June 30th, 2025 – Freedom “May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” Peter Marshal (1902-1949)Former Chaplain of the United States Senate
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Tomorrow is Canada Day, and as we prepare for this day of national pride and celebration, we thought we’d start by reflecting on the patriotic song This Land of Ours / Something to Sing About Something to Sing About(words and music by Oscar Brand.)I have walked on the strand of the Grand Banks of NewfoundlandLaxed […]
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Vatican Sanctuary
For obvious reasons, WLBOTT needs to investigate the sanctuary policy of various nation states. We asked Elder JimZim to investigate the possibility of using the Vatican for sanctuary. From Elder JimZim Folks – not sure I have much to share on beets (although serendipitously, beets come up in part 2 of this note). However, at […]
WLBOTT is happy to announce that today is the one year anniversary of Elder G! You have been our Elder G for a whole year!!! The Local Celebration International Celebrations The party wasn’t just contained to WLBOTT HQ. Elder G was welcomed by the regimes behind the Twine Curtain. Other stops included a redwood forest, […]
From Elder JA…. Sugar Beets – The Nuts and Bolts WLBOTT Word of the Day: Pictures of Large Quantities From The Science Channel: RVing and the Sugar Beet Harvest Apparently there is a trend among RVers to participate in the sugar beet harvest. The large sugar beet processing plants set up RV parks near their […]
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Motivational Monday
June 23rd, 2025 – Change “We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.” – Harrison FordAmerican actor “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Franklneurologist, psychotherapist Viktor Frankl You can read an inspiring account of Viktor […]
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Motivational Monday
June 16th 2025: Family and Friends “We must take care of our families wherever we find them.” —Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969)author “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” —Michael J. Fox (born 1961)Actor, activist “Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” —John Maxwellspeaker, author “Anything is possible when you have the […]
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Motivational Monday
June 9th 2025: Gratitude “The struggle ends when gratitude begins.” Neale Donald Walsch – Author Some Historical Expressions of Gratitude A grandmother silently gives her last piece of black bread to her grandson, kneeling to thank the soil, even though it has betrayed her this year. She whispers a prayer of gratitude—not for the bread, […]
We continue our journey to find solace and succor in art. Please join us at the WLBOTT Art Gallery and Laundromat. Beata Beatrix The WLBOTT Solace and Succor Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s elegiac painting of Dante’s muse, Beatrice, caught in that suspended moment between life and death, ecstasy and stillness. Beatrice stands for purity, memory, and artistic obsession. WLBOTT Elders are similarly devoted […]
As the world crumbles around us (today it is L.A.), let us find solace and succor in art. Ophelia The WLBOTT Solace and Succor “The Lady of Shalott” by John William Waterhouse The Lady of Shalott, an 1888 oil-on-canvas painting, is one of John William Waterhouse‘s most famous works. It depicts a scene from Tennyson’s […]