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CONTAGION PUBLISHING, would like to wish you a happy & safe new year!!! We will return in 2008 with books 3, 4, 5, & 6. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, please keep reading!!!

CATCH THE INFECTION!!!!

posted by contagion_publishing on December 27, 2007 at 4:27 PM | link to this | reply

thanks for reading, may you have a great holiday season!!

posted by contagion_publishing on December 20, 2007 at 12:18 PM | link to this | reply

where are you zena

posted by star4sky5 on December 10, 2007 at 8:40 PM | link to this | reply

Thanks for reading, keep writing.

Max

posted by contagion_publishing on November 27, 2007 at 2:16 AM | link to this | reply

Clever, Zena. Well done...

posted by saul_relative on November 14, 2007 at 12:10 AM | link to this | reply

save the forests, save the Hoods, save the planet, save our/their children

http://www.siteofgod.homestead.com/files/indian_angel.jpg

posted by ILLUMINATI8 on November 12, 2007 at 3:27 PM | link to this | reply

posted by star4sky5 on November 10, 2007 at 9:28 AM | link to this | reply

Cheers to Many Merry Men And Just As often Women

posted by mysteria on November 9, 2007 at 2:25 PM | link to this | reply

posted by Constance67 on November 8, 2007 at 4:32 PM | link to this | reply

posted by gavelkorbald on November 8, 2007 at 12:55 AM | link to this | reply

ZENA

The Warrior of words as always. Great.

Bless

Regards

 

posted by UncharteredSoul on November 6, 2007 at 9:34 AM | link to this | reply

zena

posted by richinstore on November 6, 2007 at 7:03 AM | link to this | reply

Zena

...Sing it loud.
Sing it long....

posted by TAPS. on November 5, 2007 at 3:06 PM | link to this | reply

PS Would someone mind emailing me the url to .dave.'s Yahoo360 page?

posted by KaHae on November 5, 2007 at 12:55 PM | link to this | reply

Please feel free to join me at http://groups.google.com/group/deadhorses

My posts have been deleted by blogit, even my beautiful one about wild mushrooms, but I think you will understand the allusion

posted by KaHae on November 5, 2007 at 12:53 PM | link to this | reply

Re: regarding deleted posts:

You should see the lashing Blogit is taking on yahoo's blogging area. Dave's comments section is overflowing with Blogit bashing.  Too bad Blogit can't control what people say or think about it outside these perameters.  If they were smart they would have been more considerate of the masses.  Now, their reputation (one that was already teetering on the brink of bad because people feel tricked into joining for pennies) will be permanently spoiled because of all that will be said about it off-site.  Delete posting here will they?  Then the posts will appear elsewhere, and believe me the impact is already being made...

posted by superflymom119 on November 5, 2007 at 12:22 PM | link to this | reply

regarding deleted posts:

"The powers that be that force us to live like we do bring me to my knees when I see what they've done to you."  -Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders 

posted by FineYoungSinger on November 5, 2007 at 12:17 PM | link to this | reply

its all about 'climate change'

syncronicity - i just read this today

Robin Hood's Forest Is in Trouble

EDWINSTOWE, England (AP) — Robin Hood might have a hard time hiding out in the Sherwood Forest of today.

The forest once covered about 100,000 acres, a big chunk of present-day Nottinghamshire County. Today its core is about 450 acres, with patches spread out through the rest of the county.

Experts say urgent action is needed to regenerate the forest and save the rare and endangered ancient oaks at its heart...

...One of Sherwood's oldest and most celebrated trees is Major Oak near Edwinstowe, the town where legend has Robin marrying Maid Marion. Historians believe it and other Sherwood oaks could have been saplings back in Robin's time.

Park rangers say the collection of ancient oaks is one of the greatest in Europe. But they see an increase in the trees' rate of decline...

...Now, the ravages of age — and, some fear, climate change — are taking their toll. On average one veteran oak per year would fall; this year seven have come down and the rate seems to be accelerating, said Izi Banton, the forest's chief ranger.

Currently 997 ancient oaks stand on the 450 acres known as the "beating heart of the forest," Banton said. About 450 are still living, and of those, 250 are good shape, while the other 200 are particularly vulnerable. The remainder are standing deadwood, still valuable to the forest because of the life they support.

Each oak has its own management plan and some even have names, like Medusa, Stumpy and Twister. Rangers monitor them closely, watching for branches that look droopy or stressed, anxious to ensure that each tree lives as long as possible, said Paul Cook, a senior ranger.

"Every time I come up here I think, 'Has that one gotten slightly lower?'" Cook said, looking at one aging oak. "It is a shock every time one comes down."

Ancient oaks survive about 900 years, of which 300 years are spent growing and 300 dying. Of the seven trees already lost this year, four were felled by high winds on one February night.

With fallen trees go the mostly unique kinds of beetles, moths and bats that live in them.

"It's the hidden side of Sherwood — everyone knows about the amazing trees, but they're not aware of life it supports," Banton said. "They're not all cute and fluffy, but they have just as an important role to play."

The oaks and wildlife will become more vulnerable as long as they remain isolated from the rest of the forest, Brady said...

the new item goes on talk about an urgent regeneration plan underway involving a national lottery and they are quoted as saying that these efforts are "almost a once in a lifetime opportunity to get the forest back on track."

did you know about this when you wrote the poem?

posted by chrisja on November 5, 2007 at 12:14 PM | link to this | reply

Now what happened?!?

This is getting old real fast!

posted by superflymom119 on November 5, 2007 at 12:09 PM | link to this | reply

Barbed wit never keener, great shot, Zena!

posted by Antonionioni on November 5, 2007 at 11:43 AM | link to this | reply

Hi, Jokester, Thanks!

posted by Zena77 on November 5, 2007 at 10:28 AM | link to this | reply

Zena

Ohhhh....good one! 

posted by Jokester on November 5, 2007 at 9:03 AM | link to this | reply

Re: she shot an arrow into the air, it came to earth we know not where...

Wow, that's impressive.  Sad, too. I hate to think of cock robin hiding his under his wing.  And the shooting of the arrow into the air...why?  What does that mean? Does it imply a poetic but futile action? Is it a signal?  A lot to think about in a children's poem, PatB.  Thank you.

posted by Zena77 on November 5, 2007 at 9:01 AM | link to this | reply

Morning, FineYoungSinger, wassup?

posted by Zena77 on November 5, 2007 at 8:57 AM | link to this | reply

she shot an arrow into the air, it came to earth we know not where...

the north wind doth blow and we shall have snow and what will cock robin do then, poor thing? he'll sit in a barn and keep himself warm and hide his head under his wing.

from Mother Goose's nursery rhymes brought to you across time seventy years or so since first read or so.

posted by Pat_B on November 5, 2007 at 8:57 AM | link to this | reply

Awesome, Zena!

posted by FineYoungSinger on November 5, 2007 at 8:55 AM | link to this | reply

Hi, Troosha! Thank you!

posted by Zena77 on November 5, 2007 at 8:48 AM | link to this | reply

Brian, I am thinking something simillar.

If there is any chance at all of them re-thinking this, due to mass emails, shows of support from friends, keeping pressure on Blogit, then I'll continue to do so as long as I'm here.

posted by Zena77 on November 5, 2007 at 8:47 AM | link to this | reply

Wonderful!

posted by Troosha on November 5, 2007 at 8:45 AM | link to this | reply

Excellent as allways

After what occured (deleting my petition and all that) I think that's it. I wait the end of my period (it's november 14th) and leave.

posted by Brian76 on November 5, 2007 at 8:27 AM | link to this | reply

Re: eXCELLENt! ... eXCELLENT WORK DeAr!!! Zena77

Thank you, Bhaskar, I was inspired this morning. I wish I wasn't, but I am. 

posted by Zena77 on November 5, 2007 at 8:18 AM | link to this | reply

eXCELLENt! ... eXCELLENT WORK DeAr!!! Zena77

posted by Bhaskar.ing on November 5, 2007 at 8:15 AM | link to this | reply