Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... April, 2010

April 1, 2010 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


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and those who enjoy poetry.
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Never Forget!





Bad Penny



Amy's personal guardian ~
the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[Billie]

Thank you, Polly - hope your hubby had a safe trip to Arizona, and you girls are holding down the fort at home with no problems. :)

[Billie]

Dang it! I forgot another birthday. :( (Or is this April Fools?) :) What to do, what to do. Bake a cake or call the florist or read on and hope it’s an April Fool joke. :)

[Billie]

:(

I'm sorry, jaycee. I hope you have had a beautiful day today.

[Billie]

Now HERE’S the April Fool joke. :) Good one, yorkie!

[jaycee]

Awwww, thank you, Kitty! That little kitty looks exactly like its blowing out those candles....darling. And that little bear is precious. Appreciate it so much, I really do!

[yorkie]

Thanks, Billie! I should have FReepmailed you a warning that it was very large.

Did you believe it? LOL!

[jaycee]

This is so cute, Amy.

[jaycee]

Isn’t he a cutie? That blind could hit him in the head. Thats what kids do though. There’s nothing they can’t reach.

[tiapam]

That’s what I thought it possibly could be(April Fools Joke)! LOL!

[MEG33]

Take 2(or more)for Hip Pain
HUGS

[tiapam]

Isn’t that the truth!!!

[tiapam]

Of course I would think the OPUS is adorable! HELLO?

[jaycee]

TeeHee......how could you ever have known? Now thats what I call a beautiful picture! Thanks Meg, thats cute!

[jaycee]

"A Peaceful Stroll in the Rain"

[MEG33]

*GRIN*

[MEG33]

Lovely..and rain is coming here tomorrow.

[yorkie]

I never thought “ANYONE” would think an OPUS was ‘adorable’.

[ConorMacNessa]

REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER!

Pfc. James L. Miller, USA, KIA Afghanistan 29MAR2010

I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)

God Of Our Fathers



Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in peace!
We who remain hold you in high honor.
Rest, fallen brother, in this sacred precinct;
We who remain keep this place sacred.
Rest, fallen brother, among these, your comrades;
We who remain keep the watch.
Rest, fallen brother, among these who answered the Nation’s call;
We who remain press the fight forward in your name.
Rest, fallen brother, lay down thy burden;
We who remain have taken up the torch.
Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in eternal peace!



Taps

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[left that other site]

This is ANOTHER “absolutely true I kid you not, no kidding, really true” story of mine!

Back in the day, I had a good friend named George(RIP) who was a big fan of my music. He wrote with three other gentlemen named Hugo, Luigi, and another George. These four older men collaborated on a Christmas Song and asked me to arrange and produce it for a video to be shown on Boston TV.

It was a lovely African-American style song, and I suggested we make it REGGAE. So I arranged it for drums and bass, organ, guitars and lots of cool backup vocals and percussion. We got a seriously super vocalist from Trinidad to do the lead, and it turned out beautiful. Then we took the audio to a studio in Boston, and with assistance from the Alma Lewis School of Afro-American Arts, made a wonderful Video that was shown on Boston Community Cable. We threw a big party to celebrate, and a good time was had by all.

George was always telling me that he and his three partners had written a song for ELVIS, and that it was really famous, yada yada yada. Of course, we songwriters always talk like that, as I had several songs that were LISTENED TO and ALMOST recorded by some real famous people like Bonnie Raitt, so I just smiled and made happy talk when the old guys talked like this.

My four friends have all passed away now.

Imagine how I felt when I happened to be looking at the sheet music of my ALL TIME FAVORITE ELVIS SONG, and there they were, all four of them, listed as the composers.

I CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Moral: When “Old Guys” Tell Stories, They are probably TRUE!

[tiapam]

What a lovely song(sometimes weather does bring back memories of certain experiences)! And the graphic is so interesting, as it looks like a real down pour! Thank you!!!