LOOWIT'S EXPLOSIVE ANNIVERSARY~2025

It doesn't seem like it was 45 years ago …

The ripple effect shook our house in Cathlamet - 102 miles away.

It rocked Puget Island - same distance as Cathlamet.

Durrah's Logging Crew - for which Bob was Shovel Operator - was one of the 1st crews allowed into the Red Zone to do salvage logging.

It was so eerily quiet, and barren; it took me years to get comfortable enough to go there with Bob. The quietness and lunar landscape was freaky. And a little creepy, too.

About 2 years after Bob's physical death, I decided to get out of my comfort zone … and did the Hummocks Trail Hike; it was so beautiful, I did it several more times over the years.

It seems like only yesterday Loowit (Smoking Mountain) blew her top.

My May 18th, 2020 Post~MT. ST. HELEN’S MEMORIES: https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2020/05/mt-st-helens-memories.html

My May 19th, 2021 Post~REMEMBERING MAY 18th, 1980: https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2021/05/remembering-may-18th-1980.html

I have only been back to Mt. St. Helens once, since remarrying: Holland's thing is water … preferably the Pacific Ocean, then rivers.

I'm okay with that.

Mountains are my thing … preferably Mt. Rainier & Mt. Adams; Mt. St. Helens was Bob's mountain - I will always think that way. Getting away into the mountains was an annual thing in my previous Life. But, I have a new Life, now, and things are different.

Different man. Different times. Different experiences. Different Life.

Today is Loowit's (Mt. St. Helens) explosive anniversary; so, I remember those early years when the snow-topped volcano amplified youthfulness. I remember the times spent there with my 1st husband, and our baby daughter. I remember the volcanic temper tantrum that changed the immediate flanking landscape - and the landscape downriver as the raging mudflow tore through Toutle, damaging a portion of I-5 freeway in Castle Rock; changing the course of riverbeds, and lifestyles forever. I remember my husband, then, living away from home (in a camper on a friend's property) for months while he logged the Red Zone, coming home on weekends.

Bob had logged the Mt. St. Helens area in his 1st marriage; and he had logged the Mt. St. Helens 11 years later, 6 years into our marriage.

Different man. Different times. Different experiences. Different Life.

I remember girding myself mentally & spiritually to go back and revisit "Bob's Mountain", 17 mo.'s after his spirit left this planet.

Different woman. Different times. Different experiences. Different Life. 

It is okay to remember; it is not okay to dwell on Memory Lane.

1981 Mount St. Helens Movie: 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFN4FPg8GCU)

BIG, FAT, RAINDROPS; Ocean Park-WA

It rained hard all night long; the raindrops fell so hard and furiously 😳 that Holland wondered if they may carry hail too: but it was just big, fat, weighty raindrops 😉

Buckets of water poured from the gray-clouded-sky …

When the rain let up for a bit, there were puddles standing atop the pulverized sand … and the rain had fallen so hard - and washed away all the dust and sandy residue, that Betsy shined - which prodded Holland to comment, "the truck finally got washed" 😂🤣

Since we'd be house-bound, I decided to do laundry.

And, even though it was raining off-n-on, I cracked the front door a bit because the house got stuffy 😑, between the humidity outside - and the heat inside (washer, dryer, & Holland's constant running heater 🙄).

The hanging shirts dried quickly 👍

Cracked the door a little because the rainforest environment gets heavy with muggy humidity.

Rain fell off-n-on, all day; forecast much of next week, also.

Between loads of laundry, I drank warming cups of tea, worked more on my currant project; and scrolled through online movie titles, until I hit on one that seemed interesting - with a good cast: William Hurt, Vince Vaughn, & Hal Holbrook among the lineup.

I drank Green Tea, with Honey-Garlic Syrup, all day long.

Into The Wild: 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igSlt_IzZaU)

The movie was a bust; I'm glad we did not waste money on it at a theatre.

About a year ago, we had visited Slab City-CA: and did not find it to be as Hollywood portrayed it; it was a run-down, filthy, hell hole … the RV's, buses and vans did not look anything at all like the stunt vehicles used in this movie. And there was not a jamboree atmosphere - that would have been in Quartzsite-AZ, where we visited every 6 months during our Road Gypsy journeys. MPO is that this movie spliced different places into the Slab City clips to make it look like a hippie haven, instead of a desolate, degenerate, patch of desert soil.

I did not like the vibe of Slab City - and I was glad when we finally left it behind.

My November 24th, 2023 Post~SALTON SEA, SALVATION MOUNTAIN, & SONO BONO WILDLIFE REFUGE~CA Daytrip: https://roadgypsiesvalandholland.blogspot.com/2023/11/salton-sea-salvation-mountain-sono-bono.html

Rain always makes me sleepy, so I'm going to shuffle off to Buffalo now, and allow myself to be lulled into dreamland to the backbeat of tap dancing raindrops, racing across Independence's roof 🛌😴

ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY~2025

Endangered Species Day is celebrated annually on the third Friday of May. This year, it falls on May 16th, 2025.

The day is a time to raise awareness about endangered species … so, I am going to be speaking primarily to the issue of the Human Species:

The Last Child~1971: 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMQaZPPm_3Y)

Pro-Life Journalist PUNCHED for Exposing Planned Parenthood

NYC is a haven for illegal activities - be it illegal aliens trafficking, illegal abortions (the first in 1929 - pandered as "birth control"), illegal gambling and hooch houses, illegal prostitution: you name it, and NYC has a venue for it.

So, it is no surprise to me that NYC is now crossing the line in physical assault towards anyone who disagrees with another.

Pro-Life Activist Left Bloody After Being Punched In The Face By Enraged Woman Over Abortion: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14574621/pro-life-activist-bloody-punched-woman-enraged-abortion-nyc.html

Abortion IS murder; and it goes beyond, because it inflicts death on someone who cannot protect themselves - cannot fight back.

Murder (killing with foreknowledge of action taken) IS illegal. In every State of the USA.

Abortion HAPPENS when people numb themselves to the point of self-delusion = refusing to recognize, or to see, their intended victim as a valid person … viewed instead as an annoyance, and a hinderance to what the murderer wants.

Physical assault HAPPENS when the aggressor refuses to recognize, or to see, their intended victim as a valid person, with a valid right to disagree … viewed instead as an annoyance, and a hinderance to what the assaulting aggressor, wants.

ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY can be placed at the feet of barak hussein obama. WHILE ITIS TRUE that these things were happening before his hellish unleash of lawlessness … there was some restraint to all of it. barak hussein obama removed those restraints himself, with his he/she partner, his administration, his cabinet selections and placements, his judicial placements, his political partners in crime, his connection to the black panther thugs he hired as assistants, his lawless laws, his political lapdog minions, and his empty-headed puppet replacement slow-jo.

The obamanite demonrats in DC, and across this country in high seats of judgment follow barak hussein obama's handbook - which is violence towards those who disagree.

That handbook relies heavily on islam.

islam is a violent religion, from the pit of Hell.

And barak's angry he/she partner, is STILL RUNNING IT'S ANGRY MOUTH.

Christianity, and Judaism, are the targets.

Common sense and morals are the target.

Coherent conversation, and amicable disagreement, are the targets.

Freedom of speech is the target.

The Right to Assemble outside of politically sanctioned places (remember the covid restrictions; abortion clinic open … churches closed), is the target.

Personal Rights detailed in our USA Constitution are the targets.

The Right To Bear Arms against a tyrannical government IS THE MAIN TARGET.

Babies - UP TO THE AGE OF 3 YEARS OLD, are the target.

Biological Women are the target.

America is the target.

ALL OF THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF the islamic playbook.

NOTHING GOOD CAME OUT OF THE obama ERA.

Pro-Life Journalist PUNCHED for Exposing Planned Parenthood: 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwrVECzW-KA)

How about just not engaging in sex.

Even an idiot understands that sex = a baby.

The Pill does not a safe-guard stop to pregnancies.

Every rational adventurer KNOWS that risky explorations can … and often DO … lead to unwanted outcomes.

So, how about people STOP ACTING LIKE UNRESTRAINED ANIMALS, and start behaving as rational human beings, again?

What a novel idea.

An innocent baby should not have to die so that it's unrepentant and mentally stupid mother and father can continue in their risky experiments.

Woman Who Sucker-punched Pro-Life Activist Is Hit With Karma After Unhinged Viral Attack: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14620743/woman-punched-reporter-street-interview-nyc-abortion-arrest.html

LIFE IS SHORT: LIVE IT

Holland slipped into bed around 3:15 A.M. this morning; and I was out of bed by 3:25 A.M.

I had been hovering between half-sleep & half-awake: I had been to fellowship yesterday, and Becky's sudden passing from this life to the next had  been touched on - my sleepy cobweb thoughts were tangled up with thinking about Becky's Bobby, and the grieving that is happening now, at their house in Seal River … and those wondering thoughts morphed into flashbacks of my Bob, when he was in the process of shedding his earth body at the OHSU Hospital, in Oregon.

So, I kissed Holland and said I was having flashbacks; and that I was going to get up for a while - drink a mug of hot cocoa, and still my thoughts.

Bob & I married in 1974. I'm thinking Becky & Bobby married in 1976. Bob & I had been to Longview, shopping, and our daughter Stacey was about 9 months old: we were browsing through the Bon Marche store on Commerce, when we saw Becky & Bobby and stopped to chat with them (I knew Becky & Bobby, and Bob had worked with Bobby off and on). They didn't have any children with them - so, either they had left the absent child with grandma, or they hadn't started a family yet. Anyway - long story short: they had been married nearly 50 years when the Grim Reaper with his sickle, appeared on their radar. Fifty years is a long time to share one's life with another; Bobby & Becky were joined at the hip like Bob & I. The grieving runs deeper. The process is harder to lay to rest.

While I was drinking my cocoa, and waiting for the Sandman to pay a visit, I did a bit of  scrolling through Blog Posts … when a May 16th posting from 4 years ago, came up. I read it; and smiled. My friends had been pestering me for months to start getting interested in men, again; they thought I should be dating, and couldn't understand why I wasn't interested in men, dating, or remarriage. They didn't understand - and I  couldn't put my feelings into words that they could grasp. But this is what I posted to my Blog later that evening, following fellowship in Rosburg: {{Sunday - May 16th, 2021: If Elohei prompts me to seek companionship in another marriage; I won’t argue the point – I never argue with Elohim; I may balk, and I may drag my feet … but I never argue. I’m not actively advertising, either. If, and that is a very big “if” things go that way, it will have to be a ‘God thing’ – divinely orchestrated; and will have to ‘rock my world’ just like Bob’s sudden presence in my life did in 1974 – and every second of every day for the 44 years he shared his life and love with me.}}

Sunday, May 16, 2021~MARRIAGE/HEAVEN; EDEN VALLEY & A PEACOCK: https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2021/05/marriageheaven-eden-valley-peacock.html

I smiled reading that posting, because a year later, a divinely orchestrated meet did happen 😳😉, my future husband's exact words to me while we dated were - "this is a God thing, Baby" 🤝, remarriage did take place 😘; and  my world was rocked 😍

Speaking of - the cocoa mug is empty, I'm feeling the Sandman's effects, and my world rocker is upstairs waiting for me to join him again. I can snuggle close to my big guy 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨, safely close my eyes, and slip back into a relaxing, comforting 🛌; without reliving flashback memories.

Elohim is good 👍🕊️

He is good to me: and He has blessed me with a close companion 💞 that checks every box.

I am blessed 😇

Life is short, but thanks to Elohim's divine intervention in both Holland's life & mine - Life is good, again 💕

SELF-CARE FRIENDSHIP DAY; Rosburg-WA

Today I was up bright and early … and getting gussied up 😉

I broke out the tool kit for temple 😂🤣 upkeep:

All of this …

… to achieve this outcome 😉 The bead bracelets are nothing fancy, but I like them. No metal, no irritated skin.

I had an appointment this morning 👍

With Friends 😁 ❤️

Yesterday's text with Graysriver Ramona.

I finally got to fellowship, this morning ✅

This is my Self-Care Day.

I love these women.

I cherish this time spent with them ✝️👂💞🎼🙏😘

This self-care is exactly what I am needing.

Fellowship was sweet. Laughter was most welcome. Prayer was inclusive and promising. Study was good (1 Corinthians 10). And I came home with gifts …

I didn't take an extended drive, due to rain; maybe next time.

Gifts from Linda; my favorite colors; turquoise & peach.

LUCIFER IS A LIAR; Ocean Park-WA

LIAR

PRAYER WARRIORS!

Please - we need 🙏; mountain moving prayer.

Thank you 😘

Jelly Roll - 'Liar' lyrics: 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1__k8UwyxR0)

If lucifer can't get you one way - he'll try another; stay vigilant and strong in Yeshua!

Lucifer is a Liar - he always was a liar, he'll always be a liar.

Holland isn't broken - I am not broken … we're struggling. But we're gonna make it. We may smell like hellfire and brimstone, walking out of the smoke, but Yeshua walks with us like he did with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace in ancient days (Daniel 3:25). Holland & I are struggling, but with prayer and Yeshua's presence: we're only going higher.

Yeshua is with us, no matter the situation~Daniel 3.25

We = US are valuable.

Our lives are valuable.

Our marriage is valuable.

Our families are valuable.

Our friends are valuable.

Our Christian Family is valuable.

Our Faith in Yeshua, is crucial.

We're engaged in a war; a spiritual war: we're fighting for our Life … and end up fighting each other.

The absent Past can be very loud, when Traumatic brain injury (TBI) & Post-traumatic Stress (PTS) ride the coattails of stressors.

Holland had a doctor's appointment in Longview, early this morning - I was supposed to go with him … but overthinking tripped stressful & stress-filled exchanges, and I angrily said he could go alone.

So, he did.

And, I threw a load of laundry into the wash machine; and started supper as soon as he left:

Slowcooker chicken meal underway, 8.30 AM

SLOWCOOKER ROAST CHICKEN WITH ROOT VEGETABLES; Ocean Park-WA: 

(https://roadgypsiesvalandholland.blogspot.com/2025/05/slowcooker-roast-chicken-with-root.html)

While the slow cooker heated up, I thought I'd sweep the floors - then get busy giving the house a good, brisk, cleaning: you women know what I'm talking about. Being peeved with your husband can get every nook and cranny thoroughly cleaned 😉

However, when I entered the upper bedroom, I immediately saw water on the floor. That should not be there! How long had it been there? How much damage had occurred?

This was very concerning.

I jetted a text off to my angry neanderthal.

Sunday's Post - IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO; Ocean Park-WA: https://roadgypsiesvalandholland.blogspot.com/2025/05/its-all-about-what-you-choose-to-do.html

He must have cooled off during the 2 hour drive, because he answered pretty speedily … there was no drawn out phone tagging going on:

Morning snafu!

Wicked the water up with a towel …

Holland's bathroom floor & under sink cabinet was dry, thank the Lord.

No more water. Anywhere.

By the time he made his Dr. appt., picked up his prescriptions, visited, & got back home; both of us had cooled down.

We know what the issues are - we know why they happen.

We're actively working on dousing the flames as soon as they ignite; we know we need divine help to squelch the wildfires.

The men in Holland's life are damaged men - this has led to damage on Holland's life on many levels.

Romans 8:37

We are doing our best to reroute situations and redirected circumstances.

We also know that we are in a spiritual battle.

The Past chaos (his & mine) always intrudes, uninvited, into our otherwise peaceful Life.

And we know what to do: Holland is going to get back into the Word, and I'm going to be meeting with my ladies in Rosburg, Thursdays - starting this coming Thursday.

Apologies were given and accepted; warmth & sunshine would be appreciated, too. But, it looks like Mr. Sun, and summer weather is going to skip 2025 - we haven't found it anywhere we've pitched tent pegs, this year 😕