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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January, 2010
January 1, 2010 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

Posted on 12/31/2009 11:04:28 PM PST by JustAmy




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'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
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TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Poetry; The Poetry Branch
KEYWORDS: amysplace; friends; january; poetry
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To: yorkie

Where in the world have you been? You didn’t answer my mail and I’ve been wondering if you’re sick or maybe Lindy was worse.....just couldn’t figure it out.


1,061 posted on 01/15/2010 4:15:30 PM PST by jaycee (((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me."))))
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To: yorkie; jaycee

Glad you galz enjoyed your favorite tune again! :)


1,062 posted on 01/15/2010 4:20:17 PM PST by luvie (DIMs?......start packin'--you're fired!)
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To: Billie

Yes, it was very sad news to hear, Billie.

But, then I watch the news, and see all the devastation in Haiti, and I am so greatful to have a warm bed, food in my tummy and freezer, heat and air conditioning, a sound roof over my head, and water - with the turn of a faucet, and can reach my doctor at any time with my telephone.

I saw a man on TV today, walking along. A reporter asked him what it was he had in his hand. He said, “It’s a can of peas. It’s all I have left.”

I feel so humbled - and my little furry friend seems so inconsequential - to the real problems in this world.


1,063 posted on 01/15/2010 4:30:16 PM PST by yorkie
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To: Billie

Yes, it was very sad news to hear, Billie.

But, then I watch the news, and see all the devastation in Haiti, and I am so greatful to have a warm bed, food in my tummy and freezer, heat and air conditioning, a sound roof over my head, and water - with the turn of a faucet, and can reach my doctor at any time with my telephone.

I saw a man on TV today, walking along. A reporter asked him what it was he had in his hand. He said, “It’s a can of peas. It’s all I have left.”

I feel so humbled - and my little furry friend seems so inconsequential - to the real problems in this world.


1,064 posted on 01/15/2010 4:30:17 PM PST by yorkie
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To: JustAmy; Billie



Thank                           
                You                          


Billie and Amy

For The Beautiful Graphics and Thread

This cardinal graphic is so pretty, Amy!
I loved the way you worked your magic on the Opening, Billie.

1,065 posted on 01/15/2010 5:15:39 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military Men and Women)
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To: pollywog

Thank you, polly...I think she is searching for a poem to go with that scene..LOL


1,066 posted on 01/15/2010 5:19:10 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military Men and Women)
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To: yorkie

Thank you, yorkie..I would have responded earlier but I was trying to retrieve my graphics files that I deleted and was staying offline..I did not even know there was an earthquake because I wasn’t on FR or listening to TV.
When a beloved pet is so ill..I know how hard it is to deal with. They are truly family.
(((HUGS)))
I pray Lindy improves more and more.


1,067 posted on 01/15/2010 5:33:44 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military Men and Women)
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To: pollywog

It is so good to know Shallie is improving!


1,068 posted on 01/15/2010 5:40:04 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military Men and Women)
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To: All

Turns out I won’t be on line to answer my pings after all.

Sorry that life keeps me yo yo ing in regards to the internet. Can’t help it. Please don’t glut the Threa

d by answering me yet again re: This same subject matter. You’ve said kind goodbye’s & hellos each oh the other times I’ve gone off line & come back. So I’ll just recall all those again. Fondly so! :)

I am already off line from my home . Using another comp at a relatives house to say my internet farwell’s.So I won’t be around to see any pings and or replies anyway.

Take care & Thanks for the happy times through the years!


1,069 posted on 01/15/2010 6:26:55 PM PST by Majie Purple
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To: yorkie


Yorkie, I do hope Lindy is
feeling better and
will be with us a long time.
I have been keeping up
with the terrible disaster
in Haiti, too! How sad it is!
Makes us feel so helpless!

1,070 posted on 01/15/2010 6:29:01 PM PST by jaycee (((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me."))))
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To: All

The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering a plan to ask governments to impose a global consumer tax on such things as Internet activity or everyday financial transactions like paying bills online.

Such a scheme could raise “tens of billions of dollars” on behalf of the United Nations’ public health arm from a broad base of consumers, which would then be used to transfer drug-making research, development and manufacturing capabilities, among other things, to the developing world.


1,071 posted on 01/15/2010 7:04:30 PM PST by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: jaycee

Awwwww, that’s so sweet. Thank you, JC!


1,072 posted on 01/15/2010 7:17:21 PM PST by yorkie
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To: All

Today became rather busy .... so another excuse for being
AWOL.

Marissa started complaining about her throat hurting. I looked and one tonsil looked really swollen. Took her in without an appointment. They took a culture but they think it is a viral infection. Her temp is normal. They did prescribe anti-biotics. We go back next Wednesday for a followup.

Yesterday was Jr’s birthday and today is MrJust’s birthday so we celebrated tonight. Jr came up after work. Marissa was excited. She helped me with dinner and she sang louder than I did when we did the birthday song as they cut the BR’s ice cream cake.

I hope everyone had a great day.

Sweet dreams; I hope to see you tomorrow.


1,073 posted on 01/15/2010 10:22:51 PM PST by JustAmy (Republicans think everyday is July 4th. Democrats think everyday is April 15th.)
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To: JustAmy

Thank you, Just Amy! Just what I needed! I sent it to almost everyone on my mailing list! May you have a wonderful week-end! I know I will since Football is over! Enjoy California for me!:)


1,074 posted on 01/15/2010 11:14:06 PM PST by tajgirvan (May God Save America! May God Bless & Protect our Troops. The Finest and the Best!)
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To: All

Roadhouse Blues

He sat on an otherwise empty stage, a solo star,
in a tarpaper sided roadside bar closed for the night,
and picked the worn nylon strings of his old guitar,
venting his silent rage in each note with all his might.

Soulful, reaching, dragging memories out of the very air,
played from his heart alone, fighting the demons of his mind.
Bittersweet the music and the moods it evoked in him there,
and set the night alive, to dreams he thought he’d left behind.

His audience, Father Time and the Fates doing downtime,
the music of a soul held a power that flowed out among the stars.
God and the Angles had the tables on the left, tapping to mark the time.
the music left a better place in its roiling current in that empty bar.

The last haunting note hung in the quiet air of dawn for so long,
the tired worn player sat his guitar down and stood listening to the night.
He thought he heard clapping, he swore he heard the echoes of his song,
and as he walked from that small stage, he wore a unseen halo’d light.


1,075 posted on 01/15/2010 11:53:58 PM PST by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: JustAmy; Billie; MEG33; jaycee; dutchess; GodBlessUSA; deadhead; LUV W; mathluv; DollyCali; ...

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January 16, 2010
Glory Deflectors
I will not give My glory to another. —Isaiah 48:11
Barbara Mertz has a complaint about Egypt’s Pharaoh Ramses II. In her book Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs, archaeologist Mertz writes, “One gets so tired of Ramses; his face, his figure, and/or his name are plastered over half the wall surfaces still standing in Egypt—at least it seems that way.” Insatiably thirsty for glory, Ramses reveled in Egyptian religion, which taught that the pharaoh was divine.

Contrast Ramses’ desire for glory with the attitude of Paul and Barnabas. On one of their missionary journeys, they faced a situation during which they refused to accept vainglory. When a crowd in the idolatrous city of Lystra saw them heal a crippled man, the people exclaimed, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” (Acts 14:11). They immediately prepared animals to sacrifice in honor of Paul and Barnabas. But the two quickly objected, saying, “We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God” (v.15).

We do not rival the apostles in our accomplishments for God, but we all have things we do for Him. It’s then that we must be “glory deflectors,” making sure God gets all the glory for everything we have done.

May everything we do—
By word or deed or story—
Be done to please the Lord;
To Him be all the glory. —Roworth

Man’s greatest goal: Bringing glory to God.

Bible in One Year: Genesis 39-40; Matthew 11


1,076 posted on 01/16/2010 6:44:08 AM PST by The Mayor (People who follow Christ lead others in the right direction)
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To: JustAmy

'BELATED' BIRTHDAY, that is...
Junior Just and Mister Just!

Wish we could have helped you celebrate!
Hope it was a happy one for you both!


1,077 posted on 01/16/2010 7:44:46 AM PST by yorkie
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To: Billie; MEG33; jaycee; Kitty Mittens; Aquamarine; GodBlessUSA; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; ...

January 16, 2010



1,078 posted on 01/16/2010 9:49:48 AM PST by JustAmy (Republicans think everyday is July 4th. Democrats think everyday is April 15th.)
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To: JustAmy
Happy Birthday to " Mr.Just and Mr.Jr"...


1,079 posted on 01/16/2010 10:07:09 AM PST by pollywog (Romans 8:28)
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To: MEG33
It is so good to know Shallie is improving!

Oh YES it is Meg! To think that we sat around our table talking about the " other option" gives us chills. So glad we went with our instincts!!

1,080 posted on 01/16/2010 10:09:32 AM PST by pollywog (Romans 8:28)
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