Kościuszko

During the Revolution, Kościuszko carried an old Spanish sword at his side, which was inscribed with the words Do not draw me without reason; do not sheathe me without honour

SoOnToe “The Big Dog”

SoOnToe "The Big Dog" 2014-2021 A Wolf Story Chapter 1 field notes time x:xx to protect observation hours. 2014-2018 You bet I live with them in my back yard and have had encounters with my own wolf pack. One time it was real close could of reached out and tapped his head.... And, he could of lunged at my throat if he wanted. I named him the Big Dog or “SoOnToe" Damn wolf was huge and when I unknowingly crept up on him he was,or looked like he was wanting to play with my dog as he was in the prone position laying flat just looking at my flipping out T. Rex barking like hell under our van. The wolf wasn't snarling or snapping he just looked like he had a loving face on, like lets play little fella. . I walked up on them and thought the wolf was a big dog and I began talking to him telling him he better be nice to my dog. After about a couple of minutes, I realized this ain't no dog! Thankfully, I had some home made wine in me! When he finally got up to run he ran by me and just when he was running by me,he did a 180, stood on his hunches, and thought about lunging at me. Maybe, he noticed my 8 lb plastic Irish walking staph in my hand. I could of brushed his teeth. Thank God he gained control and backed out of it. He then turned back around in my yard and we stared at each other for a couple of minutes. Then my nerves got the best of me, and I pointed and told him to go and he lept off like one of Santa’s Reindeer. True Story. That was our first face to face meeting afterwards the mutual howling. The encounter happened because of my dog T-Rex, the little guy was my home security. He would bring rattle snakes into the yard, and those encounters can be many more stories. And yes, he has gotten bit once, the vet saved him the second time I saved him. He passed on this February 2016, 12 years. Got a new pound pup She's in training, yard work. The last meeting that year his pack introduced them selfs to me through howls, this was the last time that year we howled. He was letting me know his pack was leaving heading north for cooler weather in mid May. I granted him sanctuary as long as they behave, and don't mess with my dogs. note: all my dogs are spaded female and it seems like most of my neighbors males come up missing sooner or later, but the spaded females don't. I Wonder about this a lot. Encounters are on going and started in 2014. •Log Entries• Notes: mid-late October 2018, in yard, I was introduced to “Woterria” a younger female with a graceful demeanor with Very fine pelage, speckled beigh and black with more dominate black on top of back. Thought it was a large coyote but it was a wolf. Trotted with an elegant gate. x:xx pm daytime. Perfect camouflage for in the fields. 12-24-2018 x:xx pm was sleeping, woke up from dreaming, work whipped tired from holiday cleanup at work The “Knocking” and Lady bug barking at front door area vicinity awoke me from my nap. I knew something was going on and went out side with my Irish walking stick. Didn’t see anything, but knew something was amiss because Lady was timid and watchful looking at the route of entry they use 1 of 3. Came back out with my “whip prod” And went into the dark of the yard and sounded my dog whistle upon the second attempt the wolf’s started to go off with short multiple greet howls along with my two dogs. And then SoOnToe entered with his authoritative, Beautiful tone of a dominate wolf greet howl that gets your attention immediately. He was positioned at right, rear of the pack, the pack in a rectangular position in the woods with a full December moon illuminating this night. It was beautiful at the right moment to know my friend is alive and well. I knew then he’s still with the pack, and with us, and his family. One more enthusiastic greet back from me to him and his family and I came back into house. The pack sounds like they’ve grown from 6 or 7 to 9-10. God willing everyone behaves and their safety and my two dogs well being. The Pack SoOnToe, alpha male Opal, possible female alpha Woterria female daughter or grand daughter. Shadow, dark as night possibly a son, a silouttte that only visuallizes for a second because its motion causes it to dissapear.

A Tribute to Our Beloved Pets

Dedicated to "Suzie" Also known as "Waggy Woo Bear" 1998-2009, and to "Toby" also known as Tobias our male house cat 1993-2010



"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these." -Susan B. Anthony



~Recently, a friend who is approaching her eighties told me “My body is a lot slower, but I don’t feel older on the inside.” I’ve heard a lot of older people reflect that sentiment. Could it be that their feeling is a reflection of the eternal nature of the soul? Our souls do not grow old but continue in our eternal bodies. A fascinating thought. Eternity is already within us as a pledge of the world to come... -Joseph M Stowell



“A friend was telling me that he believes the Holy Spirit daily tries to reach each of us with his perfect counsel. “The Key”, my friend said, “is our obedience, as long as we obey that subtle prompting, it will come ever clearer. But if ever we begin to stop our ears, it will grow faint and then disappear.” -Diane Sawer



"A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passingthrough the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?" -Kahlil Gibran



Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." -George Washington

Drapo Quotes

 

Drapo Quotes
~Do Not Break a Musical Instrument...Give it Away....-Richard S. Drapo

~One word spoken in dislike when meeting someone new is like the remembrance of what icing was used on your last birthday cake...it stays in your mind for a long time. -Richard S. Drapo



~Intellect, learning and the human brain can be compared with two kinds of houses. In one house, Learning is simulated by turning the lights on and off, but never can you switch the lights on all at the same time. In the other house, you can switch on all the lights at the same time and leave them on. I have found the latter to be true in my youth, but now I reside in the house with the on/off lights one at a time.- R. S. Drapo

~It is not about the results as much as it is about the performance, and it is talent that shines not longevity. Evident by Olympian, Sara Hughes, 4th to Gold, 2002 Salt Lake Woman’s Ice Skating. -R. S. Drapo

~Life is like a Merry-go-round. We can elect to go either fast or slow, but hang on tight because people do fall off, some violently, some gently. -Richard Drapo

~ Like a leaf falling from a great height, twisting, turning, floating, so will the years. - Richard Drapo

~If it makes you nervous or uneasy being around a good, wholesome Police Officer, perhaps you need to re-evaluate your life. -R.S. Drapo

~ I drew courage from the knowledge that no matter how your life changes or whatever obstacles were thrown in your path, it was possible to adapt, to devise new ways to delight in life, to grow. -Mary Ann O”Roark ~( This expresses Adaptation, Evolution very well R S Drapo)

~Adversity will melt like a giant icicle, though your hardships be that time in between deep Winter and long awaited Spring -Richard S. Drapo


~Advice...Take it when it is better than your own and ignore it when it is not. -R. S. Drapo

...baby flamingoes...not yet brightly colored, jumping around with that new enthusiasm for life, flapping their little wings, in their brand new avian bodies... -Richard Drapo

~Don't charge towards the cannon. -R. S. Drapo

~For those of you who are lost, feeling empty, filled with heavy burdens, doing it your self, man, get on your knees and have Jesus take off the unnecessary baggage that accumulates in this life, and invite Jesus and the Heavenly Father into your heart and life. Praise Him, for They shall return in Great Splendor. Don't miss getting aboard the biggest and greatest ship that has ever set sail....The Jesus Ship. -Richard S. Drapo


~ Fury does have its Angels. -R. S. Drapo

~I don't need to go to school! I know a lot already! Go to school and get credit for knowing what you already know. I guarantee you will learn a great deal also. -R. S. Drapo


“Oh, we have a home...We just need a house to put it in” -10 year old homeless girl

~Perhaps the most serious reservation about social science research is that human behavior is shaped by so many different forces that it resists scientific explanation. -Thomas R Dye... So, don't think for them, or make up excuses because after all their behavior resists scientific explanation, and to do otherwise will only lead to the decay of your behavior. R S Drapo.


~No Sir! One can't have friends in Professional Wrestling, unless your blood related, hired to protect ones Title or share the Title belts, and then that friendship has its limitations. - R. S. Drapo

~Observe the daughter and father leaving their house in the early morning hours to attend church... and observe the father and son leaving the voting polls in the evening hours...Look for Good examples in your life and try to achieve them. -Richard S. Drapo

~On Ozzy Ozborn...I rock the people, so the people rock me...bum,bum,bum,bum (a humming sound) -R.S. Drapo

~On Tree House lore; You can make it! And, we did it! However, I hope it don’t kill the tree. -Richard Drapo


~When I was growing up your sneakers outlasted your shoe strings. Now, your shoe strings out last your sneakers. -Richard Drapo

~Pink Roses up high, their petals reflecting the sunlight back up to heaven...only after the light shines off our faces first. -Richard Drapo

~Some advice on how to eliminate peer pressure, eliminate the peers and the pressure will soon follow. --Richard S. Drapo

~The ability to truly procrastinate is directly proportional with ones income. -Richard S. Drapo

~The white man didn't make the black man slaves, nor did he drive the red man off his lands. But who did! Steel and Gunpowder did! And, believe me, you can make the white man do anything too...using Steel and Gunpowder. -Richard Drapo
~When you look at someone, and you find yourself starting to think about their appearance, you are looking at them to long and not interested in the moment. ~Richard Drapo

~Yes, it is important to understand that we must keep church and state separated. This our forefathers knew and prophesied, especially Thomas Jefferson, but Church and State working together is the very foundation of our country and our very existence. This belief will endeavor God and man to work together, sharing our resources, spiritually and materialistically to keep the United States of America and other free, Christian, democratic countries... morally strong.
-Richard S. Drapo

~To truly experience Science Fiction one has only to put his imagination above the clouds. -Richard S. Drapo

~It’s very sad to work honest and hard, and be penalized for it. (Not meeting Production Quotas because of having to make mechanical and component adjustments, the latter not getting paid for) -R. S. Drapo

~Don’t ever forget that the peasants own pitchforks. -Richard S Drapo


~The reason why the old days seem so good is because there are more people representatives from the past at any particular time. -Richard S Drapo

~When your Commanding Officer orders bayonets...it means NO SURRENDER...- R. S. Drapo

~God notices the awakening of souls brought upon by some towards others via hospitality, hope, mercy and love. - Richard S Drapo

~Don’t stand in the way of a man or women’s path to salvation, or prayer here on earth, for it is the only time they will have to make that ultimate decision to follow or not to follow God. And most of all, God will deal with those who do. -Richard S Drapo

~Tears are manifestations of the soul wanting to meet and join with the soul it is thinking about...another great example of Love....-Richard S. Drapo

“He is the Great Physician, and knows the importance and value of water, the blood of all life, the holiest, flowing right now, at this very moment, in the river of life at the foot of His Throne.” -Richard S. Drapo

“The Americans Are Here!” They journeyed through the Ice, Snow, Freezing Sleet and Flooded Fields....Desert Sun and Wind to get there...Yes, “The Americans Are Here!” In Remembrance of all of America’s Soldiers from the French and Indian Wars through Iraq and Beyond. -Richard S. Drapo

“Our feathered friends come more in focus after we have fed them. Their lives intertwine with our lives, and their world is our world...their needs are our needs...it is called HABITAT. - Richard S. Drapo

“Everything has a beginning and an end. Once the Beginning is activated the time is always moving forward towards the end. We can elect to make that time in-between go either fast or slow. When one wants to journey again to the beginning while at the end, he or she can, just activate the power of LOVE as this knows no time and only transcends through time itself.” -Richard S Drapo

"Everyone has a past and a rumor is the pasts last ditch effort to keep up with the present." -Richard Drapo

Friendship with Value

 

"The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity." -Arthur James Balfour

"Cultivating willing friendships is far more gratifying than struggling to salvage those that weren’t meant to be." -Marilyn Salisbury

"Go often to the house of your friend, for weeds choke up the unused path."

"He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses more; but he who loses courage, loses all."

"How can I make it clear to him that what appears easy and attractive will drag him down into the depths, depths where there is no comfort to be found, no friends and no beauty, depths from which it is almost impossible to raise oneself?" -Ann Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

"It's an odd thing when we are suddenly faced with some overwhelming challenges in life, we discover the true roots of our friendships. The real ones stay no matter how you change. The rats abandon ship as you begin to sink below the water line."
-Bill Perks

Delights come in many Shapes!

 

“Most of those who died in defense of our country were boys when they died, and they gave up two lives -- the one they were living, and the one they would have lived. They gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up everything for their country... for us. All we can do is remember”. -- Ronald Reagan



"I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things
I am not able to appreciate." -Elbert Hubbard

"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief."
-Gerry Spence


“Tears are manifestations of the soul wanting to meet and join with the soul it is thinking about...another great example of Love....” -Richard Drapo

New Year

 

Come, O Lord, like morning sunlight, Making all life new and free; For the daily task and Challenge, May we rise renewed in thee. Milton S. Littlefield