tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.comments2023-12-28T16:30:11.323-05:00Whispering Jesse Sailing Blog by John LichtyJohn Lichtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17001210481107471984noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-86564064893976959172022-10-31T16:29:46.342-04:002022-10-31T16:29:46.342-04:00Thank you so much for this information! I heard h...Thank you so much for this information! I heard him tell this story in a live concert (I saw on Youtube) and have been searching for this cabin info ever since! Willy Nilillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026247217484429158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-9290830567675370072021-03-25T08:01:24.892-04:002021-03-25T08:01:24.892-04:00Thanks for taking the time to share this. Looking ...Thanks for taking the time to share this. Looking at options for traveling from Florida down through Panama - sounds like weβre better off heading south from Cancun than bothering to checkout Holbox.Dylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332538165120076358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-35933028556386839902021-01-18T22:26:42.698-05:002021-01-18T22:26:42.698-05:00Completely agree.
For example:
Between 1980 and 1...Completely agree.<br />For example:<br /><br />Between 1980 and 1985, the number of dollars devoted each year to defense more than doubled, from $142.6 billion to $286.8 billion. <br /><br />Bankrupted the Soviet Union, on the backs of the Russian peasants.<br />As we proceeded to poke the bear with: "Star Wars."<br /><br />https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-te.pentagon08jun08-story.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06812976855309203699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-31061586078737893582021-01-18T22:05:44.275-05:002021-01-18T22:05:44.275-05:00Loved it John. Thanks for the prompt.
Wonder if I ...Loved it John. Thanks for the prompt.<br />Wonder if I can post the photo in question?<br />https://www.moma.org/collection/works/86695<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06812976855309203699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-74138306994387795902020-10-15T17:10:44.434-04:002020-10-15T17:10:44.434-04:00Indeed I feel pretty much the same, months on here...Indeed I feel pretty much the same, months on here in England.<br /><br />I feel as if the temporary peace my parents and grandparents brought us in 1940, sadly amidst destruction of millions of lives has been frittered away by us so callef baby boomers.<br /><br />Ee really were warned, I heatd UK wartime deputu prime minister Clement Attlee speak during the 1960s Freedom From Hunger campaign<br /><br /><br />Yet today we have reports of underfed cjildren ay school here in Britain and our Primr Minister has apparently refused action to extend free school meals in the school holidays.<br /><br />Those people Attlee spoke about in the less industrialized countries STILL often do not have clean water to drink and sanitation. I will be gone when climate change hits hatdest, but the relstive security I have experienced is going to be available to less and less and less folk.<br />Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-87463263088047060822020-10-15T16:50:56.997-04:002020-10-15T16:50:56.997-04:00I think I came across John Denver from the series ...I think I came across John Denver from the series of TV programmes he did here in England between about 1973 and 5 but definitely before 76. I was on the adventure of my life training to be a social worker/probation officer at Liverpool University having made a big career and geographical change for me, a little Englander by moving from the south of the country with my wife.<br /><br />I was simply entranced by the man, he was such an inspiration and seemed so positive.<br /><br />When we were struggling to find a name for an unborn son, that song Matthew, really spoke to me and as my wife had a boy, it was needed. <br /><br />Matthew and his sister had left home, we have been back in Essex since 1983, I wanted to do something a bit special for her birthday in March 1997. We got to his concert, a first for us, at The Royal Albert Hall, London. It was a joyous occasion. Then today shut up at home trying to minimise the spread of Covid-19 I came across a 20 year Old VHS cassette, the one where John D explains how some of his songs came to be written. He died just about half a year later. I am sure folk will be discovering him anew for generations.<br /><br />Thanks for the blog and explanation of another song here.Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-79613894728309475042020-03-30T10:46:05.422-04:002020-03-30T10:46:05.422-04:00Thank you for your comments, Nancy. If anything, m...Thank you for your comments, Nancy. If anything, my views now are even more negative than they were last year when I wrote this blog post. Since then, Hurricane Dorian destroyed the northern Bahamas and the coronavirus has taken many lives. My wife and I are isolated at home amid the nationwide shutdown and don't expect to resume a somewhat normal life for several months. I was supposed to join a sailing flotilla to the Exumas but it was postponed indefinitely, and predictions for the coming hurricane season are not optimistic. May we all learn the painful lessons from this moment in history. Stay safe!John Lichtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001210481107471984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-39885488103793278952020-03-28T23:30:23.175-04:002020-03-28T23:30:23.175-04:00I know this was written several years ago. I came ...I know this was written several years ago. I came across your blog because I was trying to find the meaning behind John Denver's "Whispering Jesse" song. I read what seems to be your most recent blog from 2019 by the above title. I would be most interested to know if your views have changed? The virus right now, as terrible as it has been, frankly I think it is a way that Earth is slapping us in the face that weather disasters have never been able to. Mostly because for many people when it happens, 'it's over there'. For those that live through it, 'we are alone!' aka Porta Rico. But now, it is personal, or at least it seems. This might be a good thing. Suddenly the color of our skin, the language of our tongues or hands (I am Deaf so I sign), the education or status, means little. While it might seem like a nightmare, and it is, I also see a painful way that might finally slap some sense in all of us worldwide.<br /><br />Nancy a fellow writer.Nancy Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380840999435680906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-27519324318438010102019-01-03T10:40:29.117-05:002019-01-03T10:40:29.117-05:00Brother Strawberry, after doing a little research ...Brother Strawberry, after doing a little research and giving it some thought, my explanation is that Kurt Vonnegut's son Mark did indeed deliver the speech at Clowes Hall on April 27, 2007, a little over two weeks <i>after</i> Vonnegut's death on April 11. The version of the speech on the audio CD that I transcribed from was read by the actor Rip Torn.John Lichtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001210481107471984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-54945004194810695732018-12-06T16:21:10.924-05:002018-12-06T16:21:10.924-05:00Thank you for doing this :)Thank you for doing this :)Genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354357960277769435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-19522787719302184772018-08-31T09:19:31.652-04:002018-08-31T09:19:31.652-04:00I apologize for the confusion and my late response...I apologize for the confusion and my late response. I wrote this post ten years ago and do not remember the exact details about the speech I listened to from the audio version of <i>Armageddon in Retrospect</i>. Unfortunately, the CD is in a box somewhere, or I would listen to it again right now and make the appropriate corrections. I will plan to make a trip to the storage unit sometime soon.John Lichtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001210481107471984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-65509590911927288892018-07-26T10:32:58.795-04:002018-07-26T10:32:58.795-04:00Today, I went to the beachfront with my children. ...Today, I went to the beachfront with my children. I found a <br />sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said "You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear." She put the shell to her ear and screamed.<br />There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear.<br />She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is completely off topic but I had to tell someone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-20050046383802335242018-05-28T02:49:26.591-04:002018-05-28T02:49:26.591-04:00Hey there, I think your site might be having brows...Hey there, I think your site might be having browser compatibility issues.<br />When I look at your blog in Chrome, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer, it has some overlapping.<br /><br />I just wanted to give you a quick heads up! Other then that, excellent <br />blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-3205211434405056322018-05-26T14:25:00.679-04:002018-05-26T14:25:00.679-04:00Kurt Vonnegut died April 11 2007 so could not have...Kurt Vonnegut died April 11 2007 so could not have given this speech on the date stated. I believe his son Mark did in his place. For the sake of history get facts straight before presenting it as truth. Brother Strawberrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-43062226475756018762018-04-04T11:59:20.191-04:002018-04-04T11:59:20.191-04:00prof premraj pushpakaran writes β 2017 marks the 1...prof premraj pushpakaran writes β 2017 marks the 100th year of Arthur Charles Clarke!!!prof prem raj pushpakaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14561237920972677898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-91585734249450627512018-03-31T15:59:24.620-04:002018-03-31T15:59:24.620-04:00This is a topic that is near to my heart... Take c...This is a topic that is near to my heart... Take care!<br />Where are your contact details though?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-29578962756932571872018-03-30T21:15:44.115-04:002018-03-30T21:15:44.115-04:00Excellent post! We are linking to this particularl...Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our website.<br /><br />Keep up the good writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-91131466732033988702018-03-27T22:44:57.407-04:002018-03-27T22:44:57.407-04:00I need to to thank you for this excellent read!! I...I need to to thank you for this excellent read!! I definitely loved every bit of it.<br />I have you bookmarked to look at new things you post?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-9751761002142860952018-03-15T22:01:06.691-04:002018-03-15T22:01:06.691-04:00Nicely done
Nicely done<br />P. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11503894022260641010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-89965433127439393592017-10-18T19:33:37.145-04:002017-10-18T19:33:37.145-04:00John, you left us hanging! How did Whispering Jes...John, you left us hanging! How did Whispering Jesse fare?MQuigleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-54274960205815705762017-09-06T16:02:46.782-04:002017-09-06T16:02:46.782-04:00Wow to dream the same thing twice. I think John is...Wow to dream the same thing twice. I think John is trying to tell you something!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-58632565353082942962016-10-07T10:07:47.708-04:002016-10-07T10:07:47.708-04:00πππ
From Kathy Aπππ<br />From Kathy AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-80188507652629723202016-10-07T08:08:36.481-04:002016-10-07T08:08:36.481-04:00Good morning, Paul. Good to hear from you. The nig...Good morning, Paul. Good to hear from you. The night was uneventful here in Miami. There were winds gusting up to 40 mph and constant rain but no rocking and rolling. This morning, the weather is back to normal, with partly cloudy skies and a cool southerly breeze. I'm sorry to hear that Wild Iris is under new ownership, but I hope that she survives whatever weather awaits her in Jacksonville. John Lichtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001210481107471984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-50994218379012928382016-10-06T22:40:58.120-04:002016-10-06T22:40:58.120-04:00John,
I'm glad you are out of harm's way....John,<br /><br />I'm glad you are out of harm's way. I'm worried about Wild Iris. In early September Her new (absentee) owner docked her at a marina just about a mile upriver of Jacksonville. He lives in Portland and I wonder if he did what you, a prudent boat owner did. Since I'm not at all familiar with that marina I'm afraid the surge will float it away from its berth. I can only turn to the teachings of the Buddha for help. "All things arise and change and fall away." <br />Best Regards<br />PaulAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708455185434480654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11431732.post-65316580211448550472016-10-05T13:59:37.088-04:002016-10-05T13:59:37.088-04:00The original interpretation you have is correct - ...The original interpretation you have is correct - I have a John Denver song/lyric book where he gave the inspiration for each song, about twenty total in the book. The quote you have about the dream is lifted word for word from that songbook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com