| What I Do In Honor of John Denver I really enjoyed reading what folks had to say to this, in the Rocky Mountain High Newsletter. So, I'd like to ask all of you who belong to the NC Friends of JD the same question. What DO YOU do in honor of JOHN DENVER??? ~ Email me your thoughts on this ~ (click here) From Jackie ... My husband and I were down the Jersey Shore on Tuesday evening, something I don't get to do to often. I could not believe all the trash that was on beach and the jetty. I picked up whatever I could and when we go back next week I will go prepared with gloves and large trash bags so while he is busy working there I can be doing something for John. It's so sad that most of this generation has so little regard for our planet and the life it holds. We lost such a loud voice for the planet when we lost John. If any of you get to Epcot, make sure you go to the Land Pavillion and watch the Lion King movie (sorry I forgot the exact name!) There's a quick clip of John singing at the Earth Day concert - middle screen! I just love that movie ... people need to see that more. |
| Denver Delights |
 |
 |
| Visit the NC Friends of JD's Home Page for Important Links and Member Informatiion ... Past Events and Trips to Colorado ... Oh, and MORE Photos, too! |
From time to time, little things happen that remind you of John. They always make you smile ... I like to call them 'Denver Delights' ================================================================= Thanks for sending me your 'Denver Delights' ... Keep them coming and look for them in future newsletters ... Laura ================================================================= From Patti B ... I was walking around an antique store when a familiar tune started playing. It was Peter, Paul and Mary performing Leaving on a Jet Plane. Just then I came upon a stack of children's Christmas book. I thought to myself how wonderfully ironic it would be for me to look through this stack of books with one of John's songs playing and find Alfie. With this good thought in my mind and the song humming in my head, I began my search. I came to the end of the stack of books as the song faded from the radio with no Alfie in sight. Disappointed but happy having heard the song, I continue my search. From Nancy ... WOW, I have a great Denver Delight!! When I walked into the gym for our annual hospital picnic last week, I was blown away when I heard "Sweet Surrender" and then realized a John Denver CD was playing!! How amazing to hear this just when I needed it. I almost didn't go the picnic as I was (and still am) overwhelmed with a workload that just doesn't let up. It really was something, getting me centered back to why I do the work I do. I complimented our Volunteer Services director on her excellent taste in music. She "just loves" John Denver and recently bought the CD from PBS. It gave me wonderful chance to tell me co-workers all about the John Denver they knew nothing about. Some were receptive, others well ... you know how it goes. "Do what you can do." Right!!! Also, a few weeks ago, I was in a store (can't remember which one) and heard a Rega style "Take me home country Roads." It was really hard to keep from breaking into dance, and singing along was an option I had to control over. Automatic pilot kicked in and there I was singing in the middle of the store. From Lisa D ... The week of June 12-17 I accompanied some youth in my church on a mission trip to Charleston, WV. A tradition on these trips is to make a CD for all of the vans. My son put together the CD for this trip and started it with "Country Roads"! It was so much fun riding out of the church parking lots, our church on June 12 and our host church in Charleston on the 17, with John blaring from the speakers and our youth and adults singing along. |
| Foxfire News Our Connection Group at Windstar Our territory includes South Carolina, North Carolina and Virgina. www.wstar.org For the last few years Windstar has participated in an Inkjet recycle program. We now have a new provider www.greenfundnetwork.com. This fund-raiser program is designed for each of us to collect and recycle used & empty inkjet cartridges from local recycle displays, businesses, and friends. Instead of discarding these plastic cartridges in the trash, that eventually end up in our landfills, they get recycled as a fund-raiser for Windstar. Please visit http://www.wstar.org/Site/InkJet/ for all the information needed to join the Green Fund Network. Thank you for all your help! Come on and join!!! When you do join, please let me know so I can keep a current list of members and won't have to scramble at the end of the year. You do what you can do and I'll do what I can do and ... together we can make a difference! |
 |
| Got any Ideas or Anything You Want to Share? E-mail ME......CountryRoadsNC Send me anything you would like to include in the newsletter....... Poems, JD in the News, or share a great JD moment. Peace my Friends, Laura Bollinger Patti Buser President, NC Friends of JD V. President, NC Friends of JD |
| And the Colorado Rocky Mountain High, I've seen it Raining Fire in the Sky ... Friends around the Campfire and Everybody's High, Rocky Mountain High ... in Colorado. J. Denver |
| Newsletter |
 |
|
| August 2005 |
BACK HOME AGAIN Want to join our group? BACK TO THE INDEX ... Email Me ... |
|
 |
| There's still time to make plans to come camping with us ... Stone Mountain State Park Roaring Gap, NC (336) 957-8185 stone.mountain@ncmail.net Directions to the Campground August 12th - 14th I am planning on arriving at the campground around noon. Look for my silver Isuzu Rodeo & my Sunshine Flag ... my cell number is 828-606-9366 The Persides Meteor Showers are what inspired John to write: "I've seen it raining fire in the sky" Click here for some GREAT Camping Recipes ... Mmmmmm! |
 |
| Click HERE to Visit |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
| JD on Ebay ... John Denver framed collectors disc ... Ends Aug 17th John Denver ~ Vintage 70's T-shirt ... Ends Aug 13th John Denver ~ Song's Best Friend - DVD ... Ends Aug 13th John Denver ~ Earth Songs ~ Vintage T-shirt ... Ends Aug 13th John Denver Take Me Home ~ 1st Edition ... Ends Aug 13th John Denver & Muppets ~ Rocky Mountain Holiday ... Ends Aug 13th |
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
| This months centering tip from Tom Crum Quotes for You Quotations are wonderful. Whether a screensaver, a post-it note on a bulletin board, or some words stuck on a refrigerator door, quotations can bring us back to center in a moment's notice. We asked our wonderful staff for some of their favorite quotations. Send us one of your favorites! We can do a follow-up later this fall. Just send them to centeringhints@aikiworks.com We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. --Anaîs Nin ~~~~~~~~~~ Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. --Chuang-Tzu ~~~~~~~~~~ Find something you care about and live a life that shows it. --Kate Wolf ~~~~~~~~~~ Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned. --Buddha ~~~~~~~~~~ We must become the change we want to see. --Gandhi ~~~~~~~~~~ All of us will be pulled off center, we will be shaped by both disaster and delight. So we need to learn the art of returning home, retuning to center, letting go of all that binds us too tightly to both fear and to hope, letting go of our attachment to both doom and reward, letting go of all that leaves us wobbling. When we learn to return home in this way, we will return bearing gifts. --Philip Simmons ~~~~~~~~~~ We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time --T. S. Eliot |
| Patti Buser |
| Steve Brook...The Voice Of an Angel review by Cynthia Gullage I was introduced to the music of Steve Brook last year by our Friend Irene Kavanagh. She sent me one of his CD's "Open Spaces". I was hooked by the first track "A place called home". My Mom, who was also listening to the CD said, "It sounds like home."Exactly! That song took me right back to my childhood days in St. John's, Newfoundland. Steve has, what I would term a gentle sound, yet lush, evocative and romantic. His music takes one to far away places and "Back Home Again". Steve has written and performs two tribute songs to John Denver ... "On Angel's Wings" From the CD "The Best Of Steve Brook" and "Shooting Stars", from his latest CD, "The Wolf In Us All". To hear a segment of each of these songs, visit Steve's web site www.stevebrook.com You won't be disappointed. I advise you to have your tissues handy. Steve is also a talented artist and photographer. Again, you may view his work, read about his devotion to John and learn of his background by visiting his web site. For the first time, Steve will be going to Aspen this year and will be giving a concert at The Mountain Chalet on October 10th. For those of you going, please have a listen to the songs of an extremely talented man. My only regret is that I won't be there to hear him sing in person. Good luck Steve, and peace go with you. |
 |
 |
 |
| "Steve Brooks" |
 |
| Christopher Westfall |
 |
| Mark Cormican |
| Aspen Bound ... "All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go ... Well, not quite, but I have purchaced my airline tickets to Colorado! Patti, Jenny & I will be arriving in Denver on October 1st ... we plan to drive through the Rocky Mountain National Park before we head to Aspen. After "John Denver" week in Aspen, we'll have a few days to spend exploring Colorado before we have to head 'back home again'. I don't leave untill the 14th. :o) I can't wait to get there!!! I never knew what "BREATH~TAKING" ment ... untill I drove though the Rocky Mountains!!! |
 |
|