A+ for his musical and personal development: Ray Charles I'm putting myself in his shoes. A child in poverty circumstances running through the ghetto in bare feet with his baby brother. He discovers a love for the piano as his baby brother is accidentally drowned the same summer. So on his meteoric... Sign in to see full entry.
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Thursday, November 9, 2006
I open mouth and insert foot like that almost every day. Fearlessly! This is the end of finals week for my girls. High schoolers nowadays are only required to show up for specific finals during this week. It only happens twice per year, end of the semesters. Well, my older daughter was studying at... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
"Angels and Armed Guards" New Poetry ......................................
I cannot tell you how flattered I am At the command you have over you The challenge is enormous, Like mountains before us I have worried so long over you. Angels and armed guards like streetlights and stars wearing chains in our urban freedom Like angels and armed guards and neon lights in bars Here... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, June 12, 2006
The valley of Eden..................................................
Like angels and armed guards Around this make-it-up-as-you-go family The stars and the street lights are standing Out in the yard, angels and armed guards in the valley of Eden. Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 23, 2005
To My Christmas protoge, my holiday mentor, my colleague and blogit pal
Ginnieb Hey I remember you. You threw paper at me in fifth grade. I loved you so and dreamed of kissing you; and that summer I rode you on my brother's bike. You got off the basket and the mesh wire had made odd patterns on the backs of your legs. The girls called you"basket butt" and you blamed me... Sign in to see full entry.
Merry Christmas to my Beautiful Canadian friends, one special guy..........
O Canada O Canada How I love my country O Canada O Canada How I love country With Rocky Mountains and Northern lIghts And Maple Leafs that skate on ice O Canada O Canada How I love my country Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
To ginnieb who is going home! I wish I were going home. Bless you, dear..
The search for a new Canadian flag started in earnest in 1925 when a committee of the Privy Council began to research possible designs for a national flag. However, the work of the committee was never completed. Later, in 1946, a select parliamentary committee was appointed with a similar mandate,... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 18, 2005
We wish ginnieb the best in her new home -- a poem.........................
To Ginnie, Be What You Will Be Standing in the arctic air, so thin I can scarcely breathe, I feel the sun on my Canadian face. The depth perception required for this distant view of God's acre is dizzying me. Yet there is no vertigo, as my feet are firmly planted below me; no giddiness as the... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
My Five-Word Poem...Thank you BlackCat! This was totally worth it!........
The Meaning of Success Oh yes, this is the life! I believe I have made it...ha ha. I have it made! Oh indeed, yes. This is the top, the peak, the pinnacle of my career. Here I sit, the gals out there totally waiting for me to cough, ahem! The big office, men! Mr. Wonderful at your service, ladies.... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Leonard Cohen..............................................................
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I’m coming out, I’m coming to reward them First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. I’m guided by a signal in the heavens I’m guided by this birthmark on my skin... Sign in to see full entry.