Eloise was just stepping onto the escalator in the lobby of the hotel where she'd gone to have her usual Friday "nooner" with her ex-boss, Edmund, who had, over the years, begun to approach their trysts with all the excitement and interest of an executioner (hmmmm, wonder would he perk up a bit if she made him wear a black hood?), when she heard her name begin called and, turning 'round, discovered her neighbor, Evelyn, wearing a hat that looked for all the world like a huge eggplant and…
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Added by Sheree on February 10, 2011 at 11:14am —
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A priest, a rabbi, and Batman go into a bar… I've worked on this for days and I've got nothin' so I'm putting it up on FB and I'll bring you what my more creative friends write.
Added by Sheree on February 10, 2011 at 10:48am —
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Indulgences
Brownies éclairs chocolate ice-cream
Massage facial steam room mist
Brazil Samba Salsa Tango
Lobster pot wine kiss
Meringue Marengo Marimba martini
Ocean waves bikini sun
Snap jazz blues Bossa Nova
Rainbows blue sky fun
Saturation
Mystification
Inclination
Vacation
Passion Fruit incense fragrance
Sandals scandals bandits books
Eyes smile arms embrace
Mountains nature antique nooks…
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Added by Sherry Somach on February 9, 2011 at 10:06pm —
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In the late 1980s our family was blessed by a baby boom that brought us five little boys. As they reach their landmark years of high school graduation and legal drinking age, it's hard not to reflect back on the one that didn't survive and wonder what our family would be like if he had.
All of these boys were special in their own way; Xavier was my mother's first great-grandson, Jesse was my baby brother's first child, Shane was my older brother's first grandchild, Josh was my…
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Added by Sheree on February 7, 2011 at 9:33am —
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I would like us all to resolve to be kinder in the coming year. Let's pretend that 9/11 happened only three months ago and we're all still in such a state of shock that we can't possibly be rude or nasty or dismissive of each other.
Added by Sheree on February 7, 2011 at 7:32am —
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The person who has made the biggest difference in how I view the holidays has been my older sister, Belinda.
Our dad was a big fan of Christmas, which didn't make much sense to me when I considered his poverty level childhood. But now, in hindsight, I can see what the holiday really meant for him. And I have my sister to thank for that.
Daddy's mother, my grandmother Maggie, spent all year making quilts and toys out of her fabric scraps and those pink or blue dry cleaning…
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Added by Sheree on February 7, 2011 at 7:30am —
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'Days Work/Changing Times'
copyright 2011 by Rick Reiley
He went to the police station
With his momma's severed head in a bag
Asked them to…
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Added by Rick Reiley on February 5, 2011 at 10:00am —
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Don't Let It Snow Blues
1) Punxatawny Phil didn’t see his shadow
So he predicted an early spring
Been freezing and snowing since last December
That groundhog doesn’t know a thing
Chorus
I shovel on Sunday, but more falls on Monday
When will this misery end?
We get a break for a day or two
Then the snow starts falling again
2) The Farmer’s Almanac used to be on target
And I believed what I…
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Added by Sherry Somach on February 4, 2011 at 2:15pm —
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'Granny in the Snow'
copyright 2011 by Rick Reiley
Granny looked funny
Layin' there in the snow
I don't think she ended up
Where she really wanted to go
When she stepped down the stairs…
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Added by Rick Reiley on February 2, 2011 at 8:28pm —
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'Granny in the Snow'
copyright 2011 by Rick Reiley
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Granny looked funny
Layin' there in the snow
I don't think she ended up
Where she really wanted to go
When she stepped down the stairs
To feed the kitty cats
She tripped over my snowman
And fell on her face-
'Kersplat!'........
I was laughin' so hard
I couldn't stop
Watchin' granny roll around
With the snowman on top
The cats got scared
And jumped into…
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Added by Rick Reiley on February 2, 2011 at 8:23pm —
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Between rain and sun
Skin shivers with the thunder
Of her sleeping breath.
Added by Jami Ward on January 27, 2011 at 4:37pm —
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"Some things drift away in the wind, everyone watching it in awe.
Some things drift away in the water, everyone looking in wonder.
And some things, well some things stay put to be seen and never forgotten."
- Richard T. Krause
Added by Steen Krause on January 26, 2011 at 12:13pm —
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And then, just like that,
Haiku a day was over.
The year passed quickly.
Added by Jami Ward on January 21, 2011 at 7:47pm —
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There's a hill where I watch the sunset
A golden sky beyond the trees
A bird that takes flight through air…
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Added by Heather Wenske on January 20, 2011 at 6:46pm —
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'The Pointless Debaters Ball'
copyright 2011 by Rick Reiley
Is the right more right than the left sometimes?
Or is the left more wrong than the right?
What color should you…
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Added by Rick Reiley on January 20, 2011 at 11:53am —
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Happiness abounds!
Folks say nice things about you.
What a way to go!
Added by Jami Ward on January 19, 2011 at 11:00pm —
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The greatest result
Was exactly what I got -
Total nothingness.
Added by Jami Ward on January 18, 2011 at 11:00pm —
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'Be A Light That Shines'
copyright 2010 by Rick Reiley
(Chorus)
When you're faced…
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Added by Rick Reiley on January 18, 2011 at 4:34pm —
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'My Old Dog'
I said good bye to an old friend last week. My dog Allie. A mutt with a crippled foot, sort of a long haired dachshund but not quite. She found me in downtown Cushing nearly 11 years ago and I took her home with me. She added much to my life that I have yet to fully fathom.
One week after taking her home I had a heart attack and in the ensuing weeks and months while Karen was working herself to death to nurse me back to health and keep the house and business afloat, this…
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Added by Rick Reiley on January 17, 2011 at 7:29pm —
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She is a singer.
I know because when she laughs
She creates music.
Added by Jami Ward on January 17, 2011 at 1:00am —
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