(It has become quite obvious that the only person that could accomplish the below is Mr. Bill Gates, surely a Nobel Peace prize the reward, me? I'm just old poet
whom the spirit sent this out and my drinking a bottle of burgundy, homeless then, in California, felt compelled to record it. jb 9/5/07.)
5/24/04:
1.
I poet, within spirit, propose a special internet presentation be prepared that would introduce to viewers showing the planet earth as a sculpture floating on its axis, in space.
A ribbon of red and white stripes then would enter from right to left,
encircle once the globe and then disappear in the direction it was, coming to forefront with the names of those fallen on the stripes, passing in review, highlighted as if from a light from within the name allowing the viewer to click on, receiving a photo and a short biography of the soldier, and where and how they passed. A clicked on service would allow the names to be spoken, or a search engine allowed that would bring up a particular name, and certainly for the older, a device for magnification. The ribbon of red and white would have an irresdescent quality similar to the shallow waters off the shore of the Virgin Islands. A turquiose blue. Encluded might be those who served and survived but presently have passed.
When the ribbon finishes, a pause, then from the opposite direction a single ribbon of blue, with the names of the non military, nurses and doctors, etc., that gave their lives as well during this conflict, above that some of the serious battles and scenes of that war period.
And at the finishing of that, the planet returns but in a larger third demension room of the universe with the planets and sun in either proper place or orbit, perhaps, with one comet, near the void.
This could be formulated for a giant tv screen box, sitting preferably on a lawn, near the new Washington DC WWII Memorial.
It would be a continuous project, refining with additions appropiate.
Jerry E. Barta
Poet-Gardener
Age 65, disabled,
PO. 2312,
GILA BEND,
ARIZONA85337.
Wishing to dedicate this to my passed parents:
Vaslogh (Jim( Adolph Barta,
Czechoslavakian (his father came to America on a "stinking" cattle boat.
Elsie Perl Ragsdale,
English, Scot (and we dont admit the Irish in polite company.
6/29/05:
I now think that the giant tv screen should be in a special architectural structure, where visitors could key in and visit its potential fully!
PERHAPS, SUCH A PROJECT WOULD TEACH ALL OF US
OUR HISTORY, AS WELL DEMONSTRATE TO OTHER NATIONS, WHO THEN MIGHT FOLLOW WITH SUCH A DISPLAY IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES!
THE ECONOMIC POSSIBILITY COULD BE ENORMOUS, EACH ATTRACTING ITS OWN AS WELL AS TOURISTS FROM ANYWHERE
ON PLANET EARTH.
As the terrorists impounded at GUATAMO BAY, get amazing rights versus the U.S., below is what its like to live in Gila Bend, Ariizona!
CONSTITUTIONAL AND BILL OF RIGHTS INFAMY AS WE WAR IRAQ FOR FREEDOM!!
1/26/07:
The library is an absolute mess, for months, I was heckled by the staff, and by the MOST OBNOXIOUS young people I have ever ever encountered in any public library anywhere!
For no written reason, I was first banned for 30 days from the library, which I did comply... on the last day, Director Goebels said to me as I sat on not a county wall but city property, them a tenant of the Gila Bend city Community Center facility that supposely services senior citizens of the area, that "I could be banned forever!!"
Then in March, she did exactly that, calling me from computers, to the childrens section, she stood with her back to a bookcase, next to an exit door, telling me I "was banned forever."
A sixth sense caused me to look behind and THERE STOOD THE SAME OFFICER (Officer Hernandez)Who said I WASNT THE CAUSE HE WAS THERE FOR THE FIRST BANNING< (in Oct.05) HERE HE STOOD AGAIN SMILING IN ANTICIPATION TO DO WHAT? SHOOT ME?
I said I would again comply, and asked for a police report number, HE REFUSED!
This was obviously a set up!
Goebel's new consort after dumping her husband has been a retired (he says, military man, who privately had informed me, he had been a trained assassin taking out enemies of our government, this above incident was so
suspect, like surely, of his involvement, and past duties.
His name is John Hughes.
(who says he gets a monthly $4200.00 government stipend, whereas I get as citizen FBI informant get only $623.00 S.S.I.)
Personally, I think hes a pedophile.
Officer Hernandez, has yet to close a meth operation behind my residence, BUT HE CAN PLEASURE HIMSELF IN MY LIFE,
WITHOUT MY HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD AND HAVING TURNED IN MY LIFETIME MORE THAN A HUNDRED DRUG OPERATIONS! HIS VIOLATING MY CHERISHED AND PROTECTED RIGHTS>
When I left the library, I sat on that same wall, and Hernandez came up to me, betraying a confidential email I had sent to his superiors ([email protected])
asking that Officer G.A. Burke be investigated for his too not closing that meth operation AND fraternizing with the staff at the library, including behind Goebel's dark tinted windowed private cubicle.
Hernandez was upset I had emailed my query. I told him to leave and finally he did and then I did. This was after he had a consultation with Director Dempsey of the C.A.P. center which houses the Maricopa county library.
This combined with the collusion by Dempsey with Goebel, thus conspiracy, COULD BE AN ENORMOUS AND EXPENSIVE FEDERAL LAWSUIT SHOCKING THE WORLD AND NATION!
TOO! KEY IN:
www.geocities.com/jbarta00
/SPYGLASS
which is a mystery why I cant copy and paste it to here, a real hot potato.
AND if that wasnt enuf, Maricopa County's high sheriff, Joe Arpaio's sheriff deputies, our police, over a year couldnt arrest Mike Ruff, meth dealer who lived directly behind my residence, probably feeling sorry for his two pre teen sons, from whom he stole monthly their S.S.I. checks,
SIXTEEN CALLED BY ME FOR OVER A YEAR, STOOD AT HIS DOOR, REEKING OF METH FUMES. aND DID NOTHING.
Finally, finally evicted, he had destroyed into shambles that residence, a suspect in our towns recent crime spree, he's still free!
america, america, whispering:
the ages prayed
splayed
displayed
the past
beckoned
hopefully for
new beginning,
spewing from tyranny
ignorances
and prejudices
eons old
a volcano
of flowers
and forests
when? where?
quickly
or would it be
to maturity
progressing
immigrants a fact
always everywhere
but nothing swelling
like the wave
america, america
whispered.
Greece to
England
to how many wished
whispering
and could it
would it envelope
develop from present
with past
all towards a mighty
flower volcano,
a blossum,
its pollen its seeds
within entirety
of beginnings
of being
hold its stem
from roots
in all that blood
of all those ages
(ieeee, no finer poet
than i
could pray
whispering.
america, america
whispered.)
Jerry Ewell Barta
October 13, 1938
Corpus Christi, Texas
English, Scot, Irish, Czechoslavakian,
from how many other eons
past
drinking a six pack
of Natural Light beer
smiling an odd muse
pitying the Russias
and the Chinese
and then bemused
laughing outloud
acknowledging
the concept of God.
my bed empty except
by me,
none worthy.
No ninja, no marine,
no sailor, none.
butte they did
sail the time
the times
farmering
the bloods
into soil
we label humanity
and how many more
out there in the unknown
country...
once i heard,
i swear i did
a wilde negro female
voice within the
Mormon
Tablenacle
Shrieking
a flower
of ectasy
the flower
the volcano
the blossum
infinity.
MOST OF OUR POLICE HAVE HAD PREVIOUS MILITARY DUTY< AND IF THEY CANT MAKE IT IN A CITY POLICE FORCE THEY THEN BECOME COUNTY SHERIFFS!! THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO A IDEA THAT HONORS OUR WAR DEAD THAT DIED within duty...which is above at the beginning.
POEMLETTER TO EDITOR:
A work in progress, of progress.
1/11/06:
Once upon a time,
In a vacant lot
In Moscow,
A gourd vine grew
And a gourd was
Born, but no one
Noticed except
For a small child
Who took it home
And it became part
Of life's stuff.
The Balalaika
Gourd knew its destiny
As greatness,
An instrument played
By the niave,
Naive of the essence
Of history,
They discipline
The notes without
Weeping,
the magic of the
Balalaika,
And the gourd
That was its birth
On the vacant lot
In Moscow.
(my first version was misplaced, but the message is succinctly appropiate
to how the idea above has been ignored by the great as well as the common, too selfish to care or remember.)
PLEASE DONT ATTEMPT TO READ THE BOOKLENGTH SECTION BELOW UNLESS YOU HAVE TIME TO SPARE.
THE MATERIAL CONTAINS HUMOROUS, SERIOUS OR INFORMATIONAL,
BUT MOSTLY IS LONG WINDED>
AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS WEBPAGE IS AN OPPOSITE FANCIFUL SATIRE ABOUT OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM, CALLED "MAINE, PERHAPS VERMONT."
AND within the text below are other satires plus my nutritional research and gardening interests, so if you have lots of time, read on,
an on and on...
TO THE RIGHT IS A PHOTO OF MY COTTAGE IN GILA BEND< DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE POST OFFICE, MY GARDEN !ALIVE! IN THIS TERRIBLE SUMMER HEAT!
3/21/05:
This following satire, is somewhere near or afar from the truth, which of course is what the art form, satire is:
Welcome to the site of Gila Bend, Arizona, which may or may not have one of its own.
In the muddle of nowhere, it is an oasis of sorts. Somewhere in between Phoenix, Az., and Yuma, Az.
It has an antique hotel, that is no longer except for its ghosts, the fragrance of perfume lingering. And a truly remarkable little city museum hidden right in front of everyone passing on a major highway by its tiny little announcing sign.
Famous nationally for its Spaceage restaurant motel and restaurant with a UFO sitting on its roof. A local grocery owned by the nearby Tohono O'odham native American tribe, for which we are eternally grateful.
Near, exiting the grocery, to the left is the U.S. post office, and across it to the right is an old church handsome in its decay.
To the left directly across is MY POETS OVER THE FENCE VIEWING DEMONSTRATION GARDEN.
Continuing down the street, to that left is Euclid street, turning the corner, you can see a local park, with one of the finest playgrounds for small children, I have ever seen.
AND A REALLY SWANK PORTA POTTY! (intimidated, I suppose, the city removed it, too much a sign of progress, I assume.)
There, near is the Senior Citizen center and community hall plus the library, where this is being written on the computers.
MY ONLY SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT...still contending that cowboys and whales are merely myth.
The only scandal, appears to be, that in the past, actor Burt Reynolds was charged with murder and acquitted.
My arrival here was more mundane, camping under a smoke tree with a deer mouse, my only friend, I was then approached by a good Samaritan, who told me of my present place to rent.
Saving me from getting drenched from this years unstoppable rain.
I have been told a 1920's gangster once camped out in the nearby desert, I trust he brought his own cement. Perhaps, hes now in the old hotel, though Mr. Reynolds is not, being still alive.
The towns population is somewhere near or about, possibly, perhaps, maybe 1700.
There is a museum, but no community college.
And there is a newspaper, that publishes wonderful photographs of citizens in the community, but refuses to my stuff, once a stranger, always a stranger, the logo of all little towns.
I wrote all the local organizations, churches and town government about my viewing garden, all I got was the stray dogs.
My antique cottage is haunted, I kid you not!,
A mischevious one.
A local rodeo is planned, where there are no cowboys, only farmers. Well, they look like farmers, in pickups, and wearing western clothing, including western hats.
Most of all locally, will respond to "Good Morning," but other than that any conversation is limited, since as a newcomer, you dont know anyone.
There are the usual winter visitors on their way back home to blizzards, tourists,
and in the mountains, the legendary Gila Monster.
On the way to Phoenix, you will view the Sahuaro cacti, some older than the nation,
marching in their army to become part of landscaping.
Anyone who would come here and immediately install an English Cottage Method garden is highly suspect. Thats me.
About the only excitement is the weekly movie review by Simply Simone. Who is obsessed with Kevin Costner. I once saw him in a Vons parking lot in Carpinteria, Ca., looking dowdy, and as uninteresting as the roles he fabricates on screen, no doubt, most work done in by stand ins.**
But, we all have our obsessions, except here, the choice is extremely limited.
Enjoy your visit, and link to my wildflower funding project of lapel pins, which will help me spread seed all over the downtown area, no pun intended.
Jerry E. Barta
Poet-Gardener
P.O. 2312
Gila Bend, Az85337
Age 66, disabled,
thus cantankerous.
(** 5/13/05:
Recently, I recorded in the Kevin Costner section above, that his screen writer for "Dancing With Wolves" film was from Bisbee, Az., where I had lived for over a decade off and on, and had written poetry suggesting such a film be made with subtitles. J.B. OH YES, do read down below, my "Mexican Love Song Of Spirit."
That poem was stolen by the first Bisbee, Az. poetry festival folks and published advertising it. I wasnt paid for my work. (I was so mad, that in the Copper Queen Hotel Pub, when the late Alan Ginzberg, entered, I refused to acknowlege him.)
During those same years, Bisbee always a magnet for movie stars hiding out, I had two friends one was Peter the Potter whose lady, Toni, had a downtown sculpture work shop. Lily Tomlin, the famous comedian visited her, and they gave to her a copy of my play of vignettes, "A Comedy, I think." to read. Within a short time, TOMLIN and her female partner, wrote and directed a poetry vignette production on Broadway, that was extremely popular.
I got nothing from her, a typical Hollywood ethic.
BELOW IS A MORE RECENT SATIRE
OF GILA BEND AND FURTHER DOWN NUTRITIONAL TEXT AND MY GARDENING COLUMNS UNPRINTED BY THE LOCAL
GET THIS-
FREE PRESS:
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: NEWTIMES, SAN DIEGO READER, SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT ALTERNATIVE NEWSPAPERS:
8/24/05:
Dear Maricopa County,
Arizona Sheriff Arpaio,
Welcome to Gila Bend, Arizona
Where no one smiles
In greeting,
Its taboo.
Is it the water
Or the heat?
The water will send
you to the hospital.
The heat could kill you.
Houseflys,
Tons of them,
Mexico's gift,
Pester you every
Moment, inside or out.
Drugs? Alcohol or
Meth, your choice.
Both rule this
tiny kingdom.
No one cooperates
Progress is enemy.
The tourists lucky,
They come,
They go,
They escape.
Good citizens are
Bad, they ruin
The towns image.
Churches worship
Their reflections,
It is required.
Love the gossip,
Better than tv.
Povety and foodstamps
City government
And bribes,
Lies along with
the newspaper.
A little girl
Is sold sexually
By her felon,
Drug dealer father,
Sheriff Arpaio ignored.
Too, the sheriffpolice
shrug their shoulders,
live elsewhere.
Ah!, the library,
That must be the place.
Wrong. Mayhem by
Gremlin kids.
The computers?
Cyber invaded
By County
And or library staff.
The Senior Citizen
Lunches, delicious,
Full of sugar
For diabetics.
Educational Trips?
Why the casinos,
Of course.
Federal Food Commodities?
August, a pkg. of mashed
Potato mix, 4 cans of veges, and 9 apples. (This month of september, the almost same, no powdered milk for calcium, no rice or beans, no animal protein. The local provider is the Community Action Program, the food from the Phoenix Food Bank, federally funded ineptitude if not scamming.)
The Senior WIC program,
To be mostly
discarded full
Of diabetic
Inconsideration.
Am I complaining?
OF COURSE!
Its a sport here,
Our recreation.
Friendship
Impossible,
Loneliness
Preferred.
I have a garden
to save my
Soul from the
Rest of them.
A few friendly
Break the taboo,
God's gift to
Sanity.
God bless them,
You know who
You are,
Shhh, its a secret.
Dont write
John McCain, he wont
Respond
(He didnt repeatidly sent the above WWII idea respond, nor for that matter where it was born, Governor Arnold Swarzenegger) or the Arizona
Governor drunk
With Power.
Hide in your
Mind, in your house,
Admire Phoenix,
Pollution, from
A distance,
Causing aberrational
Behavior.
Knowledge* is an
Adversary, no community
College.
*A conspiracy of thought.
Come visit my garden,
Across from Post Office,
View it over the fence,
Poets demonstration.
Ignore the blue tailed
Lizards,
occasional hummingbird,
or butterfly,
and flowers,
Heat defiant.
It renews my
Soul versus them,
Going to you know
Where...
....Hell. Hath no fury
Like a poet-gardener.
Jerry E. Barta
Age 66, disabled.
Who dares to be
Happy, whenever possible.
(When I said as cynic,
I expected flaming arrows
In my door, a local
Tribeswoman said,
"We dont do that anymore."
Oops, Laughter
A definite,
no no.
Welcome to Gila Bend
America.
Leave as quickly
As you can.
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:34:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jack ewell" <[email protected]> Add to Address Book
Subject: UNITED ENGLISH TEACHERS: SALVADOR DALISH IDEA FOR HIGH SCHOOLS...link to
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
GILA BEND, AZ: ENGLISH TEACHER: JIM ERICSON:
I do take note you havent within common courtesy, replied to my idea for student presentation
But never mind, in review the idea used students in sheath costumes with Sheri Lewis Lambchops style puppets, costume covering their arms, to be choreagraphed into I think now, a too roguish idea.
Now another has formed which could be called :"Under The Rainbow."
A mixed media presentation using the students in the same way, play begins with a Dorothy type standing by a screen that comes on showing a regular farmer, standing by a tractor in his field, who actually sings roughly song "Over The Rainbow." black and white of course. The Dorothy ( believe or not, there is a young female student here locally, that resembles Dorothy, Toto, thank God has not been seen) grimaces and all too show their disdain, whether by mime or speaking is their choice.
Middle of presentation to be formed by students on their feelings about life, and current events, in fact, anything they see fit, sprinkled with satire when possible.
The end is the same screen as beginning, but this time, Dorothy joins in the song.
Sorry, perhaps, I'm too much the romantic, do eview the below material, the San Marcos University also discourtesyly did not comment on:
(Oh yes, if called: "The Garden Of The Soldiers Coffin," it could direct comments about continuing war.)
J.B.
CAL STATE: UNIVERSITY TO UNIVERSITY IDEA: Emailed without response from anyone: They preferred Michael Moore.
While this idea was forming, I remembered the old tv program "Laugh In."...
....PLAY:
POETRY AS A BASEBALL GAME:
I SUGGEST THIS BE PREMIER PERFORMED ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, ALSO TO CELEBRATE THE MEXICAN DAY OF THE DEAD, however, after that the company will play any engagement possible, towards a recording of work for public sale, including a film of the October 31 performance.
Utilizing ancient as well as older or newer rhythm instrumentation (rattles, drums, any for sounds other than musical), accompanying
cameo poets reciting their
21 lines or less, poems about human conditions and the celebration of being alive. (OR IN THIS ELECTION YEAR, HARD HITTING POLITICAL SATIRE.)
Rhythm makers dressed in 1920 baseball uniforms, poets in black sheaths...utilizing the Rave technique, some might liven up the stage (dressed in white sheaths), as if ghosts observing.)
Finale:
"DANCING WITH ARNOLD CELEBRATION INVOLVING AUDIENCE!
FIRST TIME IN PLAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH RHYMETIC INSTRUMENTS ARE USED FOR DANCING AUDIENCE (WEARING SKULL MASKS, either over regular Halloween costumes OR
ALL DRESSED IN BLACK SHEATHS, CAN YOU IMAGINE SUCH A RAVE MAYHEM WITH APPROPIATE ROVING LIGHTING. THINK BOSCH.) ALONG WITH CAMEO REPRESENTATION OF ARNOLD SWARZENEGGER OR IMPERSONATOR SERVING AS CONDUCTOR OF EVENT, DRESSED IN OUTRAGIOUS MULTI ETHIC DRAG.
PREFERABLY NEAR BEACH (OR NOT)SO WAVES OF 3/4 TIME CAN INFLUENCE ALL> SUGGEST HALLOWEEN, THEN NEW YEARS, THEN EASTER, OR HELL< WHENEVER>
J.B. 9/4/04: Updated 9/27/04:
Recently in a Sundays Union Tribune newspaper, I read of a new art house coffee shop called Chicano Perk in Sherman Heights,Ca.
I will contact them with this idea
and suggest within the format they consider within their public poetry sessions,
they perfect the presentation,
perhaps eventing such for their own benefit, the use of poetry and the musical
maraichi combined.
Below is my poem, performed with maraichis, years ago, at the Cochise Fine Arts Gallery in Bisbee, Az.,
to a full house, the most successful event at the time.*
GO TO: http://www.geocities.com/poet92363/LAURABUSHTWO.html
for a complete copy of the below.
the mexican love song of spirit. BY jERRY e. bARTA, aMERICAN hOMELESS pOET (1938- )
*the funny story on me, was this was during my heavy drinking days, and the actors said they were going
going to make changes in my texts, so on the night of event. I got very drunk and went home to sleep,
and woke missing its success, later learned, the actors had changed nothing.
A production of vignettes, using stark simple sets, such as a ladder to simulate the high
canyon steps in the area.
(TO BE PERFORMED BY TWO PERSONS ONE SPEAKING SPANISH AND ONE ENGLISH, ALONG WITH THE RHYTHM OF A PLAYER OF THE MARAICHI) i lAY DOWN ON THE BED, DOWN AT MY FEET, I FELT WALKING!, RAISING UP, ALARMED, I PULLED BACK THE SHEET, A SPIDER SAT ON MY FOOT! qUICKLY, I GATHERED HIM UP IN MY HANDS, TOOK HIM TO THE DOOR, OPENED IT, AND THREW HIM OUT INTO THE DARK AND COLD, NOW i AM SAD, i HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE DARK. I HAVE BEEN IN THE COLD. WHAT IF i have THROWN LOVE OUT INTO THE DARK AND COLD.
5/12/05:
Letter To The Editor:
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 12:07:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jack ewell" <[email protected]>
Subject: METH "ALIEN" EGG: Poem, Link to...
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Meth "Alien" Egg:
Meth
Turns people
Into two people
Two actual personalities
Unknown by
The other, or
Hidden from
(Not me!, they deny)
So one can get
Away from
The other,
In moments unrealized,
By the other.
Its probably natural
Survival,
Meth aint natural.
Hitler's Nazis
Used it to enslave
Endurance, He's gone
But Meth, his,
Is ours
Kinda Scary Aint it?
Needles, Ca.*,
Cop-Sheriffs Meth
Racketeers.
Blythe, El Centro*,
Oceanside*, San Diego,
Yuma, Az, Phoenix?
You bet!
How many little towns?
Asks me in Gila Bend,
Cop knights of
The walking dead.
Meth rage dead
On our highways,
Meth is stalking
your kids.
Tweaking them,
Raping minds,
And futures.
From schools to
Libraries.*
Homegrown Terrorism.
CRACK goes the
Meth whip.
And so too,
towards the nation.
Kinda Scary Aint It?
What is citizens,
The answer? Truth
Not lies, is the question.
Truth, then the answer.
(Senator McCain:
Arizona Taxes
Food!! But State Medical
Wont pay for glasses for eyes!!
And you wont respond,
To Meth or to honest inquiry,
Nor will Sheriff Arpaio,
OR Governors Swarzenegger-
Napalatiano of Arizona
Either,
I guess Meth Wins!
And crime the victor.
Jerry E. Barta
Poet-Gardener
P.O.2312
Gila Bend, Az85337
"MAINE, PERHAPS VERMONT."
A local Elder who lives in Gila Bend, Az., in the winter but travels back home to Maine for the summer*,
name of Gracie, Goes to Congress in her van with a picket sign to promote the first project above on this page.
"
She had really wanted to meet them individually and learn new gossip for her raconteur hobby, but was, alas, scorned.
Little does she realize, marching silently with her hastily made picket sign, which on the back, she has written in large felt tip pen, "IGOR, IGOR, WHERE ARE YOU?."
Unnoticed by her in her angst, marching back and forth does she realize a wall of people heading her way, a Million Man March dress rehearsal, with a spilliage of reporters, television cameras, all seeking their usual carrion, within their usual rampaging style. (Did I mention this is a musical to star Richard Gere and Nathan Hale? Then the movie, then the board game?)
With that, all are beseiged by a lost lesbian rights tour bus, a hungover Mummers field trip, some Scotsmen playing on bagpipes, and a field trip
of Red Hatters, carrying sparkling whips on their way to typical brunch.
AND in this melee ( a newspaper word like gala no one but them uses)...Allen Specter steps out of a presidential limosine, finding himself in it.
Minutes later, he stands before Congressional assembly at podium, unkempt, eyes glazed, pauses, and then goes out for more...for freedom must be celebrated, whenever, wherever it presents itself...while Al Gore twiddles his thumbs, at just another elitist university, somehow by spatial warp, finds himself shouting at Specter from the other side..."Al, Al I'm over here,
and hears in return, "I'm over here!, shouts Al Sharpton then another shout!, "I'm here!, shouts Al Franken, or any other Al so inclined.
Meanwhile, Gracie has managed to extricate herself, and at her van, mumbling puts in her picket sign and leaves the area, "Nevermore, Lenore", she repeatidly mutters, as that spatial warp puts her on beautiful rustic roads, lost, she asks a hitchiker, and he replys, shes in Vermont.
And he mumbles something we cant discern to which she replys, "Vermont?, What happened to Maine?" "Married?,
Its unconstitutional!."
Driving on, she finally arrives at her home, disembarking, leaving the sign by a trash can, she goes inside, lights coming on.
At the trashcan, a faint blue neon glowing of "Igor, Igor Where are you?", comes on magically, as at the Washington DC site, a huge dirgible comes, hovering over, the madness, as Allen Spector declares, "Isnt Democracy wonderful?!, just before he is submerged into the humanity.
J.B.
7/25/05
*Gracie is a real person, elder as I am. Recently, elected to President of the Gila Bend Lions Club, contacted by phone,
she gave us all the wrong mailing address, our letters returned, typical American bureaucractic malaise, apparently automatic by accending to public office(What is interesting is, she sounds exactly like Angela Lansbury. Since I do not willing associate with Yankees, I was surprised.)
THE MARINES GOT IT UP AT IWO JIMA AND WAVED THE FLAG TOO!
7/12/05:
ALL OF THESE RECIPES ARE DESIGNED FOR DIABETICS USING THE LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX, BUT ANYONE CAN UTILIZE THEM TO LOSE WEIGHT EASILY, OR AS SIDE EFFECT, HAVE THEIR LIBIDO AGAIN RENEWED.
IF THESE DONT WORK FOR YOU,
THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS TO TIE A STRING ON IT, PULL THE STRING UP THROUGH YOUR CLOTHING AND TRY TO LOCATE SOMEONE WHO WILL PULL YOUR STRING.
I. Salads: Avoid lettuces at all costs or mix dominantly with them, any kind of green possible, such as spinach, mustard, turnip, beet, or even collards, all will improve your eyes*
The salad dressing aint that big a deal, but be moderate.
II. ENTRE: Believe it or not, this tuna fish (or canned mackeril) salad tastes wonderful:
Empty large can of "Tuna In Water", into mixing bowl, add diced celery, black olives (pieces of, cheaper), 2 tablespoons of mayonaise, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1/2 cup of green onion tops diced, and a teaspoon of lemon juice. (You could put in 1/4 cup of quick oats fresh out of their container in storage.)
Put in refrigerator, in closed container over night.
Serve on plate with steamed vegetables (place in a bit of water in pan with lid, simmer until cooked, any combination desired. I love okra, few do.
Try those salad greens above steamed, take off heat, spoon on beans and reduced fat cheese and salsa.*
III: BEST BEANS YOU EVER ATE:
Put in several quarts size crock pot, 1 cup of any kind of dried beans and five cups of water, on low, cooking all night long, until beans begin to disenigrate. You may need to add water.
Flavoring optional, I use coriander seed and oregano blended together fine. The first documented to take out heavy metals such as mercury out of the body. Using it on sea fish, dont worry now!
IV: REALLY, REALLY GOOD TASTING POWDERED MILK!
Mix 1/3 cup of powdered milk, 1 tablespoon of coffee creamer, and 2/3's cup of really cold water, and shake, or blend, until smooth.
IV: Above wonderful with:
Jane Fonda Brownies (In memory of her patriot father).
2 cups of quick oats blended somewhat fine, 3/4 cup of cocoa (Hersheys), 1 egg, 1 cup of blended somewhat, raisins or trail mix, mostly raisins, and 1/2 cup Splenda, sugar substitute.
Add two cups of pure water, and mix together, put into pan and bake in oven or toaster oven, for 15 minutes at 400 degrees.
Very moist.
Finally, experimenting constantly, I have created the Henry Fonda Simpler version: THE FBI CONSTIPATION CURE:
2 cups of quick oats,
1/2 cup of dry powdered milk or not, your choice.
A heavy sprinkling of cinnamon powder,
1/2 to 1 cup of raisens*,
1 cup to 1 1/2 cup of apple sauce canned or make your own out of raw apple diced then using blender,
mix together then put in round canola oiled cake pan, I use a frying pan with its handle removed.
Bake at 400 degrees in toaster oven for 15 minutes.
remove turn upside down, let cool. Excellent by itself, slightly sweet.
OH YES!, add 3 heaping tablespoons of Hersheys cocoa powder and you'll enjoy a rich chocolate flavor plus its now proven anti-oxidants.
*If you blend dry the raisens a bit, that will release more sweetning and remember cinnamon has its own sweetness as well.
Eat this at night as snack, and in morning, be prepared to go to the bathroom, not in a hurry, but head that direction.
Excellent protein, lowers cholesterol and if using the milk, calcium.
SPEAKING OF SNACKS, recently documented by scientists that corn contains the most of two elements including lutein of any vegetable, which will physically improve your eyes!
In an air popper place popcorn, when popped, add olive oil which will give it a silky texture, better than butter, this will lower your chosterol as well, garnish with then, a sprinkling bottle of 1/2 soy sauce (only the naturally brewed kind, never the hydrolyzed type), and 1/2 apple cider vinegar, the vinegar will magnify the soy flavor and at same time reduce its salt content.
Recently, I did an alternative of 1/3 soy sauce, 1/3 Worstershire sauce and 1/3 the apple cider vinegar which is also very good, in fact both so addictive, I eat popcorn at least twice a day!
NOW ALL THE ABOVE, LOWER YOUR CHOLESTEROL DRAMATICALLY> AND ARE FULL OF PROTEINS, CARBS THAT RELEASE SUGAR SLOWLY INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM (OR BETTER, ADD 1 TSP. OF CINNAMON TO BROWNIES.), MINERALS AND VITAMINS,
EATEN DAILY< YOU WILL AS I DID, LOSE WEIGHT OR WITH EXCERCISE BECOME STRONGER, AND YOUR LIBIDO WILL RETURN,
WHICH AFTER ALL THESE YEARS IS
INTERESTING>
INVEST NOW, DIVIDENDS LATER.
AVOID MARIJUANNA, DRUGS, AND NO MORE THAN TWO ALCOHOLIC DRINKS, YOU WANT IT UP, NOT GOING TO SLEEP.
IV: SAVE YOUR PROSTRATE, DRINK V8 JUICE DAILY*, or eat salsa daily or blend it and drink it, or!
empty an 8oz can of tomato paste into container adding 3 or 4 the then empty cans with pure water, shake or blend, mixing it together,
drink daily. Tomato paste has low acids, and few sugars unlike tomato sauces, adding your own flavorings, much cheaper than other alternatives. Your prostrate governs your er, well both of them parts will refill your tank and start your engine.
J.B. Elder poet-Gardener, please dont tell our soldiers,
we dont need any more foreigners on our welfare rolls.
AND DONT TELL ANY LATINOS!!
Should you wish other nutrition info, go to www.geocities.com/jbarta00/MOREFOODINFO.com
FROM JERRY E. BARTA, POET-GARDENER, PO 2312, GILA BEND, AZ. 85337
TO ARIZONA NEWSPAPERS, LITTLE OR BIG,
EDITORS: HOW WOULD YOU LIKE A FREE LITTLE GARDENING COLUMN THATS COMPLETELY FREE, ABOUT THE ONLY THING IT WILL ADVERTISE IS GILA BEND, ARIZONA AS THE LOCATION. EDIT OR PRINT IT AS YOU WISH. J.B.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF MY UNOFFICIAL GILA BEND WEBSITE WERE PRINTED, www.geocities.com/jbarta00/GILABENDAZ .*
but its no big deal if you dont.
*which also contains my wildflower seeding project.
(A message can be left for me, at the Gila Bend Senior Citizen Center, 928 683 2244.)
IT WILL BE CALLED, "THE OUTLAW GARDENER..."
A photo will be unneccessary,
since I am old and feo (Mexican for ugly).
A first column introductory paragraph will say: ...FROM GILA BEND,
AZ., this old eccentric gardener,
driven from California as a outcast, stumbled into here, where a stranger is a stranger forever. Renting a cottage across from the post office, He immediately installed an English Cottage method flower garden, that is so tiny, it could be a postage stamp.
Years of experience has taught me, knowledge how to garden, and experiment to find easy ways to improve it.
Gardening in the desert is fun, so challenging!, trying to success anything that isnt a cactus. The English Cottage method, is like playing chess with plants, you have to know the rules to keep it blooming continously, as if upcoming fountain spurts of water. You need to be sensitive to color combinations, leaf textures, individual form as well as the collective effect.
Another interest is nutrition, which has helped me live to age 66, and the challenge to accomplish it cheaply is too like a game.
Everyone in the world should drink this wonderful miracle cure, I have created. Put a cored whole apple, diced small, plus grated raw garlic,
one clove to begin, teaspoon of grated raw ginger root, and blended with a bit of added water, will give you a delightful boost to drink daily. All three are natural antibiotics!
Drank daily, your sinuses will no longer be a problem, your indigestion will improve,
and your cardiovascular systems will rejoice!
If you plant almost anything now, it might develop root systems to sustain the summer heat, I am told it is so hot in Gila Bend, that locals go to Phoenix to cool off.
Next column, will be how to grow roses that will be the envy of everyone. J.B.
(EDITORS OF THE CASA GRANDE DISPATCH:
I am amazed how many of your newspapers are discarded at the local post office, this column might change that...I will only write about the above subjects, no politics. J.B. 3/24/05)
Column II:
THE OUTLAW GARDENER...
....FROM GILA BEND, ARIZONA...Lets assume you already have rose bushes growing, I can tell you how to have magnificent flowers.
You dont have the worries of other areas of the nation, funguses etc, our dry heat grows beautiful plants, an occasional bug only.
You buy a bottle of Vit.B1 for transplant shock.
What people dont realize, it works in combination with fertilizer applied, for an instant effect, to not only take both into the plant, but addicts it as well!
I use an instant foliar type, presently Schutze's from Home Depot, foliar fertilizer. High in phosphates,
lacking in the desert areas soil, it develops new root systems while intensifying flower colors. Within moments, those colors will shine with new brilliance. Follow the directions on both, and use a sprinkling can with added water for dispersement. Always in the evening, as to not burn the leaves, by the sun. Its been documented, plants do major growing at night! Doing this every 7 to 10 days, will bring new life to your plants. The vigor of your roses may take a little time, but it will happen. The foliage will be greener and shiny. The blooms larger.
An old myth insists that only in the winter, roses can be pruned, BS, not in the desert. But you must seal the cut stems with a bought sealer to keep fluid loss minimal. I once had a client shriek, when I pruned her old rose bush to about 4 inches from the crown. In a month or so, she sang my praises,
happy with glee, that the old rose had rebounded with new growth as never before, with lots of flowers. What happened, was its roots redeveloped. new hair roots feeding, then the obvious miracle.
My tiny poets demonstration garden across from the post office in Gila Bend, has two miniature French style rose trees. They are delightful and the fragrance wonderful.
(In the future, you can link to the others on the side of this introductory page. I put this one here to demonstate how the second column could be laid out.)
Jerry E. Barta
Senior Poet-Gardener,
Po. 2312
Gila Bend, Az.85337
MY SECOND FREE LITTLE GARDENING COLUMN FOR NEWSPAPERS TO PUBLISH:
Column II:
THE OUTLAW GARDENER...
....FROM GILA BEND, ARIZONA...Lets assume you already have rose bushes growing, I can tell you how to have magnificent flowers.
You dont have the worries of other areas of the nation, funguses etc, our dry heat grows beautiful plants, an occasional bug only.
You buy a bottle of Vit.B1 for plants used for transplant shock.
What people dont realize, it works in combination with fertilizer applied, for an instant effect, to not only take both into the plant, but addicts it as well!
I use an instant foliar type, presently Schutze's from Home Depot, foliar fertilizer. High in phosphates,
lacking in the desert areas soil, it develops new root systems while intensifying flower colors. Within moments, those colors will shine with new brilliance. Follow the directions on both, and use a sprinkling can with added water for dispersement. Always in the evening, as to not burn the leaves, by the sun. Its been documented, plants do major growing at night! Doing this every 7 to 10 days, will bring new life to your plants. The vigor of your roses may take a little time, but it will happen. The foliage will be greener and shiny. The blooms larger.
An old myth insists that only in the winter, roses can be pruned, BS, not in the desert. But you must seal the cut stems with a bought sealer to keep fluid loss minimal. I once had a client shriek, when I pruned her old rose bush to about 4 inches from the crown. In a month or so, she sang my praises,
happy with glee, that the old rose had rebounded with new growth as never before, with lots of flowers. What happened, was its roots redeveloped. new hair roots feeding, then the obvious miracle.
Let me tell you about a wonderful bottled seasoning you can make, that eaten daily will lower your cholesterol pleasantly. In a pint jar you pour one quarter of it in naturally brewed soy sauce, another quarter of toasted sesame oil, another extra virgin olive oil, and then the rest in goes apple cidar vinegar. Close and shake until mixed, pour it into a empty Kikkomann soy sauce type bottle, you put this intense thrill on your meals. The soy sauce will release its flavanones, and the other three will reduce its salt, the next two documented to lower cholesterol, and the apple cidar vinegar is an anti inflamatory.
My tiny poets demonstration garden across from thepost office in Gila Bend, has two miniature French style rose trees. They are delightful and the fragrance wonderful.
IN 1959, I WON THE TEXAS FIRST EVER NATIONAL 4-H HOME BEAUTIFICATION AWARD, THIS COUNTY AGENT BESMIRCHES THAT!:
EARLY THIS MONTH OF JUNE, 05, I MAILED MY GARDENING NEWSLETTER TO THE CASA GRANDE, AZ., TRI VALLEY DISPATCH NEWSPAPER OFFICE (This summer edition of my text was composed on May 26,05)*...
THIS WEEK EDITION (June 15 and 16) OF THE TRI VALLEY DISPATCH CARRIES THE USUAL GARDENING COLUMN OF AGENT GIBSON WHO WRITES>>>
"Microclimates play a key role in plant success. South-facing walls and under the east or west roof overhangs are generally the warmest winter locations. In summer, a garden planted in front of a west wall will be subjected to intense heat and high light intensities. Against an east wall, however, a summer garden will be protected from afternoon heat and light reflection. North walls are the coolest and shadiest year around."
BUT THE PROOF IS FURTHER IN HIS COLUMN WHEN HE WRITES: (Capitalization mine)
"A MONTHLY APPLICATION OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER (21-0-0) OR AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE (16-2-0)
WILL HELP MAINTAIN THE VIGOR OF PLANTS AND PROMOTE BLOOM"
NO IT WONT!!, VERY LIKELY IN OUR TERRIBLE HEAT, IT WILL BURN UP THE PLANTS PLUS PLUS DEPOSIT UNECESSARILY NITROGENS INTO OUR WATER SUPPLIES VIA OUR EXTREMELY DRAINING SANDY SOIL!
A LAWSUIT MAY WELL BE PLACED AGAINST BOTH THE PAPER AND HIM!! WHAT ABSOLUTE EVIL!
THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE WILL BE ALERTED, AS WELL AS THE ARIZONA CHAPTER.
HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS [email protected]
HE NEVER RESPONDS EVEN IF MAILED, SO HE CAN STEAL AT WILL>
BELOW MY NEWSLETTER NEXT IS A LETTER I MAILED TO HIM IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, HIS NEVER RESPONDING.
THE OUTLAW GARDENERS NEWSLETTER: GILA BEND AZ: SUMMER EDITION: MAKE A COPY PASS IT ON!!
THE STOLEN INFO IS NEAR THE END OF TEXT:
THE MAIN ONE IS MULCH...AND MORE MULCH.
IN THE DESERT DEVOID OF HUMIDITY, IT PROVIDES THAT!
AT SUMMERTIME HEAT DEGREES OVER A HUNDRED< HOT WAVES OF HEAT CAN FRY PLANTS INTO NON EXISTENCE.
I WATER LIGHTLY ONLY IN THE EARLY MORNING OR EVENING DUSK.
THE MULCH PATH CAN BE WATERED ANYTIME. DROPS OF WATER ON PLANTS CAN BURN THE LEAVES.
FERTILIZING BY FOLIAR IS THE BEST< INSTANTLY AVAILABLE, HOME DEPOT'S GREENLIGHT SUPERBLOOM PLUS IS GREAT.
YOU NEED A FERTILIZER THAT HAS AT LEAST 50% PHOSPHATE,
FOR COLOR INTENSITY AND ROOT GROWTH.
I APPLY IT WITH A 3 GALLON GARDEN WATERING SPRINKLING CAN, ADDING A LITTLE "VITAMIN B-1" FOR PLANTS.
OTHER KEYS ARE PEREWINKLE, PORTULACA, AND PURSLANE. ALL THREE COLORFUL AND HEAT LOVING. THE BEST?, PORTULACA, ITS THE ONE WITH THE SILK FLOWERS IN A RAINBOW OF COLORS.
I CONTINUE TO COLLECT FUNDS TO PURCHASE WILDFLOWER SEED TO DISPERSE ALL OVER GILA BEND...THE ONES DONE, WILL COME UP NEXT WINTER IN THE RAINS..
MY VOLUNTEERISM AS GARDENER, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER HAS NOW FLOWERS INSTEAD OF JUST PLAIN DIRT.
J.B. 5/7/05:
THE OUTLAW GARDENER'S NEWSLETTER: MAKE A COPY, PASS IT ON!!
Oh, yes, in Blythe, Ca., I found Hawaiian Bird of
living in the heat and BLOOMING! I have one here.
I weekly fertilize foliarly, addicting the plants to regularity.
Presently, I am using a French wonder, called ALGOFLASH which is almost magic, promoting boundless flowers. Its not cheap, but can be obtained from Park Seed Co. 1 800 213 0076,
DONT ORDER ANY SEEDS FROM
THEM!!Mine at the Senior
Center had almost no germination. Witnessed.
Want to lose some weight?
Eat the below, low Glycemic Index recipe I created,
as
a tv snack or whenever.
ITS CHEAP AND EASY.
Mix in bowl 2 cups of
quick oats, 2 tsp. cinnamon,
1 tsp. turmeric an herb,
2 T of Canola oil,
1 cup of trail mix or
raisins,
mix adding water to make
a mush, then put into pan,
flat like pancake,
and bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Or a little longer if need be.
Will remind you of sweet
pizza.
FACTS: Cinnamon aids
body insulin, turmeric is anti inflamatory, raisins, oats and oil lower cholesterol.
Or Trail mix too.
2 T.'s of Splenda will make
it sweeter. Blend apricots*, pears or apples, into puree,
cook until thickened, 1 T. Splenda, for sauce on top,
or not. *high in Vit. A.
Grow vegetables on Eastside
of your house,
perfect to grow
strawberries!
to limit intense sun. I have mustard, which likes cool,
growing great. Beets, turnip greens, squash and okra on the way. IN MULCH, COOLING
THEM AND ME.
April's Electric bill,
$13.52.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THE C.A.P. FOLKS WONT COPY PRINT THIS
NEWSLETTER. BECAUSE I MIGHT
SAY SOMETHING HARMFUL,
AND THE GILA BEND SUN NEWSPAPER,WONT EITHER.
J.B. Old Gardener-Poet.
THIRD FREE GARDENING COLUMN:
THE OUTLAW GARDENER...
...FROM GILA BEND. Az.
Recently, I bought at a bargain store, a gardening book, the best I have ever read, with easy how to photoes. Its called the "Flower Gardening 1-2-3."
I wish I had had it when I first started.
Seeds are your cheapest way to provide flowers, but take up to two months to bloom.
Bedding plants are easier and already in 6 paks, ready to be planted, usually in flower.
Parks seed co. in South Carolina (1 800 845 3369) have wonderful free catalogs,
and their seeds come in vacumn packets, to insure germination. Theres nothing like a seed catalog to whet your visions of spring!
You have two months to get seeds in the ground and growing before the hottest month of the summer, June.
Mulching your plants is your best insurance to survive the heat. Ordinary grass clippings are the cheapest, gathered from your lawn.
one inche deep will suffice for seeds, more for plants.
Straw, spoiled from a feedlot is cheap, usually about $3.00 a bale. Others are redwood bark from nurseries or garden centers, sold by the bag, is more expensive, but lasts a long time. The redwood bark smells wonderful!
Annuals to plant now, seeds or plants (when you plant from the 6 paks, always disturb with your fingers, the bottom roots to encourage developing downward roots. A little gypsum in the bottom of the hole will help too.)
Amaranthus, alyssum, gallardia!, carnations, celrosa, columbines, correpsis, cosmos, dianthus, statice, marigolds, nasturtium!whirlybird variety only, four'clocks!, hollyhocks!, gazania!, gloriosa daisy, lisanthus!, marigolds!, pentas, snapdragons! (if you take off their faded flowers, they might make it through the heat, the exclamation mark signifies those most likely.), tithonia, and sunflower AND ESPECIALLY PEREWINKLES AND PORTULACA!!
Remember there is always exception to the rule. The cutting of faded flowers, daily if possible, ensures more flowers, and forces better root systems, for yet more flowers.
Recently, I went with friend into the desert, and found an old trash pile of really old steel cans, so rusty they fell apart in my hands. This I put on my plants to insure iron available, a real problem in desert soils. Too you can buy Ironite, but this was recyclimg, which is how my garden across from the post office was accomplished.
Less to be trashing up the desert.
Believe it or not, a diced apple, cored: the seeds contain toxins, blended with a clove of garlic, and an inch grated of fresh ginger, adding cinnamon powder as well as that of herb turmeric, and a little pure water,
will cleanse your system (I do it three times daily), the cinnamon documented to regulate yiur blood sugars and the turmeric, an East Indian food herb, helping with inflammatory pain.
Yes to gypsum as a soil additive. Its cheap, contains calcium, sulfur and negates the alkaline salts from out desert water. The sulfur will help your plants maintain a healthy green color.
Visit Gila Bend, we even have a restaurant with a UFO sitting on its roof.
THE GILA BEND GARDENERS NEWSLETTER: SUMMER EDITION
BY JERRY E. BARTA, POET-GARDENER, P.O. 2312. G.B.85337
MULCH IS THE NUMBER ONE RULE FOR SUMMER HEAT SURVIVAL. THE MULCH PROVIDES PLANTS AIR CONDITIONING, REMEMBER THEY CANT MOVE INSIDE!
GRASS CLIPPINS OR STRAW, WHICH INTERLOCK TOGETHER, ADDING ONE INCH AS THEY GROW to 7" deep, is best.
Deep soaking is good, but if plants are sprinkled, only at dusk.
OUR SANDY SOIL DRAINS WELL, LATER THE MULCH TURNS INTO FIBER AND 7% NITROGEN!
I GO OUT WITH A PAIR OF LONG SCISSORS DAILY AND TRIM OFF ALL FADED FLOWERS, WHICH FORCES DEEPER ROOTS AND MORE FLOWERS!
INSECTS? PUT 1 TABLESPOON OF CANOLA OIL INTO SQUEEZE TYPE QUART BOTTLE, WITH SAME OF LIQUID SOAP, SHAKE TO MIX, SPRAY.
I TESTED THIS AT 117 DEGREES IN NEEDLES, CA., WORKED FINE, ON WHITEFLIES TOO.
FERTILIZER?
USE GREENLIGHTS SUPER BLOOM PLUS (HOME DEPOT), HAS 50% PHOSPHATE, MAKES DESERT FLOWERS INTENSIFY COLORS AND DEEPER ROOTS.
PORTULACA IS THE STAR OF THE SUMMER, AND ITS COUSIN PURSLANE> IT WILL SURVIVE HELL. SILKY FLOWERS, DAILY. NO PROBLEMS WILL TAKE WATER OR LITTLE>
PURSLANE, VERDOLAGA in Spanish, this is a hybrid, HAS BRIGHT SINGLE FLOWERS,
BOTH KIND'S LEAVES ARE EDIBLE< CONTAINING OMEGA 3 OIL AS IN SALMON!
ENJOY YOUR GARDEN.
CELEBRATE ITS VICTORIES, MOURN ITS LOSSES, FOR IT IS OF YOUR SOUL. PRAISE GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
OH YES, BOIL TEN TEA BAGS OF LIPTON TYPE TEA*, STRONG AS YOU CAN, DILUTE IN GALLON OF WATER, SPRAY OR SPRINKLE ON YOUR PLANTS...BOOM, THAT FERTILIZER AND THIS STIMULANT WILL GO BOOM! WITH FLOWERS.
GYPSUM IS CHEAP, CONTAINS CALCIUM AND SULFUR, NEGATES ALKALINITY, PUT IT ON EVERY 3 MONTHS.
MY NIGHTLIGHTS COST A DOLLAR* (At local Dollar Store),
AND THE BOWL BUBBLE FOUNTAIN, $8.00 PLUS TAX> AN ACQUARIUM PUMP. *The bowl, a dollar too.
ASK ME QUESTIONS, AND IF I DONT KNOW< I WILL FIND OUT!
FREE GARDEN WORKSHOP EVERY SATURDAY, AT 10:00am AT 1# 108 Papago St. across from post office, Gila Bend, Az.
BRING YOUR PAPER AND PEN.
GO TO: www.geocities.com/jbarta00/GILABENDAZ ,
FOR MY OTHER GARDENING INFO AND TO SEE PHOTOES OF MY GARDEN!
1/23/06: LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER,
PO. Box 1950,
Phoenix, Az.
HEATER GOEBEL< DIRECTOR OF MARICOPA COUNTY LIBRARY, GILA BEND, AZ., ACTS LIKE A DESCENDENT OF ADOLF HITLER!!,TODAY SHE TOLD ME, I WAS LEAVING TOO MUCH DEBRIS IN MY RETURNED BOOKS, SHE IS CORRECT.
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE KIND IN HER ASSUALT OF MY SENSES.
BEFORE THAT, TOLD I WAS BRINGING IN BOOKS THAT WERE DAMP ON THE BOTTOM, FINALLY REALIZED THAT I CARRY THEM IN A BUCKET I DO MY PLANTS AS VOLUNTEER GARDENER, THEM FINALLY OFFERING TO PUT THEM IN A PLASTIC BAGS, WHICH THEY COULD HAVE DONE BEFORE, BUT FAIR ENOUGH, I'LL TRY TO NOT.
BEFORE THAT, last week, as I SAT IN MY GARDEN AT 1#108 W. Papago St., in Gila Bend, across from the post office, she approached my garden with a Phoenix library official, saying they wanted to get my feedback on ideas to improve services. In terrible physical pain, which I told them about, I uttered what information I could muster.
Finally they left me alone to my pain.
Today, I asked for the name of the official, but was informed, I would have to email him through Goebels.
In fact, told no worker's names of county library system would be available!
On Oct. 27,05, I walked into this library and greeted two Mormon evangelicals I knew at computers, with "The Mormons have landed." They laughed, and as I sat down, Goebel rushed forward to stand over me, declaring that SHE did not like the way, I talked to people, knowing full well, because of my disabled leg, my being emotionally vunerable, she had her victim.
The next day, she announced at the front desk, that I was, in front of patrons, I banned for 30 days.
I left, the sheriff police appeared, denying me the reason, and I volunteered I woild comply, and I did, which robbed me of 30 days working on my poetry websites.
On the 29th, sitting outside on a city owned wall, by my garden here, she said "That if there were any more difficulty, I could be banned forever."
Recently the local newspaper, the Gila Bend Sun, announced Goebel's becoming a new member of the locally influential Rotary club, who I had appealed to by letter, their intervention in the banning, they did not, like the local paper for over a year, refusing to print any of my gardening information for public education.
Heil.
Jerry E. Barta
Poet-Gardener
Age 67,
P.O. 2312
Gila Bend, Az. 85337
Message phone: 928 683 2244,
Senior Center.
The above recorded on;
www.geocities.com/jbarta00/GILABENDAZ .
1/23/06: LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER,
PO. Box 1950,
Phoenix, Az.
HEATER GOEBEL< DIRECTOR OF MARICOPA COUNTY LIBRARY, GILA BEND, AZ., ACTS LIKE A DESCENDENT OF ADOLF HITLER!!,TODAY SHE TOLD ME, I WAS LEAVING TOO MUCH DEBRIS IN MY RETURNED BOOKS, SHE IS CORRECT.
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE KIND IN HER ASSUALT OF MY SENSES.
BEFORE THAT, TOLD I WAS BRINGING IN BOOKS THAT WERE DAMP ON THE BOTTOM, FINALLY REALIZED THAT I CARRY THEM IN A BUCKET I DO MY PLANTS AS VOLUNTEER GARDENER, THEM FINALLY OFFERING TO PUT THEM IN A PLASTIC BAGS, WHICH THEY COULD HAVE DONE BEFORE, BUT FAIR ENOUGH, I'LL TRY TO NOT.
BEFORE THAT, last week, as I SAT IN MY GARDEN AT 1#108 W. Papago St., in Gila Bend, across from the post office, she approached my garden with a Phoenix library official, saying they wanted to get my feedback on ideas to improve services. In terrible physical pain, which I told them about, I uttered what information I could muster.
Finally they left me alone to my pain.
Today, I asked for the name of the official, but was informed, I would have to email him through Goebels.
In fact, told no worker's names of county library system would be available!
On Oct. 27,05, I walked into this library and greeted two Mormon evangelicals I knew at computers, with "The Mormons have landed." They laughed, and as I sat down, Goebel rushed forward to stand over me, declaring that SHE did not like the way, I talked to people, knowing full well, because of my disabled leg, my being emotionally vunerable, she had her victim.
The next day, she announced at the front desk, that I was, in front of patrons, I banned for 30 days.
I left, the sheriff police appeared, denying me the reason, and I volunteered I woild comply, and I did, which robbed me of 30 days working on my poetry websites.
On the 29th, sitting outside on a city owned wall, by my garden here, she said "That if there were any more difficulty, I could be banned forever."
Recently the local newspaper, the Gila Bend Sun, announced Goebel's becoming a new member of the locally influential Rotary club, who I had appealed to by letter, their intervention in the banning, they did not, like the local paper for over a year, refusing to print any of my gardening information for public education.
Heil.
Jerry E. Barta
Poet-Gardener
Age 67,
P.O. 2312
Gila Bend, Az. 85337
Message phone: 928 683 2244,
Senior Center.
The above recorded on;
www.geocities.com/jbarta00/GILABENDAZ .
DOWN BELOW IS THE USUAL PENIS ENVY GILA BEND LIBRARIAN PLAYING HER GAMES IN MY WEBSITE. THIS REPITION OF MATERIAL HER CONTINUED ACTS OF TERRORISTIC ECTASY AGAINST ME, THE OLD POET, I LOOK FORWARD TO HER EVENTUAL INCARCERATION FOR CYBER HACKING!
My Favorite Links:
FORMER PAGES OF NUTRITION FOR DUMBIES:
WHY YOU SHOULD EITHER AVOID MARINES:
Email: [email protected]
THE MARINES GOT IT UP AT IWO JIMA AND WAVED THE FLAG TOO!
7/12/05:
ALL OF THSE RECIPES ARE DESIGNED FOR DIABETICS USING THE LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX, BUT ANYONE CAN UTILIZE THEM TO LOSE WEIGHT EASILY, OR AS SIDE EFFECT, HAVE THEIR LIBIDO AGAIN RENEWED.
IF THESE DONT WORK FOR YOU,
THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS TO TIE A STRING ON IT, PULL THE STRING UP THROUGH YOUR CLOTHING AND TRY TO LOCATE SOMEONE WHO WILL PULL YOUR STRING.
I. Salads: Avoid lettuces at all costs or mix dominantly with them, any kind of green possible, such as spinach, mustard, turnip, beet, or even collards, all will improve your eyes*
The salad dressing aint that big a deal, but be moderate.
II. ENTRE: Believe it or not, this tuna fish (or canned mackeril) salad tastes wonderful:
Empty large can of "Tuna In Water", into mixing bowl, add diced celery, black olives (pieces of, cheaper), 2 tablespoons of mayonaise, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1/2 cup of green onion tops diced, and a teaspoon of lemon juice. (You could put in 1/4 cup of quick oats fresh out of their container in storage.)
Put in refrigerator, in closed container over night.
Serve on plate with steamed vegetables (place in a bit of water in pan with lid, simmer until cooked, any combination desired. I love okra, few do.
Try those salad greens above steamed, take off heat, spoon on beans and reduced fat cheese and salsa.*
III: BEST BEANS YOU EVER ATE:
Put in several quarts size crock pot, 1 cup of any kind of dried beans and five cups of water, on low, cooking all night long, until beans begin to disenigrate. You may need to add water.
Flavoring optional, I use coriander seed and oregano blended together fine. The first documented to take out heavy metals such as mercury out of the body. Using it on sea fish, dont worry now!
IV: REALLY, REALLY GOOD TASTING POWDERED MILK!
Mix 1/3 cup of powdered milk, 1 tablespoon of coffee creamer, and 2/3's cup of really cold water, and shake, or blend, until smooth.
IV: Above wonderful with:
Jane Fonda Brownies (In memory of her patriot father).
2 cups of quick oats blended somewhat fine, 3/4 cup of cocoa (Hersheys), 1 egg, 1 cup of blended somewhat, raisins or trail mix, mostly raisins, and 1/2 cup Splenda, sugar substitute.
Add two cups of pure water, and mix together, put into pan and bake in oven or toaster oven, for 15 minutes at 400 degrees.
Very moist.
NOW ALL THE ABOVE, LOWER YOUR CHOLESTEROL DRAMATICALLY> AND ARE FULL OF PROTEINS, CARBS THAT RELEASE SUGAR SLOWLY INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM (OR BETTER, ADD 1 TSP. OF CINNAMON TO BROWNIES.), MINERALS AND VITAMINS,
EATEN DAILY< YOU WILL AS I DID, LOSE WEIGHT OR WITH EXCERCISE BECOME STRONGER, AND YOUR LIBIDO WILL RETURN,
WHICH AFTER ALL THESE YEARS IS
INTERESTING>
INVEST NOW, DIVIDENDS LATER.
AVOID MARIJUANNA, DRUGS, AND NO MORE THAN TWO ALCOHOLIC DRINKS, YOU WANT IT UP, NOT GOING TO SLEEP.
IV: SAVE YOUR PROSTRATE, DRINK V8 JUICE DAILY*, or eat salsa daily or blend it and drink it, or!
empty an 8oz can of tomato paste into container adding 3 or 4 the then empty cans with pure water, shake or blend, mixing it together,
drink daily. Tomato paste has low acids, and few sugars unlike tomato sauces, adding your own flavorings, much cheaper than other alternatives. Your prostrate governs your er, well both of them parts will refill your tank and start your engine.
J.B. Elder poet-Gardener, please dont tell our soldiers,
we dont need any more foreigners on our welfare rolls.
AND DONT TELL ANY LATINOS!!
FROM JERRY E. BARTA, POET-GARDENER, PO 2312, GILA BEND, AZ. 85337
TO ARIZONA NEWSPAPERS, LITTLE OR BIG,
EDITORS: HOW WOULD YOU LIKE A FREE LITTLE GARDENING COLUMN THATS COMPLETELY FREE, ABOUT THE ONLY THING IT WILL ADVERTISE IS GILA BEND, ARIZONA AS THE LOCATION. EDIT OR PRINT IT AS YOU WISH. J.B.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF MY UNOFFICIAL GILA BEND WEBSITE WERE PRINTED, www.geocities.com/jbarta00/GILABENDAZ .*
but its no big deal if you dont.
*which also contains my wildflower seeding project.
(A message can be left for me, at the Gila Bend Senior Citizen Center, 928 683 2244.)
IT WILL BE CALLED, "THE OUTLAW GARDENER..."
A photo will be unneccessary,
since I am old and feo (Mexican for ugly).
A first column introductory paragraph will say: ...FROM GILA BEND,
AZ., this old eccentric gardener,
driven from California as a outcast, stumbled into here, where a stranger is a stranger forever. Renting a cottage across from the post office, He immediately installed an English Cottage method flower garden, that is so tiny, it could be a postage stamp.
Years of experience has taught me, knowledge how to garden, and experiment to find easy ways to improve it.
Gardening in the desert is fun, so challenging!, trying to success anything that isnt a cactus. The English Cottage method, is like playing chess with plants, you have to know the rules to keep it blooming continously, as if upcoming fountain spurts of water. You need to be sensitive to color combinations, leaf textures, individual form as well as the collective effect.
Another interest is nutrition, which has helped me live to age 66, and the challenge to accomplish it cheaply is too like a game.
Everyone in the world should drink this wonderful miracle cure, I have created. Put a cored whole apple, diced small, plus grated raw garlic,
one clove to begin, teaspoon of grated raw ginger root, and blended with a bit of added water, will give you a delightful boost to drink daily. All three are natural antibiotics!
Drank daily, your sinuses will no longer be a problem, your indigestion will improve,
and your cardiovascular systems will rejoice!
If you plant almost anything now, it might develop root systems to sustain the summer heat, I am told it is so hot in Gila Bend, that locals go to Phoenix to cool off.
Next column, will be how to grow roses that will be the envy of everyone. J.B.
(EDITORS OF THE CASA GRANDE DISPATCH:
I am amazed how many of your newspapers are discarded at the local post office, this column might change that...I will only write about the above subjects, no politics. J.B. 3/24/05)
Column II:
THE OUTLAW GARDENER...
....FROM GILA BEND, ARIZONA...Lets assume you already have rose bushes growing, I can tell you how to have magnificent flowers.
You dont have the worries of other areas of the nation, funguses etc, our dry heat grows beautiful plants, an occasional bug only.
You buy a bottle of Vit.B1 for transplant shock.
What people dont realize, it works in combination with fertilizer applied, for an instant effect, to not only take both into the plant, but addicts it as well!
I use an instant foliar type, presently Schutze's from Home Depot, foliar fertilizer. High in phosphates,
lacking in the desert areas soil, it develops new root systems while intensifying flower colors. Within moments, those colors will shine with new brilliance. Follow the directions on both, and use a sprinkling can with added water for dispersement. Always in the evening, as to not burn the leaves, by the sun. Its been documented, plants do major growing at night! Doing this every 7 to 10 days, will bring new life to your plants. The vigor of your roses may take a little time, but it will happen. The foliage will be greener and shiny. The blooms larger.
An old myth insists that only in the winter, roses can be pruned, BS, not in the desert. But you must seal the cut stems with a bought sealer to keep fluid loss minimal. I once had a client shriek, when I pruned her old rose bush to about 4 inches from the crown. In a month or so, she sang my praises,
happy with glee, that the old rose had rebounded with new growth as never before, with lots of flowers. What happened, was its roots redeveloped. new hair roots feeding, then the obvious miracle.
My tiny poets demonstration garden across from the post office in Gila Bend, has two miniature French style rose trees. They are delightful and the fragrance wonderful.
Jerry E. Barta
Senior Poet-Gardener,
Po. 2312
Gila Bend, Az.85337
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THE MARINES GOT IT UP AT IWO JIMA AND WAVED THE FLAG TOO!
And oh yes, put Olive oil on your next batch of popcorn, for a silky sensation!
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