Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... March, 2009

3-1-09 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[pandoraou812]

Thanks Amy, NJ got a snow storm so everything closed down, including my doctor. Hugs & prayers Pandy

[pandoraou812]

Thanks Dolly, I sure am trying. Since everything in NJ basically closes in my area when it snows I mussed my dr’s appt. Hugs & Prayers, Pandy

[pandoraou812]

Thanks so much! Hugs & Prayers Pandy

[Mama_Bear]

Wow! That "After the Rose Ceremony" WAS a shocker! OMG is right, yorkie! I am pretty much speechless.

I will talk to you all tomorrow. I am exhausted. Good night, all.

[jaycee]

See no evil,
Hear no evil,
Speak no evil!

Until the show was over!
What a fairy tale.....LOL!
Unbelievable show.....

[jaycee]

What a tease that was....don’t you agree?

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

March 3, 2009

What Are We Holding On To?

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READ: 1 Timothy 6:11-16

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life. —1 Timothy 6:12

Tolkien’s classic The Lord of the Rings trilogy came to life in recent years on film. In the second epic story, the hero, Frodo, reached a point of despair and wearily confided to his friend, “I can’t do this, Sam.” As a good friend, Sam gave a rousing speech: “It’s like in the great stories . . . . Full of darkness and danger they were. . . . Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.” Which prompted Frodo to ask: “What are we holding on to, Sam?”

It’s a significant question, one that we all need to ask ourselves. Living in a fallen, broken world, it’s no wonder that sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the powers of darkness. When we are at the point of despair, ready to throw in the towel, we do well to follow Paul’s advice to Timothy: “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life” (1 Tim. 6:12).

In life’s battles, let’s hold on to the fact that good will triumph over evil in the end, that one day we will see our Master and Leader face-to-face, and we will reign with Him forever. You can be part of this great story, knowing that if you have trusted Jesus for salvation you are guaranteed a victorious ending!

Though weak and helpless in life’s fray,
God’s mighty power shall be my stay;
Without, within, He gives to me
The strength to gain the victory. —D. De Haan

The trials of earth are small compared with the triumphs of heaven.

Bible in One Year: Numbers 28-30; Mark 8:22-38

[WayzataJOHNN]

WAKE UP YOU LAZY LOUTS!

BREAKFAST IS ON THE COUNTER, AND COFFEE’S IN THE POT!

now for a bit of a softer sort.

On Rising

Oh dream of things from memory and life
things that set free the soul from strife
To open the heart and fill it with joy bright
as dawn fills the eyes with a pearled light

The whisper of the morning breeze so soft
has the power a sad heart to gently loft
Breathe out a sweet breath of wondrous life
sound as pure as a lingering note of a fife

Alive to everything about as if all were new
each moment filled with possibilities to do
Embrace the day and take all it holds as yours
for each is just another of life’s many doors

[jaycee]

APHORISM: A SHORT, POINTED SENTENCE EXPRESSING
A WISE OR CLEVER OBSERVATION OR A GENERAL TRUTH

1. The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.

2. Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.

3. If you don’t have a sense of humor, you probably don’t have any sense at all.

4. Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.

5. A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you’re in deep water.

6. How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid

of the dark to become a teenager who wants

to stay out all night?

7. Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company

can operate without.

8. Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?

9. Scratch a cat and you will have a permanent job.

10. No one has more driving ambition than the boy who wants to buy a car.

11. There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.

12. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong
number at 4 AM. It could be a right number.

13. No one ever says ‘It’s only a game.’ when their team is winning.

14. I’ve reached the age where the happy hour is a nap.

15. Be careful reading the fine print. There’s no way you’re going to like it.

16. The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.

17. Do you realize that in about 40 years, we’ll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos?

(And rap music will be the Golden Oldies!)

18. Money can’t buy happiness — but somehow it’s more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than in a Yugo.

19. After 50, if you don’t wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead!!

20. Always be yourself because the people that matter
don’t mind, and the ones who mind, don’t matter

[jaycee]

Have a Great Tuesday!

[Aquamarine]

All I could think towards the end was the west coasties aren't gonna believe this.

My take on it is that Jason is not truly in love with either one of them.

Will check back in for your reactions tonight.

[DollyCali]

these are great jaycee.. just sent out to my email list..

have a good day all. .very cold here but I must be busy so cant be here to play!

[Billie]

March 3, 2009

[Billie]

Good morning! Continuing our Music Week at Amy's, today's genre is Country & Western, and I have a dozen or so country songs & artists I'll be posting throughout the thread. However, so as not to clutter up all your "Comments" pages, I won't be using the ping list every I post them. If you like Country music, please be sure to browse the whole thread today to hear each of the artists.

I hope you enjoyed Johnny Cash's "I Walk The Line" in the opening just above, and now here's one of my all-time favorite country artists, singing one of my all-time favorite songs:

"Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
Willie Nelson

[MEG33]

Happy Tuesday Everyone
Must get busy here.

[yorkie]

Thank you, once again, Johnn - for your thoughtful words.

[jaycee]

Thanks Dolly, I do the same thing when I find something I like on the thread!

[Billie]

Aqua: My take on it is that Jason is not truly in love with either one of them.

My take on it is that Jason was enjoying a night with Melissa one night and Molly the next so much that he didn't want to have to quit "being in love" with both of them, and when he had to choose the final night, whichever he chose, he would still want to be with the other one, too. I think he chose Melissa because she appeared to be the perfect one to spend the rest of his life with, weighing everything about the two. I don't think he wanted real life to set in and he couldn't get the excitement of Molly out of his mind.

Maybe he should move somewhere that it's not all that uncommon to have two wives, however illegal it is. BLEH!

Jimmy Kimmel last night was funny, but in all fairness, Jason took the kidding well. :)

[Billie]

And with all that said, more music please :)

Can't have Country without some Dolly. :)
One of the singles last year from her latest album.

[yorkie]

IN Dreamland

I DREAMT a dream of the old, old days

When life was sweet and strong,

When the breath of morn swept thro* the groves

Like the notes of a joyous song;

And I knelt beside my mother's knee,

And lisped in faith her prayer,

When the lilacs bloomed and the roses bled,

Too full of the morning air.

For the world to me was bright and fair

In the days of long ago,

When each summit peak was bathed in light

That streamed to the vale below ;

And the birds sang songs in tender notes,

As sweet as the voice of love,

And the earth was full of roseate dreams

That ripen’d in faith above.

And I threw my arms about the past,

Its hopes its griefs its love,

As I pressed to my heart each cherish’d thought

That nestl’d like some fond dove;

And I lived again the joys of youth,

Made strong thro’ the summer's rays,

As I drank the wine from Memory's cup

In dreams of the old, old days.

Thomas O’Hagan (1855 - 1939)