Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Quaint Vignettes From My Charming Rural Idyll

I am sitting here on the most beautiful, sunny early spring day, looking out at my million dollar view and listening to the album 'Precious Lord' by Aretha Franklin, and let me tell you, life is extraordinarily GOOD. In fact, I cannot imagine anywhere I'd rather be right now than right here. So tell ya what, more later....because right now I am gonna just do like Ram Dass and BE HERE NOW, chilluns.

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348 comments:

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mago said...

:)

Carmenzta said...

Good for you!

Ponita in Real Life said...

Sometimes... that is the best place to be. :-)

Fat Sparrow said...

Yay! You has a happy!

Xul said...

Good on ya, luv!

INNER VOICES said...

right...

No Shit Sherlock said...

Oh man, I love those moments. I wish I could keep them in bubbles so I can visit when it's not so awesome.

Retro Blog said...

Thanks for paying it forward. R

Vicus Scurra said...

I am (quite) happy for you.
I trust that you will descend from your state of transcendent bliss every now and then to get cross and swear a bit in order to amuse us.

MJ said...

Rama Lama Ding Dong.

savannah said...

in the moment, sugar...i keep missing mine xooxoxox

Bavarian Orange Order said...

Sounds great, good for you. Wending my way to iTunes now for aforementioned Aretha album.

Joy said...

Not at all a bad way to spend some time. Hope you have some peace and relaxation.

MJ said...

*dons saffron robe and encircles the Charming Rural Idyll singing and slapping tambourine...*

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama Hare Hare

JoeinVegas said...

Ignore MJ bouncing around there and enjoy the sunshine.

mago said...

*Unfurls blanket, lights frankincense*

... come here faerie ...

*produces bottle of absinthe from picknick basket*

garfer said...

-10. Yeah, I'm chillun. Things have shrunken into warmer climes.

Donnw/2nz said...

You still sound surprised that you can be content. I hope that you stop waiting for the other shoe to drop and keep enjoying your good fortune...
with the caveat that the only constant in Life is change..
but that also includes GOOD change :)

MJ said...

*re-enters...this time with drum*

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama Hare Hare

MJ said...

*turns drum solo from "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" up to ELEVEN!*

mutleythedog said...

Fabulous idea and great times and great music...

mago said...

Drum solo may never end ... after drum solo, bass solo ... argh

MJ said...

Miss Scarlet and I require your help over at Beast's place.

He's only gone and published a photo of his urine sample!

MJ said...

*returns, this time with bagpipes, playing The Atholl Highlanders*

*watches with interest as kilts rise*

MJ said...

An encore, you say?

Why certainly.

*performs Johann Sebastian Bach's
Toccata & Fugue in d minor ORGAN SOLO*

*bows to wild applause*

BEAST said...

***Targets MJ with Bazooka***
Are Canucks always this noisy

MJ said...

That's not very Zen of you, Beast.

*chokes Beast with his own meditation beads*

mago said...

Yeah Beast, lotta noise when MJ has her Organ Solo.

Retro Blog said...

So what have you planted/trimmed/moved in your garden this glorious spring, in between spring showers that is.

Aretha through singin' now.

zIggI said...

that's long enough being happy, now get back down to earth and entertain your sad public!

mago said...

Come on, MJ is gone - you can come out now: It's safe!

willson said...

The popular comment layout is common, so it is easily recognized scanning to post a comment. If the comment section is in a different format, then I am going to spend more time trying to decipher what everything means.
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BEAST said...

Where you gone
***peeps out from behind sofa***
I get nervous when your not in plain sight

Retro Blog said...

The cows got her.....again.

mago said...

Or one of her concoctions went terribly wrong ...

donn w2Nz said...

oooooohhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm

:)

Doug said...

I thought you've been doing that for two years.

BEAST said...

I have two theories as to where Miss Nations is .
A two month gap is indicative of frenzied Gravy Making , regular readers of this blog have previously marvelled at a Nations perfect gravy quest . My other theory involves flying holy infants , dugongs , more dugongs , a bottle of Opie's butt gas and a naked flame......which could equally result in dugong flavoured gravy I suppose .
Please post your Whatever Happened to First Nations theorums and hypotheses below......

MJ said...

If I promise to stop playing the bagpipes, will you come back?

I'm convinced you're face down on the floor, licking the remains of a batch of your famous Alice B. Toklas fudge.

mago said...

Toklas was one ugly bird.

mutleythedog said...

I still treasure that bag of pubic hair shavings you sent me...

Fat Sparrow said...

Gertrude Stein was pretty much a double-bagger, too.

You know, it's planting and mating season. Not necessarily in that order. Think that has something to do with it? Should someone bring up toilet planters again? That seems to bring her out of the woodwork.

mago said...

Hm Sparrow, you think she has "work" to do in her garden shed? I never was so sure about all this gardening, after all it is permafrost soil there. I stick to my first idea, she did some concoctions in the dark winter and something went wrong. Like some synapses snapped and now they all are roaming the tundra.

Retro Blog said...

Um, there is the grandmother scenario as well, she morphed into a Steford Granny and is now being ubfer nanny, ja?

mago said...

With grey hair and round spectacles, granny nanny knows best.
"No, my dear, its gin."

Fat Sparrow said...

Maybe she finally snapped and killed the rat neighbors, and is currently busy smoking them into jerky in her shed. With a "special" kind of smoke.

Scarlet Blue said...

Are you and Mr Coppens up to something together????
Anyhow, Mr Beastie has been flaunting his bits and pieces all over the place... and needs to be trussed up with some snappy elastic gussets. Could you do the honours?
And I, well I need some inspiration, and who better to ask?
Sx

WV: Pubmadam

Anonymous said...

Fried gussets, carefully clip out any metal bits, pre-heat microwave for two minutes, (go ahead heat the water for coffee as well). Stir in chopped gussets, season with salt and pepper. Pour into bowl, add chopped fresh mushrooms, a packet of pins and some Alka Seltzer. Serve with hard rolls, you will need them for the pins.
Enjoy! Retro

Scarlet Blue said...

I will see if this works on Mr Beastie... it sounds his sort of thing.
I will report back my findings.
Sx

Retro Blog said...

Okay people I am declaring a blog circle. Everyone keep posting silliness until She-ra comes back to life and reads all this shit...next!! Sexcapades, recipes, you name it!

Scarlet Blue said...

Okay then, sounds like a plan!
Sx

mago said...

Recipes?
The Franconian Knoedel is the best Knoedel in the world! And it takes a lot to prepare one. Especially golden stones one has to dig out by night unseen and unheared.

Anonymous said...

I'm going to Google that and see what pops up. R

Anonymous said...

Dumplings


Also Known As: Klösse, Knödel

Dumplings are a favorite food throughout Germany. They are known as Klösse in Western and Northern Germany, and Knödel in South-Eastern Germany. Dumplings are made out of a dough (ingredients vary depending on the type of dumpling), most often formed into a ball-shape, then boiled or steamed in salt water. In Germany, there is a dumpling for every meal - they can be served as a main meal, as a side dish, as part of a soup, or served sweet for dessert. Some varieties are also filled with foods such as bread cubes, fruits, or meats.

I think I will beskippen the liver knoedel. shudder. Retro

Fat Sparrow said...

Mago said: "Especially golden stones one has to dig out by night unseen and unheared."

My dad had one of those, it was unfortunately not only heard but seen when passed, as he showed it around after.

So, anyone for strip poker? Or is it still too cold? My nipples are always my "tell," dammit.

mago said...

Where are your nipples pointing to?

And its not true - dumplings are not for every meal. Oh and my liver knoedel bloody please.

Fat Sparrow said...

Mago said: "Where are your nipples pointing to?"

Down, mainly. Gravity's a bitch when you've got... how did the Spouse Sparrow put it? "Big ol' African titties with nipples like JCB starter buttons." Such a romantic man, the Spouse Sparrow. Maybe I should put on a bra?

I'm not very good at this whole sexing up the Internet thing, am I?

mago said...

Depends on the point of view. :)

What are JCB starter buttons? I am absolutely blank when it comes to technically things and crafts.
But I am a good cook.

mago said...

By the way reading our fabulous host's profile I see her age given with 49: Is it possible that her vanishing has something to do with a birthday?

mutleythedog said...

Do you think she has alzheimers?

mago said...

MAybe its a case of blognapping. Sometimes they vanish. Nations, KAZ, savannah - but hers was a lighter case, after a week she returned ...

Retro Blog said...

I had feared that the blog limit for replies was 60 as I had posted two entries that did not appear. Well, Hell, now that we are out of first gear,the library is OPEN.

secret agent bitchypants said...

All is well, she's just hermitting... helping me (SSA) and the Man remodel our new casa, and then her and Biker got inspired to do up their own kitchen (which is faaaab). FN is not lost, just enjoying plentiful grandbaby snuggles and such. Things like this are quite distracting.

mago said...

"Grandbaby snuggles" - tz!

Happy snuggeling then!

MJ said...

Doesn't she realize that WE need a snuggle?

Anonymous said...

Please post pictures of all the grandbabies and the new kitchen. I love HGTV and kitchen remodels.
My kitchen is a galley kitchen with two doors, one window, tin covered doors and cutsey painted on flowers, all in shade of blue..oh and the counter top if poorly grouted small bathroom tile that is peeling off in places down to the original laminated butcher block look. Ugly! Retro

mago said...

My kitchen's a hole in the ground ...

Anonymous said...

oh outdoor grilling, cool! R

BEAST said...

Thanks Miss SSA for the update :-)

savannah said...

*waving at mago*

so, where the fuck is ms. nations? xoxoxoxoxo

mago said...

Savannah
She's selfishly snuggeling
greeting great grandbaby groans
remorselesly remodelling relatives' houses homes - And kitchens.

She's busy. That's what secret agent pants/SSA told in the comment before me.

Anonymous said...

Thank you SSA for the update, I am glad that good things are happening in Southern Canada.
Now who has a SIMPLE yet tasty recipe for mole' ? Retro

mago said...

?

Retro Blog said...

Every Mole' recipe I have ever read seems to have 20 ingredients, delicious I might add and keep the peanuts out of mine, please.

savannah said...

damn, see wht happens when i don't read all the comments, sugar! then congratulations and happy remodeling and come visit when y'all can, ms. nations! xooxoxoxo

@mago...thank you, darlin! xooxox

Anonymous said...

okay next game until Firsty returns is give definition for security words:

Doriden -- Wild flower that grows only near rusted railroad tracks.

Retro

mago said...

stoquer - something technical, artifical, a way to fix something in a space base.

Anonymous said...

POLOBST: French pronunciation of the pleural of Polish Lobsters. Could happen.

mago said...

nessiv - Scottish for ungeheuerlich.

Anonymous said...

BLANG: One of the tenses of Bling as in bling, blang, blung.

mago said...

unicki - the opposite of icki; Armenian for a kind of rash

Anonymous said...

apergic -- purgative made from apricots. Bleach.

mago said...

brofast - 19th century brand-name for a steamer, sterilizer.

Anonymous said...

jowmangy-- childrens game made into a movie starring.

mago said...

latope - early 19th century mathematical device

Retro Blog said...

calitus -- medical term for smelly feet.

mago said...

dineum - ancient latin for bribe

Retro Blog said...

Earesso -- irrigant used to clean ears, made from very strong coffee, works very well, wakes up the ears as well.

rockmother said...

Goodness not sure what everyone talking about but all that talk of urine samples has made me really need a wee. Big hug to you - BIG BIG hug XXX

mago said...

conskiw - town in White Russia, known vor the local specialty conskiwtschij

Anonymous said...

sounds delicious!

CHIESTH: American local dialectic in the midwest where a single vowel is pronounced as TWO vowels and ends with a lisp. Chiesth is printed correctly as CHEST.
Retro

mago said...

anesuj - witty japanese remark or injection, old fashioned.

mutleythedog said...

Despeech - refuting an argument that no one has made.

Seruices - Bottled sweat of brow

sectingy - Object owned by coven

Anonymous said...

PININ: Italian sandwich made of sardines.

mago said...

surte - a) a kind of belt to fix plates of salt ona camles for transportation
b) drupe of the near East

mago said...

ona camles = on a camel

Sorry.

Anonymous said...

CRUDGEN: English shorthand for Curmudgeon i.e.; grouchy.

Retro

mago said...

irtch - Irish kind of dwarf who is easily pissed or annoyed, synonym for "bad luck"

Anonymous said...

REMONS: er...at the risk of being politically incorrect. Japanese lemons. Sorry, couldn't resist.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations, Mago and I mostly have kept the FN blog roll going whilst she shreds kitchens. Maybe she will post pictures of her award winning designs. Hmmm? R

Oh and the word verification on this post is "mating" hey who decided using real words was Kosher. Retro

mago said...

Naw, I believe there will be no pictures never. Maybe all these kitchens are just desinformation. In fact she's Kim Yong Ill and tours China.

ashlyci - North-Korean berry

SEE?

Retro Blog said...

which pairs nicely with Colyish, a South Korean whipped cream but has zero calorie count, not much help to the ashlyci.

mago said...

But goes well with pizes - North Korean pizza made from hay, clay and nothing.

Anonymous said...

I am laughing, LAUGHING I tell you, okay you win.

ATERBI: A town in Scotland where NOTHING every falls from the sky.

mago said...

ingth - Aterbian sound or colloquial of unknown origin and difficult meaning. Cf. Aldingdon: "Ingth" and its possible meanings, Edinburg 1892

Retro Blog said...

MINESQU: Very strange Romanian dish make entirely of pigs ears, fried then served with a dipping sauce of Chowchesqu.

Anonymous said...

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY, Hope you got breakfast in bed or taken out to a sumptuous eating out experience. I'm making tamales, the old fashioned way. My mother would occasionally serve tamales from the can, we had to peel off the disgusting paper from around the tamales and whine about grossness. But we were hungry kids and would eventually eat what ever was in front of us. Retro.

mago said...

Happy day, you mother!

Anonymous said...

WV: PREDGE. I snicker, I snort, Predge is a Japanese furniture cleaner. I crack me up. Retro

mago said...

recdomet - code word (less fearinducing) nurses, health carers and medics use for suppository: And a pair of recdomets, the big ones.

Retro Blog said...

SHEABBLA: Swedish Rock Band from the 70's. They were all female and specialized in singing in tongues harmonically.

mago said...

scardon - Portugues for cardbhoard.

Anonymous said...

CLOWN: Fer real...um..ah...er...
Italian for pastries filled with Seltzer water.

mago said...

eudly - Middle High German for "Eule", kind of night bird, owl.

Retro Blog said...

RAFRANDA: This is known the well known convention held each year in the island for the Reggae concert, mon.

mago said...

vedlemoc - Aztec ritual.

Retro Blog said...

Clogica : C logica -- programmer language that makes absolutely no sense what ever...but it works if you install it backwards.

mago said...

dicsa - old Polish swear word not to be used in gentrified society.

Anonymous said...

Platcho : Sneeze caught in elbow per the Surgeon General USA.

mago said...

sessli - Swiss short form for Sessellift / chair lift

Anonymous said...

outsh: Very quiet owie.

mago said...

menium - recreational drug in 19th century China

Anonymous said...

UNHURYSE: The act of not Huryse. Basque derivitive verb meaning DO NOT SLOW DOWN.

mago said...

lockhe - norsk God, mean trick departement

Anonymous said...

VIGIT: Visit and Figit. Makes a very uncomfortable experience.

mago said...

ematab - Ancient Egyptian nobleman whosa grave was found 1921; model for "The Mummy".

Retro Blog said...

Inexple: French cognate meaning easily understood.

merry weather said...

To all readers of Mutleythe dogsdayout

I am so terribly sorry to break this news:

Rob, the author here on blogger of mutley the dog, and my beloved partner in life died peacefully in his sleep in the early hours last Friday, the 21st of May.

I would have preferred to email readers privately. That would have been best, I know. So sorry. Simply it is this - I am heart-broken.

At some near time I will post properly, as Rob would wish - a celebration!

Regards

Kate

mago said...

Come on FN, Mutley is dead. MJ is in tears, xl also looks a bit emotional, the rest of the gang feels like crap. KAZ is last heared of weeks ago, she vanished in a hospital or something, Old Knudsen has seemingly stopped writing - the world has changed since you started your grandbaby cuddle marathon.

bercu - Argentinian for "Prosit!"

Anonymous said...

Well said.

Sidsbey: Town in Australia, it's on the map!

mago said...

vacha - town in Eastern Germany, its on the map but you don't want to be there. (Believe me.)

mago said...

rearci - opposit to frontci, as differnt from middleci; aboveci and belowci are uncommon; backci is slang and should not be used in civilized conversation.

Retro Blog said...

TURBU: English modification to Italian sports cars, allows it to make U turns in midst of London traffic.

mago said...

pures - medieval Roamn sect in Southern France accused of heresie and burnt at the stake round Avignong, middle of the 13th century

Retro Blog said...

DUIES: Plural of DUI and that, my friend, is a BAD thing.

mago said...

antrave - name for a classical architectural piece, mostly in connection with Architrav and Eierstab, cf. Volutengiebel

Retro Blog said...

DERYSISI: Little known early Saint Derysisi, just a few miles from Assisi and the tenets of the Saint were that of sarcasm with the sacraments. He had a few followers actually. R

mago said...

revaten - kind of papers traded at the stock market, of such a difficult and complicated nature that even people actually holding them do not know what it is about.

Retro Blog said...

PARZOHNE: Italian table top game, part parcheesi and part provolone.

mago said...

kingsh - Indonesian slang for a kind of organic burger, marketed similar to BurgerKing

Retro Blog said...

my word today was

ININQUEQ: Er...ummm....think, think....Inupiat for "The whale got away!".

mago said...

preepigh - found together with homo heidelbergensis, very early form of house swine

Anonymous said...

SMOUSCEN: Latest craze to hit the American Pet market. Mice with pink hair and they smooch...a lot.

mago said...

siniters - unsuccessfull Jazz era swing group of the 30s known for their absolutely uninspired songs, tunes and shows "Siniters, yay."

Retro Blog said...

SERSFR: Mattress made in Nordic country consists largely of moss and tiny pine cones.

mago said...

corizess - Manilan sweet snack made from snake and rice

Retro Blog said...

UNTER: German verb, a cognate in English, means "under" As in "unter diem schlosse" (Under the castle) Source Sherlock Holms film.

mago said...

ruckwa - opposite to fatwa, the order of an Islamic judge to love and embrace something or someone

Retro Blog said...

ARIONICA: Top baby name for 2015. Can be for either sex but female name favored. What ever happened to Dick and Jane? I ax youse?

mago said...

unmoxig - Bavarian dialect describing beer foam in a certain state of decay, contra is moxig

Anonymous said...

LOGOLAY: Lego lands new toy division that specializes in brand names.

mago said...

trizz - fashionable drink of the 1930s, invented in Cafe Europa by Hemingway on 16th of March 1932 (trizz-day)

Anonymous said...

CLONSEM: New social service provided for people who have mislaid their personalities.

mago said...

trablyo - figure of 17th century comedia del'arte around the Adria, kind of Kaspar or Hans Wurst, today only found as sock puppet

Anonymous said...

RESSESSE: Obscure artform found now in Italian open air markets, consists of intricately carved noodles...then painted to resemble religious figures.

mago said...

fantiste - French, 18th. cent., person who makes a living by being a fan-atic follower of something; business model successfully exported into the Muslim world after 1945

Retro Blog said...

Supsy: This is pure street colloquilism from a drunk, he is greeting everyone with, "S'up! (hic)" and he is therefore supsy.

Retro Blog said...

Supsy: This is pure street colloquilism from a drunk, he is greeting everyone with, "S'up! (hic)" and he is therefore supsy.

mago said...

hylacroc - experimental crossbreet between treefrog and crocodile, also known as crocfrog, frogcroc or cforg; some individuals escaped the labs and jumpmunch their way through crocland

Retro Blog said...

Thosi: Swazi (with click before S) for boiled rice. Usually flavored with additions of extract of palm heart and chopped beets. It is an acquired taste.

mago said...

inings - something with cricket nobody outside the UK understands
___________________

Newsflash for FN:

MJ's Infomaniac is closed.

No joke.

Anonymous said...

Mughtr: South American/Germanic slang term for a race horse that runs well in wet conditions.

mago said...

soalicur - something a goddam censor should made to swallow that makes him braf his brains out!

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Anonymous said...

EXENNA: Xena Warrior Princess retired and became...Exenna....

63mago said...

rocia - tiny flower producing a well-tasting poison, related to amb-rocia

Anonymous said...

Untle: present tense gruntle.

63mago said...

frejyz - chekoslovakian slang term for cigarettes (not verified)

Joy said...

I miss your posts FN. I hope all is well and you are still zen...

Anonymous said...

secrogy: Food item, made with secret ingredients, very popular food challenge on Hungarian Food Networksky. R

63mago said...

colisp - something nasty and infective we better not mention here

Anonymous said...

Adjurkes: NIck name for media whores who cannot sell enough product placement advertisements.

63mago said...

slono - unique term of the L.A. area meaning something like "no", "yes", and all in between

Anonymous said...

Curing: Hmmm, this is a REAL word! Part of the conjugation of the verb cure. In an alternate universe this may well mean the opposite ie; cursing, ouchies, etc.

63mago said...

imenti - Italian for mentos drops, many mentos drops

Anonymous said...

Cesiabbe: Ethiopian rock band.

63mago said...

scrudge - Sacramento garage band covering "Nirwana", no success

Retro Blog said...

Rothari: Member of the sea cucumber family, many legged, usually travels in a south easterly direction. Almost hunted to extinction, delicious fried.

63mago said...

proused - having had too much of A la recherche du temps perdu

Anonymous said...

SPLIAN: Past tense of splain. As in "Lucy, you got some splainin' to do!".

63mago said...

fulayst - follower of fulayism, a Fortian sect based on the techings of John Fulay of Sleepy Hollow (Mas.)

Anonymous said...

PSYNONES: Psy (mind) Nones (null) Greek/Latin definition for people who have NO psychic powers what so ever. Often employed on Psychic Hot lines.

I admire the Fulayism def. (smile)

63mago said...

John Fulay is a relative to Mr. Lawson (here).

bansew - Viking crocheting, mainly by axes

Anonymous said...

OFFSK: opposite onsk. Really.

63mago said...

thlyzi - river in Anatolia, known in history because Richard Lionheart fell in, speaking the famous words: Rotten Rriver Thlyzi!

Anonymous said...

AEMISIRS: Aesop had a brother who told tales, they were not entertaining, they were disjointed, had no punch line, nothing? Poor old Aemis just faded away into well deserved obscurity.

63mago said...

milksl - smallest known milk particel

Anonymous said...

APPLAUSE, clap de han's hoot hoot, woot woot. Loved Milksl is there a very small mustache attached as well? R

Retro Blog said...

cocktudg: Ukranian chicken fighting with attitude. Chickens are armed with smoked paprika tied in packets to their legs. The champion at long last goes into the pot soaked in wine and hey wait a minute! That sounds like coc au vin! Hmph.

63mago said...

The existence of the milksl was foretold by Einstein on the evening of 26th Seprtember 1905 after 2 bottles of Rheinwein. Considering his mustache ...

sulty - what the sultan is

Anonymous said...

Graddia: Slang for grateful to the sultan.

63mago said...

hytome - self explaining (!)

Anonymous said...

Glabe: Jerry Lewis said this a lot in his films, "Hey, Lady, your glabe is falling on the ground."

63mago said...

ingsica - one of the two seasons in Ingland, the other being ingweta

Anonymous said...

CAFTEES: Caftan made of T-shirt material,tye dye is optional, and should be considered illegal.

63mago said...

halev - kabbalistic sign for the unknown letter; see Borges

Anonymous said...

Malis: Pleural of one from Mali without apostrophe.

63mago said...

wirnes - small Scotish island up Notzh, where German submarines were refilled during WWII

63mago said...

Notzh = North !

Anonymous said...

PRIAL: Contraction for pre-trial pronounced "prawl" see Library of Congress notations of a Liberal Southern Jurist.

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