tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post3082961684079702897..comments2022-03-27T04:56:46.091-07:00Comments on Confederate Cavalryman: Johnny Has Gone For a SoldierMary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07400432205420144128noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-15234893574696330062008-10-18T09:57:00.000-07:002008-10-18T09:57:00.000-07:00Thank you Dan! Today I am thinking of the intercon...Thank you Dan! <BR/><BR/>Today I am thinking of the interconnectedness of all things: Your Pete watching the battle my James was in, an Old Irish folksong living and reverberating through 200 plus years, Dia de los Muertos looming and the arrival of a macabre cut and paste letter from father telling me he “does not wish to communicate.”<BR/><BR/>When we try to pick anything out by itself, we find it <BR/>hitched to everything else in the universe.<BR/>- John Muir<BR/><BR/>The Web of Life, The Dance of Death ~ Is there really any difference? The veil of illusions so often covers my mortal eyes! Oh to reach that centered, all seeing, eternally balanced spot within while the world swirls about me in chaos! <BR/><BR/>How can we fret and stew sub specie aeternitatis - under the calm gaze of ancient Tao? The salt of the sea is in our blood; the calcium of the rocks is in our bones; the genes of ten thousand generations of stalwart progenitors are in our cells. The sun shines and we smile. The winds rage and we bend before them. The blossoms open and we rejoice. Earth is our long home.<BR/>- Stewart W. Holmes, 1973Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07400432205420144128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-45815119506647819472008-10-18T09:18:00.000-07:002008-10-18T09:18:00.000-07:00This is fascinating & concise Mary Beth. The h...This is fascinating & concise Mary Beth. The heading reminded me that my Rhode Island folksinger friends, Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly are busy making a new recording that includes several songs that I composed, including "Soldier's Round" - an assemblage of traditional lyrics and tunes connected by "Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier" and "Soldier's Joy." http://www.atwater-donnelly.com/<BR/><BR/>Aubrey sang in 2 of The Secret Commonwealth performances, and on 3 of the recordings.Dan Duttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393495592817564935noreply@blogger.com