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Posted on 07/12/2006 8:30:09 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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Maybe we need and old fashion rain dance?
Your muse is taking a little rest
your grapes are being put to the test
year after year you till the soil
tie the vines, and pray for rain
Patience is a virtue sure for
growing crops of grapes each year.
WOO HOO!
Howdy to you!
Great theme you have regarding the meal theme. That will be great fun!
I have found that Kodak Camera is the best picture quality -I have used them a lot. The CDs are great. If you need online storage space let me know. I can set a folder up for you.
I think I am done flying for this year! :) Glad I went when I did.
Cheers
Good morning,
Ms Feather!
Oh dear!
On this date in history:
In 1877, Thomas Edison described the fundamentals of the
phonograph to an assistant and instructed him to build the
first one.
Also in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered the
two moons of Mars, which he named Phobos and Deimos.
In 1934, the first group of federal prisoners classified as
"most dangerous" arrived at Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky
outcrop 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay.
In 1954, a formal announcement ended the 7-year war in
Indochina between France and forces of the communist Viet
Minh.
In 1965, riots began in the Watts section of Los Angeles.
In six days of violence, 34 people were killed.
In 1984, in an off-air radio voice check picked up by TV
cameras, U.S. President Ronald Reagan joked, "My fellow
Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed
legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin
bombing in five minutes." The Kremlin was not amused.
In 1991, a Lebanese terrorist group, the Revolutionary
Justice Organization, released U.S. hostage Edward Tracy,
held captive since October 1986.
In 1992, Texas businessman Ross Perot told a Senate
committee that North Vietnam plotted to kill him in the
1970s because of his work on behalf of POWs in Indochina.
Also in 1992, an electrical fire in the 62-story John
Hancock office tower forced more than 3,000 workers in
Boston's tallest building to flee down smoky, darkened
stairwells.
In 1993, U.S. President Bill Clinton endorsed the
"Brady Bill" handgun control measure and signed an
executive order banning the import of semiautomatic
assault-style handguns.
Also in 1993, U.S. President Bill Clinton named Army
Gen. John Shalikashvili to be the chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, succeeding the retiring Gen.
Colin Powell.
In 1994, major league baseball players went on strike
following the conclusion of the day's games.
In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request
by The Citadel to overturn a federal appeals court
ruling that ordered the all-male South Carolina
military college to admit female students.
Also in 1995, U.S. President Bill Clinton vetoed a
bill passed by Congress that would have ended U.S.
participation in the arms embargo against the
Bosnian government.
In 1997, U.S. President Bill Clinton became the
first president to use the line-item veto, a power
granted by Congress the year before.
In 1998, two boys were found to be "delinquent," or
guilty, of murder in the fatal March shootings of
four students and a teacher at their middle school
in Jonesboro, Ark.
Also in 1998, British Petroleum announced it would
merge with Amoco Corp. in what would be the largest
takeover of an American company by a foreign company.
In 1999, U.S. President Bill Clinton offered to
commute the prison sentences of 16 Puerto Rican
terrorists if they agreed to renounce violence and
comply with other parole requirements.
Also in 1999, the Kansas State Board of Education
voted to drop the theory of evolution from the
public school curriculum.
In 2002, US Airways, the nation's sixth-largest
airline, filed for bankruptcy.
In 2003, as peacekeepers entered the capital to
try to stop fighting between government and rebel
troops, Liberian President Charles Taylor stepped
down and flew into exile in Nigeria, ending a
bloody chapter of African history. He vowed he
would return.
In 2004, fighting in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf
raged for the sixth straight day between forces
loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr and
U.S.-backed Iraqi troops.
In 2005, right-wing activists staged one of the
biggest demonstrations in Israel's history at Tel
Aviv. An estimated 350,000 people protested the
impending withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the
evacuation of four settlements in the northern
West Bank.
Also in 2005, Salva Kit Mayandit was sworn in as
Sudan vice president succeeding John Garang,
whose death in a helicopter crash touched off
violent rioting in which 130 people were killed.
Comic Robin Williams said, "You're best when
you're not in charge. The ego blocks the muse."
Today is Friday, Aug. 11, the 223rd day of 2006 with 142 to
follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Saturn,
Mercury, Venus and Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune,
Mars, Jupiter and Pluto.
Good morning, FReepoetess!
I will be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia the last 2 weeks of September, and I can't wait to hit my favorite outdoor restaurant. It is owned by a guy from India, and there are
tandoor ovens to cook naan. A filet mignon dinner with baked potato, salad, and unlimited Indian bread costs $4.75 !
WOO HOO!
WOW amazing price for the dinner.
Mornin' Feather.
My wife and I are celebrating our 20th Wedding Anniversary tonight (the actual date was the 9th).
I was reading over 1 Corinthians chapter 13 (the love chapter) when I decided to type it out in a little more modern version. After getting a little ways into it, I decided that you can't really improve upon Biblical perfection. However, I was struck with an idea so I wrote it down.
(I hope that no one is offended by my use of the Bible and my own lousy poetry.)
Though I speak with the eloquence of poets and angels,
But have no love,
I am as a clanging cow bell or nails on a chalkboard.
If I could predict the future,
And could understand all mysteries, and be all knowledgeable,
But have no love,
My existence would be worthless.
If I gave all that I possess to feed the poor,
and martyred myself to be burned at the stake,
but have no love,
I gain nothing.
However…
When I know love,
I may be in a traffic jam with all the city noises
And stupid ads blaring on the radio,
But my life can be filled melody.
When I know love,
I may lose every card game I play
And fail every test I take,
But my life can be more precious than gold.
When I know love,
I can be penniless and staving,
Or tortured to death,
But I will know what true wealth is.
Happy Happy Anniversary!
I am not offended by your verse but have enjoyed it very much.
I have posted the verse you cite as the spring board for your verse.
1 Corinthians chapter 13
King James Version.
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
I think you did very well. What say we put this in the Selected Works Anthology I am creating?? I will not post any poets work without their permission.
I have to look up the word "anthology" but it sounds fine to me. I would be honored by you reposting anything I post that you think worthy.
Scubie
Golden Oldie
Summer of tears
a waterfall horizon
a copper dawn in vapor
touching rosebushes at daylight.
In the marrow of my bones
you are my love and desire
I am missing your soul
and soft guitars...
bentfeather
One day in the life of Ivan Ostrich: A sad-looking inmate chews grass behind a fence at an ostrich-breeding farm in Toropovo, Russia. The birds are raised for meat and eggs.
Look at that face! LOL!
LOL
Has gorgeous eye lashes though.;)
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell. LOL!!
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