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Re: Apotamkin’s Quorum: A Sean Ryan Tale

Emily — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:52:57 -0000

The Greater Good! Nice writes, Joshua.

Re: Bane’s Final Backwards Glance

Joshua Lyford — Mon, 12 May 2014 21:53:13 -0000

No joke, this album blew me away.

Re: Bane’s Final Backwards Glance

lucas — Wed, 07 May 2014 20:00:16 -0000

Very badass... will definitely buy this album

Re: Col. Robert Fortnam and Herb Keilson-United States Air Corp Heroes

Wendell Berthelsen — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:23:24 -0000

Thanks for posting this Josh. We have been looking forward to seeing it.

Bob Fortnam has been a huge part of the success of the Aviation
Museum of NH and is in part responsible for the freedoms that we enjoy today because of his service and sacrifice. We, at the Aviation Museum of NH applaud all our veterans and thank them for what they did.

The museum is proud to announce that Bob Fortnam will be making his presentation, about his experiences flying the B-17 and being a POW in Germany, at the Aviation Museum of NH on March 8, 2014 at 11:00am. The presentation will be part of our Second Saturday @ Museum Program. Seating will be limited. The presentation is included with the price of admission ($5 or
less depending on age) and is free to NHAHS members. Time is passing….these presentations are a must see….NOW!

Re: Josh Lyford

Joshua Lyford — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:00:39 -0000

Thank you so much for not only taking the time to read it, but also for letting me in on how you feel about it. I think that death is one of those things that humans focus so much of their thought on (I certainly do, probably way too much) and it is odd having so much uncertainty attached to it. Like I said in the story, it's not always my death that i'm fearful of but the thought of watching more loved ones pass on. Of course, this is inevitable though and we should probably come to terms with it one way or another. Regardless, thanks for your response and have a great day!

Re: Josh Lyford

Joshua Lyford — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:55:51 -0000

I'd like to think so! They've always been very supportive even when maybe I didn't deserve it and I will never forget how lucky I've been to have that when many don't.

Re: Josh Lyford

Joshua Lyford — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:54:09 -0000

Thank you for taking the time to read, I really appreciate it!

Re: Josh Lyford

Micaela — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:41:54 -0000

I'm gonna quote one of my favourite books of all:

"Buddhism, particularly as it is popularly practiced, promises improvement through karma. Islam and Christianity promise eternal paradise to the faithful. And that is a powerful opiate, certainly, the hope of a better life to come. But there's a Sufi story that challenges the notion that people believe only because they need an opiate. Rabe'a al-Adiwiyah, a great woman saint of Sufism, was seen running through the streets of her hometown, Basra, carrying a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other. When someone asked her what she was doing, she answered, 'I am going to take this bucket of water and pour it on the flames of hell, and then I am going to use this torch to burn down the gates of paradise so that people will not love God for want of heaven or fear of hell, but because He is God.'" A woman so strong she burns heaven and drenches hell. Alaska would have liked this Rabe'a woman, I wrote in my notebook. But even so, the afterlife mattered to me. Heaven and hell and reincarnation. As much as I wanted to know how Alaska had died, I wanted to know where she was now, if anywhere. I liked to imagine her looking down on us, still aware of us, but it seemed like a fantasy, and I never really felt it — just as the Colonel had said at the funeral that she wasn't there, wasn't anywhere. I couldn't honestly imagine her as anything but dead, her body rotting in Vine Station, the rest of her just a ghost alive only in our remembering. Like Rabe'a, I didn't think people should believe in God because of heaven and hell. But I didn't feel a need to run around with a torch. You can't burn down a made-up place."

“I never liked writing concluding paragraphs to papers—where you just repeat what you’ve already said with phrases like 'In summation,' and 'To conclude.' I didn’t do that—instead I talked about why I thought it was an important question. People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn’t bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn’t bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn’t even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn’t bear not to.”

Even though I respect all believes, this book changed my view on everything. I used to believe in an afterlife in the best possible way, I believed that in life you have to make the best you can and once you have done everything on this life right now, once you learn the most important lesson, you die, and you move on to the next step, a new life. You live again, to make new mistakes and learn new things, and so on, until have nothing left to lean. And become a soul full of nothing more than knowledge, peace and love.
And that's why I never feared death, and was never terrified that someone close to me would die because I strongly believed that it meant that they were growing, and they needed to move on. Which was great to me! And I was comfortable with it.

But now I don't even know anymore, I read this book a couple of months ago and I was never more terrified of death than I am now. But there's one thing for sure, I now live life the best possible way I can because it occuried to me that it might be the only one I have, the only chance to make everything I want and to make the best I can to achieve happiness someway. I deal with this uncertainty, learn to live with it, because there's no other way, and nothing's absolute. I try to keep my feet on the ground every day and it's hard as hell because I am a dreamer to the core. But then again, I am learning and growing everyday, and I am greatful for that. What more can I ask for?

Thank you so much for this little piece of your art.
Have a wonderful day ♥

Re: Josh Lyford

jb — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:48:54 -0000

"I was always ok with dying and returning myself to the earth. I can’t
think of a better way to spend my afterlife than nurturing a fresh pine
to new heights."

I agree completely, though I'd prefer an apple tree.

I am very happy that you have achieved and continue to achieve. I recall some of the rough patches you had with family and you have come a long way since. You should be proud that you were able to let go of the past and move, as many cannot. I am sure your family is very proud of you as well.

Re: Josh Lyford

Jt315 — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:38:03 -0000

I've never been able to quite put my thoughts on the after life into words but this summed it up the exact way I see it. Enjoyed reading this, Josh. Thanks dude.

Re: Josh Lyford and Friends

srp — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:40:03 -0000

What time?

Re: http://joshlyford.tumblr.com/post/24514133634

Sarah — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:46:35 -0000

I thought you would find this adorable:
http://theepichumor.tumblr....

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Joshua Lyford — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:40:59 -0000

CATTTTSSSS

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Sarah — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:23:48 -0000

Can I watch this movie with you? We could sit amongst a mountain of cats.

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Joshua Lyford — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:04:24 -0000

i agree!

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Zainabb Hull — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:28:50 -0000

This is the best workplace ever.

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Joshua Lyford — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:39:49 -0000

No problem!

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Zainabb Hull — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:19:54 -0000

This is so adorable, I don't think there are words for it. Thank you!

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Joshua Lyford — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:36:06 -0000

I would love to! I sponsored a wolf at a sanctuary in the northwest when I was younger, I'd get pictures of the wolf all the time I loved it.

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Sarah — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:53:40 -0000

Have you ever been to a wolf sanctuary or anything? There's one in Ipswich, MA and it's awesome! You get to howl with the wolves there.

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Joshua Lyford — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:02:32 -0000

and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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Joshua Lyford — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:02:23 -0000

no ma'am

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Sarah — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 12:59:20 -0000

Amazingness! You still with your chica?

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Joshua Lyford — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:47:22 -0000

thanks lukman!

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Lukman BenjaminMulia — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:45:42 -0000

we still your big fans of your lovely spot! we're on your side!