Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. December 8-9, 2004

12-8-04 | 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! :)












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Howdy!
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Amy's personal guardian ~
the always charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[OESY]

The winter flowers: Brownies selling cookies and brownies.... Such a feast!



Brownies Whitney Ralston (left) and Lauren Udell are among the Coronado Girl Scouts
now selling cookies as part of their 2004 Girl Scout Cookie Sale (which ended March 21).
For the third year, cookie buyers in San Diego and Imperial Counties donated boxes of
cookies to military members overseas through Operation Thin Mint. Photo by Rebecca Waer.

[tuliptree76]

Thank you for the Our Daily Bread Post!

[tuliptree76]

Thanks, Amy. Happy Winter Flowers Day to you too! I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday.

[tuliptree76]

Cute! Happy Brownie Day to you too, OESY!

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Meekie. Happy Wednesday.
Sending you warm wishes from rainy California.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, IA

Hope you are having a great Wednesday.
Stay dry.

[Alamo-Girl]

I'm wishing you a great Wednesday, too!

[JustAmy]

Happy Wednesday, Mayor.
Thank you for helping us get started on the right foot every morning.

Have a terrific day.

[Skooz]

I just finished this poem in honor of my dad:


The Catcher

Astride the soft memory of a muse cardinal fluttering to move the dawn,
He moves His shoulders toward the wavy heat of newness through a smoky window pane.

As I move small fingers across the time to peer into the knowable unknowable
watching a monumental shadow stand and fall;
rise and lean into the wind carrying me in his pocket,
it’s almost a mirror with frozen eyes and days immovable through a fog of years.

The Catcher would throw the ball up, up, up……and it disappeared into the light blue brightness on the catapult of His immeasurable Might.

And it was gone;
In some timeless orbit,
a memory indefinable and impossible to prove.

When it fell, a motionless solitary shadow tiny in its irrelevance, but growing, growing…
I would squeal and run under it,
surprised the Catcher knew all along
it would return and fall into my glove as He had promised.

When He flew, and the shaving cream pillows of day
skirted against the unspeakable blue purity of light,
I slept secure hugging my pillow,
safe from all in my closet.

He left home too soon,
to fight communists and dreams and his father’s past.
Alone in the crowded, vast blue machine,
He walked through the door of my solace;
and we ate sandwiches and talked of baseball and the frail freshness of a moth on a new summer morning.

I would stare at Him,
a giant, inscrutable and warm;
tough and flexible.
A Power beyond my grasp or understanding animated His goodness, and His loss.

When I looked up, He was gone;
and the curtains in the room fluttered with the breeze of his leaving.

When The Catcher moved slowly against the wind,
I stumbled, and the mighty shadow stumbled, too:
Then, I lost Him.

Then the words said nothing I wanted them to say.

And the jumble of mumbles incoherent
painted the walls of my solitary.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Kassie.
I hope your granddaughters enjoy the poinsettia story. I know I did.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Borax Queen. Have a Wonderful Wednesday.

WE had a very small group for our Friday night rally last week.
It was cold so we called it an evening shortly after the peacenics left.
We went to dinner and had an enjoyable visit.
Wish you could have been there.

[kassie]

They did enjoy it. Thanks so much for sharing it.

[JustAmy]

Welcome to Amy's Place! Thank you for sharing your poem honoring your Dad with us. I hope you will share more of your talent with us.

Wishing you a happy Wednesday and a very Merry Christmas season.

[Skooz]

Thank you.

And a very Merry Christmas to you.

[Borax Queen]

Wow, thank you for such a nice graphic and wishes. We looked at the map to try to figure out how to get to Bakersfield, Fresno, SF and back - unfortunately I had to be back at work Monday or we mighta made it! Peaceniks - LOL!! I didn't realize they showed up too. Ridgecrest was soooooooooo cold - as was the Grand Canyon. We got back about 2 am Sunday because if we had stayed up north, we might have been snowed in.

[international american]

And you too!

[Elenheru]

LOL! The ice cube clip is great I usually get the ice all over the floor I don't think I would ever get even one of those out. LOL!

[JustAmy]

Chunky Blonde Brownies

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanill aextract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup vanilla chips
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chunks
1 jar ( 3-1/2 ounces ) macadamia nuts or
3/4 cup blanched almonds, chopped, divided

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add the eggs and vanilla; mix well.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well.

Stir in vanilla chips, chocolate chunks and 1/2 cup nuts.

Spoon into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining nuts.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

Cool on a wire rack.

Happy Brownie Day!

[JustAmy]

[tuliptree76]

Yum! Thanks, Amy. Another recipe to add to my collection. I'm going to have to make some brownies in the near future. :-)