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America Goes to War: The Civil War and Its Meaning in American Cultureby Bruce Catton
A fascinating study of the first modern war and its effect on American Culture.
Bruce Catton's Civil War: 3 Volumes in 1: Mr Lincoln's Army, Glory Road, A Stillness at Appomattoxby Bruce Catton
Infinitely readable and absorbing, Bruce Catton's "The Civil War" is one of the best-selling, most widely read general histories of the war, now available in a single ominbus volume. The Civil War vividly traces one of the most moving chapters in American history, from the early division between the North and the South to the final surrender of Confederate troops. Catton's account of battles is carefully interwoven with details about the political activities of the Union and Confederate armies and diplomatic efforts overseas.<P><P> Winner of the Pulitzer Prize<P> Winner of the National Book Award
The Coming Fury (The American Civil War Trilogy #1)by Bruce Catton
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award! A thrilling, page-turning piece of writing that describes the forces conspiring to tear apart the United States--with the disintegrating political processes and rising tempers finally erupting at Bull Run. " . . . a major work by a major writer, a superb recreation of the twelve crucial months that opened the Civil War." --The New York Times
Gettysburg: The Final Furyby Bruce Catton
This classic work by Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, one of the great historians of the Civil War, takes an incisive look at the turning point of the war, when the great armies of the North and South came to Gettysburg in July 1863. Engaging and authoritative, Catton analyzes the course of events at Gettysburg, clarifying its causes and bringing to life the most famous battle ever fought on American soil. Paying full heed to the human tragedies that occurred, Gettysburg: The Final Fury gives an hour-by-hour account of the three-day battle, from the skirmish that began the engagement, to Pickett's ill-fated charge. Catton provides context for the fateful decisions made by each army's commanders, and examines the battle's military and political consequences, placing it within the larger narrative of the Civil War and American history.
Glory Roadby Bruce Catton
The riveting saga of a nation at war with itself--from the Union Army's disaster at Fredericksburg to its costly triumph at Gettysburg--by Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War chronicler Bruce Catton In the second book of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Bruce Catton--one of America's most honored Civil War historians--once again brings the great battles and the men who fought them to breathtaking life. As the War Between the States moved through its second bloody year, General Ambrose Burnside was selected by President Lincoln to replace the ineffectual George "Little Mac" McClellan as commander of the Union Army. But the hope that greeted Burnside's ascension was quickly dashed in December 1862 in the wake of his devastating defeat at Fredericksburg. Following Burnside's exit, a mediocre new commander, Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker, turned a sure victory into tragedy at Chancellorsville, continuing the Union's woes and ensuring Robert E. Lee's greatest triumph of the war. But the tide began to turn over the course of three days in July 1863, when the Union won a decisive victory on the battlefield of Gettysburg. Months later, Lincoln would give his historic address on this ground, honoring the fallen soldiers and strengthening the Union Army's resolve to fight for a united and equal nation for all of its people. With brilliant insight, color, and detail, Catton interweaves thrilling narratives of combat with remarkable portrayals of politics and life on the home front. Glory Road is a sweeping account of extraordinary bravery and shocking incompetence during what were arguably the war's darkest days.
Grant Moves Southby Bruce Catton
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's acclaimed Civil War history of the complex man and controversial Union commander whose battlefield brilliance ensured the downfall of the Confederacy Preeminent Civil War historian Bruce Catton narrows his focus on commander Ulysses S. Grant, whose bold tactics and relentless dedication to the Union ultimately ensured a Northern victory in the nation's bloodiest conflict. While a succession of Union generals--from McClellan to Burnside to Hooker to Meade--were losing battles and sacrificing troops due to ego, egregious errors, and incompetence, an unassuming Federal Army commander was excelling in the Western theater of operations. Though unskilled in military power politics and disregarded by his peers, Colonel Grant, commander of the Twenty-First Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was proving to be an unstoppable force. He won victory after victory at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson, while brilliantly avoiding near-catastrophe and ultimately triumphing at Shiloh. And Grant's bold maneuvers at Vicksburg would cost the Confederacy its invaluable lifeline: the Mississippi River. But destiny and President Lincoln had even loftier plans for Grant, placing nothing less than the future of an entire nation in the capable hands of the North's most valuable military leader. Based in large part on military communiqués, personal eyewitness accounts, and Grant's own writings, Catton's extraordinary history offers readers an insightful look at arguably the most innovative Civil War battlefield strategist, unmatched by even the South's legendary Robert E. Lee.
Grant Takes Commandby Bruce Catton
A thrilling account of the final years of the War Between the States and the great general who led the Union to victory This conclusion of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton's acclaimed Civil War history of General Ulysses S. Grant begins in the summer of 1863. After Grant's bold and decisive triumph over the Confederate Army at Vicksburg--a victory that wrested control of the Mississippi River from Southern hands--President Abraham Lincoln promoted Grant to the head of the Army of the Potomac. The newly named general was virtually unknown to the nation and to the Union's military high command, but he proved himself in the brutal closing year and a half of the War Between the States. Grant's strategic brilliance and unshakeable tenacity crushed the Confederacy in the battles of the Overland Campaign in Virginia and the Siege of Petersburg. In the spring of 1865, Grant finally forced Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, thus ending the bloodiest conflict on American soil. Although tragedy struck only days later when Lincoln--whom Grant called "incontestably the greatest man I have ever known"--was assassinated, Grant's military triumphs would ensure that the president's principles of unity and freedom would endure. In Grant Takes Command, Catton offers readers an in-depth portrait of an extraordinary warrior and unparalleled military strategist whose brilliant battlefield leadership saved an endangered Union.
Last Days of the Civil Warby Bruce Catton
From the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning history A Stillness at Appomattox, an electrifying account of the end of the Civil War--Grant and Lee's final maneuvers as four years of internecine conflict inched to a close."The end of the war was like the beginning, with the army marching down the open road under the spring sky." Here is the triumphant close of Bruce Catton's history of the Army of the Potomac, the major Union army that fought and ultimately won the war. In the spring of 1865, the war was in its endgame, as Grant broke through the defenses at Petersburg and chased Lee's army for the final clash. Meanwhile, Lee had one final option open to him: escape to North Carolina and join up with General Joe Johnston or otherwise accept defeat. Here are the war's final days and minutes, the race to the finish of America's bloodiest years.
Michigan: A Bicentennial History (States and the Nation)by Bruce Catton
The late Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton is known to millions of readers for his absorbing works on the Civil War. In this book, he turns to his native Michigan to tell a story of what happened when a primitive wilderness changed into a bustling industrial center so fast that it was as if the old French explorer Etienne Brule "should step up to shake hands with Henry Ford." The idea that abundance was "inexhaustible--that fatal Michigan word," as the author calls it--dominated thinking about the state from the days when Commandant Cadillac's soldiers arrived at Detroit until his name became a brand of car. Viewed in this light, Michigan is a case study of all America, and Americans in any state will be fascinated. In a colorful, dramatic past, Mr. Catton finds understanding of where we are in the present and what the future will make us face.
Mr. Lincoln's Armyby Bruce Catton
A magnificent history of the opening years of the Civil War by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton The first book in Bruce Catton's Pulitzer Prize-winning Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Mr. Lincoln's Army is a riveting history of the early years of the Civil War, when a fledgling Union Army took its stumbling first steps under the command of the controversial general George McClellan. Following the secession of the Southern states, a beleaguered President Abraham Lincoln entrusted the dashing, charismatic McClellan with the creation of the Union's Army of the Potomac and the responsibility of leading it to a swift and decisive victory against Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Although a brilliant tactician who was beloved by his troops and embraced by the hero-hungry North, McClellan's ego and ambition ultimately put him at loggerheads with his commander in chief--a man McClellan considered unworthy of the presidency. McClellan's weaknesses were exposed during the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history, which ended in a stalemate even though the Confederate troops were greatly outnumbered. After Antietam, Lincoln ordered McClellan's removal from command, and the Union entered the war's next chapter having suffered thousands of casualties and with great uncertainty ahead. America's premier chronicler of the nation's brutal internecine conflict, Bruce Catton is renowned for his unparalleled ability to bring a detailed and vivid immediacy to Civil War battlefields and military strategy sessions. With tremendous depth and insight, he presents legendary commanders and common soldiers in all their complex and heartbreaking humanity.
Never Call Retreat (The American Civil War Trilogy #3)by Bruce Catton
"A magnificent stylist . . . a first-rate historian. Familiarity with subject matter resulting from many years of study and narrative talents exceeding those of any other Civil War historian enable him to move along swiftly and smoothly and produce a story that is informative, dramatic, and absorbingly interesting." --Dr. Bell I. Wiley, after reading the manuscript of Never Call Retreat The final volume of Bruce Catton's monumental Centennial History of the Civil War traces the war from Fredericksburg through the succeeding grim and relentless campaigns to the Courthouse at Appomattox and the death of Lincoln. This is an eloquent study of the bitterest years of the war when death slashed the country with a brutality unparalleled in the history of the United States. Through the kaleidoscope tone and temper of the struggle, two men, different in stature, but similar in dedication to their awesome tasks, grappled with the burden of being leaders both in politics and war. In the north Lincoln remained resolute in the belief that a house divided against itself could not stand. His determination and uncanny vision of the destiny of the country and its people far transcended the plaguing tensions, fears, and frustrations of his cabinet and Congress. Mr. Lincoln's use of vast resources is brilliantly contrasted to Davis's valiant struggle for political and economic stability in a hopelessly fragmented and underdeveloped south. Though Davis never lacked for spirit and dedication, his handicaps were severe. This was not a war to be won by static ideals and romanticism. As Mr. Lincoln managed to expand and intensify the ideals that sustained the Northern war effort, Mr. Davis was never able to enlarge the South's. This was a war to be won by flexibility in though, strength in supplies, and battles. And so they were fought--Fredericksburg, The Wilderness, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, Gettysburg.
Reflections on the Civil Warby Bruce Catton
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Bruce Catton was America's greatest Civil War historian, and he made the events of that seminal conflict come alive for millions. In this, his final book, edited from many hours of tapes after Catton's death, he goes right to the heart and soul of what brought this nation to the battlefield. He reflects not only on military history, but also on the actual experience of army life for the common soldier; 17 period drawings by soldier-artist John Geyser, a young private in the Union Army, enhance the insightful words. Catton plunges into the spirit of the time to uncover the motives and emotions that caused the flood of war.
A Stillness at Appomattoxby Bruce Catton
When first published in 1953, Bruce Catton, our foremost Civil War historian was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction. This final volume of The Army of the Potomac trilogy relates the final year of the Civil War.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Terrible Swift Sword (American Civil War Trilogy #2)by Bruce Catton
The second episode in this award-winning trilogy impressively shows how the Union and Confederacy, slowly and inexorably, reconciled themselves to an all-out war--an epic struggle for freedom. In Terrible Swift Sword, Bruce Catton tells the story of the Civil War as never before--of two turning points which changed the scope and meaning of the war. First, he describes how the war slowly but steadily got out of control. This would not be the neat, short, "limited" war both sides had envisioned. And then the author reveals how the sweeping force of all-out conflict changed the war's purpose, in turning it into a war for human freedom. It was not initially a war against slavery. Instead, this was, Mr. Lincoln kept insisting, a fight to reunite the United States. At first, it was not even much of a fight. Cautious generals; inexperienced, incompetent, or jealous administrators; shortages of good people and supplies; excess of both gloom and optimism, kept each side from swinging into decisive action. As the buildup began, there were maddening delays. The earliest engagements were halting and inconclusive. After these first tests at arms, reputations began to crumble. Buell, Halleck, Beauregard Albert Sidney Johnston. Failed to drive ahead--for reasons good and bad. General McClellan (impaled in these pages on the arrogant words of his letters) captured more imaginations than enemies, and continued to accept serious over estimates of Confederate strength while becoming more and more fatally estranged from his own government.
This Hallowed Groundby Bruce Catton
First published in 1955, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton's classic account of the Civil War simultaneously captures the dramatic scope and intimate experience of that epic struggle in one brilliant volume. Covering events from the prelude of the conflict to the death of Lincoln, Catton blends a gripping narrative with deep, yet unassuming, scholarship to bring the war alive on the page in an almost novelistic way. It is this gift for narrative that led contemporary critics to compare this book to War and Peace, and call it a "modern Iliad." Now over fifty years old, This Hallowed Ground remains one of the best-loved and admired general Civil War books: a perfect introduction to readers beginning their exploration of the conflict, as well as a thrilling analysis and reimagining of its events for experienced students of the war.From the Trade Paperback edition.
U. S. Grant and the American Military Traditionby Bruce Catton
A fascinating and insightful examination of the life and times of the victorious Civil War general who became a controversial American president In U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton explores the life and legacy of one of the nation's greatest and most misunderstood heroes, before, during, and after the terrible War Between the States that violently split the country in two. Beginning with Ulysses S. Grant's youth in Ohio and his service as a young lieutenant under General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican-American War, the story continues through Grant's post-war disgrace, his forced resignation for drinking, and his failures as a citizen farmer and salesman. But after the Civil War broke out, Grant rose from the rank of an unknown solider to commanding general of the US Army, finding redemption as the military savior of the embattled Union. Proving his reputation as America's premiere expert on the Civil War, Catton examines Grant's campaigns in enthralling detail, including Fort Henry; Shiloh; the Siege of Vicksburg, which set the Confederate enemy on the inevitable road to defeat; and Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, which solidified Grant as a figure of national acclaim. Catton then explores Grant's two-term presidency and final years, casting an illuminating new light on a complex and controversial national figure whose great accomplishments have all too often been downplayed or overlooked.
U. S. Grant: The Civil War Years: Grant Moves South and Grant Takes Commandby Bruce Catton
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton's acclaimed two-book biography of complex and controversial Union commander Ulysses S. Grant. In these two comprehensive and engaging volumes, preeminent Civil War historian Bruce Catton follows the wartime movements of Ulysses S. Grant, detailing the Union commander's bold tactics and his relentless dedication to achieving the North's victory in the nation's bloodiest conflict. While a succession of Union generals were losing battles and sacrificing troops due to ego, egregious errors, and incompetence in the early years of the war, an unassuming Federal army colonel was excelling in the Western theater of operations. Grant Moves South details how Grant, as commander of the Twenty-First Illinois Volunteer Infantry, though unskilled in military power politics and disregarded by his peers, was proving to be an unstoppable force. He won victory after victory at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson, while sagaciously avoiding near-catastrophe and ultimately triumphing at Shiloh. His decisive victory at Vicksburg would cost the Confederacy its invaluable lifeline: the Mississippi River. Grant Takes Command picks up in the summer of 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln promoted Grant to the head of the Army of the Potomac, placing nothing less than the future of an entire nation in the hands of the military leader. Grant's acute strategic thinking and unshakeable tenacity led to the crushing defeat of the Confederacy in the Overland Campaign in Virginia and the Siege of Petersburg. In the spring of 1865, Grant finally forced Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, ending the brutal conflict. Although tragedy struck only days later when Lincoln was assassinated, Grant's triumphs on the battlefield ensured that the president's principles of unity and freedom would endure. Based in large part on military communiqués, personal eyewitness accounts, and Grant's own writings, this engrossing two-part biography offers readers an in-depth portrait of the extraordinary warrior and unparalleled strategist whose battlefield brilliance clinched the downfall of the Confederacy in the Civil War.
Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhoodby Bruce Catton
Bruce Catton, whose name is identified with Civil War history, grew up in Benzonia, Michigan, probably the only town within two hundred miles, he says, not founded to cash in on the lumber boom. In this memoir, Catton remembers his youth, his family, his home town, and his coming of age. With nostalgia, warmth, and humor, Catton recalls it all with a wealth of detail: the logging industry and its tremendous effect on the face of the state, the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic who first sparked his interest in the Civil War, the overnight train trips on long-gone "sleepers," the days of great resort hotels, and fishing in once clear lakes. Although he writes of a time and place that are no more, his observations have implications that both underline the past and touch the future.
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Every month, dietitian Molly Kimball and 'Trim & Terrific' cookbook author Holly Clegg highlight a different healthful ingredient and how to incorporate it into your diet. This week's ingredient: Red Beans.
Molly says: Why they're good for you
A Fiber Standout: A single cup of red beans packs in 16 grams of fiber — more than you would get in five slices of whole grain bread.
Better heart health: The soluble fiber in red beans helps to reduce cholesterol levels, while the folate helps to lower levels of homocysteine, a compound associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
Power up with protein: Red beans are a good plant-based source of protein, with one cup providing more than two egg's worth of protein.
Rev up your get-up-and-go: High in energy-boosting carbs, red beans are also an excellent source of iron, essential for shuttling oxygen to our working muscles.
Ease muscle cramping: With more magnesium and calcium than a sports drink and more potassium than a large banana, red beans are loaded with electrolytes to help prevent or relieve muscle cramping.
Gas Rx: Soaking beans overnight, then draining and rinsing with fresh water, will help to reduce the amount of red beans' gas-causing compounds.
Holly says: How to incorporate them into your diet
- Rinse and drain canned beans to reduce the sodium content.
- Red beans can be substituted for any type of bean that a recipe calls for — or use any combination of a variety of beans.
- Red beans are a nutritional powerhouse, so use them like a crouton and toss into everything from salads to soups to whole grain rice or pasta dishes.

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Sep 22 2008
Wendell Berry – Testament
by Wendell Berry
And now to the Abyss I pass
Of that Unfathomable Grass…
Dear relatives and friends, when my last breath
Grows large and free in air, don't call it death —
A word to enrich the undertaker and inspire
His surly art of imitating life; conspire
Against him. Say that my body cannot now
Be improved upon; it has no fault to show
To the sly cosmetician. Say that my flesh
Has a perfect compliance with the grass
Truer than any it could have striven for.
You will recognize the earth in me, as before
I wished to know it in myself: my earth
That has been my care and faithful charge from birth,
And toward which all my sorrows were surely bound,
And all my hopes. Say that I have found
A good solution, and am on my way
To the roots. And say I have left my native clay
At last, to be a traveler; that too will be so.
Traveler to where? Say you don't know.
But do not let your ignorance
Of my spirit's whereabouts dismay
You, or overwhelm your thoughts.
Be careful not to say
Anything too final. Whatever
Is unsure is possible, and life is bigger
Than flesh. Beyond reach of thought
Let imagination figure
Your hope. That will be generous
To me and to yourselves. Why settle
For some know-it-all's despair
When the dead may dance to the fiddle
Hereafter, for all anybody knows?
And remember that the Heavenly soil
Need not be too rich to please
One who was happy in Port Royal.
I may be already heading back,
A new and better man, toward
That town. The thought's unreasonable,
But so is life, thank the Lord!
So treat me, even dead,
As a man who has a place
To go, and something to do.
Don't muck up my face
With wax and powder and rouge
As one would prettify
An unalterable fact
To give bitterness the lie.
Admit the native earth
My body is and will be,
Admit its freedom and
Its changeability.
Dress me in the clothes
I wore in the day's round.
Lay me in a wooden box.
Put the box in the ground.
Beneath this stone a Berry is planted
In his home land, as he wanted.
He has come to the gathering of his kin,
Among whom some were worthy men,
Farmers mostly, who lived by hand,
But one was a cobbler from Ireland,
Another played the eternal fool
By riding on a circus mule
To be remembered in grateful laughter
Longer than the rest. After
Doing that they had to do
They are at ease here. Let all of you
Who yet for pain find force and voice
Look on their peace, and rejoice.
/ Photo by Nicholas_T /
I dedicate today's poem to my father, Steven Charles Granger. He died late last week. I got word over the weekend that he passed away in his sleep in Varna, along the Black Sea of Bulgaria, where he had retired.
My father was a poet, an artist, and a teacher. Although he was born and raised in America, he lived much of his life as an expatriate, taking teaching jobs in universities all over the world, including in Iran before the revolution in the late 1970s and more recently in Saudi Arabia for several years.
My parents divorced when I was quite young, and with his travels, my father was in some ways a stranger to me — but many sons can say that of their fathers. We also had our personality clashes; there was even a period of a few years when we didn't speak with each other, but that rift was finally healed several years ago.
So much shared history of distances and misunderstandings, with surprising connections, mutual recognition, and moments of pure delight. When I peer through all that and simply see the man, not even my father, but just the man, I can honestly say I see a good man. And I see a man who felt a deep love for his three children. I'm not sure everyone can say that, and so I was blessed to call him my father.
When a parent passes– who then wears the mask of father or mother? This is part of the grief of losing a parent, the loss not only of the person, but of the archetype. That energy passes back to us, it becomes internal to us. That's the final challenge and blessing they leave us with, to integrate into ourselves what they represented to us. What they gave us, we must become.
In addition to needing some time to honor my father, I also have a full work week coming up, so I will put the poetry emails on hold for the rest of the week. Let's resume the poetry emails next Monday.
This week take some time to appreciate the golds and russets and brisk air of autumn; and for those south of the equator, celebrate the new life of spring!
And may we say of all our loved ones who have passed on that they have found a good solution and are on their way to the roots….
19 Responses to "Wendell Berry – Testament"
# patrickon 22 Sep 2008 at 2:30 am
Bless you and your family on your fathers passing, bless Wendell Berry for putting it into words,bless you for taking the time and faith to share this with us.Blessings Baraka Boons all around
# smwaterson 22 Sep 2008 at 6:31 am
While it is true that death comes to us all, it is still the great mystery. It was ten years ago this week that we celebrated my fathers 66th birthday before he passed away from cancer a few weeks later. I was thinking of my father early today and then I opened my email and read your blog. Your question of who wears the archetypal mask when a father or mother passes is a profound one. Over the past ten years of my father's absence I have had to put that mask on but there are times when I look for someone with that mask to assuage my fears — it hurts when I find no one to wear the mask for me. At those times I am in the dark woods, alone, on a path I make with my own feet. But that path, while difficult to pioneer, is my path. I know my father would be pleased in seeing the path I have made, even when the path has been made in the darkness.
Thank you for sharing your loss … our thoughts are with you.
# Beth Kimmelon 22 Sep 2008 at 9:59 am
I'm so sorry to hear of your father's passing, Ivan, and so honored to share in the poem you posted.
When my own father passed, he wanted this poem by Robert Frost read, just as my father read it at his own brother's funeral:
Out through the fields and the woods,
And over the walls I have wended.
I have climbed the hills of view,
And looked at the world, and descended.
I have come by the highway home,
and lo, it is ended.
The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping
To ravel them one by one
And let them go scraping and creeping
Out over the crusted snow when other's are sleeping.
The dead leaves lie huddled and still,
No longer blown hither and thither.
The last lone astor is gone,
The flower of the witch hazel withers.
The heart is still aching to seek,
But the feet question: whither?
Ah when to the heart of a man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow, and accept the end of a love,
or a season?
The first stanza is on his headstone. I typed from memory, sorry for mistakes. Blessings to you and yours, Ivan, and may your father find peace in Bardo.
Beth Kimmel
# Robiaon 22 Sep 2008 at 10:00 am
I will look forward to next Monday after you have given yourself the time needed to say your goodbye's for now. I also understand the need for this even thou there is a separation of time and distance with a parental unit, there is a need to morn their passing to the other side of the veil. Peace be yours.
# Sam /Zahidon 22 Sep 2008 at 10:13 am
Dear Ivan –
I can both relate to the poem and the 'testament' that parents and children share.
Processing still my parents passing, the seasons seem to help me to accept these big and
constantly trying links to the mystery of existence. Check into a book by Sharon Olds entitled Fathers. BE WELL.
# Catherineon 22 Sep 2008 at 11:05 am
Dear Ivan,
I am grateful to you for sharing the story of your father with us. I would love to hear more about him and about your relationship with him.
Many blessings to you and your family.
# Glenda Fieldson 22 Sep 2008 at 11:29 am
So many of us today are gaining perspectives and insights from our parents after their death. The discords, lack of honor or respect, we may have at times felt for them while they were alive, become the mirrors into ourselves for years to come. Who are we as the results of them?
A wise saint once said, our parents are sent to teach us the opposite lessons of who they represent to us. If they are loving, we must learn to channel that love to the Heavenly Father, We learn this by learning detachment from our mother and father. If they are unloving, our lesson is to find that love within ourselves and live that love. In either case, we have much to be grateful for in our parents. Whatever role they play, most likely, they have done/are doing their jobs very well. If we willingly look into the mirror, we too are doing ours.
Ivan you are always an inspiration. Thank you for sharing this most intimate time and your personal growth during this time with us.
Best Wishes,
# carrieon 22 Sep 2008 at 2:01 pm
I so appreciate this poem and your sharing of what is so real and personal. I feel honored to receive this. I too have lost both parents and have pondered much about the journey with grief and life without their physical presence. Today as this poem arrived I am preparing to support a dear friend who is very ill with cancer and will begin her bone marrow transplant tomorrow. So this is a gift as I walk that edge between life and death with a dear one.
May you take good care in this time and allow much room for the grief. In gratitude, Carrie
# phil fosteron 22 Sep 2008 at 2:43 pm
Ivan – So sorry for your loss. It was my experience when my father died that he not only left me alone with the Father archetype, but he also left me gifts.
Also, the poems of Juan Ramon Jimenez ("I Am Not I") and Barry's own "Ripening" come to mind. Be good to you. Peace,
Hi Ivan
In this sad moment of your life i can only send you this:
I don't know how to write poems or beautiful phrases as yours, but I know what is losing a Father.
Despite all the absences and discord is always good to hear our voice saying: This is/was my Father! To could say loud for the whole world can hear us: My Father! Be proud of him!
Thank you for sharing your story, which from now on, it is our history to! And we're very proud of her.
It's one of the best gift that someone can ask for!!!
Be good and nice to you!!!
All my care for you.
# Emily Simpsonon 22 Sep 2008 at 4:34 pm
My father died a couple of months ago. I found that friends around me began to assume the qualities he was shedding, as his body withered and spirit blossomed. The mask kept moving until I claimed it.
No matter what age or stage we are at, the loss of a parent creates an entirely new landscape to navigate. Death truly is another country…
So, I send you all my love and courage for the road ahead.
# Susanon 22 Sep 2008 at 6:28 pm
Hello, Ivan –
Friend I have not met, and, as a recent subscriber, am now beginning to know.
Blessings to you as you honor the passing of your father … with Wendell Berry's beautiful poem … and with your taking a break this week to not send any more poetry … in honor of your father … and of yourself.
My son and I are on our way this week to honor one of his grandfathers … my father in law … a man also passing on his energy this week … and surely in all the days to come.
Peace and radiant blessings to you, and all, as this new season begins ~ Susan
# Paulineon 22 Sep 2008 at 6:44 pm
So sorry for your loss. Thank you for the beautiful poems. You do us a great service.
# salamon 22 Sep 2008 at 8:52 pm
My dear Ivan,
I do not know ,i have no words.If i speak the social, worldly language then is the loss,which will be difficult to fill.
My mother passed away a few months back.I buried her,sat next to her new home,weeping……..Now
I know ,she has come more close to me,
For many years i thought she is here, she is there, living with my sisters & at different places, but now i know,she is here, right in my heart.The place she belongs.
I do not miss her any more,i close my eyes, see her smiling face,so close that i can even feel her breath, smell that special fragrance, i am used to of, from my child hood.
For us,to whom the spirit is the reality,nothing dies.
Change is the name of the way but not the END.
I pray for him and you to get the union,stronger than the past.
# kim shams richardsonon 23 Sep 2008 at 12:43 am
"And may we say of all our loved ones who have passed on that they have found a good solution and are on their way to the roots…."
Amen to that, and to:
"Look on their peace, and rejoice."
Peace and blessings on you, Ivan, and condolences on the passing on of your father. It is a milestone in our lives. May I share with you the Burial Suras and Sermon from the Universal Worship of Hazrat Inayat Khan? The words have great beauty.
Death takes away the weariness of life, and the soul begins life anew. Death is a sleep from which the soul wakes in the hereafter. Death is the crucifixion, after which follows the resurrection. Death is the night after which the day begins. It is death which dies, not life. The life everlasting is hidden in the heart of death.
Mourn not over the death of the beloved, call not back the traveller who is on his/her journey towards his/her goal; for you know not what he/she seeks! You are on the earth, but now he/she is in heaven. By weeping for the dead you will make sad the soul who cannot return to earth; by wishing to communicate with him/her, you do but distress him/her. He/She is happy in the place at which he/she has arrived; by wanting to go to him/her you do not help him/her; your life's purpose still keeps you on earth. No creature that has ever been born has belonged in reality to any other; every soul is the beloved of God. Does God not love as we human being cannot? Death, therefore, does but unite a person with God. For to Whom does the soul in truth belong? To God in the end is its return, sooner or later. Verily, death is a veil behind which is hidden life which is beyond the comprehension of the people on earth. If you knew the freedom of that world, and how the sad hearts are unburdened of their load; if you knew how the sick are cured, how the wounded are healed, and what freedom the soul experiences as it goes further from this earthly life of limitations, you would no more mourn those who have passed, but pray for their happiness in their further journey and for the peace of their souls.
and the Blessing Prayer…
'Heal his/her spirit, Lord, from all the wounds that his/her heart
has suffered through this life limitation upon the earth. Purify
his/her heart with Thy Divine Light and send upon his/her spirit
Thy Mercy, Thy Compassion, and Thy Peace. Amen.
# J.T. Brown, IIIon 23 Sep 2008 at 12:52 am
Sending many thanks and blessings to you, Ivan (especially at this time of your father's passing)!
Your gift of Poetry Chaikhana is most sacred. Your commentary is steeped in wisdom and love, and is a true spiritual inspiration.
You feel like a dear friend from the sacred past! I hope you are experiencing improved health and well being.
Cheers, -JT
love to you and your family…take your time…grief can be surprising and is sad loving, Rose
# Barbaraon 24 Sep 2008 at 4:30 am
Ivan, I'll keep you in special prayer this week as you take time to honor your father. Thank you so much for sharing this poem as well as your own story. I truly am grateful for all you share with us – so many of us – hungering for union with Love. You are very special indeed, Ivan, and your Ministry is certainly being blessed.
# Sunil Uniyalon 24 Sep 2008 at 9:29 am
My dear Ivan, my prayers are with you in these moments of grief. I condole your dad's passing away. May his soul rest in Eternal Peace….Sometime back I had attended the last rites of a close aquantaince, and many days later a poem emerged in my mind, which I want to share with you here:
And Finally …
that day will come
when you'll be buried
or to flames consigned
but who buries or who burns
strangers or the dear ones
you won't know
you won't see them
you won't hear them
your own way you'll go
Yes, Ivan, one chalks out one's own path in life and goes one's own way.
Regards and Love,


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"The thing with Heather, that's been hard," she tells Entertainment Tonight in an interview airing Monday night. "You can't help who you fall for and that friendship, unfortunately, was done and wasn't salvageable."
Richards, 35, was in Las Vegas Friday night to emcee a performance by the Pussycat Dolls when she spoke with ET.
In the interview, she insists that her relationship with Sambora, 46, which began shortly after Locklear filed for divorce from the Bon Jovi guitarist, was "the last thing I was looking for," adding, "it's true when they say things happen when you least expect it."
In terms of her relationship with Locklear, Richards says they were never "best friends" as has been reported. "People have gone on – 'Would you date your best friend('s husband)?' " she says. "You know, she wasn't my best friend. She was a close friend in the last couple of years. I hadn't known her my whole life (like) people (are) portraying this."
Still, Richards admits, "(It's) been tough having people think that I'm such a crappy friend."
She also insists that Sambora and Locklear's marriage was over – as was her own union with Charlie Sheen – before she and Sambora got together. "We didn't meddle in marriages and anything like that."
As for her divorce from Sheen, Richards says of her allegations in court documents that he threatened to kill her, "Unfortunately the thing with Charlie and I – that was a court document that became public. I didn't hand it to a tabloid and say, 'Here, print this.' And it's sad, and it's horrible that it's gotten to the point that it's gotten to."
Sheen's camp, meanwhile, has noted that the document was filed by her own lawyer and not under seal as other papers had been.
A judge recently extended a restraining order requiring Sheen to stay at least 300 yards away from Richards and their daughters Sam, 2, and Lola, 1.
The recent events have changed Richards profoundly, she tells ET: "I was always a people pleaser and I just finally got to the point in my life after having my daughters and going through a really ugly divorce ... I've just gotten to the point where life is so short and I just want to be happy."
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A young woman was attacked by a man and a woman Tuesday night who pulled a knife on her as she was walking in Lower Paxton Township, according to police.
A man driving a green pickup truck pulled up to the victim, who was 18, as she was walking down Forest Lane near the intersection with Linglestown Road at 9 p.m., apparently to ask her if she had seen a German Shepherd running loose in the area, police said.
Suddenly, the man and a female passenger got out of the truck and assaulted the victim, throwing her to the ground and threatening her with a knife, said Lt. Gary Seefeldt, a township police spokesman.
"She was attacked, they did have a knife but she was able to kick the guy and she was able to get away," Seefeldt said.
The victim ran to a nearby house and the homeowner called police and tried to help her with several minor injuries she suffered in the fight, Seefeldt said.
An emergency medical crew provided the victim with further assistance, but she did not need to be taken to the hospital, police said.
As of Wednesday, police were not able to discuss a potential motive for the attack, but Seefeldt cautioned residents to be on the lookout for the suspects.
The man was described as heavy set and in his 20s with a long brown beard, a camo ball cap, aviator sunglasses and a black button up shirt. The woman was thin, also in her 20s, with straight dark red hair, a scar on the left side of her face and wearing a yellow sun dress.
"We haven't had anything like this in the area recently but we do at this point in time urge caution, especially for young women who may find themselves walking alone after dark," Seefeldt said.
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New Mexico would become the last state to enact a so-called Megan's Law, requiring public access to lists of registered sex offenders.
The House passed the legislation unanimously Friday. The Senate has passed its own, identical bill, but the same measure has to pass both houses before it goes to Gov. Gary Johnson.
New Mexico has required convicted sex offenders to register with county sheriffs since 1995. The bill makes that information available to the public.
The same bill was considered last year, at the governor's request, but it hadn't cleared the House before the session ended.
House Speaker Raymond Sanchez, D-Albuquerque, said he was sorry it hadn't passed earlier, but that it deserved study and discussion.
"We took our time and made sure that what we put on the books was constitutional," said Sanchez, who sponsored the bill.
The bill expands the current law's registration requirements to include offenders who live in other states, but come to New Mexico to work or go to school. It also requires offenders to register within 10 days of being released from custody or being placed on probation or parole. Currently, they have 30 days.
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Anyone who wanted the list of offenders, or information on a specific offender, could request it from a sheriff, police chief, district attorney or the state police.
The state could lose $400,000 in federal grants if it doesn't enact the notification law. The Johnson administration has suggested the bill might not comply fully with federal mandates, and the funding might be jeopardized anyway.
Not so, Sanchez told his colleagues. He said he was confident the federal government would be satisfied by the proposed state law.
"It's not about money," said Judiciary Chairman R. David Pederson, D-Gallup. "It's about protecting our children from sexual predators."
The House also passed 65-1 a related measure that prohibits a convicted sex offender who has not completed his probation or parole from living within 1,000 feet of a public school or its playground, unless approved by a probation or parole officer.
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Thunder (17-46, 4-26 road) at Sacramento Kings (14-49, 10-21 home)
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Offensive Rating: Thunder: 103.7 (28th), Sacramento: 104.5 (26th)
Defensive Rating: Thunder: 109.4 (20th), Sacramento: 113.9 (30th)
Pace: Thunder: 93.6 (8th), Sacramento: 94.1 (6th)
(Jeff Green could play tonight, according to ESPN/The Oklahoman. I guess we'll find out around 9:00 p.m.)
Another wonderful matchup in the Blake Griffin Playoffs. So far, OKC has split with Sacramento this season and though the Kings are sitting at just 14 wins (now that we have 17, we can talk down at those crappy teams below us), they did pick up a nice win against Denver two nights ago.
But this is a little different Sactown team than OKC saw the first two times. Gone is John Salmons who averaged 21 points, 9.5 assists and 6.5 rebounds against the Thunder. Add Andres Nocioni, who scored 23 in the Kings big upset over the Nuggs. Plus Beno Udrih (29 points in last meeting) is hurt and Bobby Jackson will be starting in his steed.
The Kings have scored 233 points in their last two games combined, but as we know, the Thunder's playing some serious defense right now holding their last five opponents to under 90 points a game, including holding Philly to season-low 74. So it looks like we'll have a nice little offense/defense showdown tonight and I think it could be summed up perfectly by the Thabo/Kyle Weaver vs. Kevin Martin matchup.
I absolutely love watching Thabo play defense. He's everywhere – he helps on drives, he recovers and rotates, he blocks shots, he gets his hands on passes and he rebounds. He's always in an athletic position with his hands up and you can tell he wants to be an elite defender. And tonight, he gets a pretty elite scorer in Martin. Martin scored 37 in the first meeting in Sacramento, but was held to just 23 on 7-16 shooting in OKC's 116-113 win. Kyle Weaver had the assignment that night and did solid work on Sacto's two-guard and will get the call some too (whoever doesn't get Martin will take Francisco Garcia who had 19 against Denver). Martin is a solid 6'7″ and though he has a funny release, he can get his shot off almost any time he wants. But I think Thabo (and Weaver) present a perfect match for him. Blanks is strong, long and can defend the drive. Weaver handled him relatively well last time. Should be some good matchups to watch.
Jeff Green could be back tonight, so we're going to just assume he is. If he's not, it's pretty simple: Nick Collison will start and we'll see the same thing we've seen the last four. But if Green is back, I'm really excited to watch him fit back into the offense. The offense has been very team oriented lately with six guys scoring in double figures against Philly and with even distribution across the board. I think with all the cutting and ball movement, Uncle Jeff could get a lot more open looks and more space to work with. But the thing is, the team needs to continue with its team offense and not just stand back and let Uncle Jeff go to work. He needs to just fit in with the offense, but just add more talent and scoring ability to it.
Up and down the lineup though, OKC matches Sacramento extremely well, Kevin Durant not. I like Russell Westbrook to bounce back after a tough game against Philly and Bobby Jackson is a scoring point man, but Westbrook is bigger, stronger and faster than him. Jason Thompson is a bruiser in the post, but Jeff Green doesn't give and inch and can take Thompson off the dribble and on the perimeter. The Spencer Hawes/Nenad Krstic match is probably a push, depending on if Krispy is hitting his sweet 18-footer. The King bench is really thin and though OKC's isn't exactly deep, big contributions from Malik Rose and recently Earl Watson make you feel a bit better with it. And with Green supposedly playing, the Thunder bench gets deeper now having Collison coming off the pine. (Or maybe Green plays the three and Weaver comes off the bench? Whatever the case, OKC's bench gets deeper and better.)
The Kings are efficiency-wise, the worst defensive team in the league and don't exactly score the ball all that well either. We shouldn't really expect a win because even with the team playing pretty good right now, they're still 4-26 on the road. But obviously, a loss would be disappointing with the way the team is playing, road game or not. These types of games are so weird to predict because you'd assume the Thunder would win, but for some reason it seems like an extremely losable game as well. I don't know why, but it just does.
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MyFoxHouston reported on former pole dancer who now uses the activity as a fitness technique and holds monthly Christian-themed classes at her studio in Spring. The women wear high-heeled platforms, listen to worship music and pole dance… for Jesus.
After her video aired on Fox, I chatted with Crystal Deans, a Southern Baptist and the owner of Best Shape of Your Life dance studio, about her pole dancing, her faith and the response from viewers.
Dean recently started inviting Christian women into her studio for an after-church workout set to contemporary Christian music as a way to shake the stigma and form community with fellow Christians. They're asked to bring church bulletins from morning services.
"We are a small group of Christian women who can get together and feel comfortable with one another and uplifted," Dean said.
She's the only one doing pole dancing for Jesus in Houston and perhaps in the country.
The coverage on MyFoxHouston has raised some confused and very critical eyebrows, with commenters comparing her to Satan and calling pole dancing "a vehicle for sins of the flesh," but Dean doesn't mind and defends herself with her faith.
"It's a good thing. It reminds me that we're all human," she said. "I think most of the people who criticize it are ignorant about the history of the pole."
Like many Christians, she will tell you that God reigns over every area of her life and that everything in this world can be used to his glory, including activities we don't usually think of as religious.
"It is the center of my life and everything I do, it all is centered in Christ," said Deans, a mother of three whose family has attended Houston Northwest Church for six years. "My business would not be possible without God. I know people don't get it or think it's a gimmick, but it's an opportunity for me. I have people's attention."
A number of the standard fitness classes–yoga, Zumba, Jazzercise, step aerobics, etc.–are regularly "Christianized" and conducted in churches, and athletes have been bringing faith into sports for decades. Dean says her classes for Christians aren't any different.
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MiX Telematics
Office in Kampala, UGANDA
MiX Telematics, founded in 1996, is a leading global provider of fleet and mobile asset management solutions. The company's products and services provide enterprise fleets, small fleets and consumers with solutions for safety, efficiency and security. Using the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model, MiX Telematics delivers its solutions to customers in more than 120 ...
Eco & Partner Consult Limited
based in Ntinda, Kampala, UGANDA
Eco & Partner Consult Limited is an environmental consulting firm duly registered with the National Environment Management Authority of Uganda. In 2008, the company established operations in Kigali, and has among its workforce, a REMA (Rwanda Environment Management Authority) registered practitioner. Over the past nine years, the company has pursued a policy of delivering ...
Gast International
Office in UGANDA
Gast provides a complete spectrum of services from design and supply to installation in both the civil and construction industries. The Group's philosophy is based on the principle of single point responsibility. Having successfully completed more than 9150 projects during the last millennium, Gast boast accreditation from United Nations and World Bank, giving credit to ...
Earth Consult(U) Ltd
based in UGANDA
We are a GIS,RS,Forestry,HIV,and Environment Consulting firm that uses a GIS/GPS technology as a platform for planing, decision support and management. We use GIS as a planning tool in natural resources management. We recently integrated GIS for Web mapping technology for real estates to bridge the gaps between the Seller and the buyer, shielding off the third party.
Miri Radar Ltd
based in Kampala, UGANDA
Miri Radar Ltd is both a local entity and international entity with diversified personnel. We concentrate on Fleet Management, Vehicle Tracking,Remote Fuel Monitoring, Thermo Sensors, CCTV / IP Cameras and Security Systems. Beside our own software products we also provide professional custom solutions using our enormous experience in software development. Among our ...
TYPSA Group
Office in UGANDA
TYPSA Group is an independent consulting company specialized in civil engineering, building technology and environment. TYPSA`s income originated overseas account for 70% of its total revenues. At present TYPSA is carrying out 65 projects in more than 30 different countries. This international spirit has allowed gathering a deep knowledge of technical and cultural ...
Continental Energy Limited
based in Kampala, UGANDA
Uganda based, regional reach consulting firm in Health safety security and environment (HSSE), stakeholder management and fieldwork support for Energy sector projects (Mining, oil and gas, geothermal and renewable energy resources. The team includes experienced and certified scientists across environment (HSE), geology, logistics/security and engineering science ...
Air Water Earth Limited (AWE)
based in Kampala, UGANDA
Air Water Earth (AWE) Limited is an environmental engineering firm in Uganda that provides a unique blend of three core services: Consulting, Pollution control equipment, Testing and Monitoring that ensure total solution for environmental problems for private, corporate and government clients.