tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74623349003511120312026-09-06T10:40:50.358-04:00Concha's CommentsA Blog from the pages of Divine Designs conchacastaneda.synthasite.comskymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.comBlogger2315125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-44924608760420267102022-02-05T15:11:00.001-05:002023-11-18T12:05:36.660-05:00Syd is Hanging In Syd is hanging in.  He is anticipating spring.  Our front window is his TV.skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-12932975847251619282022-01-30T17:24:00.000-05:002022-01-30T17:24:35.461-05:00My Mothers Old Presto Cooker I inherited my mamas old pressure cooker.  I confess, I was always a bit afraid of this cooking device as it sounded like a rattle snake when it was in operation.Today, I honor my mother as I cook up my first batch of Hydroxichloriquin which has been forbidden to us by the "scientists" in this country, while successfully being used in many other countries..I am bringing three skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-41251465049577634142022-01-29T18:53:00.000-05:002022-01-29T18:53:16.740-05:00Writing My Way Back To You I have been busy writing a book, and a grant for a potters wheel.  There has been little time to do much else these days of lock downs.  I miss throwing pots, painting, and visiting my friends.  I miss taking classes with other artists. January and February are always hard months for me.  I don't do well in the freezing cold.  I am not fond of cabin fever.&nbspskymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-60026541110745605102020-11-09T21:30:00.000-05:002020-11-09T21:30:17.334-05:00One Voice For Dee Ames<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ZhvWki817o" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> I love this song.  I dedicate this song to Dee Ames.  Thank you for your service. skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-75964195120307122902020-04-28T18:25:00.000-04:002020-04-28T18:26:59.098-04:00It is Gonna Be A Bright, Sunshiny Day Self defense for any adversary  Carol King does a great cover of this tune,  Has Parrot man Margarittaville wasted man done this tune?  He should. So should I.  I have to look that up...I can imagine Janis Joplin singing this song...It could very well be our National Anthem since no one can sing the original national anything.  Sorry to be so snarky.  I am just skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-2099742371395462962020-04-26T19:49:00.001-04:002020-04-26T19:57:28.524-04:00Hey Now...Find a way now Find a Way Now. skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-47581823177300959162020-04-21T17:15:00.001-04:002020-04-21T17:15:30.763-04:00How Long ThatTrain Been Gone We are done with this.  We are not afraid. We will sing out and drum out.  Don't forget to tip your waitress!  skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-80854402567393790342020-03-28T20:36:00.000-04:002020-03-28T20:41:29.673-04:00Comfort and Mercy I believe these ships will be used to exterminate pedophiles.  Maritime law is different than law on the shore.  There is no cure or pedophilia so there is only one solution. Lets save money patriots.skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-47233836863924282112020-02-06T18:37:00.000-05:002020-02-06T18:37:23.643-05:00What The Hell Have You Done To My Song I looked up to Melanie when I was growing up..  I met her once at the Agora in Columbus Ohio.  She was a guiding force for me, and probably kept me alive by her songs embedded in my heart.    skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-59636639169888421572019-11-14T16:53:00.002-05:002019-11-14T16:53:48.334-05:00Sexpionage   What was Nixon trying to obtain from the Watergate Hotel DNC Headquarters?  Short answer.  A little black book of sexpianage.  Nixon knew the Democrats had dirt on him,  This is not unlike Epsteins black book and flight logs.  This is not unlike J Edgar Hoovers FBI file on his friends and enemys.  They have been doing this sexpionage for decades.  But skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-92047940440280893982019-10-13T18:29:00.000-04:002019-10-13T18:29:59.852-04:00Idiot Press I can remember when it was fashionable to question whether the press was telling the truth or not.  Now a days I don't question it.  They have been lying all along.  Thank you Bob. What does this remind you of?  I cant write a better song.   skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-50592462413617014652019-09-29T23:57:00.000-04:002019-09-29T23:57:52.274-04:00I promise youhttps://www.dailymotion.com/video/x30pss5 I want to tell you about the boys from Licking County.  You better leave if you diddle liddle kids.  I grew up with these boys around here.  I can tell you this... racism, classismn and whether you are black brown, or whatever two genders you think  you are..  if they find out you compromised little kids, you might get protected skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-17704840466138473172019-09-24T15:25:00.000-04:002019-09-24T15:28:32.160-04:00Closer To The Ground Perhaps they knew something that we didn't know.  Or perhaps they knew something that we should all know?skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-8996657818289987642019-09-23T15:23:00.000-04:002019-09-23T15:26:38.068-04:00In The Year Twenty Five Twenty FiveWe are all gonna die.  This is true. Let us keep our children in a perpetual state of fear.  "Everything you think do and say, is in the pill you took today.  They waned us.  They were possibly prophets.  Tthey were not politicians.  Maybe they just breezed through,..I don't know, I did hear tem though. We have had Y2K, and now climate change.  I still skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-83453264153270240472019-08-09T19:35:00.000-04:002019-08-09T19:35:03.486-04:00Thank You For Littering is for sale Thank You For Littering is a painting that is for sale, and signed prints are available.  I am not ready to write about this paintting just yet.  I think the mood come through loud and clear though.  Get ahold of me if you are interested in buying this painting or purchasing a print.skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-24839464704684651752019-07-21T23:09:00.001-04:002019-07-21T23:09:47.054-04:00Black Horse and a Cherry Tree Once in a while a song impresses me so much that I see it in a possible painting.  KT Tunstalls Black Horse and a Cherry Tree was such a song.  I am finishing up on this painting and more and more is being revealed to me.  This painting is sold, but there will be prints.  Get a hold of me to place an order.skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-12655432290158810632019-07-10T19:28:00.000-04:002019-07-10T19:54:46.108-04:00John Petric Kicked My Dog It turns out I was wrong about John as Syd is not a dog.  I am waiting on DNA evidence to make sure.  I bought this shirt at Rag O Rama because I  did not like what John wrote about some of my favorite rock bands and rock stars.  I am changing my story now.  I think Trump kicked my dog, but I don't have the Sharpies to change my T-shirt.  Syd tells skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-58047480581382648912019-07-02T14:13:00.001-04:002019-07-02T14:13:08.270-04:00Syd says Happy 4th of July Who wants a postcard?  Happy 4th of July Patriots!  From the ghost of 4th of July past.skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-48792114062288600502019-06-08T12:20:00.000-04:002019-06-08T12:20:13.017-04:00Thank You For Littering! Today I am working on a painting that I have been thinking about for 30 years.  I picked up trash every Sunday while living in Bath Maine a picturesque little village on the Kennebec River near the ocean.  I always had two fully loaded cameras with me hoping I could snap the perfect picture without trash.  I would spend hours and talked to God during my skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-12668754740193299332019-02-20T13:32:00.000-05:002019-02-20T13:37:44.798-05:00Professional Framing Syd's World is in my kitchen where it was born.  In November, I wrote a grant for professional scanning and framing. I received the grant on February 1st, and got busy doing the footwork.  The original painting is in Michigan and the buyer was generous to get the first scan for the first print.  This painting was so fun that I had a hard time parting with it. skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-66939805398316087912019-02-16T14:07:00.001-05:002019-02-16T14:07:26.166-05:00High Definition Resolution Photograph Once In A Blue Moon has been accepted in an upcoming show.  I am thrilled of course and prints of this painting will be available soon.  Details about the painting which is about a Newark Ohio landmark that vanished for a couple years COMING SOON!  Please consider following me on Twitter...I am a poet, and I know it...hope I didn't blow it.skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-78239810015040357422019-02-13T15:42:00.000-05:002019-02-13T15:42:45.226-05:00The Truth About Robert Mueller  Liz Croakin has nailed it about the bait and switch "Witch Hunt".  It has been political theater all along.  Thank you Liz Crokin for saying what I have known in my heart all along.  Donald Trump will be exonerated for Russian collusion as he knew...and we knew all along.  Mueller will be a hero when it comes to history books.  skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-76777780588231441962019-02-03T18:08:00.000-05:002019-02-03T18:16:22.217-05:00Change One of the most powerful tools we have as human beings is the power to change.  We can change our behavior.  We can change our language about a behavior.  This is what makes us human.  When my mother died I inherited my Great Grandmothers cauldron. The women in the family used the cauldron for many things back in the day.  I remember my grandmother skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-67265908501087235312018-11-24T19:23:00.000-05:002018-11-24T19:23:46.908-05:00Is Julian Assange In Virginia? I have been following George Webb for over a year.  He is right more often than he is wrong.  We shall see.  It certainly would be good timing as Julian Assange knows that the Russians did not give him Hillary's emails.  Hillary has some "splanin" to do after December 5th.  It would be very timely if Julian could testify after Comey, Lynch, and Hillary's response to the skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462334900351112031.post-12791912427884200302018-11-18T19:05:00.000-05:002018-11-18T19:07:14.314-05:00Do You See Me Q? This painting will be a self portrait.  If you can't tell, I am the one in the center with the Q T-shirt.  It is my hope that the whole world will soon know about Q.  I have never felt so much hope in my whole life.  What better way to honor Q than to include Q in art?  I am working on a deadline.  I started this painting a couple years ago, but had to stop when skymetalsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056996547244361967noreply@blogger.com0