Hine is Phil's Mother Donna's family name. Her father was Hoyt Hine
Biography of Thomas Clark Benson, pages 353 / 354. History of Northeast
Indiana; LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the
editorial supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen and
William H. McIntosh. The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York,
1920.
Thomas Clark Benson. One of the beautiful homes of DeKalb County is
Birdlawn Farm, situated in Richland Township, the property of Thomas Clark
Benson. It is the old family homestead of the Hine family, and its name,
together with that of the adjoining farm, Meadow Lark, which also is a
part of the Hine family estate, serves to perpetuate the beautiful memory
of a gifted woman, the late Mrs. Jane L. Hine, mother of Mrs. Benson,
known in Indiana history as the “Bird Woman.”
Thomas Clark Benson was born in Warren County, Indiana. His parents,
Jonathan and Eliza (Jones) Benson, died when he was very young, and he was
reared in the Ankrum family in Vermilion County, Illinois. He had one
brother and four sisters, namely: Asbury, Mary Jane, Elizabeth, Matilda
and Lydia. The only survivor is Mrs. Matilda Nichols, whose name is at
Weatherford, Oklahoma. Mr. Benson was afforded educational opportunities
and for a number of years taught school very acceptably, then began study
for the ministry, pursuing theological courses at Union Christian College,
Merom, Indiana, and Oberlin Theological Seminary at Oberlin, Ohio. It was
at Oberlin that he met Miss Nellie Cynthia Hine, to whom he was united in
marriage on March 26, 1884, at Birdlawn, the present family house.
When Mrs. Benson’s grandfather, Sheldon Horatio Hine, first invested in
this half section of Richland Township wild land he traded thirty milch
cows for it, at the time living in the Western Reserve across the Indiana-
Ohio state line, buying his property as an investment. When he sent his
son, Horatio Sheldon Hine, to pay the taxes the young man, then nineteen
years old, did not regard it as worth the money, but his father said,
“Young man, some day you will be glad to have it.” Since 1863 Birdlawn
has been a part of the estate now owned by Mr. Benson. When Horatio S.
Hine pay the taxes he found conditions that would have justified almost
any business man entering a protest. He found a swamp instead of a farm
and the sink hole in it was so deep that for many years the New York
Central Railroad passing through Waterloo, Sedan and Corunna, had to make
a detour in order to avoid it. A road bed through the sink hole was
finally made by hauling timber from three states, Indiana, Michigan and
Ohio, laying tier on tier on the ice, subsequent draining making it
possible to make a solid permanent roadway. The above is interesting as
local as well as family history.
While a brother of Horation Sheldon Hine, Lemon Hine, first came to
this DeKalb County farmstead and remained long enough to build the house
which still stands there, it was Horatio S. Hine who developed the farm,
and it is his grandson, Martin Lee Benson, who at present maintains its
standing in agricultural pre-eminence. Horatio S. Hine was twice married,
his first union being with Cynthia Brooks, who was the mother of three
sons: Sheldon H., Charles L. and Frank B. After her death Mr. Hine
married her sister, Jane Brooks, who became the mother of three children,
namely: Mrs. Nellie Cynthia Benson, Brooks L. and Lemon. The mother of
Mrs. Benson was born April 2, 1831, and died February 11, 1916, the
centennial year in Indiana history. With a natural love of nature, Mrs.
Hine beautified the hill slope in front of the farmhouse by setting out
wild flowers and it has been Mrs. Benson’s pleasant duty to protect and
preserve them. It was not, however, until she had faithfully discharged
her duties a wife and mother that Mrs. Hine began her special studies of
bird life, and some of her finest essays were written after she had passed
three score and ten. She was frequently invited to address audiences on
bird lore, wrote voluminously on the subject for different publications
and many of her manuscripts are preserved and consulted as being
scientifically authentic. She was a member of the National Ornithological
Society, and a booklet has been issued as a memorial.
For several years after their marriage Mr. Benson continued in the
ministry, serving Christian churches in Kansas, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
In 1896, coming to Birdlawn with Mrs. Benson to visit her parents and
finding them in need of a daughter’s ministrations, he decided to remain,
and this had been the Benson home ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Benson have
the following children: Paul Hine, Martin Lee, Rhoda Bernice, Kathryn
Eunice and Frank Earl. As a student in Angola College Paul H. Benson
specialized in literature and chemistry. As a soldier in the state
military organization sent to the Mexican border, he soon became an
interpreter of languages, and his knowledge of chemistry had been very
useful to him in a business way at Saginaw, Michigan, since he returned
from military service. Martin Lee Benson made a special study of
agriculture and is the farmer at Birdlawn. Rhoda B. is the wife of J.H.
Miser and they live on their fruit ranch in California. They have two
sons, Harold and Glenn. Kathryn E. Benson, a graduate of the Auburn High
School, had training in the Oklahoma College of Agriculture, and for
several years taught school in Wyoming. Frank Earl Benson , who was one
of the earliest enlisted men to go overseas with the American Expeditionary
Forces in World war, served as orderly to Dr. Richard Derby, son-in-law of
the late beloved Theodore Roosevelt, and at Chateau Thierry and other
points was between the lines in the hardest of the fighting and ever
exhibited the valor that has won laurels for the America soldier. This
family in all its branches illustrates the sterling qualities, high ideals
and solid worth that make the real American type.
Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
time yoyo
June 26
Time Yoyo
days slow
years fast
minutes drag
hours drop
faces appear unseen
fate knocks loud
a day of stretched expectation
ends in a broken joy knot
miracles no longer suffice to elate
thrills quick cut to brain freeze
skins unfold to surgical smoothness
an unfulfilled dream
eats into day light
time teases
leaving faint fingernail marks
on the ageless glass of longing
the weary face grins
into the mirror
of happiness and despair
time shows no tear
Monday, July 21, 2008
Give Me An Ocean Feeling
Give me an ocean feeling
give me an ocean feeling,
take me back to the rocking waves,
bury me in the deep sweetness of darkness,
return me to the ocean
from that deep blue I came
given me an ocean feeling,
but I know it is deceiving,
a real ocean will drown you
an ocean feeling
will intoxicate you.
give me an ocean feeling,
a real look at the expense
of the endless waves
and to understand
sailing without a life boat and compass,
will surely land me on to the bottom of the sea.
give me an ocean feeling,
but man, you know it is very intriguing.
You don't want me to remain
an intoxicated baby
lost all the courage to face the rising sun.
give me an ocean feeling
push me to the waves,
on the real waves of the beach,
let me see the real sea.
Chorus
Teach me to raise the sails
teach me to use the compass,
teach me to follow the stars
teach me to be brave,
teach me to navigate through life,
like a good sailor,
companioned by the wind and seagulls.
Give me an ocean feeling,
take me back to the blue depth,
bury me under the waves,
return me to where I came.
Give me an ocean feeling,
even it is deceiving,
real ocean drowns
ocean feeling rocks and rolls.
Give me an ocean feeling,
by the ocean,
I know it is a wakening,
the real ocean, real waves.
The endless waves,
dangerous to sail
without a lifeboat
without a compass.
The bottomless abbeys
invite the arrogant sailor
the reckless surfer
to kiss the death of waves.
On the California beach,
I look to the great beyond,
I know it is intriguing,
to remain in the ocean feeling.
Chorus
Teach me to raise the sails
teach me to use the compass,
teach me to follow the stars
teach me to be brave,
teach me to navigate through life,
like a good sailor,
companioned by the winds and seagulls.
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give me an ocean feeling,
take me back to the rocking waves,
bury me in the deep sweetness of darkness,
return me to the ocean
from that deep blue I came
given me an ocean feeling,
but I know it is deceiving,
a real ocean will drown you
an ocean feeling
will intoxicate you.
give me an ocean feeling,
a real look at the expense
of the endless waves
and to understand
sailing without a life boat and compass,
will surely land me on to the bottom of the sea.
give me an ocean feeling,
but man, you know it is very intriguing.
You don't want me to remain
an intoxicated baby
lost all the courage to face the rising sun.
give me an ocean feeling
push me to the waves,
on the real waves of the beach,
let me see the real sea.
Chorus
Teach me to raise the sails
teach me to use the compass,
teach me to follow the stars
teach me to be brave,
teach me to navigate through life,
like a good sailor,
companioned by the wind and seagulls.
Give me an ocean feeling,
take me back to the blue depth,
bury me under the waves,
return me to where I came.
Give me an ocean feeling,
even it is deceiving,
real ocean drowns
ocean feeling rocks and rolls.
Give me an ocean feeling,
by the ocean,
I know it is a wakening,
the real ocean, real waves.
The endless waves,
dangerous to sail
without a lifeboat
without a compass.
The bottomless abbeys
invite the arrogant sailor
the reckless surfer
to kiss the death of waves.
On the California beach,
I look to the great beyond,
I know it is intriguing,
to remain in the ocean feeling.
Chorus
Teach me to raise the sails
teach me to use the compass,
teach me to follow the stars
teach me to be brave,
teach me to navigate through life,
like a good sailor,
companioned by the winds and seagulls.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
What Are Meridians? Channels of Energy or Chi in TCM and Holistic Therapies
One of the pillars of Traditional Chinese Medicine, meridians are invisible lines through the body that carry energy to every organ and system.
An ancient myth has it that the Chinese first learned about energy meridians when soldiers on the battlefield noticed lines of glowing energy running through their companions’ severed limbs and bodies. In reality, meridians are invisible, theoretical lines which correspond to the flow of energy or chi throughout the human body. They relate to each of the body’s organs and systems and can be used to assess and to improve health using a variety of techniques from the applied science of Touch for Health to the most recent advances in energy psychology.
What is a Meridian?
Meridians are energy channels. They can be likened to the wiring of a house, or the veins and arteries through which our blood flows, except that they have no discrete physical structure. They run through our physical bodies but they cannot be dissected or found surgically. Meridians are part of the body’s subtle energy anatomy and have no concrete form. Humans are not unique in having meridians - dogs, cats, horses, and all mammals seem to have energy meridians.
Despite their intangible nature, we know that meridians exist because their impact can be felt. Sedating (weakening) or strengthening the various meridians has a noticeable impact on energy levels, mood and adaptability, health, immunity, thinking and cognition, and more. Some of the meridians are yin and some are yang, and each corresponds to an element and specific emotional tendencies.
Children are sometimes able to feel the flow of energy in their own meridians (somewhat like growing pains) when energy of a meridian is out of balance. People who are intuitive can sometimes see or sense the energy of other people’s meridians and tell whether their flow is healthy and strong (Donna Eden is known for her ability to sense what people need for energetic balance).
The 14 meridians are the Central, Governing, Circulation/Sex, Bladder, Gall Bladder, Heart, Kidney, Large Intestine, Liver, Lung, Small Intestine, Spleen, Stomach, and Triple Warmer.
How can we work with the Meridians?
One of the easiest ways to use the meridians for healing is by running a hand over the path of the meridian. To strengthen a weak meridian, the meridian is “run” forwards, from its beginning to its end. To weaken or sedate a meridian that is over-energized and that is drawing energy from other systems, the meridian is run backwards from end to beginning. For an example, see Sedating the Triple Warmer Meridian.
Dozens of approaches have sprung up in the thousands of years since the Chinese began to study the meridians. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture is applied to points on the meridians to release blockages and bring about healing of all kinds, while key points are used by traditional doctors to diagnose health and balance in the body’s systems.
Newer schools of Energy Work which employ the energy meridians include Touch for Health Applied Kinesiology, Eden Energy Medicine, and several forms of energy psychology which approach the meridians in almost the same way as acupuncture - without the needles! Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods (EDxTM) are two energy psychology techniques which involved tapping on key points on the meridians to remove blocked energy affecting the emotions.
An ancient myth has it that the Chinese first learned about energy meridians when soldiers on the battlefield noticed lines of glowing energy running through their companions’ severed limbs and bodies. In reality, meridians are invisible, theoretical lines which correspond to the flow of energy or chi throughout the human body. They relate to each of the body’s organs and systems and can be used to assess and to improve health using a variety of techniques from the applied science of Touch for Health to the most recent advances in energy psychology.
What is a Meridian?
Meridians are energy channels. They can be likened to the wiring of a house, or the veins and arteries through which our blood flows, except that they have no discrete physical structure. They run through our physical bodies but they cannot be dissected or found surgically. Meridians are part of the body’s subtle energy anatomy and have no concrete form. Humans are not unique in having meridians - dogs, cats, horses, and all mammals seem to have energy meridians.
Despite their intangible nature, we know that meridians exist because their impact can be felt. Sedating (weakening) or strengthening the various meridians has a noticeable impact on energy levels, mood and adaptability, health, immunity, thinking and cognition, and more. Some of the meridians are yin and some are yang, and each corresponds to an element and specific emotional tendencies.
Children are sometimes able to feel the flow of energy in their own meridians (somewhat like growing pains) when energy of a meridian is out of balance. People who are intuitive can sometimes see or sense the energy of other people’s meridians and tell whether their flow is healthy and strong (Donna Eden is known for her ability to sense what people need for energetic balance).
The 14 meridians are the Central, Governing, Circulation/Sex, Bladder, Gall Bladder, Heart, Kidney, Large Intestine, Liver, Lung, Small Intestine, Spleen, Stomach, and Triple Warmer.
How can we work with the Meridians?
One of the easiest ways to use the meridians for healing is by running a hand over the path of the meridian. To strengthen a weak meridian, the meridian is “run” forwards, from its beginning to its end. To weaken or sedate a meridian that is over-energized and that is drawing energy from other systems, the meridian is run backwards from end to beginning. For an example, see Sedating the Triple Warmer Meridian.
Dozens of approaches have sprung up in the thousands of years since the Chinese began to study the meridians. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture is applied to points on the meridians to release blockages and bring about healing of all kinds, while key points are used by traditional doctors to diagnose health and balance in the body’s systems.
Newer schools of Energy Work which employ the energy meridians include Touch for Health Applied Kinesiology, Eden Energy Medicine, and several forms of energy psychology which approach the meridians in almost the same way as acupuncture - without the needles! Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods (EDxTM) are two energy psychology techniques which involved tapping on key points on the meridians to remove blocked energy affecting the emotions.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
history record of O'Malley's presence at the English Court
There came to me also a most famous feminine sea captain called Grany Imallye and offered her services unto me, wheresoever I would command her, with three galleys and two hundred fighting men, either in Scotland or in Ireland. She brought with her her husband for she was as well by land as by sea well more than Mrs Mate with him. ...This was a notorious rebel in all the coasts of Ireland. Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1576
Timeline of Grace O'Malley
1530: Born in the lorship of Umhall, Co Mayo, daughter of the chieftain Owen (Dudara) O’Malley from whom she learned her seafaring expertise.
1546: Given in a politically motivated marriage to Donal of the Battles O’Flaherty, tanaiste of the Clan O’Flaherty in his castle of Bunowen, in Connemara.
1547-1552: Gives birth to 2 sons, Owen and Murrough and a daughter, Margaret.
1560: Donal killed in an inter-clan dispute. Grace avenges his death and assumes leadership of his clan on behalf of her sons.
1564: Returns to Umhall and settles on Clare Island, from where she commences her successful career of ‘maintenance by land and sea’ with her father’s ships and a private army of 200 men. Her fame as a leader and an expert mariner grows.
1565: Rescues Hugh de Lacy from the sea and he becomes her lover. Subsequently wrecks a terrible retribution on the MacMahons when they kill Hugh.
1566: When the English administration begins to push into Mayo, she marries Richard-in-Iron Bourke, whose castle, Rockfleet, is less exposed than Clare Island. When she has moved her ships and army into Richard’s castle she divorces him.
1567: Her son Theobald (Tiboid-ne-Long) Toby-of-the- Ships is born aboard her ship. She defends her new-born son from an attack from Barbery Pirates On her return to Rockfleet she becomes re-united with Richard-in-Iron to protect themselves from the English.
1571: With Grace’s help, Richard-in-Iron becomes tanaiste (elected succesor) to the MacWilliam of Mayo, the premier chiefdom in Mayo
1576: The Mac William of Mayo submits to Queen Elizabeth of England. Richard-in-Iron’s position as his successor is under threat.
1577: With her army and navy in tow, Grace impresses Elizabeth’s minister, Sir Henry Sidney in Galway with her military capabilities.
1577: Grace plunders Desmond and is captured by the Earl of Desmond, who imprisons her in Limerick Jail.
1578: To save his own neck, Desmond hands her over to the English Governor.
1578: Grace is thrown into the dungeons of Dublin Castle
1579: Richard-in-Iron rises in rebellion. Grace is released from prison by the English on the pretext of bringing him to heel.
1579: Grace plunders English shipping. She routes an English army sent to beseige her at Rockfleet.
1580: The MacWilliam dies and his son succeeds him by English law. Grace and Richard go into rebellion to secure their rights. Grace’s ships bring in the infamous Scottish mercenaries, the Gallowglass. The English are no match for them and agree to deal. Richard becomes the MacWilliam of Mayo and is inaugurated in the age-old Gaelic custom.
1581: Grace and Richard resist the encroachment of the English on their power and lands.
1583: Richard-in-Iron dies. Grace immediately secures Rockfleet Castle as her base.
1584: Sir Richard Bingham is appointed English Governor. He sets out to destroy Grace and her family.
1584: Grace leads a rebellion against Bingham.
1586: Bingham’s brother kills Grace’s eldest son, Owen
1586: Under the guise of a truce, Bingham lures Grace to his headquarters. He proclaims her a traitor and condems her to death. She is rescued by her son-in-law.
1587: Grace flees to Ulster to consult with O’Neill. With his ally, O’Donell, he is plotting to unite the Irish for the first time and, with help from the King of Spain, to drive the English out of Ireland.
1588: The Spanish Armada is driven by bad weather to its doom. Bingham exacts a terrible revenge on Grace and her relations for helping the Spanish. They retaliate and Bingham declares all-out war.
1589: Bingham accuses Grace of treason and of being ‘the nurse to all rebellions in Ireland’ and reports her to Elizabeth.
1590: Bingham pressurises Grace’s second son, Murrough, to ally with him. Furious Grace attacks Murrough intensifies her efforts against Bingham.
1591: By adopting a ‘scorched earth’ tactic, Bingham finally defeats the Grace. He her fleet of ships which renders her powerless. She strikes back and seizes an English ship.
1592: In desperation Grace writes to Elizabeth telling her of the injustices perpetrated against her by Bingham and seeking redress.
1593: Bingham seizes Tiboid and charges him with treason, a crime punishable by death.
1593: Grace makes a momentuous and dangerous decision. (July)She will sail to London and put her case to Elizabeth face to face.
1593: Septemper, Against Bingham’s advice Elizabeth grants Grace an audience at her glittering Court at Greenwich. Showing a shrewd negotiating ability and daring, Grace out-manouvers the Queen, secures her son’s release and boldly elicits the Queen’s assent to continue her career by land and sea.
1594: Bingham is recalled to England and Grace returns unhindered to her old career.
1597: At the ‘great age’ of 67, Grace is recorded still actively leading her men by sea in a retaliatory attack on MacNeil of Barra off the Scottish coast.
1601: The Battle of Kinsale and the final demise of the Gaelic world of Grace o’Malley.
1603: Grace dies at Rockfleet.
1546: Given in a politically motivated marriage to Donal of the Battles O’Flaherty, tanaiste of the Clan O’Flaherty in his castle of Bunowen, in Connemara.
1547-1552: Gives birth to 2 sons, Owen and Murrough and a daughter, Margaret.
1560: Donal killed in an inter-clan dispute. Grace avenges his death and assumes leadership of his clan on behalf of her sons.
1564: Returns to Umhall and settles on Clare Island, from where she commences her successful career of ‘maintenance by land and sea’ with her father’s ships and a private army of 200 men. Her fame as a leader and an expert mariner grows.
1565: Rescues Hugh de Lacy from the sea and he becomes her lover. Subsequently wrecks a terrible retribution on the MacMahons when they kill Hugh.
1566: When the English administration begins to push into Mayo, she marries Richard-in-Iron Bourke, whose castle, Rockfleet, is less exposed than Clare Island. When she has moved her ships and army into Richard’s castle she divorces him.
1567: Her son Theobald (Tiboid-ne-Long) Toby-of-the- Ships is born aboard her ship. She defends her new-born son from an attack from Barbery Pirates On her return to Rockfleet she becomes re-united with Richard-in-Iron to protect themselves from the English.
1571: With Grace’s help, Richard-in-Iron becomes tanaiste (elected succesor) to the MacWilliam of Mayo, the premier chiefdom in Mayo
1576: The Mac William of Mayo submits to Queen Elizabeth of England. Richard-in-Iron’s position as his successor is under threat.
1577: With her army and navy in tow, Grace impresses Elizabeth’s minister, Sir Henry Sidney in Galway with her military capabilities.
1577: Grace plunders Desmond and is captured by the Earl of Desmond, who imprisons her in Limerick Jail.
1578: To save his own neck, Desmond hands her over to the English Governor.
1578: Grace is thrown into the dungeons of Dublin Castle
1579: Richard-in-Iron rises in rebellion. Grace is released from prison by the English on the pretext of bringing him to heel.
1579: Grace plunders English shipping. She routes an English army sent to beseige her at Rockfleet.
1580: The MacWilliam dies and his son succeeds him by English law. Grace and Richard go into rebellion to secure their rights. Grace’s ships bring in the infamous Scottish mercenaries, the Gallowglass. The English are no match for them and agree to deal. Richard becomes the MacWilliam of Mayo and is inaugurated in the age-old Gaelic custom.
1581: Grace and Richard resist the encroachment of the English on their power and lands.
1583: Richard-in-Iron dies. Grace immediately secures Rockfleet Castle as her base.
1584: Sir Richard Bingham is appointed English Governor. He sets out to destroy Grace and her family.
1584: Grace leads a rebellion against Bingham.
1586: Bingham’s brother kills Grace’s eldest son, Owen
1586: Under the guise of a truce, Bingham lures Grace to his headquarters. He proclaims her a traitor and condems her to death. She is rescued by her son-in-law.
1587: Grace flees to Ulster to consult with O’Neill. With his ally, O’Donell, he is plotting to unite the Irish for the first time and, with help from the King of Spain, to drive the English out of Ireland.
1588: The Spanish Armada is driven by bad weather to its doom. Bingham exacts a terrible revenge on Grace and her relations for helping the Spanish. They retaliate and Bingham declares all-out war.
1589: Bingham accuses Grace of treason and of being ‘the nurse to all rebellions in Ireland’ and reports her to Elizabeth.
1590: Bingham pressurises Grace’s second son, Murrough, to ally with him. Furious Grace attacks Murrough intensifies her efforts against Bingham.
1591: By adopting a ‘scorched earth’ tactic, Bingham finally defeats the Grace. He her fleet of ships which renders her powerless. She strikes back and seizes an English ship.
1592: In desperation Grace writes to Elizabeth telling her of the injustices perpetrated against her by Bingham and seeking redress.
1593: Bingham seizes Tiboid and charges him with treason, a crime punishable by death.
1593: Grace makes a momentuous and dangerous decision. (July)She will sail to London and put her case to Elizabeth face to face.
1593: Septemper, Against Bingham’s advice Elizabeth grants Grace an audience at her glittering Court at Greenwich. Showing a shrewd negotiating ability and daring, Grace out-manouvers the Queen, secures her son’s release and boldly elicits the Queen’s assent to continue her career by land and sea.
1594: Bingham is recalled to England and Grace returns unhindered to her old career.
1597: At the ‘great age’ of 67, Grace is recorded still actively leading her men by sea in a retaliatory attack on MacNeil of Barra off the Scottish coast.
1601: The Battle of Kinsale and the final demise of the Gaelic world of Grace o’Malley.
1603: Grace dies at Rockfleet.
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