Why is it cold in Duluth / Recollections

 So, I am imagining a librarian in the New York , library system dreaming about a line out the door of approximately 15,000,000 people waiting for the same book, and thinking, to yourself, > I wonder if they all have library cards < . Well , I guess I would ask a few questions ,,, ? was it a bad dream ?, and then was it a Stephan King, Novel ???? ( and maybe why ??? ) But you might find something like this: https://www.eiu.edu/historia/mortimer.pdf adjustment was easier and so they were really “transplanted.” The evidence from the interviews seems to suggest that they were, in fact, transplanted, rather than uprooted. Though the move to America was hard on Mary, she does not describe the adjustment as a crisis, nor did her family fall apart. Mary, Catherine Kozic, and Sister Mary Imelda Krygen joined community activities to help with their adjustment. In addition, Mary drew close to her family members. Mary spent her free time playing with her siblings or spending time with h...

 So, just quickly, the rundown :  Marvin married Annabelle, sometime in the 1950s and they lived mostly in the greater NYC area. They had two sons, John and Phillip.  Okay, one son, I think John, but not sure, married Ellen, and they had two daughters, which would be Susan and Maggy.  Now, this maybe be all mixed up, but pretty sure, something like that. There maybe great grandchildren, as well. Anyway, the real issue coming up, are the 3 characters, that Maggy interacts with mainly, so if this is vaguely a set up for the Wizard of Oz, okay, vaguely.  And so, what about that dog ? Ominously, there may be ravens involved, that may or may not be related to Edgar Allen Poe, which always confused me, basically. Finally, it would be a story set in and around New York City, so probably a bit confusing ???

 So, eliminate (Real?) on account of I am not all that conversant about what may or may not be Real. But it is very hard to deny that justice or Justice is in fact quite real.   It is somewhat like, " this little light of mine ", but as far as justice, it is somewhat difficult to >> not <<  let it shine on account of, it is,  one of the most important behaviors which we do  employ as we manage,, better or worse, to navigate most or all of the pathways , byways, crawlways, that life often places us in. Nevertheless, this is mostly about characters, in New York, actually, in particular grandchildren of a displaced Polish musician, from the Krakow symphony from the 1940s , arriving in New York City around the time of the Alger Hiss trials,  which may or may not be " another " story.   There are at least two or three other characters connected into this, perhaps in a variety of ways.  The two grandchildren are Susan and Maggy, an...

 And so apocalypse is a somewhat " screwy " word, in that it implies, moving away from something. That notion of apocalypse's is very interesting, but if you remember an apocalypse that was created by a mistake made by a student apprentice working with or for Altarian Deep Pockets, was narrowly everted by, seems to me , quite unusual and hard to categorize woman from inner , inner Altaria, which rarely interacts with those folks associated with Deep Pockets.  So, all this has got to remain pretty confusing, especially when you throw in some " a.i. ", from some " random ", and most likely " fringy ", organization or association, which sometime in the 1940s, most likely, intentionally created the Me-109, who was so " gleefully " enjoying coming up with ways to torment a Studebaker pick-up, who is mostly trying to mind his " own " business, thank you. Well, at this point, in order to keep this questionable " novel "...

 Also could be, Purple Rain/Purple Leaves ,,, Anyway, Monday turns out to be " apparently " named after the moon.  Actually this is a big shock for me.  And so life goes on. So effectively this is more about the birds: https://sufipathoflove.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/the-conference-of-the-birds.pdf and of course, you might end up with: https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/seven-valleys-four-valleys/ and then here: https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/call-divine-beloved/ or maybe : https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/call-divine-beloved/4#893325872 or perhaps, finally: https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/call-divine-beloved/10#142758873 Which kind of vaguely goes back to the moon, in some ways, and yet it's earth day ?, but  another day or event coincides, synchronistical-ly ?  https://universalhouseofjustice.bahai.org/ridvan-messages/20240419_001 https://www.bahai.or...

 Amazing, you could be meandering, aimlessly, and suddenly you run into " you " and " i ", or possibly You and I, or even : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_You_and_I Obviously, there is a lot here, on account of, well, it's progressive rock ???? Anyway, the point is it contains a lot, and first it has 2 ands which is 50% of the words in the title. If you are familiar with the tune at all, probably might consider it both " iconic " and perhaps, quite beautiful, which seems to be the objective in most of that bands work, but, at the end you are always left with you and i or you and I, or You and I, both, but rarely you or I (i).  So, there you have it.  Unfortunately, or possibly fortunately, you might spend some time pondering the two primary elements in the title or the song, but the song has other elements, as well.  I mean, why not ?

 So in order to have some great delay tactic, I was thinking about a quick recap.  Basically, about trying to get an automobile to explain why - or why ? and hot and cold, which on its face might seem somewhat reasonable, but , perhaps on the dim witted scale.  So it's like , just ask any >>> inanimate <<< about <<<< why/why? >>>> something is, might sound not that responsible.  Actually, that all hinged around that swimming under water thing. Okay, we all do get lost from time to time, and in fact I am not sure but perhaps in the Bureau  Of Lost and Meaningless Facts (B.O.L.M.F.), they keep statistics on percent of time , lost or not,; but, could be a valuable, statistic, nonetheless. So, part two, undoubtedly  will be more misdirected as far as about getting to where I appear to be aimlessly heading.  Part III, would possibly introduce Humphrey Bogart, in " space ", as space sure does have something to do wit...

  So, thinking about Lewis Carroll and the humor tinged with something, not quite sadness, but perhaps something you might often feel in the fall.  And for some reason that makes me think of Learning Perl, which at it's face may seem somewhat humorous, but really ?  Anyway, it's been some time since, I was >>> actively <<<< learning perl, but sometimes it just happens. I would never discourage anyone from either Learning Perl, or learning perl, which ever comes first, however, for me a lot of this goes back to Starting Forth, which you might , forever, not wish to confuse with starting forth, but that could happen just the same.  Then you could start Thinking Forth, which might get you into trouble , and you simply end up once again with Color Forth, or ????  The kinds of trouble we can get ourselves into, when you think about it, it's almost endless, which perhaps someone like David Hilbert might have gotten excited about. So , on the brigh...

 Now, suddenly we are " jerked " back to the past, 1500 & 1600 .. And so, ::: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/08/wai.html So , this story comes partially from a French priest in the 1700's, Paris possibly, but it is basically about documents, transferred from Iran to Cairo, sometime around the late 1500 s or early 1600 s, and purchased from Cairo by some wealthy fellow from England or somewhere around there. Finally, and oddly it was purchased by a " wealthy " American Industrialist, in the late 1800 s.. Now, here is where the speculation begins.  Were these documents the basis of the 1950 Studebaker automobiles ??? Perhaps, we will find out, or perhaps not.

 So, some page closes, and some new page might begin.  For now, the path, the story has followed has mainly come to and end, but perhaps some of these characters may return, but for now what will be coming down the road, well, who knows, but I suspect it will go somewhere, to another place, and other space.

 So, very briefly , those folks, the one on board Skylander's vessel, and you shouldn't really focus so much,  on Ralphie, as that is just too confusing at this point, but obviously they do need to fry some fish, as " surprisingly " , Skylander does have recipes for both sturgeon as well as pike, and even some " not so fresh  herbs, but good enough... And so with some brief interlude on either Neptune or Uranus, they are well on their way through the Khyber Belt, and quite a bit, of so on and so forth ... So, the idea of Ralphy/Ralphie , no longer hanging out on Earth is difficult, but I did learn that as far as my " issues " about hot and cold are concerned he was never going to be of any use, and I am quite confident that he will confront many of those same issues that he did back on "earth".  And I do know he will carry, those same connections that he had here. with him in many ways.  Those connections are remarkably hard to break. But righ...

 Should anyone really be surprised that Ralphy had a pretty large supply of fish he had collected from the Boundary Waters, so as they say, Skylander was not just " whistling Dixie ". But back to " pyro " techniques, let me be entirely clear, that I know nothing, nothing.  Kind of a " sparkler " guy ... But, for all those who are quite curious about what oil and metal from a 1954 Studebaker , might look like, well, especially if most of that " oil " had been thoroughly and methodically limmersed in the music of John Coltrane, and additionally a bit of , well, East Coast, West Coast, Mid ( not Coast ), South and North ( again not Coast ) <<< blues >>> ,,, might appear in the absence of oxygen, might appear, well, Skylander observed that.  Colors and light and forms and so much happening all at once, in and instant.  She saw that, and of course was impressed and that was certainly worth the price of admission, but she did not have...

 Okay, somewhere, in one of those inconspicuous locations, on an inconspicuous planet, somewhere in the general vicinity of the Altarian Confederates, was a meeting of the top >>> dogs <<< at Deep Pockets and of course, inevitably the topic of Ralphy, would come up, so this meeting was not particularly special. Now, just to be on the safe side here, all these Altarian Deep Pocket guys are literally on the up and up, legit and all and so at this particularly meeting the issue of intermittent or non-existent transmissions, and just that general kind of thing, came up, and the lack of information, made them conclude that the Studebaker just stopped studebakering or alternatively the Me-109 got real lucky, or finally the ol' boy my have done a wee bit too much of the party thing and was likely dead in Ireland, which I suppose would in some ways be fitting and all. Nevertheless, they shipped all the data to archive, and in the end decided it was just best if they forgo...

 So, while waiting for the Sun to eclipse, however you want to say that, I figure, I will discuss some " numbers ", and bemoan my lost opportunity to discuss with Ralphy the issue of cold and Duluth, however, for a guy/Studebaker , who swims in the Boundary Waters in April, have to say that would probably be a pointless conversation. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/why-isnt-there-an-eclipse-every-full-moon/ Anyway, back to numbers, if you take your average '54 Studebaker from Missouri to be 9 or 10 on some scale , and if you multiply that by 10 or 100 , after February 1954, and also there being probably some substantial increase over time , then you will have some kind of idea of the numbers that Deep Pockets has been playing with as it concerns Ralphy,  and as this particular group, i.e. Deep Pockets are trying to assess what you might call unmanageable situations, you will conclude what Ralphie and Hubert, eventually Skylander did conclude, that something just...

 When, Ralphy and Bloomer were finally parked next to Skylander's vehicle, Bloomer had two thoughts simultaneously.  One was, this is ridiculous, and then he also remembered he had forgot his toothbrush.  Also, an antacid wouldn't hurt. So, Skylander announces to the group, "Mr. Henry, I would appreciate it it you would meet me in my ship. " Bloomer:  " K, how is that going to happen ? " So, Skylander extends some loading platform and Bloomer exits from Ralphy enters Skylander's ship. Bloomer;  "FYI, lady, I did forget my toothbrush ..." Skylander: " Salt and water might help , but right now we do have some " bigger " fish to fry. ... ", and so, Ralphy, at this point you might realize that I am an Altarian.  Not from that part of Altaria, to which you have been connected , but Altarian none the less.  However, this is what I have traveled here to tell you.  You are not in anyway the result of the events which you connect wit...

 And so Skylander, on the other end of a very discrete navigational signal, was busy contemplating on how she probably should have finished grad school, because these manuals which, of course, where essential in order to " properly " operate this equipment and so she persisted.  Perhaps there was light at the end of the tunnel ????  Very soon, Ralphy and Bloomer would be parked near by, and the most difficult part of this journey/adventure, what have you, was just about to unfold; and Skylander, for her part was also trying to think about her next conversation , and how that might end.. And back on Earth , Messy Schmitt has been combing the planet for Ralphy, thinking he would just like to give that guy one more good one, but also, soon Ralphy would be way - way -way out of his league, about which he may never know.

 And so, with 6 egg salad sandwiches, some fried chicken, 2 gallons of coffee, ect., Bloomer and Ralphy were well on their way to the Van Allen Belt.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt Of course Bloomer was very happy about the custom - olio seats , in the cab, and did not avail himself of the seat belts as how unlikely to run into seat belt enforcement , say, above 8 mi., so really, not a problem. He was of course a little anxious about waiting on a cell-phone call up at 120 mi.,  but we can anticipate that works out well, and very soon now, but very discretely, Bloomer and Ralphy will be, on their way to meet up with Skylander, on what was likely the dark or darkish side of the moon, and even more difficult conversations.

 Bloomer:  well, Ralphy, you have yourself some fun up north ? Ralphy:  Look, you know and I know you would not call me , to discuss how much fun I am having ... Bloomer:  True, so I had a very unusual conversation, with someone you might have more 'kin with, and to shake this all out; how high up do you think you can go ? Ralphy:  K ?,  Let's just say, quite a bit higher than you can jump, so ? Bloomer:  K, so you and I are going for a bit of a journey, which may include some adventure, and I am not sure what all else, but it you are up for this, I am feeling this is something we should do. Ralphy:  Should we grab some Tacos, first ? Bloomer:, I'm good, I'll just boil up some eggs, and I think we be good. Ralphy:  Oh great, >>> eggs <<<< 

 Well, that was pretty odd, thought Bloomer, but having a room mate, intermittently, like Ralphy/Ralphie, was pretty weird. Of course, that situation has only been going on now for 68 years, so still a bit hard to adjust to the weird, from time to time.  None the less, that issue of KABOOM loomed large, and therefore, he did contact Ralphy, on account of, well, reducing even small kabooms had played a significant role in his life, and in fact was a big part of the education he did get from his father.  Ralphy , of course, was quite involved with adventuring in Northern Minnesota, spending his time, and so being underwater , he did put Bloomer on hold, but quickly got back to him.  Basically, it was, >>> you need to get back here quick, and we got some important stuff to discuss <<<< So, Ralphy was back in Missouri in about 35 min ????  And then ?????? 

  The time has come,' the Walrus said,       To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax —       Of cabbages — and kings — And why the sea is boiling hot —       And whether pigs have wings.' https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43914/the-walrus-and-the-carpenter-56d222cbc80a9 So, 4:00 pm Bloomer's  phone rings, and: Hello, is this Mr. Henry? Bloomer:  What you want? , what you need ? < almost always answers the phone that way > SL:  Mr. Henry , are you at all familiar with the technical term , KABOOM, or perhaps BIG KABOOM?? Bloomer: Not so much the BIG KABOOM, but definitely quite familiar with the common variety of that. SL:  Well Sir, you happen to be in a wonderful position right now  to minimize, what is probably the effects of a pretty major -- KABOOM.  And so, if you would like to assist with this, I believe we can work through t...

 I guess, one of the ways you do notice things changing, is the when Spring comes, or doesn't.  But you know it's always happening, then suddenly you realize, hey, it's here. Now, going back to Missouri, and Bloomer, whose real name is actually Mike Henry, and of course is now 85 years old and still working on agricultural equipment , as he has, since his father passed away in 1954, and he took over for his father, at Herb's farm.   He has been living his life, more or less the same way since then.  Of course, he has had an intermittent room mate, who for the last several years , has become , even more intermittent, but does show up at Bloomer's place from time to time.   He (Ralphy/Ralphie) was gone for most of February, and now is apparently hanging out in Northern Minnesota.   Of course, it hasn't been that bad.  Very few people in the Missouri can travel to Moscow, or Mexico City for lunch and be back to work on farm equipment in the...

 Hubert:  Ma'm, I am so happy that you were able to attend so ( attentively/something ) , to my request and I should indicate that we should speak frankly, and as my first name frankly is Frankly, I hope this will not be a cause for undo burden. Skylander:  Well, Frankly I knew this would be somewhat of a challenging conversation when I walked into the room and saw no pictures of dead guys.  I am often quite cautious around such people, but Frankly , I quite enjoy being frank myself, at least sometimes. Hubert:  So we can cut to the chases, which is kind of what this is all about really.  Now, this whole thing is quite personal for me , in that the matter at hand will, I am quite sure, night effect me in various non-positive ways, which I am hoping with your help, and perhaps a terrific amount of good fortune we will be able to avoid; I believe, that will be for the best for many others, as well.  So here is the seed of this story, and I am hopeful you...

 And so, Skylander arrives and Hubert: Welcome, Madame < bumber snicker, lady oh, sswacky, wacky, creaky and soggy, snorts and whistles, various noises you hear kind of radomly, as well as, icks, and clicks, somber licks ? , random stops, some pauses, okay, repeats, clicks, ying , yang, wo worbles, and we be good, enough >, to ==>  my more > moderate < home ,>, which does have a significant supply of vitals and vitales, and all types of refreshments. For example, we have 4 types of marmalade.  And therefore, make yourself completely at home, and consider my home to be your home, and at some point please join me in the room up the stairs.  And of course, take your time, and you will find some one to assist you with questions or needs, and so forth ... "   And Skylander:  " I do enjoy the accents, here among the >>> outer <<<<, worlds, and you can bet all the gravy around here, that I will diligently and effortlessl...

 So digression, seems somewhat appropriate when so much is going on, here on good 'ol planet Earth.  Honestly though, if you think about it, she might consider herself somewhat of a youngster, out there with well, lotsa considerably oldsters, and perhaps some not too far away. Evidently Earth, is somehow connected with / to: Demeter was the  Ancient Greek goddess of the harvest . Are Demeter and Ceres the same? An old Italian goddess of agriculture.  The Ceres who was worshipped at Rome is, however, the same as the Greek Demeter . Her cultus was introduced under the Italian name at the same time as that of Dionysus and Persephone, who in the same way received the Italian names of Liber and Libera. Anyway, I was kind of involved in an event described below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew I was living in Jupiter , Florida, at that time, and was very concerned , because, I thought the storm was headed toward Palm Beach , Florida, which is not that far aw...