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the tempature

cajun lady — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:40:53 +0000

Jacky: I cannot even imagine that temperature. It is

66 degrees now (1:30 P. M.) here in the Deep South,

Louisiana.

Poem

Darlyne C — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:27:47 +0000

I agree Candace. I need permission from the author first She is a friend of my daughter.

POEM

CCNL — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:59:18 +0000

Absolutely brilliant! That should be printed,framed and posted on the wall next to every one of those *&#@!# machines!!

Candace

Mammogram poem

Darlyne C — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:18:09 +0000

This is Julie, posting in Darlyne’s name; she had trouble getting this pasted in. My friend Emily Keenum wrote a poem about an experience we of the female persuasion know and love.

Do You Like Your Mammogram?

Do you like
your mammogram?

I do not like it
Sam-I-am.
I do not like
my mammogram.

Do you like the breastage squish?
Between the cold and glassy dish?

I do not like that breastage squish.
It’s much too cold a squishy dish!

Do you like the cold-ish room?
Nurse calling out “don’t move too soon!”
Do you like no clothes on top –
The off-one-shoulder nightgown flop
Positioning so awkwardly
each ta’ inside machinery?

I really hate that cold-ish room,
I always want to breathe too soon.
I want to keep my clothes all on
And say goodbye or just so long!

I want to say “no Thanks, I’m fine.”
“No cancer here, just breast divine-
“No need to look, no need to check
all my cells – they grow correct.”

Do you like to get the scary letter
“Come back so we can check you better?”
“We’ll use our trusty ultrasound
To get a clearer look around.”

I do not like to get the letter
for ultrasound to check me better.
That dark, still room and humming noise
Eliminate my bits of poise.

I hate my mammogram, I do.
the ultrasound, I hate that too.

But I noticed this –it wakes me up.
I see my kids, my marriage luck.
I love my ordinary day.
Oh look around, mammograms say.
The world is up the world is down.
There’s bliss aplenty to be found.

And this I like, I like a lot.
The “all-clear” answer that I got.
No problem here, twas just a smear
That’s the news I’m glad to hear.
And now I’m fine. Until next year.

Tree

Darlyne C — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:22:01 +0000

Maybe I will try it again. I think I turned it off too early ,

The Tree of Life

jackyjones — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:33:51 +0000

Darlyne, I did like the movie, but Pam, middle daughter had warned me that the first 17 minutes were weirdly pretty or something. I knew Brad Pitt was in it, so I hung in to see how he was used, and he is a very militant father of three sons, mom is gentle, and the story is disturbingly like life in the 50s for a small town family. Lots of questions, and no real answers. I see its nominated for a best picture in the Oscars, which maybe doesn’t mean much.

Otherwise I’m waiting for that short story book from Amazon, Jesus Shoes.

QUOTE

CCNL — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:13:54 +0000

Jerry, those words are familiar from way deep in my memory bank but I can’t remember the source. This morning listening to the new project to put textbooks on IPads made me wonder if future generations may someday marvel at the remains of those crumbling structures with deteriorating piles of crumbling paper and shelves.

Candace

I Am the Library

Jerry Horgan — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:42:34 +0000

Remember this? “I am the Library. I am neither walls nor shelves, nor even books that stand in rows. I am the wisdom of the universe captured and arranged for you. I am an open door ENTER.”

Hem and Picouly

Darlyne C — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:28:02 +0000

Jacky, I started to watch that movie but gave up on it. I thought it was dumb but that is only my opinion. You may like it.

Hemingway and Picoult

jackyjones — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:45:00 +0000

I don’t know the name of her newest book, but I think I’m several behind. I should keep a list of books I’ve read, because I have gotten some that after a few chapters, I realize, I’ve read this. There are almost none that I care to read again, since there are so many out there, books everywhere! I got the Tree of Life, Netlick, based on a 1960 adventure book by Terrence Malick, about a confused man named Jack, who sets off on a journey to understand the true nature of the world. It was reviewed in The Upper Room, so I got curious. Has anyone read it? The movie stars Brad Pitt, and Sean Penn.

16.6 below in Oslo this am. But the house is warm, thankfully.

Jacky