The Ballad of Jeremiah Johnson – Tim McIntire

Eastern Western / Dec 2025

You can’t stream Eastern Western yet — it’s currently only available in theaters and has no digital, rental, or streaming release listed as of
January 2026. But that will likely change fairly soon.

Trailer Link to YouTube:

https://youtu.be/JottbH8gkas?si=EzIOE-MQMseSFfx_

I think it’s hard for any Movie to succeed without notable Star Power.
But this one looks different.
And the Reviews like it too.

In watching the Trailer, the images hit me hard because it
reminded me of a tragic Past Life event where I too
was a pioneer in the Old West:
I was travelling with my wife by covered wagon.
We had made it all the way to Oregon.
We were now looking for a place to settle when our wagon broke down.
I had to go for help and leave my wife with the wagon.
While I was gone she was killed by a grizzly bear.
I can still feel the terrible heartache from that tragic event.

When such things happen to me, I always wonder what GOD has in mind?
Ultimately, I realize that I am to learn Empathy / Compassion.
How can I understand or help anyone else if I too haven’t
walked in their shoes at some time?

We go on …

Bad Company / by Bad Company / 1974
Co-written by Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke

I thought this was a 3 part documentary!? Guess not.
Don’t know where I got that notion?
Maybe I was hoping that was the case.
The most interesting thing I gleaned from Redford’s research on these “Badguys” is that this was a ‘Way of Life’ and a culture that surrounded these guys and what they did. I always figured they were just a bunch of directionless thugs who couldn’t do anything useful. Not saying this excused what they did, but there was a whole support system
surrounding what they were doing.

1949-HITS-ARCHIVE_-Riders-In-The-Sky-Vaughn-Monroe

 

Ghost Riders in the Sky – Original – Stan Jones (1948) *HD

I figure that’s a pretty generous depiction of the Kid … ?
Still interesting …

Had our annual blizzard yesterday.
As usual it caught a whole pile of people napping.
And they paid for it.
Yes, I know a lot of us have go out and do stuff. Sadly.
BUT REALLY!?
Just look out and window and take the day off – if you can.
This stuff can kill you …
or destroy your car … whatever.

Absolute mayhem.

I went out to shovel the sidewalk, but after about half an hour I gave up.
The snow drifts were over a foot deep in places.
I’m 77 now and with a pile of ailments.
So let God take care of it.
In a couple of days it will all melt as we regularly get
Chinooks winds that raise temperatures above zero.
I’m not going to kill myself.

Have a Good Christmas.
And don’t sweat the small stuff.

In my travels I’ve accidentally destroyed two (over) $500 cameras.
The first one, I fell into a creek up at Sheep River Falls.
The second camera was dropped in the sand at Puerto Vallarta.
So I had use my old backup camera when we went in Prince Edward Island. It’s on it’s last legs and did not perform well.
I’m a lousy photographer to begin with, so this didn’t help.
So are the few resulting photos.
But I’ve combined Roses photos with mine to improve the posts.

Travellin’ light:
(Truly, this IS pretty light for us.)

So:

ZOOOOOOM!!!
5 hours later …
Calgary to Prince Edward Island.

Hmmmm … gonna have to get used to all this French stuff.

And some Native stuff too:
“Pjila’si”???
Pjila’si is a Mi’kmaq native word that means “Welcome”
and can also be understood as “come in and sit down”
or “I’ll do my best”.

Well, we’ll sit down and do our best.

Our Steed:

The Volkswagen Taos
When we finally got to the car rental place, we discovered that the smart travelers had raced ahead and rented all the Ferraris and Rolls Royce’s.
That left us with Volkswagen Taos.
But you know what? It was pretty damn good.

We were ready to ramble/rumble.

But first: We head for our Digs:
After car rental we decided to economize and stay in a Mansion:

Whilst Jeeves took our ride ’round back
we decided to check things out:

WOW!

Next Post: Our Digs PEI

Christmas Quiz:

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From the popular Christmas song:
“The Twelve Days of Christmas“,
Quiz Question:
What happened on the
“12th Day of Christmas”?

Can you recall?

WRONG! Scrooge!

BUT don’t feel bad.
Because about 80% of people
cannot answer that question!

And you shouldn’t!

Have a great Christmas!

OH! The answer?

You’ll have to look it up.

O Little Town of Bethlehem / Barbra Streisand

“Above Thy deep and dreamless sleep …
the silent stars go by …”

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We stopped by the Little Church this Summer.
Maybe for the last time.

But I’ve never seen an Altar where I couldn’t
express my Thanks and Reverence.

Reverend Rose … Worthy.

A pilgrim arrives.

Let’s Celebrate!

It’s about Love.
Always has been.
Always will be.

And though I’m not that Graceful,
they provide me a seat anyway.

“Yet in Thy dark street shineth the everlasting light.”

See you there.

From Rose and I
To You!

Feelin’ Higher / Mcguinn, Clark & Hillman / 1979

When I look about in this troubled world,
I can only count my many, many Blessings.

I have food on my table,
A Home,
A Loving Partner,
My Health …
Love.
So many, many gifts,
that I need no presents.
For I have so many already.
And I hope the same for you.
So I send You my honest Blessings
and I pray You will go forward
with some degree of Joy
for now … and always.

Merry Christmas. 

For Quinn

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Quinn asked  me to post some photos from my recent trip to
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

So I will.

Canada is HUGE.
Prince Edward Island is small.

I lived in New Brunswick for 3 years in the late 60’s.
Finished High School there. But was never able to get over to
Prince Edward Island.
And I always regretted that.
So you might say that this on an unofficial goal
on my Bucket List.

So we flew from Calgary to Charlottetown 
Prince Edward Island (PEI).

The first (and only) official goal on my Bucket List
had been to sail on the famous Canadian Schooner:
THE BLUENOSE.

So I did.

Bluenose / Stan Rogers / 1978

Thanks to my partner Rose, I achieved this goal on July 28, 2016.

9 hours on the the Bluenose 2. What a Day!

It was the experience of a lifetime.

2016 … seems like a lifetime ago.

So how does a fishing schooner defeat racing yachts?
I think it was this guy:
Angus Walter / Skipper

OK … I’ll get to some PEI pics in my next post …

The Green Fields of France 2023 / John McDermott

I won’t wait.

In the early 70’s I had a
Soul Travel experience where
I found myself flying about a mile
above the Sahara Desert. As I looked down I
thought to myself: “I better make use of this experience.”
Just then I heard a voice say: “Take me to Karnak”.
The next I knew I could see a Temple Complex
below me.  When I came back from this
experience I realized I had never
heard the word Karnak before.

And I didn’t even know how to spell it.

I do now.