'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
Emily - age 8
'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
'If you want to learn ! to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
Noelle - age 7
'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'
Tommy - age 6
'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching
me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
Cindy - age 8
'My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
Clare - age 6
'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
Elaine-age 5
'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
Chris - age 7
'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'
Mary Ann - age 4
'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes'and has to go out and buy new ones.'
Lauren - age 4
'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
Karen - age 7
'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.'
Mark - age 6
'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a
lot. People forget.'
Jessica - age 8
And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry.'
Rita...ask Torun "what is love"...let us know what she says.
Barbara...Looking forward to some of your paintings and Larry's artistry now too.
From: Ted 8/28/2007 8:47 P.M.
From: Ted 8/28/2007 8:49 P.M.
Ooops...that was an email from Stan
From: SIG 8/29/2007 8:29 A.M.
Watched a fascinating show two nights ago on Pol Pot's regime in Cambodia. 1.7 MILLION men, women, and children murdered, many after forced confessions, by a psychotic and paranoid regime. Those who carried out the executions were often in their mid- or late teens. To date, no one has ever been prosecuted for any of this.
From: Ted 8/29/2007 9:10 P.M.
Fascinating?
Well, I guess that word's appropriate.
I would tend to use Marlon Brando's famous line from "Apocalypse Now"...
The horror...
The horror...
I just checked YouTube on Pol Pot's regime and was horrified. I remember "The Killing Fields" also, but at least the movie had some heros in it to compensate for the horror.
On a lighter note...
Hello everyone!
From: Ruby 8/30/2007 11:20 A.M.
http://www.galenfrysinger.com/killing_fields.htm
This man, Galen, has been almost everywhere in the world. He's an interesting guy. This is his section on the killing fields. You can explore this site for hours. He has a section on Frank Lloyd Wright that is cool.
From: stan 8/31/2007 10:28 A.M.
Khmer Rouge tribunal is to begin soon, however, most of the bad guys have already died of old age. The government has stalled for years, probably because too many in power today will be mentioned in the proceedings.
In fact the US is ultimately and largely responsible for pol pots carnage because the CIA deposed a legitimate government in 1970 then started a secret bombing campaign which further destabilized the country and gave Pol Pot a great recruiting tool.
And to further pour salt on the wound, we kept the KR in the UN for several years after Vietnam invaded and kicked them out of government.
Anyway knowing the people now, as tolerant and easygoing as one can imagine, it's mystifying what happened except to understand that once a despot gets in control it's extremely difficult to unseat him.
From: Ted 8/30/2007 10:48 P.M.
down with despots
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 8/31/2007 7:01 A.M.
Sunnyridge Financial Statement
SPECIAL THANKS
From: Stan (via email) 9/1/2007 7:06 A.M.
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 9/1/2007 3:41 P.M.
Address Book:
Added photo of Sam Johnsen (from 20 year reunion)
Added photo of Don Yeo (from 20 year reunion)
Also, if you are not on the "mailing list" yet, please sign up (on Address Book page)(View the present list on the private section). This would be a great way to update everyone when there's important news.
From: barbara w. 9/2/2007 12:46 P.M.
hi all...larry and i just returned from a wonderful week in eastern ore. l has posted some pictures he took to teddy and we will send more.. i am thinking a few updated photos of the weinstein elders and their dog could go in the sunnyridge photo book. it will happen soon. i am glad to have monday off and hooray..it is still summer. demetra and reina are having dinner at our house tomorrow. no we are not barbequeing..i am cooking enchilladas.
From: stan 9/4/2008 8:05 P.M.
Back in 72 when we had our summer of 80, Jupiter was in Sag. It feels like reunion time so i'd guess it's back there again
From: Rita 9/3/2007 3:14 P.M.
Facts you might not know--
In 1894 President Grover Cleveland made
Labor Day a National Holiday--
In 1937 the minimum wage was 25-cents an hour--
In 1941, I worked for 20 cents an hour--
Did anyone work that low or lower?
In 1942, I worked for the General Electric Co--
Their Union(CIO) was strong and I made $1.20 an hour--
Wishing all you delightful Sunnyridgers a most
Joyful Holiday--
Peace, Love