Wednesday, January 23, 2008
MAKER'S MARK
Maker's Mark is my favorite bourbon of late….I used to be a Crown Royal gal…. But then I discovered the bottle with the red wax top…..and I really do love the stuff. It’s richer, deeper….warms my tummy….warms me down to my toes….. Loosens the knots in my neck….and my knees….great color, taste and...
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
The Slaughter of a Language
Everyday I listen to it and it breaks my heart….. The slaughter of a language….. I seen it…..he don’t, she don’t…..ain’t that the one? He done…..we done…..I can’t go on because it’s too ugly. These are people talking to each other all around me, But, worse, to customers all over the country. These...
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Friday, December 21, 2007
A CHRISTMAS STATEMENT
(I got this in an email and have no idea who the original author was......wish I had this much creativity, but I don't and Seedling left me a great comment I don't deserve....but I sure agree with her as to that exercised in the comment which is why I shared it....sorry for the oversight, as I...
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Thursday, December 6, 2007
"Do'ing" Christmas
I’ve thought for the last few years about how, in a lot of ways, Christmas seems to be getting very hard to “do”. I’m going to…..in the spirit of the way it is more often than not done anyway, leave religion out of it….and talk only about the other aspect that has always been very important to me,...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Please Cut Some Slack....What is a Blogit Writer?
The other day, I read a blog where yet another talented…this time rather young, sometimes it’s an older one on this particular soapbox….writer was going on about the lack of quality writing on this place. This particular writer was talking about how some of us dare to utilize Blogit to paste tired...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING BEAUTIFUL
Making beautiful….making special and unique…. making just for you; Papers, inks, designs….stamping, pasting, embossing…cutting and curling… I spend hours and hours each year…..mind locked on my fingers. Children of my mind, ideas pour forth….and grow, change….become my art… Making beautiful…..my...
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Monday, November 26, 2007
It All Depends On How You Define Sin......Funny But True
A Southern Baptist Lady! The lady was a Southern Baptist who attended services and taught Sunday School every week. On one Sunday, an out of town acquaintance, a gentleman, was in the pew right behind her. He noted what a fine looking woman she was. While they were taking up the collection, the man...
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Friday, November 23, 2007
The Jackson Gene
My mother was always a freak for facts. Curiosity being, I think, the most obvious trait of a high intelligence.....and my mother definitely has that.....my dad and I always just looked at it as something that came with the package; and it definitely had its benefits.....need to know...
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
A Thanking Ritual
What am I thankful for? The fact that I have so many options, I have to stop and think where to start. The problems that I have......most are within my control to solve...and I’m very grateful for that. The issues I have to confront that are out of my control are just that...out of my control; and...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
COLORS
Green is fresh, full of oxygen……new as a sprout or sprig…old as the forest primeval; Lime/emerald/teal/Kelly/chartreuse - every hue one of Creation’s favorite – everywhere. Birds have the ability to see colors we can’t even imagine…I can’t grasp that. I have seen some emeralds and some streaks in...
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