Telephone Road by Anno Nymus

Telephone Road
by Anno Nymus

'52 June - I'm livin' in Texas …
… off of Telephone Road
Dads brother – is flying high in Houston
While sister's being borned …
… in the land of the Angels

Dad wheels and deals – rollin' on rubber wheels
Mom rubs elbows working with the great and famous
For only ½ the pay – of all the men there by the way
Art is struggling – for mom – and for dad

I start down – that lost ol' Jericho road
soon questioning – the great unknowns
Chance and Luck – are my best pals
well-springs – in supporting roles
both or all alone – this ancient story – old old old

Banjo from the mountains – banjo from the city …
makes a big racket – but don't it sound purty !
dulcet dulcimers – Berea, Cumberland's Gap
Appalachian adventures – far off the maps
But wait ! … open that Golden Gate …
here I come – feets do your stuff .. I cant wait …

Heading for Californ'
on the road again sure as you're born !
New adventures await in far off Cali
For dulcimers & Tangents – Stanford and Paly
The Tangent Deli '62 – prequel to the living 'Dead'
Garcia – Hunter – Weir – Nelson – and Pigpen
sippin' in the alley
my friends all then ...

Herringbone’s, Loars
Grenada’s and Martins
Playing our souls out – our lives just startin'
The fiddles soar ' – Telecasters roar
laundromat jamming late into the nights
Dances of Folks and late coffee house nites
Daytime’s filled with high learning delights
Coffee houses – havens of foment
We lived there virtually… with passions intense
creating futures so bright – and longing for Nashville
Recording Studios and a '64 Pontiac Bonneville

Roveings Ravings Rambles and Rumbles
Life’s little living stammers and stumbles ...

Quaker in the Corps
VIET NAM in the jungles

Let-your-feet-do-the-voting ! March for what you believe in !
Freedom Riders – Anti-War protest – Vigils – Equal Rights sit-ins !
Don't believe politicians in times of war – Hell, don't believe politicians !!

Home
A Miracle !

Film & Video
school – Art
Galleries
Corporate Events
Music Festivals
I arrive : show-biz
gigs in theme Parks
Coffee Houses – anachronisms now
The Penny University – The Ash Grove
The Tangent – The Ark
golden days
for a simple artist's living to be made

The Tangent Deli '69 - a country tsunami a-bornin'
the eyes of Texas are upon them
Armadillo Headquarters a brewing
Outlaw Country 'n hippies about to merge
A sheep at the wheel driving Cody's Commander
Palto Gryphons and banjo Crowes
A Gold Rush erupts – just lookin' for those Poa Boys

College and school – to be or not to be
Getta Job ! .. Steve Jobs! - and the wizard Woz
computers a-bornin'
my friends all – then, and Steven says …
'school can mess with your education'

what is the answer ? – but … what is the question ?
Is life simply the question – and living the solution ?
I just keep moving and ignore that confusion
keep doin' good– keep chuggin' along
…if ya don't mind, it don't matter after all
Just live to the hilt – as a boy with a dog
so c'mon boys … ever … onward - thru the fog !

Seems I've been everywhere or someplace like it … but now it's …
2018 June – I'm living in Texas …

... off of Telephone Road

El Rancho S-OH-S Part 07 by KimB

Episode Going Away

Discussions with The County can be quite illuminating. Not so much as in having an epiphany or getting insight on a topic but rather like getting hit by a multitude of perspectives.


Act 1 Scene 7 Excavating Ancient Plans
sound effect: approaching foot steps

Bolt	What do you want?
Moi	I have these really old plans and I would like to know if they can be updated to current standards.
Bolt	How old are they?
Moi	Old
Bolt	How old?
Moi	The reign of Thutmose I the third pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt 1506–1493 BC. Can I show them to you?
Bolt	Don't even open them!!! I won't look!!!
Moi	Oh! Why? Don't you want to see them?
Bolt	NO!!!!! I WON'T LOOK AT THEM!
Moi	Oh ... is there are problem?
Bolt	I'm LEAVING CALIFORNIA!!! I can't wait to get away from here! If I look I might be entrapped! GO AWAY! GO AWAY! GO AWAY! GO AWAY!

End Act 1 Scene 7 Excavating Ancient Plans
sound effect: fleeing steps

Clearly not a fan of
National Geographic Ancient Egypt Specials

El Rancho S-OH-S Part 06 by KimB

Episode Parking The Hay

Maxims of Motors

• You cannot have a Garage without a House.
• You cannot have a Carport without a Building.
• You can have a Pole Barn.... If you Park Hay in it.

Exeter Book1 Codex Exoniensis Riddle 24
Old English	Modern English
Ic eom wunderlicu wiht—wræsne mine stefne:	I am a wondrous creature—I vary my voice;
hwilum beorce swa hund,	sometimes I bark like a dog,
hwilum blæte swa gat,	sometimes I bleat like a goat,
hwilum græde swa gos,	sometimes I cry like a goose,
hwilum gielle swa hafoc.	sometimes I shriek like a hawk.

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter_Book_Riddle_24
   The Exeter Book, Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, also known as the Codex Exoniensis, is a tenth-century book (960-1072).
   The Exeter Book is the largest known collection of Old English literature still in existence.
   This is a portion of the Exeter Book Riddle 24.

Telivision

I find myself glued to the television screen, listening and watching all of the news broadcasts about the Presidential election. This year the news is so compelling, that I'm even changing my eating habits just to make certain I don't miss a TV news broadcast.

I haven't always been so involved in either TV news or programming.  There have been long periods in my life that I didn't pay attention to either, but I must admit there were several instances where I became momentarily addicted. 

One of the instances was President Nixon's 7 day visit to China in 1972.  I had just purchased a large cabinet television with a larger size screen than I had been used to and images of Nixon and his wife, Pat meeting Mao Zedong, and traveling to three cities, Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai and visiting factories and schools were certainly intriguing! 

Of course watching Watergate on television was a mesmerizing experience.  What more can I say?  Even reading the history of that time is still a mesmerizing experience.

When the O J trial took place, I tried not to miss any of the televised part.  At that time I was driving from Texas to California.  Since I wasn't in a hurry, I scheduled my motel stops so that I could watch the trial on TV in the afternoons. 

Television is such a part of daily living now that I have to laugh when I remember what is was like the first time I saw TV.  My husband and I had just returned that day from 3 years in France and before traveling on to Philadelphia, we stayed overnight with my sister and her husband in New York. 

They were living with her husbands parents and after dinner we watched television, which my husband and I had never seen.  There was wrestling and every so often there would be a break in the action while someone would advertise a product.  The advertisements were for different products each time and then wrestling would continue. 

The TV screen was a small square on the side of a small box and looked very much like a regular movie, only smaller.  I was used to watching a movie all the way through, so the breaks in action didn't seem to make much sense.  It made the pleasure of watching a wrestling match a dis-jointed experience.  Little did I realize that television was going to be the most important medium for advertising of any kind!
By 1952 this medium was used for a presidential election and has been so for every presidential election since.