The Magnificent Raven

     Laughing,designing, cutting,pinning,sewing,chopping,mixing,cooking,baking,rolling,frosting,tasting,planning,

losing,training,testing,swearing,driving,camping,coming,going,staying….And that’s just the last couple of weeks! Tomorrow is a big day for me, IT’S MY 40TH BIRTHDAY! And I am absolutely GIDDY!

As you might have noticed, I’ve started giving this poor abandoned place a fresh coat of paint, moved some things around and dusted off the cobwebs. As soon as the fruit loops of my loins are settled back in school next week and there’s a bit of order restored to mi casa, I think I might write again. I do miss it. Most days.

Now, my free time is over and it’s back to the party preparations for tomorrow’s shindig! Next time I’m back in here, I’LL BE 40! WHEEEEEEE!!

   Just when you had forgotten all about a mysterious Raven and her unique brand of insanity, I peek my head in to tease you a little. I’ve been in a self imposed and much needed internet free world for a while, and I make no claim to be returning in any sort of a regular fashion, but tonight, I’m almost here. Almost.

     I took my littles on a vacation to get them away from the giant television, video games and computers. We spent a blissful memory making giggle filled week back up North listening to the trees and enjoying the outdoors. I have been trying to post more photos, but sky drive has it’s knickers in a bit of a twist. So for tonight, you’ll have 30-something pictures to peruse.

     I shall return in the next few days to write something good and improper, as is my way, and catch you up a bit with the ramblings, rantings and riotings of a Magnificent Raven. Right now, I’m getting ready to see Jonny Lang in concert at the Lake. Hope Summer is treating you all as you deserve thus far. Until later~R

      Today curiosity got the better of me and I ventured over to an online archery business run by a woman who likes to quote the bible and claim to be a good Christian. What I found on this site made my blood run cold. If there were a picture that clearly defined "hypocrite" in any dictionary in existence, this person would be the poster child.   How can someone who claims:" 'My goal is always to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ as stated in John 13:15 "I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do' " wake up every morning, look at themselves in the mirror and not be filled with shame and self loathing? Does she buy the brand of bullshit she's peddling? She crams her hypocritical ass into camouflage, paints her face, sprays herself with an odor masking spray, lays a pile of bait on the forest floor beneath a tree whilst she perches smugly in her tree stand 30' off the ground waiting for a helpless creature to feed so she can take it's life with a crossbow. Now I might be way off base here, but killing indiscriminately doesn't seem very, well...Christian of her. Is that the model about which she thinks Jesus Christ was speaking?  I wasn't aware of Jesus hunting with a crossbow purely for "sport". I wasn't aware that Christian beliefs exclude animals from "all God's creatures".

     The worst part isn't the gruesome killing for no apparent reason, nor is it the big fake smile plastered on her face as she kneels over the animals she has murdered but doesn't eat, use, wear, etc. The worst part is that she is a single mother of two young daughters and she is sharing her "teachings" with them as well, teaching them to kill for no reason, and most importantly, to smile big for the camera when they pose next to their victims. I can just picture her out in the forest after making yet another cruel and unnecessary kill, holding hands with her children as they recite this little passage she has on her website:

     " And whatever you do......do it all in the name of Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Colossians 3:17"

     Do you think the men pictured in her "trophy gallery" kneeling and smiling over the majestic lion and jaguar "trophy kills" felt closer to god and gave their heartfelt thanks for being allowed the privilege of taking the life of another living creature for no reason at all? Do they hunt for their own survival? Can you imagine a photo of a murderer smiling and kneeling over their victim being shown in a church? Oh goodness no, that would be sinful. Hypocrites.

     I'm sure that any god would be proud to have these people as followers.