Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Let the
Christmas carols begin!
Speaking of Golden Oldies, this one dates to the 16th century!
BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTa9EgdAgZU - Baloo Lammy - Lark and Spur - http://www.larkandspur.com
BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJCbx30Pd0U - Baloo Lammy - Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ringers - http://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk
From
Me
('65) of NC - 12/02/11 - "December Themes":
Speaking of
music, I can either start rerunning old themes for the rest of the month (such
as this one from 2007), or
y'all can request some personal favorites. We are particularly lacking in
Hanukkah music (I think I only have two!); any help you can render there would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday today to
Ann Lillaston Wilson ('57)
AND Jimmy McDonald ('57) AND
George Konstant ('65) of VA!
Happy Birthday tomorrow to
The late
Barbara Nell Howard Floyd ('67)
(deceased 10/01/88)
!
Happy Birthday this week to:
04 - William D. Dangler ('57) of VA
AND
Howard
Williamson (Hampton HS - '63) of VA;
05
-
Eugene Peters ('57) AND
the late
Gene Peters ('57)
(deceased - 07/24/09) AND
Melody Clendenin DeBerry
(Warwick HS - '66) of VA;
06 - Frances Scheinman Berkman ('57);
07 -
Jay Styles ('68) of VA AND
Janice Pratt McGrew (Hampton HS - '67) of VA
AND
Tim Parsons ('73) of VA;
09 - Shirley Smith Langston ('57)!
http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
TODAY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES:
From http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/This%20Day/thisday1202.htm:
Monday, Dec. 2, 1861 HENRY HALLECK HALTS HABEAS HINDRANCE The right of habeas corpus (Latin for “produce the body," more or less) is one of those little Constitutional tidbits that people seldom think about until they find themselves rotting in jail, and the jailers under no obligation to ever let a judge decide whether one belong there or not. It is one of the cornerstones of the American legal system. In the earliest days of the War Abraham Lincoln had suspended the right in the corridor between Washington and New York, primarily to deal with secessionist elements in Baltimore. Today he authorized Gen. Henry Halleck to do the same in his jurisdiction in the Department of Missouri. This was of very dubious legality, as the Constitution requires that the Legislature, not the Executive, have this right of suspension. Congress did, later, give retroactive approval, setting what many in later years consider a deplorable precedent. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1862 CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION CONFOUNDS CORPUS CHRISTI Action in the Texas-Louisiana coastal regions was still in a rather tentative stage. Both sides were gathering information they knew they were going to need in the future. One such project was the trip of the Confederate steamship Queen of the Bay which was chugging slowly today around Corpus Christi Pass taking depth soundings. Captain H. Wilkes was going about this chore methodically when he was unexpectedly set upon by two smaller boats sent from the USS Sachem. Unprepared for attack and unable to escape, Wilkes took the drastic step of running his ship up on the beach. While the crew escaped, Wilkes fired the ship's guns at the attackers, driving one away and the damaging the other. The damaged Union boat also wound up coming ashore and the crew, carrying an officer who had been wounded, had to march 30 miles overland to get back to another Union position where they were picked up. Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1863 SALT SCOUTS SEIZE SIZABLE SITE One of the primary duties for U.S. Navy ships operating along the Florida coast, along with watching for smugglers and blockade-runners, was keeping an eye out for salt works. Although some salt, in both South and North, was dug in mines where it had been deposited as ancient ocean beds evaporated, much more came from coastal operations. Sea water would be scooped into kettles and the water boiled off, or placed in shallow pans to evaporate. The USS Restless came upon such an operation today on Lake Ocala, Fla., that was producing an incredible 130 bushels of salt per day. Acting Master William R. Browne ordered the boilers destroyed, along with two flatboats and six ox carts, and had all the salt returned to the sea from whence it came. He also took 17 prisoners. Friday, Dec. 2, 1864 MISSOURI MAKES MORE MILITARY MEN MISERABLE If there was any command in the United States Army that chewed up and spit out commanders faster than the Army of the Potomac, it had to be the administrative duties in the Department of Missouri. General after general had been assigned to this post, and a few months later would be recalled, relieved, fired, or simply driven mad and beg for reassignment to a combat command. The problem was the intense and unremitting factionalism of local Missouri interests. They had been battling since long before the War, and would continue long afterwards. The latest victim was Gen. William Starke Rosecrans, an inept administrator anyway. He was replaced today by the unfortunate Gen. Grenville Dodge. |
From
Delano Wray
('62) of MD - 12/01/11 -
"RE: Mrs. Range":
Carol, thanks for sending this email!!
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Thank you so much, Del; my deepest sympathies to you.
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From Jay Styles ('68) of VA - 12/01/11 - "Something pretty cool":
Noticed your theme "Stand
by Me" and thought of this, and it is pretty cool, not to mention
one of my favorites.
Something pretty cool
OOOH!
Thanks so much, Jay
Sweetie!
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From F.A.
Saunders (Hampton HS - '64) of VA - 12/01/11 - "First McDonald's Demolished":
From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 12/01/11 - "CoastZone - Secret
Space Research":
From
http://www.coasttocoastam.com
- 12/01/11:
VERY
INTERESTING! Thanks,
Norris Sweetie!
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From Ivan Anker ('67) of VA - 12/01/11 - "Warren Buffett's brilliant
answer to our troubles with Congress":
Can we elect Warren Buffet for President? Warren Buffett, in a (July 2011) interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election."
Thanks,
Ivan!
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From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 12/01/11 - "I Thought of You":
From
http://www.FlyLady.net
-
12/01/11 - "Morning Musing: Actions Speak Louder!":
Dear Friends, Love is a word that is very deceptive maybe even illusive if we look at it as a noun. It is not something that we can buy and hold in our hands, it is a word that is filled with action. Love is a verb. This word is not just a feeling it is a doing. For years all I ever wanted was to feel loved. That did not happen because I was looking for love in all the wrong places; as the song says. I was not going to find this love coming at me and surrounding me as a fog. I was not going to feel this love from other people. I was searching so hard for this love that I never dreamed that it was hiding right inside of me. The reason we have a hard time finding this love is that the clutter we have in our heads is standing in the way. When we can address this most personal of our Body Clutter we will begin finding what we are looking for. Men and women equate love much differently. For a man to show love he often reveals it in actions; checking our tires, changing the oil, he is doing something. He may not be good at sentimental cards and flowers which is how we women equate love. This is why we need to look at the various ways that love is done. How do you love your children? You feed them, dress them, bathe them, and do things for them. We do the same thing for the critters in our lives. We scratch their ears and rub their bellies. Robert explained this to me this morning. A few years ago our hound dog Lucy died and we got another sweet hound dog. He said that he could sit in his chair and think about how much he loves this new dog or he could get up and go over and pet her. Then he would be loving on her and she would feel his love for her. It would not be a passive experience just for him but a shared event for both of them. Then he turned this around. He said when we are loving ourselves we are the giver and the recipient at the same time. That is when he headed out the door to play in the woods. This is one thing that he loves to do. When you are doing things that you love; you are loving yourself. With our FLYing way of life we only surround ourselves with things we love. We turn chores into blessings and release the stress from our lives by using routines to put us on autopilot. These are all forms of love but in our female definition of love this is just stuff we have to do. We have to find ways to show ourselves love the way we understand it and will recognize it as love. But since we are doing it for ourselves we just don't accept it in the same way we would if it came from someone else. This is why we have a new Pampering habit for December. These are little things that we can do each day to pamper ourselves. They can be anything that you can think of to do something nice for you. You can snuggle with a cup of warmth or curl up with a favorite book or magazine. Settle into a tub of bubbles or put on some of your favorite music. Pick up a flower at the grocery store so that every time you look at it you will smile. Light candles in your home or put crystals in the window so that rainbows dance across your room. These always make me smile. I was taught many years ago by Rita Davenport to fake it till you make it. I didn't really know what that meant till recently; I just did like she said. Fake it till you make it, is nothing but practicing till a habit becomes automatic. Imagine that, practicing loving ourselves with little habits that tell us we are loved by the person who does those little things that make us feel the love we so deserve. The martyr goes away and you are surrounded by the loving feeling that you have been searching for. So practice loving yourself first by simple actions and eventually you will not do things that you don't love and you will not have items in your home that do not put a smile on your face. This act of love is as contagious as your shining sink. You are just shining your heart. Are you ready to Finally Love Yourself? One little habit at a time. FlyLady |
From
http://www.FlyLady.net
-
12/01/11 - "Gift Bags Made with Love":
Dear FlyLady and Crew: Happy Holidays! I was reading your comment about having a marathon present-wrapping session, and wanted to share how I solved that problem for my Mom. My Mom has eight children and 30 grandchildren, and REALLY does Christmas up right, especially for the younger kids. This means marathon wrapping sessions no matter WHEN she starts. One year I saw some of those cute cloth wine bottle gift bags, and I had an inspiration: cloth gift bags made from holiday prints with fancy ribbon drawstrings. After Christmas I shopped for beautiful seasonal holiday fabrics that were 75% off, and made very simple drawstring bags in various sizes: a few small ones, lots of medium ones, a few large ones, and a few giant ones. Each year since I have made a few more to add to her collection. Now all my Mom has to do to have beautifully wrapped gifts is to drop them in the bag, tie the ribbons, and add a tag. After the mad unwrapping each year (you have not seen Christmas chaos until you have seen my family all gathered in one room unwrapping presents) my Mom just gathers up the bags to use again next year. No paper waste, but we still have beautifully wrapped presents, that take just seconds to wrap (after the initial investment of making the bags, of course). I have taken to wrapping almost all of my gifts to others this way, using various fun cloths for birthdays, etc. I have gotten so quick at making the bags that it takes scarcely longer that wrapping a present, and the bag can be used again and again. Regards, Tawny Y. FlyLady here: Our focus this month is on pampering. We are individuals and we all enjoy different things that mean pampering to us! Many FlyBabies love to do craft projects, sew, etc. Setting aside time for yourself to do this is a form of pampering. Tawny loves to make things and she has created a wonderful way to wrap gifts. What can you do today to pamper yourself? |
From
Me
('65) of NC - 12/02/11 - "RE:
Gift
Bags Made with Love":
As much as I cherish the memory of my
uncle
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In a rare burst of organization back in 1996, I made super large gift
bags, one for each of the nine members of our immediate family and our
first two daughters-in-law. Some were more elaborate than other
(one was even lined!), but they were all spacious and roomy. Okay, I only got the
name on one of those bags shown here under our trees, and the intended
drawstrings never did materialize, but the gift bags have proved to be
an enormous time, money, paper, and clutter saver through the years. I
still have and use them!
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Tuesday, December 24, 1996 | Saturday, December 22, 2007 | ||
Taylor Springs, IL | Fayetteville, NC |
CROCHET PATTERNS:
http://myblueangels.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-simple-star-coaster.html
- Aurora Suominen's My Simple Star Coaster http://www.caron.com/projects/ss_chunky/ssc_crochet_elf_slippers.html - K J Hay's Elf Slippers http://www.crochetmemories.com/archive/july4.html - Cylinda Mathews' Star Earrings |
FINALLY:
From
http://www.ajokeaday.com - 12/01/11: |
A man and an ostrich walk into a restaurant. The waitress asks,
"What will it be?" The man replied, "A burger and a coke." "And you?" "I'll have the same," the ostrich replies. They finish their meal and pay. "That will be $4.50." The man reached into his pocket and pulled out the exact amount. They
do this every day till Friday. "No, today is Friday. I'll have steak and a coke." They finish and pay. "That will be $10.95" "How is it that you always have the exact amount?" "Wow!" said the waitress. "What did you wish for?" "Amazing! Most people would ask for a million dollars. But what's with the ostrich?" "Well," said the man. "I also asked for a chick with long legs." |
DATES TO REMEMBER:
1. Thursday, December 1, 2011 - The NNHS Class of 1955 holds Lunch Bunch
gatherings on the first Thursday of every month at Steve & John's Steak House on
Jefferson Avenue just above Denbigh Boulevard in Newport News at 11:00 AM. The
luncheon is not limited to just the Class of '55; if you have friends in that
year, go visit with them. 4. Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 11:00 AM - The NNHS Breakfast Bunch will host a Breakfast Bunch Brunch at the Warwick Restaurant, 12306 Warwick Boulevard, (across from CNU) Newport News, Virginia 23606. "Please come join them for a Dutch Treat Brunch featuring a lot of 'War Stories' and maybe a lie or two. Everyone is welcome so bring your wife, husband, boy friend, girl friend, class mate, school friend or whomever you choose." Please RSVP to Bill Roady at duckbill1@verizon.net or call him at 757-595-0716 so they have a head count. |
PRAYER ROLL: http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html - updated 10/22/11 |
BLOG: http://nnhs.wordpress.com/ - updated 03/13/11 |
Carol Buckley Harty 7020 Lure Court Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309 915-780-3048 |
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Baloo Lammy (16th Century Scottish Carol) This day to you is born a child of Mary meek, the Virgin mild. That blessed bairn, so loving and kind shall now rejoice both heart and mind. Baloo Lammy. A star appeared this blessed morn, and unto us a child is born. To heaven He'll lead us from near and far, So follow, follow that wondrous star. Baloo Lammy. Collected in the Shetland Islands *Bairn is Scots for Child bairn "child". This is one of the most obviously Scandinavian words in Scots, with a cognate - barn - used in practically all Nordic languages.
"Baloo, Lammy" midi courtesy of
http://delongfarms.com/m_frame.html - 12/01/06
"Baloo, Lammy" lyrics and history courtesy of
http://www.ramshornstudio.com/baloo_lammy.htm - 12/01/06
Image and available history of "The Nativity" from the picture by Sandro
Botticelli, in the National Gallery, London, courtesy
of
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17395/17395-h/17395-h.htm
- 12/01/06
Image of "Nativity with Saints" (1520s) by Giovanni Battista Benvenuti, Ortolano
Ferrarese courtesy
of
http://www.gfmer.ch/Art_for_Health/Ortolano.htm
- 12/01/06
Angel Divider Line clip art courtesy of
http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/christ-htm/lines-christ1.htm
- 12/05/05
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of
http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/
- 10/02/05
Replaced courtesy of
http://www.hamptonhigh1964.com - 02/17/09
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!
Marine Corps Seal clip art
courtesy of the late
Herbert Hice of MI
- one of my
Famous Marines who served in the South
Pacific during WWII.
Thanks again, Herbie!!
"Old Woman with a Sore Back Using a Cane" clip art by DJArt courtesy of http://www.imageenvision.com/cliparts/seniors - 12/02/12
Animated Army Flag clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03
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