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

September 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. : )

[Majie Purple]

Woo! Hoo! You made post 500!
:)

[GodBlessUSA]

You are good reading the book. You will be a pro in no time! I didn't even read my book yet. That would be a good thing to do. ;)

There are pictures on my camera to upload and tomorrow I'll see how they came out.

[GodBlessUSA]

LOL! Thanks :)

[Cardhu]

PowerPoint Presentation with music.

EILAT
Music: Fiddler on the Roof


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[Cardhu]

PowerPoint Presentation with music.

BENAZIR´S PALACE DUBAI
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[Cardhu]

Chinese Girl on Skates

[jaycee]

Just finished viewing this Presentation and it was beautiful. The under the sea pictures I really loved and was so glad to see the map at the end! Terrific!

[jaycee]

I saw this and still don’t believe it....LOL~~~

[JustAmy]

September 6, 2008



Graphc by Billie

Dancing Together

To play a song together, that lasts for all your life,
It helps that you can be good friends, although she is your wife.
They played this at our wedding. It was a merry tune.
And we’ve been dancing ever since, a lifelong honeymoon.

The music’s got some age on it. It’s slightly out of style,
We’ve added grace notes through the years, in keeping with a smile.
We danced the dance together. We walked together too.
I’d not have stayed so long to dance, except to dance with you.

The time has gone so swiftly, I guess we had our fun,
I know we’ll stay together, even when the dancing’s done.
So save the last dance for me. We know the music well,
And give a kiss at music’s end, this party has been swell.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . April 27, 2004
© 2004 - 2008

[OESY]

Crash into Sunrise
Rob Graziano
Morning all!

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[yorkie]

Good Morning - I think....
I'll be back after my second cup.

[JustAmy]

Ahhh .... Finally Saturday.
Today's Holiday Celebrations are .....


Read A Book Day


Coffee Ice Cream Day


Rent A Movie Day




Cranberry Festival in Massachusetts

Cranberry Relish Recipe

12 ounces fresh cranberries
1 navel orange, scrubbed and cut into 8 pieces
2 apples, peeled and cut into 8 pieces
3/4 to 1 cup natural sugar
1/3 cup chopped pecans

Wash the cranberries and remove any stems, bad cranberries, or inedible stuff you find. Put half of the cranberries, orange (unpeeled), and apple into the food processor and pulse to chop coarsely. Some larger pieces are okay, but nothing big enough to choke on. Pour into a bowl and process the other half of the fruit. Put it into the bowl, add the sugar to taste, and mix in the pecans. Refrigerate it for a day or two to allow the flavors to develop.

AND


Fresno/Central Valley 7th Annual Rally
and Tailgate Picnic

[jaycee]

Hello this morning, how cute is that puppy....makes me laugh too! I don't know when I can get back to post as I am late getting started with 'stuff'. Sending you all this little article re: Snoopy!


In a World Where Farewells Are Hard to Say

Three men known best for their voices passed on this week: movie-trailer basso profundo Don LaFontaine, good ol' boy country-singer Jerry Reed, and "Peanuts" animator Bill Melendez. Besides numerous queries for LaFontaine's soundboards, voice clips, and salary, the Minnesotan was remembered for his rare on-camera work in a Geico ad. Mourners reminisced about Atlanta-born Reed's music, recurring "Smokey and the Bandit" role, and defining hit "Amos Moses." Last but not least, Mexican-born Melendez worked closely with Charles M. Schulz to bring his "Peanuts" comic strip to TV, and notably provided the barks and chirps of Snoopy and Woodstock. To all, a fond sendoff.

[JustAmy]

I will be AWOL today.

Thank you so much for being here, posting your graphics, messages and greetings.

I will check in tomorrow.

Have a Super Saturday!!

[JustAmy]

I owe you!!

Thank you big time for posting the thread yesterday. It took a heavy load off my shoulders.

Thank you for the re-do on today’s Welcome Graphic. Thank you for all you do.

[JustAmy]

NnB .... Thank you for the poem in Today’s Welcome. After all these years, I still think it is special.

PS: Keeping my fingers crossed that I didn’t mess up today’s post. :)

[seoul62]

Happy Saturday to all. Need advice, My Daughter started Pre-Kindergarden and she came home after day two with appears to have been a diaper rash, to which I applied a trusted remedy: Triple Paste Protective Cream. Well, the condition did not lessen with it applied, but intensified to my surprise? So I thought it might be a fungal infection-(which she suffered from before-from her antibiotic to treat her ear infection. Quick thinking and Mother’s instinct, she still had her prescription of Nystatin Powder, left over, I applied and it worked. What I want to know and I am a first time Mommy, is how did she end up with a fungal infection after only day two from Pre-Kindergarden? How does this happen? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am sorry to bother everyone with this problem, but my little Princess, cries when she has it./Just Asking - seoul62.........

[The Mayor]

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September 6, 2008

Do Your Best And Leave The Rest

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READ: 1 Thessalonians 5:14-24

He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. —1 Thessalonians 5:24

Have you at some time found yourself under extreme pressure? Have there been episodes in your life when you were so burdened by tasks and responsibilities that there was simply no breathing space to prepare for your service to God?

That was the experience of a pastor by the name of A. J. Gossip. During one hectic week, he didn’t have his customary amount of time to prepare his sermon. As he walked to his pulpit that Sunday morning, he felt guilty about the scanty sermon notes in his hand. It seemed that the Lord was asking him, “Is this the best you could do for Me this week?” And Gossip honestly replied, “Yes, Lord, it is my best.” He told a friend later that Jesus took that ill-prepared piece of work and in His hands “it became a trumpet” to his congregation.

The apostle Paul encouraged the Thessalonians to give their all for God (1 Thess. 5:14-22). They were to exhort, warn, comfort, rejoice, pray, and express their gratitude to God—among other things. We too should always do our best in our Christian life and service. But when pressure-periods come and we just don’t have the time we feel we need, we should do the best we can and then prayerfully trust God’s faithfulness (v.24).

Give of your best to the Master,
Give Him first place in your heart;
Give Him first place in your service,
Consecrate every part. —Grose

Be faithful—and leave the results to God.

Bible in One Year: 1 Thessalonians 1–5; Proverbs 23:29-35

[ConorMacNessa]

Happy Saturday, Amy!

[OESY]

Happy Cranberry Day!

Let's take a moment to reflect on this first ever cancer scare. In 1959, forty-nine years ago, the FDA got power to ban cranberries, which devastated the cranberry industries of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Michigan and Wisconsin, and gave birth to today's environmentalist movement in all its paranoid glory. Keep in mind that native Americans had been eating cranberries for hundreds of years without ill effects.

The unwitting cause of the whole sorry incident was Long Island Congressman James J. Delaney (D-NY), who added a clause to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1958 barring any additive in food shown to cause cancer in humans or lab animals. In early November, Arthur S. Fleming, Secretary of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, issued a warning to consumers that traces of the weed killer aminotriazole had been found in Oregon and Washington State. He urged Americans to “be on the safe side” and avoid consuming cranberries until the crop had been tested and deemed safe.

Given the time required to carry out such testing, Fleming all but guaranteed that the sale of cranberry products for 1959 would crash to historic lows. Fleming was motivated to make this announcement by his reading (incorrect, as it turned out) of the Delaney Clause of the 1958 Act since only a minuscule amount of the pesticide was found in only a tiny fraction of the national crop—and only in parts of Oregon and Washington. Cranberry growers nationwide, nearly all of them small family farmers, lost millions of dollars.

The Great Cranberry Scare lasted only one season and the industry, with nearly $10 million in compensation payments from Congress to make amends for the government's mishandling of the incident, saw sales rise to normal levels the next year. But the fear in the general public over carcinogens and other harmful chemicals in the food supply would never go away. Indeed, they would only grow in the coming decades with the publication of Rachel Carson's famous book, Silent Spring (1962), the founding of numerous environmental, public health, and consumer protection organizations, and occasional scares like that in 1989 over Alar in apples.

The 5 Most Ridiculously Over-Hyped Health Scares of All Time

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