Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... August, 2008

August 1, 2008 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry.
'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)











Never Forget!





Bad Penny



Amy's personal guardian ~
the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[mrstank]

I would love to be on your ping list. Thank you! It’s great to be back.

[grannie9]

We retired to NH, but I was born and we lived most of our life in MA. My husband is from NH, and he couldn't wait to get back.

I followed your vaca, and it sounds like you had a good time. We spend our winters in FL now, and will be leaving around the first week or so in Nov.

I've been to Newfound Lake of course, and many others in NH and ME. I love the east coast, but my husband doesn't like playing in the snow anymore, lol.

Here's a pic of the lighthouse just up the road aways in ME.

I took this a few years ago.

[Mama_Bear]

We spend our winters in FL now, and will be leaving around the first week or so in Nov.

Well, that is smart! I'd be high-tailin' it down to Florida too, before the first snowflake falls! Those New England winters are for younger people. I don't know how any of the Pilgrims survived. I know many of them didn't, but many lived to be in their 80's. To me that is amazing.

Pretty lighthouse! And a nice graphic rendition of it, too. :-)

Maine is one of the few states I've not visited....yet. Our next vacation to NE will be to Boston, then up to Maine. I had a whole branch of my Cummings family tree migrate from Topsfield, MA up to Gray, Maine in the 1700's. They were up there for three or four generations before migrating back down to Massachusetts. I have no idea why they went up there, but I would like to see that area someday. I imagine the coastline is very rugged. I imagine the people must be too, in order to live up there.

[NicknamedBob]

God in Darkness

In the darkness, I listen, for He who might speak,
A brightness that echoes, of what I may seek.
I see only shadows, I fear them as well,
I’m dwelling in darkness, not much up from Hell.

Beneath me, no planet, I am my own orb.
A happenstance I cannot really absorb.
How came I to nothing? Where is my old land,
How came I to be here with nowhere to stand?

And then in some manner I cannot portray,
I notice that I’m simply turned the wrong way.
Behind me the sun has been shining quite full,
Perhaps only now I’m aware of its pull.

As over my shoulder I see now the light,
It comes to me darkness depends on one’s sight.
For those who look outward, away from the source,
One’s shadow will march down the path of his course.

But glory may gleam in the moment you find,
That the past isn’t only what you’ve left behind.
It builds you, sustains you, and gives you a hand,
For learning your way to the place where you stand.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . August 18, 2008

[luvie]

...to Amy's Place!
Please come often and stay awhile!

[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping, Amy. Great graphic, Billie. Great thread of FReeper friends.

Let the games begin, let life continue.

[PGalt]

NOTE from Laura: This poem is dedicated to all of the members of the New York City Fire Department, and to my father, Salvatore Pilato “Rocky” who passed away last year.

Condolences and love OESY. America's finest.

[Billie]

Thanks for the ping, Amy. Great graphic, Billie. Great thread of FReeper friends.

Hey, thank you - nice to see you here again today.

Let the games begin, let life continue.

I like that. :)

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for the welcome to your thread.

I will be returning, as I also need to see the beauty that it contains.

It is beautiful and wonderful.

[nw_arizona_granny]

I hope you visit us often.<<<

That I will do, thank you for asking me to do so.

Thanks - I looked around while I was there. Neat stuff! Good recipes! <<<

Thanks, glad you could use some of them.

LOL, Visit often, as I post as I find things.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Forget that, think of the TALENT they have to know how to do it!<<<

I have owned horses and could never translate their body into a work of art or even draw one.

[nw_arizona_granny]

My thanks to all who read the Survival Today thread, without you, there would be no need for the thread.

Thank you for telling folks about the thread.

Keep reading, more to come.

[nw_arizona_granny]

All three of your recipes look good, I hope you will post them on the Survival thread.

LOL, yes, that is how I think of it, as feeding a family every day is an act of survival.

Mixed in are recipes for survival foods also.

[nw_arizona_granny]

When you have time, this is the link for the recipes and other odd info.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=5523#5523

LOL, I am not attempting to take over your thread, my ping box is full of your neat Ladies pings to me, I hope that I do not miss anyone, as I opened too many and am confused now...LOL, so what else is new.

Thanks to a fine bunch of Freepers.

[nw_arizona_granny]

LOL, early in the thread someone asked if I were writing a book, I think that is what we have now.

“A cookbook, without an index”

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for the ‘glittering ‘ welcome.

Yes, I will return.

Beauty will always bring me back and I have not been through the entire thread as yet............

[nw_arizona_granny]

I live 100 miles from Las Vegas.

I also listen to the police scanner for Las Vegas, and last week there was a big gang fight at the Circus Circus.

It has been 20 years since I was there, so can’t report on it from seeing it.

You might want to check deeper into it.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Lucyt, have you seen Meg’s kitty in post #1754?

LOL, caught it in mid-air.

[Mama_Bear]

I live 100 miles from Las Vegas. I also listen to the police scanner for Las Vegas, and last week there was a big gang fight at the Circus Circus. It has been 20 years since I was there, so can’t report on it from seeing it. You might want to check deeper into it.

Oh, my. Thanks for the info, granny. Well, Amy, you might want to think twice about taking Marissa to the Circus Circus....or at least do some further checking into it.

I haven't been to Las Vegas in several years, but when I was last there I had a great time, although it wouldn't be a place I would want to take young children. I had heard that it was more "family friendly" now, but I don't know from first-hand experience.

[tajgirvan]

Thank you for your kind words about my Yorkies! Good night, sleep tight and may God bless!