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[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"The important thing about despair is never to give up, never wrap up and put away a sterile life, but somehow keep it open. Because you never can know what's coming; never. That's the great thing about life, the crucial thing to remember. You may beat your fists on a stone wall for years and years, and every consideration of common sense will say it's hopeless, forget it, spare yourself; and then one day your bleeding hand will go through as if the wall were theatrical gauze; you'll be in another realm where birds are singing and love is possible, and you'd have missed it if you'd given up, because it might be only that one day the wall was not stone."

- Allen Wheelis

from whiskey river link

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sad and laughing onward we go together broken and brave

[Joan Halifax]

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

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'TIL SOON

Even you, raw matter, even you, lumber, mass and muscle, vodka, liver and chuckle, candlelight, paper, coal and cloud, stone, avocado meat, falling rain, nail, mountain, hot-press iron, even you feel saudade, first-degree burn, a longing to return home? Clay, sponge, marble, rubber, cement, steel, glass, vapor, cloth and cartilage, paint, ash, eggshell, grain of sand, first day of autumn, the word spring, number five, the slap in the face, a rich rhyme, a new life, middle age, old strength, even you, matter my dear, remember when we were only a mere idea?

- Paulo Leminski translated by Elisa Wouk Almino 

five branch tree via whiskey river

Louis Fratino (American, 1993) - May (2020)

[thepsynok]

✨1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Series ✨ 16 of 1001 Album: Jack Takes the Floor Artist: Ramblin’ Jack Elliot Genre: #Country #Folk ℹ️About The Album : Jack Takes the Floor is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in Great Britain in 1958. The original release was a 10-inch LP. 💭Thoughts : It feels older than it is, the album has that 1920s depression-esque grit and resolve to have a dance or two. And for ones like me : sit, tapping, pushing that drink garnish all around, swirling as Jack Takes the Floor. 🍸Goes Best With : Let’s have ourselves the Whiskey River. Here are the instructions from Country Living dot com : Combine sugar, cardamom, and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer, remove from heat, and whisk until sugar is dissolved. Cool completely; discard cardamom. Combine bourbon, lemon juice, grapefruit juice, bitters, 1 ounce cardamom syrup, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake until very cold, about 20 seconds. Serve over ice topped with a splash of club soda. Favourite Tracks: 🔥 San Francisco Bay Blues, 🔥Bill Weevil, 🔥Old Blue, 🔥 Mule Skinner Blues, 🔥East Texas Talking Blues. Featured Tracks: ✨Cocaine #RamblinJackElliot #JackTakesTheFloor #WhiskeyRiver #Bourbon #Cardamom #LemonJuice #Music #MusicReview #KANSASreviews #Musik_Co_ #TasteYourMusic #PsyNok #Psyn0k #FavouriteTracks #1001AlbumsToHearBeforeYouDie https://www.instagram.com/p/CqD6mNOsHAH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[whiskyrivers]

Remember that Peter/Stiles playlist? I started it.

I decided to go ahead and link it so people can poke around. If people want, I can open it up for other people to add their own songs to it. This isn't all the songs I have, so it will probably be updated often.

I do want to point out that these are songs that make /me/ think of them, so there's probably going to be some - or a lot of - songs that you or others won't agree with, and that's okay. A lot of them are kinda old, since I'm old and I grew up around - and liked - the classic rock era, so a lot will probably be around that time frame.

Anyway! Feel free to poke around, ask any questions about the songs, suggest some (I love finding new music) or if you just wanna chat about this feral pairing, feel free to hit me up on discord (whiskeyrivers). Hopefully the embed works! It might end up opening up in a new window or something, but you get the point.

[i-will-talk-fish]

These days whatever you have to say, leave the roots on, let them dangle

And the dirt

Just to make clear where they come from

 —Charles Olson

 whiskeyriver   

[salonduthe]

One of the qualities that you can develop, particularly in your older years, is a sense of great compassion for yourself. When you visit the wounds within the temple of memory, you should not blame yourself for making bad mistakes that you greatly regret. Sometimes you have grown unexpectedly through these mistakes. Frequently, in a journey of the soul, the most precious moments are the mistakes. They have brought you to a place that you would otherwise have always avoided. You should bring a compassionate mindfulness to your mistakes and wounds. Endeavor to inhabit the rhythm you were in at that time. If you visit this configuration of your soul with forgiveness in your heart, it will fall into place itself. When you forgive yourself, the inner wounds begin to heal. You come in out of the exile of hurt into the joy of inner belonging. ~ John O'Donohue, from Anam Cara

(with thanks to whiskeyriver)

[jaygerland]

Liked on YouTube: Willie Nelson - Whiskey River (Live From Austin City Limits, 1981) - Willie Nelson performing "Whiskey River" live from Austin City Limits - new performance videos every Thursday! Listen to Willie Nelson: https://ift.tt/tyPoBd4 Subscribe to the official Willie Nelson YouTube channel: https://ift.tt/RCkScZe Captured April 24, 1981, this performance comes from ACL episode 705 which aired during the 1982 season as a combo episode with longtime Willie fave Guy Clark Watch more Willie Nelson videos: https://ift.tt/3NeHi5Q Follow Willie Nelson: Facebook: https://ift.tt/4HV1Ldb Instagram: https://ift.tt/caDTExw Twitter: https://ift.tt/9WPLHaV Website: https://ift.tt/XukoHTQ Spotify: https://ift.tt/us58yeq YouTube: https://ift.tt/RCkScZe Chorus: Whiskey River take my mind Don't let her mem'ry torture me Whiskey River don't run dry You're all I've got, take care of me #WillieNelson #WhiskeyRiver #AustinCityLimits Austin City Limits is a production of KLRU-TV, Austin PBS (c) The Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council

[zungukaafricasafaris]

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[djcibin254]

Catch me live this Saturday @whiskeyriver_ke Kiambu road. Issa plan! 🔥🔥 #teamcibin #djcibinsquad #DjCibinLive #TheCEOsChoice #SelfmadedjsEnt #gainwithdjcibin254 #whiskeyriver https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ8oX19FN_Q/?igshid=1cdiv90b3cgg4

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

AUTUMN CORNFIELD , Tempera , 1950.:: Andrew Wyeth. (Andrew Newell Wyeth)

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Already one day has detached itself from all the rest up ahead. It has my photograph in its soft pocket. It wants to carry my breath into the past in its bag of wind.

I write poems to untie myself, to do penance and disappear Through the upper right-hand corner of things, to say grace.

- Charles Wright Reunion Country Music [via WhiskeyRiver]

[husheduphistory]

Fire, Flood, and Dublin’s Drunken Disaster

It was June 18th 1875 and everything seemed normal in the Liberties section of Dublin. The Irish city was bustling with people and, as usual, there was an abundance of drink to be found. At 4:45pm someone made the routine walk down Chambers Street to check on Malone’s malt house and store house before evening fell and the buildings seemed to be perfectly in order. No one could have guessed that within hours Malone’s would be responsible for mass destruction through the streets of Dublin.

At approximately 8pm that night a fire broke out at Malone’s and quickly spread to the store house where 5,000 casks of whiskey sat, waiting to turn the situation from bad to utterly disastrous. As the barrels exploded their contents gushed out from the buildings, ignited from the alcohol content, and carried the blazing liquid like a rushing river of fire into the unsuspecting streets of Dublin. The volatile mix of alcohol and fire rushed through like lava, igniting everything it touched, and turning Dublin into an inferno.

With no other option the people of Dublin began to flee their homes accompanied by the livestock that lived throughout the city. The flames raged, the people ran, and the animals howled while Dublin Fire Brigade Captain James Robert Ingram tried to form a plan of action. Captain Ingram was a seasoned firefighter, serving in New York City before moving back home to Dublin where he built both the fire brigade and a reputation for using unconventional methods to extinguish fires. Ingram knew that water would be useless in this situation, the liquor and fire would just float on top of it, so he needed to find a way to stop a six-inch-deep river of fire and whiskey in its tracks.

First, he ordered soldiers to rip trenches and holes into the streets and had them filled with sand and gravel hoping it would absorb and put out the liquid. But, the plan was only partially effective and when he saw the liquor beginning to seep out from the debris he knew he needed a new plan. The barricade method seemed to work, but the material needed to be heavier and there had to be enough of it to go around. In Ingram fashion, he came up with an unexpected material to use, and there was plenty at his disposal. He had his men go throughout Dublin to the horse manure depots, fill their carts, and bring it all back to the streets where it came from. Using manure they were able to construct makeshift dams and when the burning rivers hit it, it was absorbed and eventually subdued.

Image of the fire from the Illustrated London Times.

While many were fleeing the horrific scene and Ingram was plotting to stop it with manure, others in Dublin saw the whiskey river as a once in a lifetime opportunity and began to grab anything they could to scoop up the liquor. As reported by the Irish Times:

“It is stated that caps, porringers, and other vessels were in great requisition to scoop up the liquor as it flowed from the burning premises, and disgusting as it may seem, some fellows were observed to take off their boots and use them as drinking cups…”

When the fire was finally put out the damage was heavy, but it could have been much worse if the weather pattern was different that day. If the fire had followed its natural path it would have destroyed both the Coombe Maternity Hospital and a Carmelite convent, but the flames were pushed in a different direction by winds saving countless lives.

The Carmelite nuns called their outcome a “miracle” but not everyone was so lucky with thirteen people meeting their demise that night. Amazingly, none of those who perished died because of fire and smoke. All thirteen fatalities were people who grabbed their pots, pans, and boots and used them to drink from the river and were poisoned by the “derelict whiskey” sloshing in the dirty city streets.   As reported by the Illustrated London Times:

“Four persons have died in the hospital from the effects of drinking the whisky, which was burning hot as it flowed. Two corn-porters, named Healy and M’Nulty, were found in a lane off Cork street, lying insensible, with their boots off, which they had evidently used to collect the liquor. There are many other persons in the hospital who are suffering from the same cause. Two boys are reported to be dying, and it is feared that other deaths will follow.”

Illustrated scenes from the Great Whiskey Fire of 1875.

When the sun rose on Dublin the next morning a huge part of the city lay in smoldering ruin and hundreds were left with nothing. The mayor took it upon himself to start a fund to raise money for those who lost their homes and the city began to rebuild. The Great Whiskey Fire of 1875 proved to be one of the single most destructive events in Dublin’s history. Today, the event is remembered and commemorated in a number of ways, including whiskey. In 2014 the West Cork Distillery in Southern Ireland created Flaming Pig whiskey, named for the sound of the screeching pigs that allegedly alerted citizens in the early moments of the fire.

[mikethemovieguy]

[whiskyrivers]

I wrote my very first ever Trigun oneshot

And it took a whole ass year to complete it. All mistakes are my own, please let me know what you think. :3

Love Is Not A Victory March (3392 words) by WhiskeyRivers Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Trigun Stampede (Anime 2023), Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Vash the Stampede/Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Vash the Stampede & Nicholas D. Wolfwood Characters: Vash the Stampede (Trigun), Nicholas D. Wolfwood Additional Tags: Canon Divergence, Since we don't have Season 2 yet, Angst, Grief/Mourning, Post-Canon, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Oneshot, Implied Violence Summary: When the fallout finally clears and the crater is deemed safe to enter, he’s the first one outside of military forces to go down into it, sliding down the steep and uneven terrain, Punisher at his back, until he hits the bottom. He’s seen and done it all, there’s nothing that’ll get to him that he hasn’t seen before. At least, that’s what he tells himself, until he finds it. The only piece of Vash left.

[i-will-talk-fish]

The illusion that you could get someone else to do it for you. To think for you. Even though the great emotions, the great truths, were universal; even though the mind of humanity was ultimately one mind, still, each and every single individual had to establish his or her own special, personal, particular, unique, direct, one-to-one, hands-on relationship with reality, with the universe, with the Divine. It might be a pain in the ass, it might be, most of all, lonely - but it was the bottom line. It was as different for everybody as it was the same, so everybody had to take control of their own life, define their own death, and construct their own salvation. And when you finished, you didn't call the Messiah. He'd call you.

—Tom Robbins from Skinny Legs and All

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[randomkailua-blog]

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[texasbeardsman]

The last few, made to order, Whiskey River bottles left. Thank you all that made a purchase, you are one of the few that have this bottle. Once these are gone Whiskey River is done. #beard #beardoil #beards #beardbalm #beardwax #beardwash #beardlife #outdoors #amazing #apparel #outdoorsman #beardsmen #beardcare #handmade #lipbalm #whiskey #whiskeyriver #beardsman #soaps #pogonophile #love #instagood #followme #picoftheday #photooftheday #fashion #happy #summer #repost #texasbeardsman https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ZbH5hnhQq/?igshid=1in1cnx9hlwy7