Author: stevehaarman

I love art and don’t know why.

Blame it on my youth. I would wake up

Io didn’t know what time it was. I had newspapers

To deliver. They were at Ron’s place in his garage

Had to get them at 5 A.M.

A blackbird would call to me. It was a lament for Linus

He had died in an accident. Everyone had loved him.

He helped anyone who needed it, Often singing mignon’s song

He was a good singer and talker. He once said “I fall in love too easily”

He loved everyone and put them first. Never thinking, nobody else but me

Always alert and never lucid.

Whin I finished my paper route  I walked by the empty shops

The bakery was open. Chocolate chip cookie time

Then the art gallery windows. Taking in all the wonder that

Was placed so artfully on canvas. Different people, different styles

That must be my answer on why I love art

It taught me to never copy, but be original at all costs

And always do my best in all my endeavors.

Stanski

August 7, 2024, ^

I don’t want nobody

to give me nothing

just open up the door

I’ll get it myself

don’t need no help

you can call me Sonny

I like butter over oleo

some say how insensitive

don’t say thats bad

i’m not offeded at all

I’ll just sing two untitled blues

I’ll call it a sonnymoon for two

I may be a late up upshot

still I wish you love

and I always will

I take no offence

stanski

august 6, 2024, ^

PROGRESS

For too long we have been under

The spell of the progress delusion,

Which is the misguided belief that

Change and progress are the same.

All change is not progress. Progress

Is improving the well-being of human

Beings and brings about human

Flourishing. Not everyone has this

In mind when they propose progress.

Some desire personal achievement,

Political power, and economic gain

Rather than bringing about the most

Good for the most people. Greater life

Expectancy, reduced infant mortality,

Expanding food supply, safe water and

Access to education and healthcare

Are examples of progress. But abuse of

Workers, exploitation of poorer nations,

The atrocities of war, genocide, and

Environmental extortion have taken place

Under the banner of progress. The left

Supports and strives for this type of progress

While the right is the champion of the former.

No matter what you have unwittingly supported

In the past, what do you wish to be for now.

Stanski

August 5, 2024, ^

We are now on the left road

And have a good idea where

It is going to take us. We have

A decision soon to make which

Will leave us on that road to

Socialism, which has never worked,

Or change direction and return

To the path that God would want

Us to take. The left wants to blame

The right for the present conditions

And tell lies in their advertising to

Give affirmation to them and the

Policies they never endorsed, but now

Are heralding. They are promising

Utopia but those pulling the strings

Are set on socialism and power and

Eventually total power. The citizens

Will be in misery. They swallowed the

Bait and will pay the price. It is time to

Think of which road, right or left, that

You wish to take. Right is right and left

Is wrong and disastrous. Go right and

Praise the Divine One for your decision.

Stanski

August 4, 2024, ^

Without cheating, lying and

Making false claims, the left

Does not have much to go on.

What have been their accomplishments?

They opened the border and

Shut down drilling for gas and oil.

Caused joblessness and blaming

The previous administration. Now

Saying they are going to fix the

Border and promising that you will

Only have to work one job to make

Ends meet. They have let criminals

Out of prison and these illegals have

Murdered and raped women all over

The country. They are antisemitic and

Allow demonstrations for the Palestinians

And in the process watch our sacred

Monuments being destroyed.

I pray that those who support these

Accomplishments will do some critical

Thinking and realize that socialism is about

Power and will take away all of your rights.

You will have then no options but to fall

In line or be persecuted.

Stanski

August 3, 2024, ^

We hear from people who’ve

Suffered an unimaginable tragedy.

Tornado and flood survivors tell

Of the devastation and how haunting

It can be. We are drawn to the fragility

Of the things we hold most dear—such

As our homes, families, and careers.

But in a world that often seems to be

Spinning out of control, believers in Jesus

Have the privilege of sharing the best

News imaginable: we have something

That is stable, something completely secure.

There is a rock on which we are able to stand,

And it cannot be shaken. An everlasting

Heavenly home awaits all those who place

Their faith in Jesus Christ. He gives us

Stability, even in this unstable world.

Stanski

August 2, 2024, ^

Milton Friedman illustrated

Politicians’ eagerness to recklessly

Spend other people’s money when he said:

“…if I spend somebody else’s

Money on somebody else,

I’m not concerned about

How much it is, and I’m

not concerned about what I get.

And that’s government.”

               Friedman’s words certainly

Describe the government we

Have in Lansing. Gov. Whitmer

Iis willing to waste billions of dollars

On Big Government programs because

She’s not spending her own money—

She’s spending money that belongs to

The tax payers of Michigan.

Stanski

August 2, 2024, ^

Certain candidates who have

Demonstrated their inadequacy

During their tenure, come out

And mention all the things that

They have done to improve the

Country. How you won’t need

Two jobs to make ends meet

And how the cost of travel will

Go down so you can afford to

Take a family vacation. It all

Sounds great to those who do

Not have the ability to think

For themselves. And when the

Candidate blames the prior

Administration for the condition

A loud applause is given. Darkness

Will be overcome by the light

Eventually but in the meantime

Those who like the candidate

Refuse to be moved by the truth.

All the things that were working

For the country when this

Administration took over were

Cancelled on day one when the

President, under the control of

His influencers signed them mute

By fiat. So, we were left with an open

Border, and higher prices.

Stanski on August 2, 2024, ^

A pontoon plane flew

By the house today at

Window height and

Making the noise that

Planes do. it was a

Pleasant sight and

Brought forth the feeling

That you wished more

Would come by oftener.

A huge eagle was released

In a mountain region. The

Hope was that it would find

Its way. The body of the

Bird was as large as a human’s

And it did manage to fly away

After first dipping into the

Valley. If one that large flew

By my window I would definitely

Be spooked. Nature has

Provided us with an array

Of birds, large and small.

We are very lucky to be living

In a beautiful safe place, where

There is a variety of the many

Things God has given us.

Stanski

August 1, 2024, ^