Monday, January 26, 2004Tonight this column is really about nothing>>>Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, January 25, 2004What scene do you want to be enveloped in more than this one?It isn't difficult to impress fourth grade students. With black beret and wooden stool, I recite poetry while they ooh and ahh; but adults are a different matter. This past June I attended a teacher's writing workshop. After the initial lecture, we were given a timed writing prompt and expected to... Sign in to see full entry.Do you prefer Mexican vanilla?BROWNIES Feeling the heat warming my shoulder, I stopped by her oven and peered in. She yelled at me, of course. No one ever dared interfere with any baking project Dorothy has going. Baking is almost sacred with my sister. Her brownies have to be the ultimate culinary experience, the chewiest, the... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, January 23, 2004I won't lose my memories when I've lost my mind, if >>> from poetjpbLeftover junk in a tattered trunk, banana boxes stacked, with scraps hanging out the peepholes like old sheets on a line. I feel secure surrounded by familiar "stuff" and somehow I think I won't lose my memories when I've lost my mind, if I can just hang on to the scraps of my life. Journal Entry... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, January 21, 2004CHICKEN LEGS, MARTHA STEWART AND MARTIN LUTHER KING’S DAUGHTERwell, nothing new hereoops forgot the capital letter at the beginning of this sentence--oh well. I'm tired. I'm eating greasy oven baked chicken legs. Turned out pretty well. I don't like to cook so I flew in the kitchen, threw down my work keys and grabbed some chicken legs and put them in a glass... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, January 20, 2004Ever heard of Gustav Mahler? How do you cope with the chaos in your soul?His music reflected his deeply spiritual and philosophical nature. He struggled with great issues such as the nature of God and the battle of good and evil. Mahler struggled to make sense out of a senseless world. He continually searched for answers. Mahler enjoyed posing life's deep unanswerable... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, January 19, 2004Why do I still lick stamps? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The Road Less Traveled>>> Thoreau, Peck, Emerson, yeah, I've read them. I've ordered my private world, followed the road less traveled, and I take the path of least resistance; sounds better, but really; I'm just plain lazy. Gritting my teeth, I swore at the bathtub plug. Just as I was lying back... Sign in to see full entry.Why do I still lick stamps?Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, January 18, 2004MY TOP TEN LIST TO WATCH DAVID LETTERMAN ??? STUPID, BUT FUN>10 top reasons to watch David Letterman 1. Free ham 2.You like his mother 3. There's nothing else on 4. He’s more handsome than Jay Leno 5. That boyish charm and toothy grin 6. You're mentally deranged 7. The bars are closed 8. To watch people’s teeth chatter and knees knock in the Chilly Red... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, January 17, 2004KIDS MUST PLAY!!! DO YOU HAVE KIDS? LET THEM PLAY PLEASE>>>I TEACH SCHOOL. I have taught many grades--Kindergarten, 1st, 4th, 7th and 8th. Parents, please let your kids play. They need an imagination! I pause to watch sunrises and sunsets as often as I can. I always took my kids outside to see the scenery and now they do it to me.......More kids should be... Sign in to see full entry. |