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The Dragonflies'Lair ~Thread XVIII~ Valentine's Day 2008
Poets of The Dragonflies' Lair
| February 13, 2008
| Soaring Feather
Posted on 02/13/2008 7:18:25 PM PST by Soaring Feather
Origin of Valentine's Day
Find out how this special day originated way back in the 3rd century
Valentine's Day originated way back in the 3rd century. Saint Valentine was a priest in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius II. It seems the Emperor was having trouble recruiting members for his army because the men didn't want to leave their wives and children for the long military expeditions which would last for months and even years. Claudius then decided that banning marriages in Rome would solve this problem. The Emperor had Valentine condemned to death for defying his order and marrying couples in secret.
As Valentine awaited execution, his admirers would come to the jail bearing notes of support and flowers. As luck would have it, his most ardent admirer turned out to be the daughter of the prison guard. She would visit him for hours. The day of his execution, February 14 in the year 269 AD, Valentine wrote her a note expressing his gratitude for her love, support, and friendship and signed it "Love from our Valentine".
As it turned, out, the festival of Lupercalia (an ode to the god of fertility and a celebratoin of sensual pleasure) followed close after Valentine was executed.
During the festival, boys would draw the names of girls and they would pair up for the festivities. The name Valentine was linked to this romantic festival.
In 496, Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honor Valentine as a saint.
I gave my love a cherry That has no stone,
I gave my love a chicken That has no bone,
I gave my love a baby That's no cryin'.
How can there be a cherry That has no stone?
How can there be a chicken That has no bone?
How can there be a baby That's no cryin'?
A cherry when it's buddin', It has no stone.
A chicken in the eggshell It has no bone.
A baby when it's sleepin' Is no cryin'.
Old Appalachian song
The Apple Dumplings and a King
"Very astonishing indeed! strange thing!"
(Turning the Dumpling round, rejoined the King)
"'Tis most extraordinary, then, all this is;
It beats Penetti's conjuring all to pieces;
Strange I should never of a Dumpling dream!
But, Goody, tell me where, where, where's the Seam?"
"Sire, there's no Seam," quoth she; "I never knew
That folks did Apple-Dumplings sew."
"No!" cried the staring Monarch with a grin;
"How, how the devil got the Apple in?"
Dr. John Wolcot
The Cow
The friendly cow all red and white,
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple-tart.
She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray,
All in the pleasant open air,
The pleasant light of day;
And blown by all the winds that pass
And wet with all the showers,
She walks among the meadow grass
And eats the meadow flowers.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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To: MEG33; Soaring Feather; Lady Jag
We had a Victory Garden as well. WIth all of the current landscape being torn up to place houses literaly on top of one another, I do not think that Victory Gardens would be common place like they were should they be needed. Sad!
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posted on
02/15/2008 12:18:35 PM PST
by
NY Attitude
(You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
To: NY Attitude
Our city has set aside an area for Community Gardening. I think cities are doing more of this as people wish to grow their own-well some do.
I can garden in pots, but don’t.
122
posted on
02/15/2008 12:20:52 PM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I soar- 'cause I can....then I fall off my perch...Thanks Tomkow)
To: Allegra
Everybody needs a break once in a while and actually to me the fact you are indecisive about staying in the States or going back to Iraq is good news about Iraq.
You’ve been over there for how long now, five years or more? Do have an assessment to offer about life and progress in the area?
The first good sign that happened here was the rapidity at which Iraqi males changed into western dress after Hussein was hanged. That changed must be an expression of an attitude adjustment . . .
123
posted on
02/15/2008 12:23:46 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Always look on the bright side of life)
To: Soaring Feather
In this day and age, there are too many vandals that do not care about other peoples hardwork or belongings.
124
posted on
02/15/2008 12:24:35 PM PST
by
NY Attitude
(You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
To: NY Attitude
Yupper, so true.
Years ago, in the Italian part of town, there were huge gardens straight up to the curb -they were behind chain link fences for the most part. Those folks had beautiful gardens and grew a huge amount of crops in the little space.
125
posted on
02/15/2008 12:28:49 PM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I soar- 'cause I can....then I fall off my perch...Thanks Tomkow)
To: Soaring Feather
Was the cow part of your mom's dowry?
126
posted on
02/15/2008 12:28:56 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Always look on the bright side of life)
To: Soaring Feather
I can understand why Father’s Day is hard..God bless your mother for being so hardworking and resourceful for you kids. Those war years aand the Great Depression were difficult times..I cannot imagine the added hardship of being without my dad.
127
posted on
02/15/2008 12:29:54 PM PST
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military)
To: Lady Jag
More or less yes, my grandparents gave the cow to mom, we had chickens, too, and raised some pigs for butcher.
128
posted on
02/15/2008 12:30:25 PM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I soar- 'cause I can....then I fall off my perch...Thanks Tomkow)
To: MEG33
My beloved Mom was an angel with Iron Gloves. She was tough as nails and soft as velvet. She was beautiful, her laughter sounded like bells chiming. She remained beautiful until the day she died. She was a good woman.
She had what the Finns call SISU, it means guts, I have my share too. ;0)
129
posted on
02/15/2008 12:34:16 PM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I soar- 'cause I can....then I fall off my perch...Thanks Tomkow)
To: Soaring Feather
I am a little warped today. And that makes you different today than any other day?
130
posted on
02/15/2008 12:40:44 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Always look on the bright side of life)
To: Lady Jag
Oh my, I didn’t think you noticed! LOL
131
posted on
02/15/2008 12:42:00 PM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I soar- 'cause I can....then I fall off my perch...Thanks Tomkow)
To: tomkow6
Paging Tomkow6, are you out there lurking, huh, huh??
132
posted on
02/15/2008 12:43:09 PM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I soar- 'cause I can....then I fall off my perch...Thanks Tomkow)
To: NY Attitude
I guess the open spaces around newer developments would be turned into community gardens in an emergency. Having a garden was always common in the small towns where I grew up..My husband and I had one at our last home. There was a space out of sight behind the garage we dug up...a tough go in that black clay soil N of Dallas. The plum tomatoes spoiled me forever. My DIL ate them like grapes.
133
posted on
02/15/2008 12:43:09 PM PST
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military)
To: Soaring Feather; NY Attitude; MEG33
I grew up between two dairy farms and spent a better half my childhood at one of them. Loved it. Lots of fun and no responsibilities.
134
posted on
02/15/2008 12:44:57 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Always look on the bright side of life)
To: Soaring Feather
135
posted on
02/15/2008 12:47:21 PM PST
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military)
To: Lady Jag
Youve been over there for how long now, five years or more?More than four years now. (YEEEESH!)
Do you have an assessment to offer about life and progress in the area?
I have finally begun writing my book. There is so much material to cover - bad times and good times. I believe there will be a happy ending. :-)
The first good sign that happened here was the rapidity at which Iraqi males changed into western dress after Hussein was hanged. That changed must be an expression of an attitude adjustment . .
It took a while, since they had been pretty much a brainwashed society for decades, but they finally realized that we are the good guys. That was the turning point and the progress has accelerated since then. Once the coalition and the Iraqis had a common goal, it became much easier to achieve this.
It's chugging right along now and if we can keep the Democrats from derailing this, it will be quite the amazing success story.
136
posted on
02/15/2008 12:50:37 PM PST
by
Allegra
(Posting without being logged on since 2001)
To: MEG33; Soaring Feather; NY Attitude
My parents were city sorts of folks who moved to the country because of me, wanting to raise their kids there for some reason, so they didn’t know much about rural living when they bought two acres way out in the boonies.
Parts of the family moved into our neighborhood and one decided to try raising chickens. That began coming to an end when he tried to kill his first one with a bunch of us little kids around. Some of us were grossed out before we started chasing the headless bird while unc looked on completely dejected.
137
posted on
02/15/2008 12:55:48 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Always look on the bright side of life)
To: tomkow6; StarCMC
The Cubbies Catcher is very nervous.
138
posted on
02/15/2008 12:59:28 PM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I soar- 'cause I can....then I fall off my perch...Thanks Tomkow)
To: Lady Jag
I tried not to watch what it took to get them from the chicken yard to the point of plucking the feathers..The chickens were my responsibility to feed and water.
139
posted on
02/15/2008 1:00:55 PM PST
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military)
To: Soaring Feather
140
posted on
02/15/2008 1:04:04 PM PST
by
tomkow6
(................CHANGE We Can Believe............My "VOICES"!....)
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