{"id":3626,"date":"2015-01-14T15:37:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T19:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rockwellblake.com\/blog\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2015-01-14T15:57:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T19:57:08","slug":"thanks-for-all-the-happy-birthday-good-wishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/14\/thanks-for-all-the-happy-birthday-good-wishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks for all the Happy Birthday good wishes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I often wonder how many more of these time clicks I will be allowed to mark off in celebration with family and friends.\u00a0 Tempus Fugit, and I have to remind myself that it doesn\u2019t belong to me.\u00a0 It flies like the birds who won\u2019t stay put long enough for a good photo shoot.\u00a0 So when Debbie snaps a hawk and I complete another year of life, I count these things as blessings.\u00a0 I hope I will be able to share some of these blessings with you.<\/p>\n

\"Hunting<\/a>

Hunting Hawk<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyway, 2015 is begun and has lifted off for a good flight.\u00a0 I closed 2014 with a pause in the Blog, but with a great Garcia victory.\u00a0 It seems like only a few days ago that I ventured a \u201cThank you\u201d to Donald V. Paschke in a blog<\/a>. Since that blog, a few years have passed during which I tracked down the man, pestered him and convinced him to let me republish his books<\/a>.\u00a0 My fingers are now often dancing all over the editing\/formatting work that this project requires. \u00a0I\u2019ll let you know when I get these books ready to go.<\/p>\n

Another crusade, that distracted me from blogging, delivered a victory.\u00a0 Debbie and I did our small bit to help elect the youngest woman ever to the United States Congress.\u00a0 We met Elise Stefanik<\/a> when she first set out to win her election to Congress, and when we had the opportunity we decided to help.\u00a0 The reason we got involved is the same reason I do this blog.\u00a0 Generations change as time flies, and the newest generations must live with the greater portion of the future time carries us into.\u00a0 I believe Elise will be a preserving influence on our Nation.<\/p>\n

Putting Garcia\u2019s books into the hands of students of moderate means, and electing responsible young people to office are the same exercise.\u00a0 We want to preserve the best of History\u2019s achievements.\u00a0 I want the USA and Opera to make it from 2015 to 2100 in good shape and full of joy for those who appreciate freedom and glorious singing.<\/p>\n

As you may know, the Bible tells us about salt<\/a>.\u00a0 I pray to be really salty.\u00a0 I expect Elise<\/a> to maintain her saltiness. Garcia may be a dead white guy, but his legacy is like:<\/p>\n

\"Bacalao<\/a>

Bacalao in open market
Oporto, Portugal<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Saltier than these Portuguese staples would be hard to find.<\/p>\n

Thanks again to all who remembered my Birthday.\u00a0 I remember it with thankful gratitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I often wonder how many more of these time clicks I will be allowed to mark off in celebration with family and friends.\u00a0 Tempus Fugit, and I have to remind myself that it doesn\u2019t belong to me.\u00a0 It flies like the birds who won\u2019t stay put long enough for a good photo shoot.\u00a0 So when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-10-14-Scans-Sli-118-copy.jpg?fit=4234%2C2800&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2kj1l-Wu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3626"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3634,"href":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions\/3634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}