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"Rain Drops"
Life is a single drop of rain. It can have many journeys or none at all depending on how it lands.
It may be among many to form a vast ocean or a single lone drop on the pavement.
depending on what you do right-
equals what is light.
Author: danarakizzy
Das Kalksandsteinwerk am Rodinger Bahnhof produzierte schon vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Im Jahr 2000 wurde der Betrieb endgültig eingestellt.
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Locked up in front of my building. Roughly 8 miles, mostly uphill in
45 minutes with a 20 lbs bag. Not too bad for me.
A second glorious, sunny day in a row. Ben and I rode out to Iona Beach. The ridiculous thing around my head is to keep my ears warm. I react poorly to wind around my ears; it can make me quite dizzy and discombobulated (not great on a bicycle).
Today's Random Fact: Not only did we go for a bike ride today, we gave our dog a bath. This is no small accomplishment as Mingus hates water when it comes from a bathtub or garden hose. He now smells and feels so lovely I think I will let him sleep on the bed tonight.