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Oct 24, 2017

Still Life: Remembering Watercolor Artist Zena Arnim Rowley

Happy Birthday to Aunt Zena.

Thank you for giving us your beautiful paintings to grace our walls.

Zena Arnim Rowley was born in Schulenburg, Texas on October 24 1885.

Her father passed away when she was still a young girl.

Her father was Feodor Charles Arnim.

A few years later she moved with her sister, Bessie Ida Arnim Varley, and two brothers to Orange, California.

Her mother moved the family out to California to be with her brother Uncle Thee, Theodore Beall Laidley.

They lived at 221 South Glassell/

Her house has been restored and it is recognized by the Old Towne Orange Preservation Association.

They all would be so happy to see how their house looks today.

Aunt Zena married Joseph Rowley.

She loved to play bridge and paint watercolors.

Bessie Arnim Varley, Helen Virginia Arnim, Zena Arnim Rowley

Rest In Peace, Aunt Zena and thank you for loving us.

Oct 21, 2017

Is There A Ghost On this Train.......Gene Bowker on @TheRonnieRe

Happy Halloween from The Ronnie Republic.

Love trains, always have, always will.........

copied from Gene Bowker Railroads on Google Plus.

here is a link to his page for more stunning railroad pictures:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/YTS3b

Thanks, Gene, for taking time to share your photography with us,

Gene Bowker

Railroads

Railroad Photography by Gene Bowker

117,499 followers - 113 posts - Public

Oct 18, 2017

At the end of the day are Kelly and Tillerson bigger men than donald trump: The Bill Press Show - October 18, 2017

They made an interesting comment today when they talked about Tillerson and Kelly running very large corporations and being a very esteemed general yet having to take orders and constantly be insulted by an ingrate like donald trump.

Even though one would not agree with the republican policies these folks are pushing does this mean that these individuals are indeed more of a man than the donald and care more about the well-being of the country than their selves that they are willing to stay on and suffer the indiscretions of their post and their boss.

in·dis·cre·tion
ˌindəˈskreSH(ə)n/Submit
noun
behavior or speech that is indiscreet or displays a lack of good judgment.

well, what do you think.........

Oct 17, 2017

Bessie Ida Arnim Varley: Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to a wonderful Grandmother.

Bessie Ida Arnim Varley:

October 17, 1887--July 16, 1981

Her blouse is so beautiful. Did she make it--she always did a lot of sewing.

F. C. Arnim, her baby brother at their house in Orange, California--about 1910.

Frances Charles Arnim and his mother, Helen Virginia Laidley Arnim still in Texas.

She would be so happy to see her house today. She loved her family and the house her mother built when she came out to Orange, California from Texas after her husband, Grandma's father, passed away.

This house had two kitchens--a summer and winter kitchen.

Grandma, her mother and her sister Hezena Arnim Rowley, Aunt Zena

Grandma was so excited when we visited Orange on Mother's Day.

This was her cat, Pinky.

Coco waiting in the car at Fairhaven.

Chlo Langendorf is spending quality time with Grandma and Pinky right now.

The Yellow Rose of Texas

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Remembering the yellow bird of Texas today

Just a little update to remember the day of her passing:

She did everything for me and she was so happy about it.

She arranged a whole trip just for me to go to Disneyland.

On a recent visit to Schulenburg for the Arnim, Baumgarten, Sengelmann Family reunion I came across this picture in the Schulenburg Museum:

This is a picture of the livery stable owned by her father: The F C Arnim Livery Stable.

Here is a picture of "Pomp."

That was the nickname of her father, Feodor Charles Arnim.

She called him Papa.

Here they are at their house in Orange, California on Glassell......

Zena, Bessie, Billy, FC and their mother, Helen Laidley Arnim.

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FC, Bessie and Zena out in front of their new house in Orange, with very small palm trees.

Just found this picture:

I love you, Grandma, Happy Birthday and THANK YOU for everything!

Oct 16, 2017

The Jesus Christ Show by Cortney Fielding from Watt Way

Jesus Will Return...After These Messages.
A radio talk show host poses as Jesus,
and wins a loyal, sometimes critical, audience.

By Cortney Fielding

esus was a carpenter.

Now, apparently, he works for Clear Channel. While once he roamed the desert spreading his father’s word, today, the son of God stays put inside a Burbank office complex, where he plays host to his own call-in radio show. Let the people come to him for a change.

      Every Sunday from 6-9 a.m., Jesus comforts the afflicted, engages atheists in theology debates and doles out free advice to the lovelorn like some holy savior-Dr. Joyce Brothers hybrid.

     And with close to 130,000 listeners so early in the morning, he is number one in his time period.

      No, it’s not a joke.

      The voice behind “the Jesus Christ Show” is Neil Saavedra, a 36-year-old, tattooed Mexican-American punk rock ex-Catholic who spends his earthly time as the marketing director for KFI-AM 640, the Los Angeles talk radio station that airs his show, designing promotional billboards for Dr. Laura and home-town Libertarian-bent news personalities, John and Ken.

      Tall, trim, fashionably dressed with a shaved head, manicured goatee and bulky metal jewelry adorning his body, he's been characterized as everything from “sexy” in the press to “someone who looks like he could absolutely kill you at any moment,” by co-workers. Bottom line- he doesn’t really look the part.

      Saavedra’s candor is just as unlikely as his appearance. While he plays the son of God three hours a week, he's remarkably down to earth the remaining 165. Listen to him talk about past flirtations with godlessness and hear him riff about a nine-year relationship that culminated in a less-than-one-year marriage, and one wonders what makes this guy think he has the right to be the Easter bunny, let alone Jesus.

      Off-air, he is the first to admit he’s just as human and confused as the next guy – he’s even dating an atheist.

      But on air, his charismatic, no-baloney, compassionate Jesus is attracting a fan base far broader than what he once had as a host on Christian radio – from which he defected out of boredom in the 1990s.

Saavedra’s Jesus is outspoken, and his positions aren’t always in line with conservative Christians. They don’t always jive with liberals, either. He despises the way gays are treated in the Church (although he believes homosexuality is a sin akin to overindulgence in food or drink), and isn’t afraid to voice either opinions.

      While his show attracts the traditional, older, church-going Christian radio audience, it also reaches those who feel disconnected from the church, young adults, gays, atheists, and even the occasional Rabbi. They’re all tuning in.

No. 1 in his time slot, Saavedra is a charismatic, no-baloney, compassionate Jesus – and he admits he’s just as confused as the next guy.

      It’s 5:58A.M., on a Sunday morning. Saavedra, wearing a distressed suede button-down shirt and boot cut jeans, is sealed tight inside KFI’s state of the art soundproof production booth with his elbows on the table, hands covering his eyes as he rocks back and forth to Jewish rapper Matisyahu’s “King without a Crown.” Music is how he gets in the Jesus zone.

      Laying next to him is the same stack of books he brings into the studio every week. Among them are his study Bible, its black imitation-leather cover well worn, “The compact dictionary of doctorial words : Easy to understand definitions of theology words for all who study” and the “The Jewish book of why.”

      He recites a silent prayer as a pre-recorded voice goes out over the airwaves.

      “Two thousand years ago, he walked this earth -teaching, guiding, loving and preparing to make the ultimate sacrifice… “what if today you could talk to him, laugh with him, cry with him, not Just through prayer, but through the radio.. You’re listening to the Jesus Christ Show..”

“And now here’s our host, Jesus Christ.”

After a musical introduction he’s on. For the next three hours. Neil only exists on commercial breaks.

to be continued........

here is a link to the page if you want to finish reading the whole thing right now:

http://wattway.uscannenberg.org/vol1/story_fielding/1.html

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Neil Saavedra, The Jesus Christ Show, Cortney Fielding, Watt Way,

Oct 10, 2017

Planned Parenthood Federation of America's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosey Talks Birth Control in the age of trump

Check out this very imformative clip from The Bill Press Show talking about birth control and the ability to choose the best method for a particular individual in the age of trump.

Seriously, this is a health care issue not a political isssue--everyone deserves the best healthcare available.

Longing for our former President.

from Obamaite--Chloelouise

Oct 9, 2017

The Jesus Christ Show on @TheRonnieRe

Always listening to the radio...........

The 10/1/17 show was a particularly interesting broadcast.

Thanks, Neil, for sharing your thoughts with us.

Well done.

Finding Jesus at The Jordan River: Bike Palestine

Oct 8, 2017

Is Melania Trump really fluent in five languages?

John Aravosis

Published on Aug 3, 2017

Melania Trump claims to be fluent in five languages (English, French, Italian, German and Slovenian). But is she really? AMERICAblog editor John Aravosis, who actually does speak five languages (Spanish, French, Italian, Greek and English), looked into the issue, and what he found raises questions about just how well Melania Trump truly speaks French and Italian. Why does this matter? Because just this week, Donald Trump announced a new immigration policy whereby potential immigrants with skills, and fluency in English, will get favored treatment. So the issue of whether Melania Trump, America's most famous immigrant, even spoke English when she got here, and whether she's telling the truth about her overall language abilities, matters. Because her husband made it matter. And finally, this goes to the larger issue of this administration being one continuous ongoing lie. If they lie about the little stuff, imagine what they're doing with issues that really matter.