June 2, 2026

35 thoughts on “The Fight or Flight of The Pesky Little Fly…

  1. I just don’t even recognize this planet we are on!! Such changes and straight in your face dirt and darkness thrown at us! Time is short and the enemy has no time to slyly slip his plans in….they are out in plain sight.

    Yesterday an old, old hymn my grandmother sang came to mind and the words ring true:

    This world is not my home, I’m just a-passing through,
    My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue;
    The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door,
    And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.
    Refrain:
    O Lord, You know I have no friend like You,
    If heaven’s not my home, then, Lord, what will I do?
    The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door,
    And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.
    They’re all expecting me, and that’s one thing I know—
    My Savior pardoned me, and now I onward go;
    I know He’ll take me through though I am weak and poor,
    And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.
    I have a loving Savior up in glory-land,
    I don’t expect to stop until I with Him stand;
    He’s waiting now for me in heaven’s open door,
    And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.
    Just up in glory-land we’ll live eternally,
    The saints on every hand are shouting victory,
    Their songs of sweetest praise drift back from heaven’s shore,
    And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.

  2. Can you think of other ways a fly can meet its demise unexpectedly?

    Yep..! Eat ’em like The Little Old Lady… 🙂

    “I Know An Old Lady”

    • Burl Ives

    I know an old lady who swallowed a fly
    I don’t know why she swallowed the fly
    I guess she’ll die

    I know an old lady who swallowed a spider
    That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
    She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
    I don’t know why she swallowed the fly
    I guess she’ll die

    I know an old lady who swallowed a bird
    How absurd to swallow a bird
    She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
    That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her

    She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
    I don’t know why she swallowed the fly
    I guess she’ll die

    I know an old lady who swallowed a cat
    Imagine that, to swallow a cat
    She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
    She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
    That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her

    She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
    I don’t know why she swallowed the fly
    I guess she’ll die

    I know an old lady who swallowed a dog
    My, what a hog, to swallow a dog
    She swallowed the dog to catch the cat
    She swallowed the cat to catch the bird

    She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
    That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
    She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
    I don’t know why she swallowed the fly
    I guess she’ll die

    I know an old lady who swallowed a goat
    Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat
    She swallowed the goat to catch the dog
    She swallowed the dog to catch the cat

    She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
    She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
    That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
    She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
    I don’t know why she swallowed the fly
    I guess she’ll die

    I know an old lady who swallowed a cow
    I wonder how she swallowed a cow?
    She swallowed the cow to catch the goat
    She swallowed the goat to catch the dog
    She swallowed the dog to catch the cat

    She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
    She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
    That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
    She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
    I don’t know why she swallowed the fly
    I guess she’ll die

    I know an old lady who swallowed a horse
    She’s dead, of course…

    Can you imagine if all these flies had stingers like a bee, wasp, hornet or yellow-jacket..!

    Thanks Dianne, for all you do to keep us informed and on the hunt.

      1. I was once able to somewhat play that on guitar and sing it…my fingers are in their own world now. I sang it for a neighbor’s two little kids a few years ago, and I could tell they were bored to the who knows where. 🙂

          1. Old Burl Ives, has been a favorite of mine since I heard my first song by him on my Dad’s stereo. Dug all his movies too!!

  3. Diane, I find that your blog is always eye-opening and thought-provoking. Thank you for this beautifully written blog that sustains those who follow it in these difficult times. I am curious to know if you or any of your readers can answer why John Eckhardt’s prayer included the bees along with the flies?

  4. William Blake’s poems – The Lamb and The Tyger sum up his best literature works.
    They complement each other — where the Lamb 🐑 ends The Tiger begins
    I loved both poems equally— my mother loved these poems and The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.
    It’s nice to go back to happier memories and reflect. Thank you 🙏 Diane you got me out of a rut.
    You have no idea but I feel so much better right now….

    1. Ginsburg belongs in a straight jacket — his music sounds like a lobotomized patient.
      On the other hand, he sounds like his mind was blown with drugs — he is a classic cuckoo
      I would have no patience with him in any group I was running. He was s highly manipulative
      and attention seeking in a negative way.

  5. This reading may be apropos for me especially because I face a dilemma
    ‘I want to work with hospitalized patients in Eucharist Ministry and prayers but
    I am not immunized by their guidelines— even though I have never got covid or flu.
    My good intentions are not working out and it’s very disappointing and unsettling personally.
    ‘How does one walk in the path Jesus led when society puts so many protocols on people.
    ‘You can’t be an individual anymore. Do I go along to get along? I honestly see how people
    working in the healthcare profession they love had to make choices.
    Why does government and hospitals 🏥 push these vaccines 💉?
    Is mRNA nanotechnology that important? We don’t know enough about long term consequences.
    Spiked cells are called Acanthocytes and they aren’t normal to the human body. They are abnormal
    the name is Greek “Acantha” = “thorn” “Kytos ” = “cell”.
    They cause changes to the fats and proteins on red blood cells outer layers.
    I think there is no escape from this world matrix anymore.
    The irony to do good and be more like Jesus is now conformity and going against personal beliefs.
    Maybe celebrating Jesus will always be personal only.

    Getting back to Diane’s Writings — Blake was one of my favorite poets in high school
    “The Lamb” was his best and Michelangelo is the greatest sculpture of all —
    The Pieta was made from one huge slab of marble — chiseled away by Michelangelo to show Mary holding her son at death.
    Both make me smile that there is beauty but it’s from the past.
    I was still in nursing school when Homosexuality was labeled abnormal.
    Then the DSM-5 came out and said it was normal and people should experiment—
    but pedophilia is abnormal. They now try to make pedophilia a social norm.
    The constant push into taboos as the normal is a breakdown of society.
    What do we do? fight it as best we can — elect right people — the wrong ones are in charge.
    The Hur Drama on Biden’s top secret documents was consistent with democrats sick charades and
    our perverted government leaders look insane as usual.
    There are some who have moral backbones but they are sidelined by this corrupt media.
    Fox did okay showing up the 2 sides for once.
    Well, I am rambling on and I am going to have to find my way out of the dilemma.
    I need a miracle to deal with these people who always email me to update my immunization
    per their guidelines. I never had this before. It’s like all new tracking.

    1. I actually know how the fly feels as he flies away from the squatter only to fly into the trap which
      gets the fly in the end on its gluey surface.

    2. Concerning your dilemma…the “protocols” are Satan’s avenue to funnel folks to the door he wants you to walk through. I work for a large bank and had a similar situation. They pushed hard for everyone to get the vax and updates. I applied for a religious exemption – sharing the dangers of the test, masking, and vax, and it was denied outright. They threatened that those who don’t comply may be fired (my manager had this conversation with me), and they worked every angle they could think of to force compliance. This did not concern me because there is no wriggle room in protecting the body that houses the Holy Spirit…I knew it was wrong. God took care of it, and he will for you too. In my case they ended up pulling back on their mandates so – at least for now, my job has been spared.

      The devil is wily…he needs your compliance to successfully “woo you away” from God. Hold firm on what is right. Trust that God will make a way for you to proceed and be open to whatever path he directs your steps. The path will be in this world, but not of this world, so don’t be discouraged. 🙂 If we love and follow Jesus, the world will hate us…that’s the side we choose to be on. Judging by what you are experiencing, you are definitely on the right side (smile!!!)

      Have an awesome day!!!

      1. Thank you 🙏 I am waiting to hear back I will offer to sign a waiver.
        I can’t take any mRNA vaccine 💉 therapies— they aren’t right.
        I called nurses and asked them if it was a requirement and no one
        really knew. I got the email and it said immunization requirements.
        I went to CDC online and immunization requirements are
        new Covid19 shots and other vaccines.
        I had most of the old vaccines 💉 MMR -chickenpox -pneumonia -Tetanus-
        Hepatitis vax but nothing since 2018 because I stopped working in medical
        field. If it is to be — it will be and they accept my willingness for waiver.
        They will not be held responsible for any illnesses I may incur.
        There is no religious exemption here only the personal one I believe.
        I thought all this was in the past because everyone I know who got covid
        was Vaxxed. I don’t trust mRNA nanotechnology genetics. It’s far too new.

        1. Stay the course. Don’t buckle. The congress has just found the military guilty of vaccine deaths and damages and dare say they will be charged with crimes against humanity. Or so that is what it looks like and sounds like. Don’t fall into the devils temptations of destruction. Be strong.

          1. I would never buckle — I only shared this because I have good
            Intentions to volunteer but they make it difficult with mandates
            Which should be outdated. Immunization protocols for Covid19
            should never be — allow the individual to decide
            There is too much negative side effects coming out since their
            Inception and there will be more.
            God will open an another door 🚪 I know that

        2. Stand firm in what you know to be right, Sheila. God always honors that. If he wants you involved with it, they’ll give you an exemption. If they won’t then God has closed that door for a reason. Here’s something I just read today on what they’ve found with these mRna vaccines: https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/scientists-discover-alien-dna-hidden-in-blood-of-vaccinated-people/. It’s very interesting, bc a few years ago, Jessie Czebotar who is descended from a satanic bloodline but came to Christ as a young child, said that satan was out to change our blood or DNA so that he could claim that he created or recreated humanity/animals & so we belonged to him. This was before the covid insanity.

      2. ” Trust that God will make a way for you to proceed and be open to whatever path he directs your steps. The path will be in this world, but not of this world, so don’t be discouraged.”

        Sue…..I had to save those words : )
        Thanks for sharing!

  6. Dianne….you’d make a great carpenter. You always nail it!

    At the very beginning…reading about Ginsberg’s poetry I thought “drugs” “saten”….and didn’t even want to read it.

    On a lighter(?) note….Nurse Ratched came to mind…

  7. For me, I like getting to the root of the systems that are in place that we are supposed to just follow along and partake in without asking any questions. The same systems and organizations that give us labels and tell us what we are thinking when we aren’t thinking that at all. If you tell them that, they will just shout you are in denial. Perhaps I am just studying how the enemy acts, thinks, talks, plots and moves about? I tend to do that. Do you?”

    Yes I do! I have always been able to see a person’s intentions and could easily find the thing they were hiding behind the lies they tell. These are the ones who get angry when someone perceives their true self, motivations, and intentions. And, they especially hate questions about why they believe what they believe. Have you ever noticed how angry these types get when you ask them why they think the things they are certain are true? And when they are presented with simple facts showing how they’ve been misled their reaction is typically similar to the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland…”Off with your head!”. It’s as if they are terrified of learning they are wrong and would go to any lengths to shut up the one asking questions that are different than their chosen paradigm. Some people would just shut up and stop asking questions at this point. I am not one of those people. In fact, these types of reactions help me to know I am close to the target and it’s time to dig deeper to discover the hidden truth. It is astonishing to me that people can know they’ve been lied to but cling to the lie verses learning the truth. They get so angry when presented with reality they say hurtful and vengeful things. You’d think they would want to be liberated and freed from the proverbial cave. This is rarely the case.

    1. I’ve been the same way…since childhood : )
      When I was in my teens I use to say to myself “Man…this place is nuts. I just want to go back to my own planet”.
      I’d think it jokingly……but(?)
      Why would I get a thought like that….maybe some part of my still innocent mind was still working? I don’t know.
      And no, lol…I wasn’t doing drugs…probably one of the few in my area that didn’t.
      All my friends did…but they never really gave me a hard time about it. I was pretty much excepted in the group. I was one of them…but not.
      One of my friends told me one day that “we all do drugs because we want to be more like you”.
      I think he meant it as a complement……maybe lol.

      Why do most people get angry when they hear the truth…about anything?
      I thought about it….then my head started to hurt : )

      Really….the way I see it….what do most lies have in common?
      A lie….usually does not make you feel uncomfortable when you hear it. (think about it…)
      It’s a statement or a story that sounds fairly believable…seems to make pretty good sense…and makes you feel at ease.

      Now what is it about the truth…that immediately sets most people off?
      I guess it’s their gut feeling…at war with their mind….making them feel extremely uncomfortable.
      Their mind believes the lie statement or story…but their gut knows the truth….they can feel it…and it’s very upsetting.

      I could be 100% wrong……but it makes sense to me.
      Let me know what you think Tammi….and anyone else.
      Just like everyone here…I’m trying to figure this crazy world out…without going crazy : )

      1. I think you nailed it! When their heart and head are saying different things then they feel uneasy and they lash out at the person who shoved them out of their comfort zone asking things that made them scared and uncomfortable. And, I relate with feeling like I don’t fit in with most people. It’s hard being able to see things most won’t or can’t. But I see now that we were chosen especially for this time. God chose you and I , as well as most of the readers here I’m betting, to be immune to the head games and tricks of the beast. What an incredible gift!

        1. It is a blessing….and a lot of times a painful one.
          But I wouldn’t trade it for anything ; )
          Amen

    2. There is comfort in those things that are familiar.People have a tendency to fear what they do not understand.Therefore it is easier to deny than to change.It takes courage to walk in Faith and not by sight.

    3. So true. They have “Jesus said derangement syndrome.” or “Jesus didn’t say that derangement syndrome”. Even, “Say that again and I will hit you derangement syndrome.” Now we are fighting “God and the Bible don’t exist derangement syndrome”. We are in a great falling away and as a part of the remnant… we must hold on to what we have and seek more truth through the Holy Spirit and the Lord who dwells within us. The commandment to love God and our neighbor as ourself, along with judge not lest you be judged is put to the test. We must practice daily to put up our shields and sharpen the sword of the Lord which is the word of God and to lay all the rest at the Lord’s feet to deal with. Stay alert and go where the Holy Spirit leads us to go. Spiritual warfare is ongoing at this moment in time. Pray unceasing and keep on pressing into the Kingdom of God. We each have a special purpose and each are called to do different things. Amen.

      1. “We are in a great falling away and as a part of the remnant… we must hold on to what we have and seek more truth through the Holy Spirit and the Lord who dwells within us.”

        Dianne….that’s what I try to get across to people…..seek MORE truth through the Holy Spirit and the Lord……who dwells (lives) within us.

        Look inward….to find truth and understanding…guidance….to find all answers.
        Talk to God Almighty…Lord Jesus Christ…Thee Holy Spirit…..don’t just pray at Him.

        Do people really think Our Father is going to want us in His House if we won’t even talk to him?
        Do people really think God is going to want us as a neighbor…if we don’t even talk to Him?
        “Yeah…..that guy Bill….he doesn’t show any love…has no respect for others….and doesn’t even have the decency to say hi”.

        Would you want a neighbor like that?

        Then ask yourself: “Would God want a neighbor like that?”

        1. So true. Not to long ago I told my family when we feel the Holy Spirit and we know it… and we tell each other and ignore the presence it’s like saying, The Holy Spirit’s here and then going on as though the spirit wasn’t there to tell you something. It is then we need to talk to the spirit and see why the spirit appeared and what we are to know. But when we don’t ask, and talk… we don’t know what that experience would have been. I now ask lots of questions when that happens. Smile.

          1. Yep….you put a smile on my face Dianne : )
            The good thing….we are all learning and growing.
            In time…we might get it right : )

  8. After having briefly skimmed this very good blog, I’ll observe, maybe incorrectly, that one thing was omitted: the ‘weight’ of the fly.
    As in the movie 🎥 portrayal by Jimmy Stewart about the “Spirit of St. Louis.” 🧐
    Now, with more coffee ☕️ I’ll cycle back and “weigh” your work, especially as it encourages us to “take it before the Lord, through the promptings of the Holy Spirit.”👌🏼
    🍱🙏🏼❤️😎

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