The photo above is a current photo of the house I first lived in with my parents , in Cleveland, from 1960-1964.
It was brand new when they bought it and it was green back then. That was about 70 years ago, though.
Anyway. What a great little house. I have vivid memories of my dad in that house. Back then, he was an accountant for Columbia Records. And just prior to that, he had served in the Korean War — in the Navy.
He had Naval Military Honors at his funeral yesterday.
Through some miracle, it suddenly became a really lovely day, just as the ceremony was starting, graveside. It was a really short ceremony, though. And when it was done, I got back in my car and drove home.
I am still sort of in a weird mental space. But I’m getting better.
The only bit of news that I found of interest was this–
From Real Raw News this morning:
“Deep State District Attorney Hanged After Sleep-Talking Secrets
An ethically compromised Deep Stater was hanged at Guantanamo Bay Wednesday morning—even though he was convicted of treason on March 15 and scheduled to hang on March 26. […]
[…] It has been JAG’s contention that the Deep State’s lawless dragnet caught guiltless patriots, military and civilian, who never saw the inside of a courtroom, a supposition that proved true in March 2023 when Special Forces rescued six Marines from a covert Deep State prison on Long Island, New York. Admiral Crandall suspected Rura Penthe was code for another secret Deep State penitentiary. […]
[…]Admiral Crandall connected the dots, as the saying goes, and relayed Graves’ words to General Eric M. Smith and the White Hat council. Four days later, a joint Delta Force/Army Ranger freed 14 civilians and 12 military J6ers from imprisonment on Adak Island. Real Raw News will publish an account of the operation on Monday.[…]
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Okay, that’s it.
I hope you enjoyed a nice Saturday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya.
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“Underneath the Stars” by Voces8, 2013. A beautiful version.
Bye, Dad.
Underneath the stars I′ll meet you
Underneath the stars I’ll greet you
There beneath the stars I′ll leave you
Before you go of your own free will
Go gently
Underneath the stars you met me
Underneath the stars you left me
I wonder if the stars regret me
At least you’ll go of your own free will
Go gently
Here beneath the stars I’m landing
And here beneath the stars not ending
Why on earth am I pretending?
I′m here again, the stars befriending
They come and go of their own free will
Go gently
Go gently
Underneath the stars you met me
And Underneath the stars you left me
I wonder if the stars regret me
I′m sure they’d like me if they only met me
They come and go of their own free will
Go gently
Go gently
Go gently
c – 1995 Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff