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[6-16-2009 Update Insert: Most of what is in this space is now moot. I found out what I was doing wrong and have reinstated Archives and Labels searches. They do work. However, in certain cases you may prefer Labels to Archives. Example: 1976 Today begins in November of 2006 and concludes in December of 2006, but there are other related posts in other months. Note: Labels only shows 20 posts at a time. There are 21 hubs, making 21 (which is for 1976 Today) an older hub.] ********************************* to my online poems and song lyrics using Archives. Use hubs for finding archival locations but do not link through them. Originally an AOL Journal, where the archive system was nothing like the system here, this blog was migrated from there to here in October of 2008. Today (Memorial/Veteran's Day, May 25, 2009) I discovered a glitch when trying to use a Blogger archive. Now, it may be template-related, but I am unable to return to S M or to the dashboard once I am in the Archives. Therefore, I've decided on this approach: a month-by-month post guide. The sw you see in the codes here stood for Salchert's Weblog when I began it in November of 2006. It later became Sprintedon Hollow. AOL provided what were called entry numbers, but they weren't consistent, and they didn't begin at the first cardinal number. That is why the numbers after "sw" came to be part of a post's code. ************** Here then is the month-by-month post guide: *2006* November: 00001 through 00046 - December: 00047 through 00056 -- *2007* January: 00057 through 00137 - February: 00138 through 00241 - March: 00242 through 00295 - April: 00296 through 00356 - May: 00357 through 00437 - June: 00438 through 00527 - July: 00528 though 00550 - August: 00551 through 00610 - September: 00611 through 00625 - October: 00626 through 00657 - November: 00658 through 00729 - December: 00730 through 00762 -- *2008* January: 00763 through 00791 - February: 00792 through 00826 - March: 00827 through 00849 - April: 00850 through 00872 - May: 00873 through 00907 - June: 00908 through 00931 - July: 00932 through 00955 - August: 00956 through 00993 - September 00994 through 01005 - October: 01006 through 01007 - November: 01008 through 01011 - December: 01012 through 01014 -- *2009* January: 01015 through 01021 - February: 01022 through 01028 - March: 01029 through 01033 - April: 01034 through 01036 - May: 01037 through 01044 - ******************************************************* 1976 Today: 2006/11 and 2006/12 -- Rooted Sky 2007: 2007/01/00063rsc -- Postures 2007: 2007/01/sw00137pc -- Sets: 2007/02/sw00215sgc -- Venturings: 2007/03/00216vc -- The Undulant Trees: 2007/03/00266utc -- This Day's Poem: 2007/03/00267tdpc -- Autobio: 2007/04/sw00316ac -- Fond du Lac: 2007/04/00339fdl -- Justan Tamarind: 2007/05/sw00366jtc -- Prayers in December: 2007/05/sw00393pindc -- June 2007: 2007/06/sw00440junec -- Seminary: 2007/07/sw00533semc -- Scatterings: 2008/08/00958sc ** Song Lyrics: 2008/02/sw00797slc ********** 2009-06-02: Have set S M to show 200 posts per page. Unfortunately, you will need to scroll to nearly the bottom of a page to get to the next older/newer page.

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

sw00931sl23-forces

Forces Tic toc tic toc once around then once again Tic toc tic toc once around once more The faster the spin the faster the spin the stronger the force that's pulling out The faster the spin the faster the spin the easier it is to soar - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-29

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

sw00930sl22--time-2

Time 2 There goes, there goes, there goes eternity. There goes, there goes, there goes my love. (repeat however often you wish to) Wait and see, wait and see, wait and see tomorrow. Wait and see, wait and see, wait and see today. (repeat however often you wish to) There goes, there goes, there goes eternity. There goes, there goes, there goes my love. (repeat however often you wish to) - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-25

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

sw00929d42--AOL-health-vitamin-cautions

For a period in the 1990s I took 50000 IU of A each day. Do not recall why I started, but I soon saw something was wrong. Went to a skin clinic but did not tell the doctors there--and they never asked--what supplements I was taking. What I went through with them--. When they wanted me to step into their UV chamber, I declined, and never went back. One night I showed a co-worker how bad my legs had gotten. He said they looked like raw meat, and indeed they did. I stopped taking the A, and slowly my legs got better. Today I learned from AOL Health that too much A can cause osteoporosis. I have osteoporosis, and have had it since the mid 1990s; but I am genetically predisposed to it. Also, after my first adult-onset seizure in 1999, and after I was no longer able to afford the Neurontin I was intially given, my then doctor though I should wait to see if I would have another seizure. I did, and I did. That doctor prescribed a medication which I later learned/ can cause osteoporosis: phenytoin. Was eventually weaned off it by another doctor, a neurologist, when I was eased into taking Keppra. Have been on it since. So far/ it is working. Also learned today from the AOL Health article* that the daily limit for E is 400 IU. E is a blood thinner and, among other things, can be be bad for one's heart. The E supplement I use I will not be using from today on as it has 400 IU. There is a site: ConsumerLab.com which is an independent tester of some vitamins; but it is a member site, and it costs $29.95 per year or $49.50 for two years. * Article author is Caroline Howard. - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-24

Monday, June 23, 2008

sw00928sl21-time

Time [ melody one ] Where is the past? Here comes today. Why does tomorrow seem far away? All that we've done. All that we do. All that might yet come depends on you. Where is the past? Here comes today. Why does tomorrow seem far away? All that we've done. All that we do. All that might yet come depends on you. [ melody two ] Through the years and through the moments; through what we can see. Through our works and through our tendings; through the prayer we share. Through the years and through the moments; through what we can see. Through our works and through our tendings; through the prayer we share. [ repeat all verses above, and then add ] Where is the past? Here comes today. Why does tomorrow seem far away? - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-23

Sunday, June 22, 2008

sw00927d41--done-done

Now, if the broccoli florets I ate before 5 PM digest peaceably—I haven't had broccoli since ???—this day will be. . . . Fudge squares. Haven't had those f s things since ??? either, and I didn't have any with the broccoli. If you can figure out what I am tapping about, let me know. Finished the Rhodingeedaddee part of my massive project today. In the process, I learned new facts about Blogger that were and will be of value. AOL Journals and Google Blogger live in continents that are quite unlike each other. Am tempted to rattle about the differences, but am not up to it. Put flat: I had (as has been the usual most of my days) to experiment. Am concluding that FAQ are not the way to help users. It would be better if those who program a service/ could clearly provide a list of FYSK (facts you should know) Rarely is a question I want answered/ in a FAQ. Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-22

Friday, June 20, 2008

sw00926d40-done

If I didn't miss any entries, my massive SH project is done. Now I need to work on Rho--. Am trying to prepare for what may be some harsh days ahead. Such preparing is something I too often failed to do during most of my years. Work hard. Use the gifts you have been given as fully as you can. Squander nothing. Be frugal. Position yourself so that if all around you crumbles, you will--God willing--be able to survive. I am an elder, a thankful yet sad elder. Over at Rho-- I may post a hard opinion regarding this nation of my birth. I have several turnaround ideas, but I have my own life to turn around. Astronomer Anthony Ayiomamitis's captivating "Solstice Moonrise, Cape Sounion" photo - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-20

sw00925sl20--strange-prophecy

Strange Prophecy When we go down to the wa-ater When we go down to the sound When we go down to the wa-ater The angels will be The angels will be The angels will be arou-ound us The angels will be The angels will be The angels will be You'll see you'll see The angels will be The angels will be The angels will be You'll see you'll see (repeat all above and then add) The angels will be The angels will be The angels will be arou-ound us - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-20

Thursday, June 19, 2008

sw00924d39-danger

Around PM 3:15 severe storm/tornado sirens. Since I was online, I went to the weather service I use. Map showed a red in northern Springfield. Darkening sky. Thunder. Shut down and unplugged computer system. Rain. Heavy rain. Intermittently for the next half hour, ice pellets zipizapzutted against my windows. Water droplets seeped onto the sills inside. Wiped them with towling sheets. Nearing PM 4, when it seemed the storm was passing, sirens again for about the fifth time. At 4 I turned on the one radio I use for weather, and while I was listening/ the National Weather Service discontinued the storm warnings for this area. Later this evening, though, and all day tomorrow, more chances of severe weather. - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-19

sw00923d38-density

Build Bone: nutrition slideshow WebMD article 2005-04-27 bone density article 10 foods that build bones - Also, do a fighting osteoporosis search and choose the sponsored Johns Hopkins option in the list to the right. That's what I did; but, of course, you do as you need to. - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-19

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

sw00922sl19-exercise

Exercise You're up you're down you're in you're out you're round and round today You're up you're down you're in you're out you're gal- axies away Look up look down look in look out look round and round survey Look up look down look in look out adjust your dark to pay We had a place we did adid did did we had a place to stay We had a place we did adid did did we had a place to pray (chorus) There was a ball called Earth I'm told it swung about a star "Twas green 'twas blue 'twas brown 'twas white 'twas shat- tered by a bar (chorus) - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-17

Monday, June 16, 2008

sw00921a-determinations

from 1972 photo by Mr. John Poulter * As of today no in-progress books of poems remain in this journal. See "All About Me". Of the 13 books, one is a double chapbook: Autobio Poems; three: This Day's Poem, Prayers in December, Seminary are chapbooks; and one: my hometown lyric narrative Fond du Lac could be a chapbook if it were published on paper. Rooted Sky 2007, originally published in 1972 as Rooted Sky, is some places called a chapbook but I've always thought of it as a book. - Other books are Justan Tamarind, Postures 2007, June 2007, Sets, The Undulant Trees, and Venturings. - Then there is the opus: 1976: in 2006, originally published as 1976--366 sonnets and 12 reflections-- in the cassette medium. Presently 352 sonnets and no reflections, even if it were published with two sonnets on each page, would be a substantial traditional book. - * John Poulter was an inmate at the Wisconsin Men's Penitentiary in Waupun, Wisconsin that year. - Brian A. J. Salchert

Saturday, June 14, 2008

sw00920d37-drenched

Yesterday was an extremely heavy rain day here in Springfield, drowning the old record of 1.67 inches set in 1964 by around 2 inches.

Friday, June 13, 2008

sw00919sl18--For-You

For You All through the nights All through the days My heart will never Turn away All through the months All through the years My heart will ever Conquer fear Come follow Me Come follow Me I give you true Eternity Come follow Me Come follow Me I give you true Eternity [ The lyrics I write, as well as the melodies I sense beneath them, come from the Ether. This being so, out there may be other or more verses for this. Therefore, anyone is welcome to extend this song. And where is God? God is in and beyond the neutrino streams. ] Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-13

Thursday, June 12, 2008

sw00918sl17-So

So We went around the block. We went around the schoolyard. We went around the block, and then we went back home. My daddy had a garden. My daddy had a hoe. My daddy had a shovel, and it was full of coal. We used to eat at Arby's. We used to eat at Mick's. We used to eat at Wendy's, but now we just eat sticks. We went around the block. We went around the schoolyard. We went around the block, and then we went back home. Our home is in the city. Our home is in the dump. Our home, it isn't pretty because it's filled with junk. If we had had a ladder; if we had had an oak, we could have built a treehouse, and painted it like smoke. We went around the block. We went around the schoolyard. We went around the block, and then we went too far. - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-12

sw00917d36--state-of-being

Awake at 6:16, I was pondering a lucid dream I'd just had. In it I had been trying to deal with a tray of food in a space which was too small. Immediately realized/ that as small as I am physically, complaining about never having enough space is likely the major voiced negative in my life. Later after completing my usual bed-centered routine, my major unvoiced negative revealed itself: frustration. Then while I was in the kitchen with my multivitamin and potassium supplements, I fell to considering again that neither hell nor heaven may be actual places in the sense we here on Earth recognize actual places, but may well be the state-of-being one has chosen as representative of who one is. It is not that I haven't experienced many moments of peace and happiness. I have. Even so, for reasons I to this day do not fully understand, it seems frustration (and the unhappiness which flows therefrom) is the dominant state-of-being I persist in. - Back to the massive project begun yesterday. - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-12

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

sw00916d35-deployed

Am engaged in a massive project. Have no idea when I'll return; but I must attend the labors at hand, for if I do not, they will not get done; and they must get done. Brian Salchert 2008-06-11

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

sw00915sl16--go-into-the-water

Go into the water Go into the water Down & up and round & round Go into the water Go into the water Go into the water Down & up and round & round Go into the water - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-10

Monday, June 9, 2008

sw00914d34--Rooted-Sky-cover

= cover of original 1972 book of poems and one letter published by Tom Montag's Monday Morning Press Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-09

sw00913d33-disturbances

Erratic sleep night. Was awakened just before 1 by a small storm. After that my sleep was interrupted four more times, the last by the resident above me who was uncharacteristically up and active at 5:44; but I remained atop my bed (warm night due to temperatures around 90 Sunday) for another hour. 100% chance of rain all day, but we are sweetly passing through a mild trough with the heaviest rain to our east and a large area of moderate rain to our west. Finished reading The Mathematical Experience shortly before midnight. This morning I peeked into Math Without Tears by Roy Hartkopf. It was published in 1985 by G. K. Hall & Co. out of Boston, Massachusetts. My brain has been rather helter-skelter, seeking information from sites which have no relation to each other. - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-09

Friday, June 6, 2008

sw00912sl15-whistle

There goes the whistle. There goes the whi-i-stle. It blows and blows. It blows and blows. It blows and blows. The whistle. There goes the whistle. There goes the whi-i-stle. It blows and blows. It blows and blows. It blows and blows. The whistle. There blows the whistle. There blows the whi-i-stle. There blows the whistle. There it blows again. There blows the whistle. There blows the whi-i-stle. There blows the whistle. There it blows again. Repeat until tired of repeating. Someday I'll learn how to show the melodies for my song lyrics. [ Hint: sing each of first two lines like "pop goes the weasel" ] revised 2008-06-26 Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-06

Thursday, June 5, 2008

sw00911d32-ditty

Sure Mary had an estuary; the estuary had a ferry (fairy?); and everywhere the ferry (fairy?) went, the estuary got all bent. - Brian A. J. Salchert 2008-06-05

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

sw00910d31--daynote

On what was predicted to be a clear day, the leading edge of a thunderstorm at 9 AM, with clouds moving mostly north and a tad east. To the south clear sky was visible. At 9:15 a moment of heavy rain, and cloudiness to the south. By 9:25 the satellite showed the storm had passed east and to the north. It is now 9:37 and I am hearing thunder again. About 9:40 the thunder ceased. 2008-06-04

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

sw00909piks--Saltillo-cover

For some years I have not been able to find the actual magazine. It could be I left it behind after copying its cover. My "Tonight" poem—which in this blog is in Postures 2007—was published in it. Kansas-born Nebraska poet, William Kloefkorn, was Saltillo's editor.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

sw00908v-55.poem53

Venturings The Poem for Galway Kinnell " . . . by the light from the joined hemispheres of the spider's eyes," I make my meeter, old peppermint fate / barber pole; and there is no way I go he does not guide me, sweet & sure. Whatever ringlets grow on the planes of the common, the innocence and violence of this child will never fade: constantly/ he calls me in, bids me taste, and believe he offers absolute support. Oh all the elms are carrot tops; the oaks/ trained tomatoes. In the bleariest jungles of my dreams, he shows. Sense, nonsense, void, he sings me a phrase to discover from: My grandmother washed her sins on rocks (or) Tra-la-la in a quaint, merry town (or) I know what I've felt & the shadows cry. There is never an end; the images tumble as though they were in a turning cage, and are bright as/ an island of stars. Though I cower in the shadows of emerald and jade, in the steam born of leaf-eaten sun, thump, there are only beginnings. And the beginnings/ come from me because I'm awake, and the beginnings come from he who meets because he/ owns my heart; and all the endings that ever come are fashioned/ by the mind. I am wrapped in linen; I am wrapped in blood. Take care. Take care. Take care. 6-18-71 Brian A. J. Salchert

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