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tomorrow I have a full plate. I have to finish the electrical service entrance, give the llamas a lice shot, fix that blasted screen, get the big mower set up and of course have fun.
It is a great time of year here. In fact is one of the few great times of year in this area. It is a special treat to live here, the space, the quiet, the mature trees, the lush green vegetation.
I hope everyone is well.
Here, have a grasshopper
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The weather has been good. However, it has rained everyday for a least two weeks.
I started a new regimen. One of the field service guys and I are carpooling. Every other day I am starting to drive the jeep to the back lot on the farm, then walking through greenwood park where he picks me up at 7:15 am. It is a half hour walk at a fast pace. I change my shoes in his car and off to work we go. Gas prices and my body weight being what they are definitely makes sense of the new procedure. The walk in the deep woods on great trails is really something everyone should experience more.
I made a commitment to the Susquehanna Toastmasters club. I will be president this year. I will build the club back up. We have lost many members for simple reasons and of course Tom Ichikawa died. It is my Toastmasters project for this coming year which starts July 1st. I will bring the club up to "Distinguished". Perhaps more appropriately stated, the club will bring itself up to distinguished.
Wednesday at about 10:00 AM (I can even put a time on it, weird) I felt myself move beyond where I was. I have "Moved out of a dark corner". It is pretty freaky. I can never remember being moved from two states like this before. I have purpose, a plan, a mission. Before, I was trapped, confined and subject to others. The only thing that has *really* changed is my outlook, attitude and vision.
It really made me think of the great quote:
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
We took the Artemis and the Aries out for a walk tonight after coming back from Rochester visiting my mom.
The lyrics need a direct post from the URL above. They are good. Sting has obviously walked with a llama.
Walk The Llama Llama
(Sting)
Walk The llama llama
Walk The llama llama
Take in the panorama
Walk The llama llama - llama llama
Don't have to be a drama
Walk The llama llama - llama llama
No one could be calmer
Walk The llama llama
Walk The llama llama
Double L.A.M.A
Fluff up your fur
Stick out your chest
Walk The llama llama
Now your looking your best
Keep out the wind
Keep out the snow
Wool by llama from head to toe
Walk The llama llama - llama llama
Take in the panorama
Walk The llama llama
Walk The llama llama
Double L.A.M.A
Cool in the summer
Warm in the cold
A perfect fashion statement
For the young and the old
A cloak for the priest
A hat for the farmer
You could be looking at the emperor's pajamas
That's way the llama walks so proud
That's way the llama holds his head up in the crowd
All of us applaud his generosity
He's more than just a passing curiosity
He covers up our pride
And all those things we have to hide
In any civilized society
Walk The llama llama
A WW II Veteran, Toastmaster friend and ham radio operator pased away. Tom was at our Regular Susquehanna Toastmaster meeting the previous week. He was the timer. He was telling us how some of his relatives were put in the Japanese detention camps for the duration of the war, while he was in battle. I will miss him.
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Thomas Ichikawa
of Owego
Thomas Ichikawa, 89, of Owego, passed away at home unexpectedly Thursday evening, May 6, 2004. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Kiyo Ichikawa; his son, Gordon Ichikawa, Owego; two sisters, Mary Niimi, Portland, Oregon, and Ada Honda, Spokane, Washington; also, several nieces and nephews. Tommy, as he was affectionately known, was a graduate of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, receiving his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics. Tommy served in WWII in the U.S. Army, serving as Battalion Combat Radio Sergeant in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team consisting of Japanese Americans called Nisei. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star Medal. He was an honorary member of the 10th Mountain Division and the 36th Texas Division. In 1963, he founded T & K Communications and since 1980 operated it with his son, Gordon. Active all his life, Tommy shared his energy not only through his business activities but also in community involvement. He was a member of many organizations, including the VFW, American Legion, Kiwanis Club, Elks and Toastmasters. He also was a member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, a life member of the American Radio Relay League. Tommy was an amateur radio operator whose call sign was W7GUN.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Estey & Munroe Funeral Home, Owego, with the Rev. George Truesdail officiating. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the hour of the funeral. Friends wishing may make a contribution to a charity of their choice in loving memory of Tom Ichikawa, in lieu of flowers.
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