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working on a song....

someone got a second verse idea?....


down this old road
I like to walk
along the tracks
to the waiting station
I step inside
go for a ride
down this old road
I like to walk.

Added by stephen dijoseph on January 19, 2010 at 12:53am — 4 Comments

Shoe Stories

red heels and rose petals Pictures, Images and Photos I am in love. With shoes. My closet is chock full of pumps, boots, and shiny flats. Every time I see a shoe store I get the urge to yank my car over and partake in the rapture of finding that new pair. Maybe I need a twelve STEP program. It’s about the only materialistic thing I have a problem with and I rationalize this because, by gosh, these shoes DO take me places. Obviously I’m not alone with this addiction. Go to any shoe store and you’ll…

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Added by Dorraine Darden on January 18, 2010 at 10:48am — 9 Comments

Spring

'It's Above Freezing Can Spring Be Far Behind?'



Okay ladies and gentlemen the sun is up , the pipes have thawed, I'm in a better mood and Spring is just up ahead. Things are on the upswing. I'm lucky I had no burst pipes. And I'm also lucky to have had plenty of clothes to keep me warm. Some folks laugh because I dress in many, many layers this time of year. I figure if it gives them entertainment, let them laugh. I have yet to suffer much from cold weather even when I'm in it. I… Continue

Added by Rick Reiley on January 14, 2010 at 1:09pm — 2 Comments

Airline Unescurity

'My New Year Airline Security Plan'



Okay so we end the new year with some guy lighting his underwear om fire on an airliner. Sure it could have been a catastrophe. But it wasn't, thanks to some alert passengers. The government had been warned about this man but no one thought enough about it to put this guy on the 'no fly' list. Thanks to alert passengers neither they nor the airliner were grievously injured.



I think the safeguards put into place at airports around the… Continue

Added by Rick Reiley on January 14, 2010 at 1:08pm — 1 Comment

The Unsinkable Molly Brown's

M Pictures, Images and Photos

Gutsy and kind-the world would have us believe this is a rare combination, that these people aren’t completely trustworthy. I ask you, who is? Show me a perfect person and I’ll kiss a gecko! I don’t expect I’ll ever have to do this. I’m terrified of them. And I’ve yet to see perfection, not in life, people or love. But despite this, we can accomplish more than we realize.



Case in point: Molly Brown. Born Margaret Tobin in Hannibal…

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Added by Dorraine Darden on January 11, 2010 at 9:44am — 7 Comments

The Future of Publishing

Not very long ago I had the pleasure of presenting at the Dahlonaga Book Festival. One of the panels featured myself, Catherine Coulter, and a bevy of other talented authors. We were asked to share our thoughts on the future of publishing. As none of us have crystal balls, we surmised to the very best of our abilities our thoughts on what the future of publishing might hold.



As I consider the advanced me of technologies in just the last few years, the hushed anticipation of the new… Continue

Added by River Jordan on January 10, 2010 at 12:19pm — 7 Comments

Curbside Yuletide...

Strewn about, like random shells after high tide lay the remnants of Christmas trees, dribbled with faded tinsel; hugging the curbs waiting for the onslaught of sanitation trucks to whisk them away to become the mulch of Christmas past. Cast out, with nary a thought were those evergreen boughs as they hung lazily over the curb. Clean it up, gifts away, wrapping paper be gone! Christmas is over! A chilly wind blew through the streets as I traversed the… Continue

Added by Suzanne Duncan Lees on January 9, 2010 at 6:58pm — 2 Comments

Adding Music from a close friend__Brigitte London

Brigitte London-from Austin Texas-has been a Dear Friend for many years--and is most talented. She has worked with many well known Artists including the 'Waymore Group' -__(Former Waylon Jennings Band) I am sharing her music here on World of Wiffledust__and have full permission to do so

__Sometime ago__I did some shows on BlogtalkRadio__and Brigitte was my featured artist. I also played music__from some other Artists__and will be sharing some of those as well here__However Miss London's… Continue

Added by Ruthann Emerson Lange on January 4, 2010 at 12:14pm — 2 Comments

The Jazz Kitchen

Fortune Cookies Pictures, Images and Photos



Oil pop, pop, popping, mushrooms, carrots, snap peas, shrimp big as butterflies, spicy chicken, red chilies’ flung in a huge steel pan, dancing together like a hot cha, cha, cha. That symphony of image and scent, going down on a Saturday Texas night. Like jazz with maracas thrown in. No, not a concert, but sitting ringside at a Japanese eatery, savoring the show. We only got the seats because tables were full. Just what I wanted but…

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Added by Dorraine Darden on January 4, 2010 at 12:14pm — 10 Comments

Picking up Sticks (Poem)

Picking up sticks:

some too rough,

too long, not long enough,

too stout, or heavy, crooked;

some with cracks

to pinch the fingers' skin.

in all this forest

there must be one

that's useful, like a ski pole,

a broom, a rod, a javelin, or staff.



Dry as ancient chicken bones,

twisted, signed by beetles

in cryptic runic alphabet,

knobbed and gnarly

as an old man's warted face.



Somewhere in this wood

there… Continue

Added by Bettina Woolard on January 2, 2010 at 2:28pm — 5 Comments

2009 12 Days of Christmas

Every year since 1985 I have been writig a parody of 12 Day of Christmas based on current events of the year.

In recent years I add a spoken part which everyone seems to repeat. The are in parentheses(....)

Here is 2009 12 Days of Christmas. Enjoy'Merry, Happy



Sherry



2009 12 days Sherry Somach 2009

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…..



1 A health care controversy

2 more years of Oprah

3 auto bailouts

4 Woodstock… Continue

Added by Sherry Somach on December 26, 2009 at 3:14pm — 3 Comments

just wanted to wish

I am off to spend the winter in Oceanside, Ca. with my sister...may not be able to get on line for a bit, so I
just wanted to wish all Wiffledusters "Happy, Peaceful and Friendly Holidays"...

Added by Kimberlyann De Angelo on December 8, 2009 at 5:12pm — 1 Comment

Evolution Curled

Calling

music

pulls

to sway

stirs

rhythms

soaked

in broken-

bent

harmony

misunderstood

as mistaken



Evolution Curled

unfolds

draws desire Higher

checks its truth

in those eyes

and decides

to carry

acCHORDing

notes below

that soothe

an altered-womb-

altar



Vibratory concern

sings its song

to cushion those knees

raise

their head

in… Continue

Added by Kimberlyann De Angelo on December 8, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Just added my Christmas song I recently recorded here.

And here are the lyrics. Enjoy!



Santa Claus is Staying at Home Music and Lyrics Sherry Somach c 2009





1. This year we just might get

Our Christmas of white

Santa wears the same old suit

But it’s getting mighty tight

We’ll buy a tree like years of old

And string up all the lights

But this year there’ll be something new

To make this season bright

cause….

Chorus

Santa Claus is staying at home

He’ll watch T.V. and… Continue

Added by Sherry Somach on December 3, 2009 at 7:07pm — 2 Comments

I see dead people

OK, here is one of the many spirit stories that make up the tapestry of my life. This is the real deal, no artistic license here.



One night I was staying at my in-laws house with the family. I wasn't feeling well so I decided to sleep in my wife's old bedroom in the basement, so I didn't pass on any nasty germs to anyone. It's a mostly unfinished basement; there's a "bedroom" which was an old workshop, a bathroom, a workshop, and a lot of storage. There's are 2 doors to the basement,… Continue

Added by Barry Parsons on December 1, 2009 at 1:26am — 11 Comments

Belated "Happy Thanksgiving to all!"

Just wanted to wish all a belated Happy day of Gratitude...been a bit sick over here, but grateful for ice cubes,
heating pad, pillow, blanket, family, friends and this inspiring community.....................

Added by Kimberlyann De Angelo on November 27, 2009 at 6:00pm — 4 Comments

Thank you, Dean Marshal

What a healing and beautiful video...I Choose To Be Love. I have recently compiled writings, prayers, poetry and

years of dialogue with our collective "Spiritual Source" into a book(...AND DRINK the LIQUID SOUND of WISDOM). One page simply says "I am determined to be Love." One night spent in candlelight prayer, my pen

began to speak these words..."The way to Love is empathic; it is the path of indistinguishability, where we

come to the greatest respect for each other, because we… Continue

Added by Kimberlyann De Angelo on November 27, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Thank You!

Hello everyone:



Just wanted to say that as I am preparing sweet potatoes, pies and mashed potatoes for the big feast at my sister Denise's house-----(she's here on Wiffledust too! -she and my brother- in- law Jerry whose birthday is tomorrow by the way), I so appreciate and cherish each of you, my friends on Wiffledust. Thanks for allowing me to post my little poems and thoughts, thanks for all your positive and loving feedback when I try out my creative wings. It's not something… Continue

Added by Donna Stumpo on November 26, 2009 at 12:58pm — 2 Comments

Thanksgiving Guests. (only people I've never met)

1. Uncle Georgie (whose memory I've been asked to preserve.) He was a musician. Gone by the end of WWII , he left a grieving fiance, and no children to remember him . My grandmother, (in the year before she died,) gave me his photo, and told me about his love for swing and hot jazz. She also made sure I knew where his grave is. When my parents passed, I had to clean out their house. There I found Georgie's WWII Jewish prayerbook, his paratrooper wings and another photo. I feel a connection to… Continue

Added by Brenda Siegelman on November 25, 2009 at 6:19pm — 2 Comments

The Value of Hard Times

I thought there was a reason to carry on. There is. But it wasn't what I thought. This is what I thought lying in bed, before the crack of dawn.



Tough times are not theoretical. For the most part, the haves have less, and the have nots most definitely have not. It's easy to package things up in nice little numbers, and bandy them about. But in the real world, the digits get restless, We're flesh and blood, and our children get hungry. Often.



It's easy to cast blame. Just… Continue

Added by David Vidal on November 24, 2009 at 9:33am — 6 Comments

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