Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. Mar.21 - Mar. 28, 2004

3-21-04 | JustAmy, St. Louie1 and Mama_Bear

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Wow, I can get back on FR. I missed my FRiends! *group hug*

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Good night, sweetie...

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Good morning!

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

LOL!

[Mama_Bear]

3-25-04

Photo by JustAmy
Graphic by MamaBear

Springtime

Grand and glorious springtime days,
Just a touch of summer's warmth;
Just a touch of winter's chill,
Still hanging on the windowsill.

Grand and glorious springtime days,
Just a touch of color here;
Just a hint of blossom there,
The look of magic everywhere.

Grand and glorious springtime days,
Just a touch of earth reborn;
Just a touch of earth's awakening,
Joy is ours for the taking.

Grand and glorious springtime days,
Just a touch of what's to come;
Just a look into the days,
When we shall see the summer's haze.

Author: Shirlee Kimball

Good morning everyone. It's a miracle I'm here. Got home late last night, but am having severe computer problems (on top of having a heck of a time finding the path into FR, LOL) so I am going to try to get this posted for Amy before I crash again.

I will talk to you all later after I get my computer tech guy over here to troubleshoot and fix whatever my problem is. Wishing all a wonderful day!

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Good morning, Mama_Bear! Lovely poem and picture, both an accurate 'picture' of spring! Hope to see you here some more today!

[OESY]

Oh, no. Frost's birthday? I was sure you were going to announce, da, da: Spinach Festival Day!

The Spinach Problem

My friend has spinach in his teeth.
I don't know what to do.
If I tell him, he'll be mad at me.
If I don't, he'll be mad too.

If I let him walk around
with spinach hanging from his gums
how can I believe that we're true friends,
that we're true chums.

But if I'm the one who tells him,
He might think that I am mean.
My friend has spinach in his teeth,
but I don't want a scene.

Maybe if I wrote a note
and didn't sign my name.
Maybe if I gave him hints
like part of some fun game.

No, I just can't do it.
I just cannot tell my friend
that he has spinach in his teeth,
our friendship sure will end.

Uh Oh, here comes Rebecca.
She is sure to make a fuss.
She'll see the spinach in his teeth
and then tease both of us.

She told him! Told him right up front!
And now he's thanking her.
I can't believe it, there they go,
great friends, Oh, I'm so sure!

So now I sit here all alone.
Shoulda spoken, I suppose.
Think I'll go tell Rebecca
she's got something in her nose.

(C) 1998, Arden Davidson

SPINACH, MUSHROOMS, AND BROWN RICE WITH CHEESE

Ingredients

1 tb Olive oil
3 tb Butter
1 lg Garlic clove -- minced
1 c Mushrooms -- sliced
1 1/2 lb Spinach -- shreded
(about 5 cups)
1/4 ts Pepper
1 1/4 c Chedar cheese -- shreded
1/2 c Cottage cheese -- small
Curd
3 c Short-grain rice -- cooked
6 sl Mozzarella cheese
Paprika

Method

Preheat oven to 400.
Oil an 8" square baking dish.

Heat oil and butter in a 10 inch skillet.
Add garlic and mushrooms and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
Add spinach and stir and cook about 2 minutes, or until spinach wilts.
Stir in pepper, chedar cheese, and cottage cheese and set aside.

Make a layer of rice on bottom of baking dish.
Spoon spinach cheese mixture evenly over rice.
Top with mozzarella cheese and sprinkle with paprika.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes then broil for about 1 minute, or until cheese is bubbly and brown.
Cut into squares and serve very hot.

Spinach: Not enjoyed by all parties.

[cyborg]

YAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Hi. I am leaving again.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

You know I'll miss you. You are so cruel that way.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Stupid job always getting in my way.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Job getting in your way of what? What are you doing there anyway? Oh, posting! I'll wait for you. (For awhile.)

[Conspiracy Guy]

When I'm in my office, I freep. But I have to go be Mr. Technical on a sales presentation.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

We'll be here for you when you get back. That's how we are here at FR.

[jwfiv]

Ode to FreeRepublic, by me:

"My world is empty without you, babe."

[MeekOneGOP]

Howdy ! Bookmark this to your FAVORITES:

Yahoo! Groups FreeRepublic2

Anytime that you ever have trouble getting on FR, go there. If other folks are having trouble, you'll see posts by Freepers there.

LOOK for posts from John Robinson (or perhaps Jim Robinson). He is real good to post there so folks know what the problems are and how long before the problem is resolved, etc.

Yesterday, John Robinson posted THIS message for us.

You should now be able to log into the site via our IP address.

http://209.157.64.200/

Log in:

http://209.157.64.200/perl/login

We're waiting on GKG to press some buttons and turn us back on. But I wouldn't be surprised if this took hours on their part. :-(

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Thank you for the information!

[Darksheare]

That's the one by Robert Frost that I like the most.

[Darksheare]

I haven't been in for a day or two, so I was unaware that the server was down.

[dansangel]

((((Darksheare))))))

There were people biting their nails up to their elbows - it was *awful* I tell you!

:-)