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A year

I'm starting a project today. For the next year, I'm going to post one haiku for every day here on this blog. I will do my best to post it on the actual day, but there are times when I'm in places and/or situations where I have no internet access. When that happens, I will still write the haiku but it won't get posted until I can get back here. So, a year from now there will be 365 haiku here. The object of this project is to try and encapsulate the year like haiku condenses and encapsulates a… Continue

Added by Jami Ward on January 19, 2010 at 10:30pm — 5 Comments

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

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

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

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

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

Writing Exercise by Sherry/Biography in Phrases Only

Our fellow member Sherry went to a writing class and received the assignment to write your biography in short approx 3 word phrases separated by commas. No complete sentences. She shared hers with us, and I thought I'd give it a try. Who else wants to put their whole life in a paragraph of phrases with us? Here's what I came up with ...





yellow fuzzie blankie, elephants, house full, nursery school piano,the way is always in the music, magnus chord organ, uncle vit's pipe, hello… Continue

Added by wiffledust on November 11, 2009 at 9:46am — 7 Comments

Life in 3 word phrases seperated by commas

In response to the creative writing exercise, Life in 3 word phrases...

Lilly the Ladybug,Transparent Gypsy Moth,Road Trips Grounded,Blue River Wings,Red Rock Rind,
Here There Everywhere,I don't understand,I get it,I don't understand,Give up understanding,Dance in
Understood

Added by Kimberlyann De Angelo on November 18, 2009 at 5:16pm — 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

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

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

Thanksgiving Dinner With The Elves

I believe I would like to spend just one Thanksgiving with Santa's elves. They seem like they could use a good feast before the crunch time of Christmas happens. And they seem like such an industrious and creative bunch. Cheerful too, at least by reputation.



I had thought the reindeer might be nice to invite... but having spent a bit of time around deer, I know they have trouble controlling their bowels in public situations. And besides, they have more opportunity to get out and… Continue

Added by David Vidal on November 23, 2009 at 3:16am — 7 Comments

Who I'd Spend An Imaginary Day with

I wouldn't mind spending the day with Abe Lincoln, Carl Sandburg, Jesus, my grandpa, my uncle Larry, or maybe aunt Trinna. But I think if push came to shove It would be a toss up between Jesus and great uncle Bert Lockwood. Uncle Bert was the black sheep of the Munday clan. Died on the streets of Wichita - an alcoholic wreck or so we're told. Died 44 years ago.



Uncle Bert was a poet- his only published work a very intuitive and wrenching portrayal of war and war profiteers.… Continue

Added by Rick Reiley on November 20, 2009 at 1:05am — 9 Comments

My Thanksgiving

This is a no brainer for me. I would spend my Thanksgiving with some of the greatest minds ever. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison. They changed the world in immeasurable ways in their lifetimes. I would love to talk to them, find out what made them tick, and how their minds worked. There would be no way to duplicate that greatness but I'm sure that some of it would have rubbed off on me. The other person I would have at the table is Ralph Waldo Emerson. He was such an insightful man and I… Continue

Added by Barry Parsons on November 19, 2009 at 11:45pm — 3 Comments

Dad

My Dad passed away to be with his maker this past Monday, November 9, 2009. He was a strong willed, stubborn, determined man of 86 years. Dad brought us up with tough love but nothing compared to how he was raised. His father was a very mean man and very abusive. Daddy was always in control of everything or so he thought. He was tough on Mom also. Mom passed away in June 2002 from Pick's Disease. Similar in the last stages to Alzheimer's. Daddy was a difficult man to make happy or please and so… Continue

Added by Vickie on November 15, 2009 at 10:11pm — 4 Comments

My oldest daughter's first day at kindergarten....written circa 2000--edited many times, including today. This was was acutally published!

Heather's first day of Kindergarten---



It began as any other autumn day. The sun was shining; not a cloud in the sky. As I listened to the birds welcoming the new day, it dawned on me. Today was not a typical day. This morning, my daughter will spend her first day in kindergarten. After a little self-talk to stop my heart from hammering, a good stretch and a moment of prayer, I vowed I would survive.



We have been talking about it for months. The new lunchbox had been… Continue

Added by Suzanne Duncan Lees on November 13, 2009 at 11:21pm — 3 Comments

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