Fun Links

Some fun-links to try out.

• Humor columnist Tim Bete


• Bruce Cameron, a good humorist; his stuff translates well over the Web.


• Funology, a site just for fun, for all ages.


• horn+swaggled blog, that dabbles in religion-world satire


• Laugh and Lift :)


• The Leviathan, which puts the 'fun' back in fundamentalism. (Y'mean there was some?)


• MyHumor.org. Try it just for laughs.


• Peggie's Place, Peggie Bohannon's pleasant place to stop off during a long
  hard night's Netsurfing. (Bohannon also is one of the pioneer Christian believers on the Web.)


• the Phantom Tollbooth. (Not easy to describe; you have to dig into it to get a grasp of it. Enjoy!)


• the long-running Ship of Fools satirical magazine. I'd never even heard of them until I stumbled onto this web home for the bizarrly faithful. Also, their digital Church of Fools, and their version of the history of saints, Loose Canons.


• one version of the origin of April Fool's Day.


• Snopes.com, a good resources for checking over those on-line hoaxes and 'urban legends'.


• A check-up for your attitude, with
  Dr. Thorson's Humor Scale

Radio Show, WUSB 90.1 FM, 17 February 2008

Bob Longman Sun 12:30-1:45 pm 17 February 2008
WUSB Stony Brook NY 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

Ghost Radio -- Pat Wictor -- R
Wandering Shepherd -- Dan Fogelberg
Light Years -- Caroline Peyton
Walk Among the Stones -- Kate Campbell
Swingin' For Pappy -- Wild Bill Moore -- I
Dyna-Flow -- Jack Cooley
Lady Love -- Lou Rawls
Blues Boy -- Phil Minnisale -- L, N
Hometown - Jan Krist
I Own My Part -- Jan Krist
Death Don't Have No Mercy -- Toby Walker -- L
You Brought the Sunshine -- Clark Sisters -- R
The World Keeps You Waiting -- New York Voices
Veil of Gossamer -- Dave Bainbridge -- R, I
Breathe -- Keller Williams -- N
Flip Our Wigs -- the Treniers
As -- Stevie Wonder

1:45 pm : Seawolves Men's Basketball vs. Vermont

N = New L = Local R= Request I = Instrumental

Radio Show, Bob Longman WUSB 90.1 FM , 03 February 2008

Bob Longman Sun 12:30-2:30 pm 03 February 2008
WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, wusb.fm
Track -- Artist -- Album

She's Killing Me -- Bob Wills/Texas Playboys -- Legends of Country Music
Gone Gone Gone -- Robert Plant/Alison Krauss -- Raising Sand -- N
Voyeurs -- Jason Harrod -- Bright As You
Your Own Worst Enemy -- Bruce Springsteen -- Magic -- N
Breathe -- Keller Williams -- Breathe -- N
Black Sheep Wall -- Innocence Mission
Lonesome Valley -- Eric Bibb
the Deep -- Claire Holley
A Common Thread -- Michael Kelly Blanchard
Fallen Splendor -- Jeff Johnson -- Fallen Splendor -- I
Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song) -- Take 6
Java Jive -- Manhattan Transfer
None of Us Are Free -- Solomon Burke
Buffalo Soldier -- the Persuasions
Dead End Street -- Lou Rawls
Five Guys Names Moe -- Louis Jordan/Tympany 5
the Voice -- Five Satins
Masterpiece Theatre -- Jean Joseph Mouret -- -- I
Blessing Wind -- Bill Miller -- -- I
Seahouses -- Dave Bainbridge -- -- I
Ambergris March -- Bjork -- -- I
My Babe -- Dion -- Son of Skip James -- N
Chamego (Betty's Bossa) -- New York Voices -- A Day Like This -- N
The Man Who Would Be King -- John Stewart
Abiola -- Ellis Paul -- Dragonfly Races -- N
Lullabye For Later -- Tim Blane -- Clockwork -- N
I Could Have Been Your Best Friend -- Viktor Krauss -- N
Holding On To the Earth -- Sam Phillips-Burnett -- Indescribable Wow
When Luther Played the Blues -- Hans Theessink -- Slow Train -- N
Change -- Gospel Hummingbirds
By Athenish -- Bonerama -- Bringing It Home -- N

Christians and Asian spiritual practices

A Spirithome.com site reader asked in 2003 :

>> The only thing that bothered me is when I did a search on your
>> site and it shows a sponsor for the site being one that is for an
>> Eastern "religious" or spiritual healing technique.

Spirithome is not 'sponsored' by anyone. It takes no money. Nor
does Spirithome promote web sites, though two sites do get special
mentions because of their causes : Bread for the World and Habitat
For Humanity. However, some 'gateway' sites link to Spirithome, and
they can put up ads for whomever they want on their site as they give
you access to mine. I have no say in that.


>> Eastern "religious" or spiritual healing technique [Reiki].

I have many links on the links pages. They are there to help
people honestly look through the Web on spiritual matters. I'm
there to share the love of Christ with people on the Web, not
to 'sell' Jesus like a commodity. I do have links to
non-Christian spiritual stuff, and use it sometimes in explaining
the Christian faith. While I believe these can't take you all the
way through to God or make you good with God, they can
sometimes be informative and helpful. Asian techniques are not always
anti-Christian. Some of them are simply real discoveries about
the human body and mind which were made within a non-Christian
culture and were thus explained in a non-Christian way, as they
knew how. A Christian would need to learn it thoroughly, and
mesh it with the Bible and the main framework of the
Christian faith, knowing there are likely to be some points of
contact, just as Thomas Aquinas did with classic Greek
philosophy, and as early Celtic Christians did with their culture.
God works in non-Christians, too, and Christians can adapt from
them whatever builds people up or teaches them better, so long as
it's understood in a gospel way.

Today's Christians are doing this with yoga and tai chi,
with much practical benefit. These practices haven't done
much good for me personally, but they've been very helpful
for the spirituality of other Christians that I know. The main
benefit appears to be that by gearing their bodies down, they
can be in better touch with their bodies and their thoughts. I
don't know enough about Reiki to know if there are comparable
benefits from it, so I won't comment on its use.

I wish the Christians who are convinced of the value of
yoga and tai chi would take much more seriously the task
of fully re-thinking them in a way that springs from the
core of Christian faith and the gospel. But most of the
explanations I've read mostly cut-and-paste the Asian-
religions' explanations (including some theories about inner forces
and spirits which mesh poorly with what Jesus taught, and sometimes
even verge on pseudo-science), and then sprinkle Christian
theological and/or spiritual chatter and/or Bible citations over
it like sesame seeds on a bun -- it sits on top but doesn't
really change the bun. When that's so, it can't be
claimed as an expression of their faith in Christ. I'm
hoping some Christians, preferably Asian ones, would take
on this task 'for the masses'.

The Amazing Race (TAR) notes

Now that Season 12 has ended, it's time to take note of a few things.

I was pleased to be at this season's TARcon in New York. That's where the big fans of the show get together to meet each other and watch the finale together. It was a strange-feeling schmoozefest at first, in that for the first hour most of those who I approached weren't at all talkative. The Race started while the Giants game was on, but fortunately the screens all shifted to the Race when it came time to start.

Anchorage, Alaska! I briefly saw a picture of a snowy, icy place earlier in the season, so I thought something like that was up. But I didn't think it would end there! Seeing TK in there with the crabs, trying to find the one with the TAR flag, I was ouching with him. Then to see all three teams at the final puzzle task together, that was tense. I was trying to figure out the puzzle myself as it unfolded on the screen, but no luck. They had to take items from each leg of the Race and put them in place according to a set of specific rules. There were, of course, more items than were needed, so it took a lot of thinking it through. They all struggled with it, apparently for about an hour, before Rachel put it all together, apparently by figuring out that the cleaning man, as a human being, counted as an 'animal'. As she had throughout the Race, her pluck and preparation paid off -- to the tune of a million bucks. (It turns out that the taxi ride to the final mat was bollixed by the cab drivers, but fortunately it didn't change the order.)

The Racers arrived at TARcon -- first Jennifer of Shana/Jennifer. Most people thought she was Shana at first, but soon figured out she was the 'other blonde' and that the guy with her was, I think, her husband. (Shana was in California, at a viewing party there.) But they stayed mostly in the background, because arriving at about the same time were Kynt/Vyxsin, the self-proclaimed Goths, and when they arrived all the attention went to them. No mistaking it -- their striking physical appearance, with the makeup and the black-and-red outfits, makes them the center of any circus, which is what PR appearances are. Kynt was, to say the least, very promotional, with the pre-made photo prints for signing and the red business cards. I wonder what he'll do when they start fading from view? Vyxsin was trying hard to be attention-grabbing too, with somewhat startling photo poses, but one got the sense that she'd rather get this phase over with. She's taller than me by a good bit, but I didn't realize how much until I stood next to her. I'm picturing her, say, twelve years from now, showing these pictures to her children, as their eyes shine with wonder.

Next, it was time for the winners, TK and Rachel. They were in New York City for the end-of-season winner's event on CBS' the Early Show, and also the next day for Regis's show. They walked in just as the Giants won the football game, causing a big combined cheer. This hullabaloo is something new to them -- he was a NCAA competitive swimmer, her a flower shop operator with her parents, neither of which prepares you for the burst of PR activity and the showering of love from adoring Race fans at TARcon. (Not to mention a half-mill each.) But they were handling it the same way they handled the Race, with calm collectedness and lots of praise for each other. (Maybe I'll post the photo of them with me, if I can get the darnded thing to upload.) They'd known each other from childhood (their mothers knew each other well), and went to the same high school (the same school as two other Season 12 Racers, Nate and Staella). But they'd only been dating for four months when they decided to get into the Race. They communicate with each other very well, even in a month or so of Race and a mob of fans. They were uncomfortable, yet eager to operate outside their comfort zone. During the Race I was especially impressed with Rachel, who was one of the best Racers they've had, as I see it. She has a level of focus and determination that tells me we'll hear from her again eventually, accomplishing something worth noticing that has nothing to do with flowers or winning money. In person, she was as I pictured her, except even thinner.

Last, of course, was the Amazing Host, Phil Keoghan. Totally at ease in a crowd, he went straight to the back and started telling stories, answering Race questions, and posing with a lot of people. He earned a reputation as an adventurer even before TAR, and appears on those cable channels that show adventurer-types. Those who think this stuff is not an adventure don't know how tired these people get, nor have they ever enjoyed sleeping in an ATM enclosure with a bunch of other teams. It's not easy for Phil, either, but "not easy" is his normal.

There's something that I find odd. TK/Rachel won by way of quiet determination and mutual supportiveness. Yet they are both quick to say good things about the team whose constant hateful words, poor communication and poor teamwork was the very antithesis of theirs, Nate/Jennifer. Especially when some of those not-nice words were directed at them and their approach to the Race. On that front, TK/Rachel let their victory speak for itself, while telling us how great and fun Nate/Jennifer were to get along with. They even mentioned some happy moments the two teams experienced together in Italy and Croatia. It seems the Race isn't all that TK/Rachel are winners at. I can only wish them the best on the road ahead.

Bob Longman radio show, 20 January 2008, WUSB

Bob Longman Sun 12:30-2:30 pm 20 January 2008
WUSB 90.1 FM Stony Brook NY, http://wusb.fm/

Moontown -- Pierce Pettis -- State of Grace
Empty My Hands -- Christopher Williams -- The Silence In Between
Don't Ever Let Your Spirit Down -- Eric Bibb -- An Evening With... -- N
Sun's Gonna Shine One Day -- Eleanor Ellis -- Comin' A Time -- N
The Great Change -- Mainline Gospel Trio -- -- L
We Shall Not Be Moved -- Mavis Staples -- We'll Never Turn Back
Drifting -- Bebo Norman -- Try
Snow -- Loreena McKennitt
Chanting Waves -- Dave Bainbridge -- Veil of Gossamer
Veil of Gossamer -- Dave Bainbridge -- Veil of Gossamer
Ambergris March -- Bjork
Breathe -- Keller Williams -- Breathe -- N
One More River -- Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers
Worthy (acoustic mix) -- Sara Brenner -- Unsteady Ground -- L
Time -- Lou Rawls -- the Essential... -- "N"
She's Gone (With the Wind) -- 5 Satins -- Lost Treasures
A.K.A. Papa Funk -- Jimmy McIntosh -- Orleans to London -- N
Impermanent Things -- Peter Himmelman
To Be Alone With You -- Sufjan Stevens
Lullabye -- Tim Blane -- Clockwork -- N
Love Is the Water -- Pat Wictor -- Waiting For the Water -- L
The World Keeps You Waiting -- New York Voices -- A Day Like This -- N
More -- Charlotte Doreen Small -- More -- N
Careful How You Break My Heart -- Jory Nash -- Folk Jazz Blues Soul
Disappear -- Michael Korb -- Ghosts -- N
(Reach Out and) Touch -- Steve Scott -- Magnificent Obsession
Bayou Betty -- Bonerama -- Bringing It Home -- N

McKennitt can at times be tedious, but at other times, such as on this track, superb.
The Voices put together a jazzy concoction that's crammed with top-drawer group singing.
At this point, it's about 20 years old, but Touch is still a dramatic, rhythmic, snippeted delight.
Bonerama's a trombone band from Nawlins way, with some promising brassy sounds.

Spiritual Shrinkage

A reader at Spirithome.com asked me this question :

>> I hear all this blah blah blah about
>>'spiritual growth'. But is there such a thing as
>> 'spiritual shrinkage'? <<

There are a lot of folks who say 'no', including some of the
wisest spiritual folks around. They say that spiritual
awareness can't disappear, just like a raised consciousness
supposedly can't be lowered. Something of it still lingers,
some things about the person can never be the same.

I can see some degree of truth to that, but not enough.
Growth goes up and down and stops and starts. You may not
notice your growth - though sometimes others do. Spiritual
growth is not a constant. And if it can stop, it can go
backward. Sometimes, people spiritually shrink and warp. What
can cause it? Desperation. Fear. Hurt. Greed. Lust. Anger.
Loss. Powerlust. Their spirit becomes shallower. There's nothing
that can make you shrink. Nothing has the power to
defeat the Spirit's work in you. Anything that can get you to
shrink can be turned around to make you grow. But that's easy
to say, hard to live, because of the power you have over you.

You can make choices that will shrink you. So you can shrink spiritually.

Bob Longman WUSB 90.1 FM Sun 13 January 2008

Bob Longman Sun 12:30-2:30 pm 13 January 2008

Hard Love -- Brooks Williams -- How the Night-Time Sings
William's Vision -- Kate Campbell -- Monuments
Sentenced to Life With the Blues -- Andy Falco -- Sentenced to Life -- N
Everybody Knows -- Ryan Adams -- single
Breathe -- Keller Williams -- Breathe
Little Bird -- Levon Helm -- Dirt Farmer -- N
Nighthawk -- Jory Nash -- Folk Jazz Blues & Soul
Take the A Train -- Just 4 Kicks -- All In Good Time
If I Should Fall Behind -- Dion DiMucci -- Deja Nu
I Only Have Eyes For You -- the Flamingos
The World Keeps You Waiting -- New York Voices -- A Day Like This -- N
For Sentimental Reasons -- Nat King Cole
We Shall Not Be Moved -- Mavis Staples -- We'll Never Turn Back
Lord Will Make A Way -- Mighty Sam McClain
I'm In Good Hands -- the Clark Sisters
Coming Down -- Anders Osborne -- Coming Down -- N
Still Water -- Gypsy Soul -- Beneath the Covers -- N
White Bird -- the Strangelings -- Season Of the Witch -- N
Epitaph -- Monkey Puzzle
Bajjan -- Youssou N'Dour
Homeless -- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
I Left My Sins -- Bob Marley & the Wailers -- Another Dance -- 'N'
Cafe -- Malo -- Malo
After Loving You -- Charlie Peacock -- Love Life

Helm gives us a happy surprise album; this traditional is the kind of stuff that drew him to US South/Midwest music.
Twinkie Clark made many a top-grade gospel song from ad slogans.
Chris Thompson pipes in, with Pete & Maura Kennedy -- so they're strangelings, with a cover of the LaFlamme classic.
Malo was more than just their one hit -- for instance, this track had guitar lines and rhythms that at times recall the ones Jorge Santana's brother Carlos would "Smooth" out over a quarter century later.

Not your typical babys' babble

One of my readers at Spirithome.com asked me this question about 6 years ago :

>> My parents recently told me that when I was little (3-4 yrs old),
>> sometimes at night I would speak in tongues. They're
>> not religious or anything. I don't remember
>> this at all, but then I don't remember much from back then.

I'm assuming they're talking about a time after you started
talking a lot in regular English. It's common for little
children to speak that way. Psychologists say there's no
special meaning to it, though it does seem to have patterns
like talking does. I like to think of it as still remembering
what it was like to be with God and trying to relate with Him
as they did before they were born. I didn't lose that sense
until I was about 7, so I was more aware about it than most are.

>> I'd like to know if I should try to get that ability
>> back or uncover it again. Considering I am a Christian but
>> I don't spend a lot of time or effort in the religion, I want to
>> know if it's worth it or if I have an obligation to use it because
>> God gave it to me for a purpose.

God does not oblige you to do such things. God gave you all that you have, and gave it for a purpose, but you'll use it (or choose not to) when God puts forward the opportunity. Please don't feel guilty about not using tongues or for that matter, about how much time or effort you put into the faith. 15-year-olds like you rarely do, they're too busy living and growing up. I do hope you set up a pattern of praying each day, that's one thing that will be helpful between you and God and for your own peace of mind. Just set aside some time whenever it's best to do so, pray your main concerns, then just be still for a while, and think about something about Jesus. Most folks who do this find themselves being more steady and confident in what can be a confusing time of life. And you'll have a better sense of God's timing.

Language pages have moved

My linguistics pages have moved to :

http://rlongman1.googlepages.com/

and

http://rlongman1.googlepages.com/protoger.html

Hopefully, it will mean more reliable access to the pages than in the past.

End-of-Year 2007, Bob Longman, of WUSB 90.1 FM

2007 top list, Bob Longman, WUSB

Track -- Artist -- CD
------------------------------------------------------

When the City Comes -- Chuck E. Costa -- Off the Clock comp.
SomebrightmorningBlues -- Peter Case -- Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John
The Unfortunate Tale Of A County Chicken -- Idea of North
My Own Eyes -- Mavis Staples -- We'll Never Turn Back
Watch Man -- Hope Nunnery -- Wilderness Lounge
Gone Gone Gone (Done Me Wrong) -- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Nobody's Fault But Mine -- Toby Walker -- Just Walked In
Prayer Song -- Danny Flowers -- Tools For the Soul
All That I Am -- Tom Griffith -- 40 Years Later
Sinner's Prayer -- Rod Picott -- Summerbirds
Late In the Evening -- Spanish Harlem Orch/Paul Simon -- United We Swing
Shanghai Moon -- Cosmos & Dawn Ho -- Aiming For the Stars
Walk On By -- Ian Moore -- To Be Loved
Shadow of Doubt -- Tinsley Ellis -- Moment of Truth
King Of the Dust -- Jory Nash -- Folk Jazz Blues and Soul
Song For June -- Slaid Cleaves -- Unsung
Made to Love -- TobyMac -- Portable Sounds
On the Way -- Abra Moore -- On the Way
Good Stuff -- Eric Bibb -- An Evening With..
You Don't Have Very Far To Go -- Lucinda Williams -- Tulare Dust (Haggard tribute)
Wild Angels -- Martin Sexton -- Seeds
When She's Dancing -- Viktor Krauss
Wolves -- Iron & Wine -- Shepherd's Dog
Can't Find My Way Home -- the Well
I Got the Dirt On You -- Toby Walker -- Just Rolled In
Water To Drink -- BR6 -- Here To Stay
A Gozar -- Arturo Sandoval -- Rumba Palace
Still Growing -- Bob Fox -- the Blast
The Trumpet Child -- Over the Rhine -- The Trumpet Child
Everywhere -- David Wilcox -- Vista

And the winners in Iowa are...

Oprah Winfrey and Chuck Norris. :)

Radio Show, 23 December 2007, WUSB

Bob Longman Sun 12:30-2:30 pm 23 December 2007
WUSB 90.1 FM, wusb.fm
N=new to WUSB L=Local (Long Island) I=instrumental
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Gabriel's Message -- Jars of Clay -- Christmas Songs -- N
(Santa's Off on a) Sleigh Ride -- the Blenders -- When It Snows
Jingle Bell Jamboree -- Keb Mo
We Three Kings -- Mario Lanza -- Christmas W. Mario
First Noel/Mary Mary -- Sarah McLachlan -- Wintersong
Secret Santa -- GrooveBarbers -- Glory -- N
Please Come Home for Christmas -- James O'Malley -- -- L
Christmas Cookies -- Martha Trachtenberg -- -- L
The Season of Hope -- Tim Dillon -- -- N, L
In the Bleak Midwinter -- Dan Fogelberg
Lulazje, Jezuniu -- Diane Zeigler
Ave Maria -- YoYoMa, Bobby McFerrin
O Holy Night -- Luciano Pavarotti
Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella -- Kathleen Battle
Le Sommeil De L'Enfant Jesus -- the Edlos
Let's Do the Elf Dance -- Sufjan Stevens
Silent Night -- If Thousands, Haley Bonar
If You Were Born Today -- Low
Ice -- Shelleyan Orphan
And On That Day -- Phil Keaggy
It's Christmas Time -- Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Last Month of the Year -- Fairfield Four
White Christmas -- the Ravens
Coventry Carol / Carol of the Bells -- Bob Westcott -- Christmas -- L, N, I
River -- Joni Mitchell -- Blue
Little Road to Bethlehem -- Shawn Colvin
Dealramh Go Deo -- Clannad
White Christmas -- Bing Crosby
Merry Christmas Darling -- the Carpenters
Nothing But A Child -- Steve Earle
O Come O Come Emmanuel -- Bob Westcott -- Christmas -- L, N, I
The Christmas Song (1946, strings added) -- Nat King Cole

Santa walks on the wild side with the Blenders. (Did Lou Reed hear this?)
McLachlan really tries something here, and it comes of well.
If O'Malley doesn't get to you with this one, your tear ducts must've been removed.

New pages on Spirithome

On spirithome.com, I've been able to start adding new pages that would be a help to anyone trying to understand each of the fruit of the Spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23, as well as several other matters of Christian character. The new pages (so far) are :

patience.html
joy.html
goodness.html
gentleness.html
faithfulness.html
self-control.html
humility.html

There's more to come, eventually, as well as more changes in the main page on spiritual fruit. And each of these pages will be added to along the way, in the same fashion as with the rest of the site : a bit here, a bit there, always evolving. Give the newbies a try!

Bobby's Believe-it-or-not

Found this while researching the fruits of the Spirit for the Spirithome site's new pages on each fruit. I'm not linking to it. Ever. It was first page Google searching for "self-control fruit spirit":

Self-Control/ Fruit of the Spirit Lip Gloss

52348-SW Regular price: $2.99. Sale price: $2.49


(You should see what comes up under "Gifts of the Spirit"...)

RIP Dan Fogelberg

Dan Fogelberg passed away, age 56, after a long bout with cancer.

The "Same Auld Lang Syne" (considered a holiday classic) will be more sad this season.

Bonds of Bury St. Edmunds area -- genealogy

I'm starting to "migrate" my genealogical stuff over to this blog, in hopes that someone may have further leads to check out. The most important section is on the Bonds of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolkshire, England. The earliest pieces are below. Any further information would surely be appreciated. My own ancestors are in bold. In my entire chain of Bond-age, by the way, there is no James Bond, no Barry Bonds, no Municipal Bonds. But the list is shaken, not stirred.

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Jonas Bond (b. ca. 1562-68, Woolpit, England; d. 30 Jul 1601, Bury St. Edmunds)
sister-in-law : Hester Woode (see below)
wife : Rose Woode (m. 23 Jun 1588, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England; d. 05 Aug 1602, Bury St. Edmonds)

Bury St. Edmunds is in western Suffolk. Woolpit is several miles east of BStE, barely south of the current A14 road, a bit less than halfway to Stowmarket, just west of Haughley. Jonas married Rose in 1588 in Rattlesden, her hometown, several miles south of Woolpit, not particularly noted for anything. They apparently lived in Rattlesden parish until the fall of 1590, when they moved to BStE. There was no record of a previous marriage for either Jonas or Rose; it would likely have been noted if it were otherwise.

children :
--------- Oliver Bond (bapt. 04 May 1589, Rattlesden; d. after 1625). Children :

1. ------ John,
2. ------ Rose,
3. ------ Elizabeth,
4. ------ Agnes,
5. ------ Alice,
6. ------ Grace,
7. ------ Thomas,
8. ------ Oliver.

--------- John Bond "the Elder" (bapt. 24 May 1590, Rattlesden)
--------- John Bond "the Younger" (bapt. 26 Dec 1591, Bury St. Edmunds; d. 01 Jan 1656/7) m. 28 Jun 1612 to Lydia T(r)ixtott or Tiptatt. Children :

• ------ Thomas,
• ------ Rose,
• ------ Fortune,
• ------ Joseph,
• ------ William,
• ------ John,
• ------ Matthew,
• ------ Elizabeth.

--------- Bartholomew Bond (b. ate 1592, BStE; heir ; d. after 1616)
--------- William Bond (bapt. 08 Sep 1595, BStE; d. after 1602)
--------- Thomas Bond (b. 08 Sep 1597, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England) heir, 'youngest son'
--------- Elizabeth Bond (b. 17 Jan 1599)
-- m.#1. Samuel Palmer (d. 1623).
-- m.#2. 08 Feb 1625 to Deacon Ephraim Child in Nayland, Suffolk, Eng.. Moved with Child to Watertown MA in 1630. Nayland was in Child's neighborhood, between Sudbury (south border Suffolk) and Colchester (north Essex). Son Jeremiah (b. 1641-45) m. Elizabeth Esterbrook.
poss. ---- Margaret Bond (b. 10 Dec 1600). Parents not listed.


George Woode (b. ca. 1536, poss. Frome, Somerset, Eng; d. 28 Jun 1608, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England)
wife : Katherine Buttall; b. 1540, poss. in Rattlesden; m. 27 Oct 1560, Rattlesden.
Children :
--------- Rose Woode (bapt. 25 Oct 1562, Rattlesden) m. Jonas Bond. (more above)
--------- George Woode (bapt. 02 Jul 1564; d. 25 Feb 1585)
--------- John Woode (bapt. 20 Jan 1566)
--------- Anne Woode (bapt. 21 Sep 1567)
--------- Abraham Woode (bapt. 21 Aug 1569, d. 11 Oct 1648). M#1. 27 May 1593 to Amy Amner (b. ca. 1572, d. 11 Mar 1618) in Rattlesden. Children :

1. --------- Anne (bapt. 19 Mar 1593),
2. --------- John (bapt. 22 Jun 1595),
3. --------- Margaret (bapt. 06 Aug 1598);
4. --------- George (bapt. 02 Nov 1600; children : George (m. Mary Borley), Anne, John, and Elizabeth;
5. --------- Rose (bapt. 26 Jun 1603),
6. --------- Hester (bapt. 26 Jan 1606),
7. --------- Dorothy (bapt. 07 May 1609),
8. --------- Rachel (bapt. 03 Jun 1612; d. 04 Jan 1612).

• M#2 : Margaret Smyth 27 Oct 1618. Daughter : Edith (bapt. 18 Apr 1620).

--------- Eleazar Woode (bapt. 19 Aug 1571; d. 21 Nov 1587)
--------- Elizabeth Woode (bapt. 20 Sept 1573)
--------- Dorothy Woode (bapt. 18 Sep 1575)
--------- Suzan Woode (bapt. 01 Sep 1577, d. 19 Aug 1579, Rattlesden) (spelling is correct)
--------- Hester Woode (bapt. 19 Mar 1580; no children) Parents not listed in Rattlesden baptismal records. The George Woode connection is indicated by Hester's living with Rose and Jonas, and that Hester is called a sister-in-law in Jonas Bond's will.

possible relative : John Woode (m. Martha Hyon 12 Oct 1572, Rattlesden); child : Mary Woode (m. William Stephens ca. 1600, Haughley)

Abraham's son George appears to be the last one to stay a long time in Rattlesden; the last non-funeral record of the Woode family is his daughter Elizabeth's birth in 1636 and his son George's wedding. Abraham's son George is listed in the Rattlesden record transcription as the son of "Abraham & Anne", which is incorrect, prob. carried over from surrounding records.

Radio Show, 09 December 2007, WUSB FM

Bob Longman Sun 12:30-2:30 pm 09 December 2007


Little Road to Bethlehem -- Shawn Colvin -- Xmas
O Little Town of Bethlehem -- Bruce Cockburn -- Xmas
Back Home Again -- Andy Falco -- Sentenced to Life w the Blues -- N
White Christmas -- Bing Crosby -- Xmas
Your Good Thing (Is About to End) -- Lou Rawls
Sons of Light -- Jeff Johnson
The Trumpet Child -- Over the Rhine -- The Trumpet Child -- N
O Holy Night -- Luciano Pavarotti -- Xmas
Divine Presence -- Iona UK
Coventry Carol/Carol of the Bells -- Bob Westcott-- Christmas -- N, Xmas
Kitty Kat -- Cathy Kreger
??? -- Dee Harris
??? -- Tim Dillon -- Xmas
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring -- Bob Westcott -- Christmas -- N, Xmas
Walk Among the Stones -- Kate Campbell
More (acappella mix) -- Charlotte Doreen Small -- More -- N
More -- Charlotte Doreen Small -- More -- N
Shadow of Doubt -- Tinsley Ellis --- Moment of Truth -- N
River -- Carolyn Cruso -- Xmas
Gone Gone Gone -- Plant & Krauss -- Raising Sand -- N
Mary Had A Baby -- the Acoustix -- Xmas
the Thunderer -- Dion DiMucci -- Son of Skip James -- N
Jackie -- New York Voices -- A Day Like This -- N
The Bed Song -- Ellis Paul -- Dragonfly Races -- N
The Night the Lights Went Out on Christmas -- Ellis Paul -- Xmas
A Cradle In Bethlehem -- Nat King Cole -- Xmas
Christmas Must Be Tonight -- the Band -- Xmas
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion -- Take 6/Stevie Wonder -- Xmas

Colvin has a delightfully light touch; it's originally from Holiday Songs and Lullabyes.
Small's song is about surviving the World Trade Center attack. She really cuts loose here.
Plant (of Led Zeppelin) knows how to do '50s rock really well (no surprise there), and he's having a blast on this one with Alison Krauss. The recent Zep reunion show in Britain was by all accounts a smashing success, and the band was tighter and more spirited than they were in the years just before their drummer John Bonham died and they broke up. (It's reported that Bonham's son did superb drumming in the show.)
Paul is not just a good songwriter; he's pretty good as a storyteller, too.
O Thou is from the Soulful Messiah project (as in Handel), and it brought out the best in both acts.

Radio Show of November 25 2007, WUSB

Bob Longman, Sun 12:30-2:30 pm 25 November 2007
WUSB 90.1 FM, Long Island NY and coastal CT

song -- performer -- album -- notes (N = new to station)
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Kisses Sweeter Than Wine -- Jimmie Rodgers
One Gift -- Michael McDonald/James Ingram -- -- Xmas
Good Man Down -- Brooks Willams
Watching Eternity -- Charlie Peacock
Angel -- the Well -- Drop In the Bucket -- N
The Rooms My Mother Made -- Carrie Newcomer
I Got the Dirt on You -- Toby Walker
Snowfall -- m-pact - the Carol Commission -- Xmas
Everything -- Rose Reiter -- real -- N
The River Flows -- Iona UK
Patrick's Fire -- Jeff Johnson
William's Vision -- Kate Campbell
If I Should Fall Behind -- Dion DiMucci
the Hammer -- Red Prysock
Tears Come Rolling Down -- Colin Linden -- Easin' Back to Tennessee -- N
Gone Gone Gone -- Robert Plant/Alison Krauss -- Raising Sand -- N
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere -- Peter Case -- Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John -- N
And On That Day -- Phil Keaggy -- true believer -- Xmas
Sunset -- Cosmos -- Aiming For the Stars -- 'N'
Knock Knock II - How Many Psychiatrists (Does It Take) -- PDQ Bach
When She's Dancing -- Viktor Krauss -- II -- N
Sinner's Prayer -- Rod Picott -- Summerbirds -- N
I'll Never Turn Back No More -- Take 6 -- Feels Good
You Can Make It - Do It -- Take 6 -- Feels Good
Plena Con Sabor -- Spanish Harlem Orchestra

This is the first I've heard from Reiter, and this new album says there's more to come.
Prysock laid down much honkin' rockin' sax, released in the 50s/60s.
Keaggy's fine Christmas classic from a dreadful rest-of-album. (Commercial radio : Yo! Why aren't you playing it???)
Latvia's acappella band Cosmos has several really sweet tracks, including this one.

Radio Show of November 18 2007, WUSB

Bob Longman Sun 12:30-2:30 pm 18 November 2007
WUSB 90.1 FM, Long Island NY and coastal CT

song -- performer -- album -- notes (N = new to station)
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Good Man Down -- Brooks Williams -- North From Statesboro
Hide and Seek -- the Well -- Drop In the Bucket -- N
Can't Find My Way Home -- the Well -- Drop In the Bucket -- N
Can't Find My Way Home -- Blind Faith
Someone -- Jan Krist
the Thunderer -- Dion -- Son of Skip James -- N
Shadow of Doubt -- Tinsley Ellis -- Moment of Truth -- N
Sinner's Prayer -- Rod Picott -- Summerbirds -- N
I Could Have Been Your Best Friend -- Viktor Krauss w. Lyle Lovett -- II -- N
Stuck In a Moment -- U2
Your Long Journey -- Plant & Krauss -- Raising Sand -- N
Divine Presence -- Iona UK -- Journey Into the Morn
Dear Diary -- Moody Blues -- Threshold of a Dream
For My Lady (b-side mix) -- Moody Blues -- Seventh Sojourn
Love Hurts -- Everly Brothers
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (concert ver.) -- Four Freshmen
Still Here -- Cosmos -- Aiming For the Stars -- N
All My People -- Hope Nunnery -- Wilderness Lounge
Listen Closely -- Paul Clark/Phil Keaggy
Prayer Song -- Danny Flowers -- Tools For the Soul -- N
Trouble Soon Be Over -- Colin Linden -- Easin' Back to Tennessee -- N
When I Die -- Marie Knight
Chamego (Betty's Bossa) -- Jack Donohue -- N
Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog) -- Iron and Wine -- the Shepherd's Dog -- N
The Sky Is Crying -- Etta James -- Blues to the Bone
Por Amarte Asi -- Vocal Sampling -- De Vacaciones

The Well is a local group that includes one of my faves, Martha Trachtenberg, and her husband Tom Griffith. This one's an especially poignant track, from their upcoming release. The Freshmen did this almost-acapella version while touring with Stan Kenton. Chamego gets around -- it also turns up on the new album by the New York Voices.