USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 26 November 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

[Old Sarge]

So, have you ALWAYS relied on the kindness of strangers?

[Soaring Feather]

A Viking Lass
will raise a glass
to toast a friend
in Kentucky Land
across the way
our elbows bend
friend to friend
in Hinterland Land

Skoal!

[Soaring Feather]

I be good Bethy!!

How be ya???

[Kathy in Alaska]

Folks after my own heart: tightwads!! YES!

[Bethbg79]

I be great! I'm rocking Connor in my chair. We're both about to fall asleep...lol

[Soaring Feather]

Do you have some company coming down Beth?

[Bethbg79]

Hey Ma!!! (((HUGS)))

[Bethbg79]

Yes, Tony parent's will be here late Friday night. They're gonna stop in on their way home from Dallas. :-)

[Old Sarge]

A Viking Lass
will raise a glass
to toast a friend
in Kentucky Land
across the way
our elbows bend
friend to friend
in Hinterland Land

Skoal!

And to that Daughter
of the Northlands
in reply
from the Dark and Bloody Ground
a son of
The Land Across the Forest
smiles over his cup
in return.

Spasiba!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Bethbg79]

Awwww, that's so cute!

[Bethbg79]

Goodnight everybody!

I'm pooped!

See you all tomorrow.

Goodnight Troops! Sleep well and God bless!

[Fawnn]

So, have you ALWAYS relied on the kindness of strangers?

Are you implying that once people get to know me, they can't help but be mean? ;)

[Old Sarge]

Only YOU could twist that meaning...

[Soaring Feather]

And so we toast the
two of us
we do not know
the woe the
forefathers knew
of a new grand land
so with fear and awe

they lifted a mug
of cheer and Thanksgiving
that first year and
we hold this ceremony
this eve hundreds of
years later and from
many lands our
nation great is being
tested once again

In God We Trust
our nation to stand
whole and under God
in this FREE LAND

bentfeather ©

Skoal!

[Radix]

In the wasted fields
Where crops lay dead

A seed does thrive
The need to survive

Do not fold use your head
What fertile ground yields

[Old Sarge]

Watch in the night goes on,
screen after screen shows
quiet in their hums and whirrs,
sectors clear and all safe.

Friends on one screen,
hold my eyes and
dance across the boards,
also silent, but singing.

I spend a few hours here,
holding watch over screens
of warning and alert,
so others might know good times tomorrow.

Fair Trade, I'd say...

[Soaring Feather]

Salute Sir!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and sleep well, Kidlet! Hope your babysitting went well. God bless you good for helping honor our troops each day.

[Soaring Feather]

Love the picture Tonkin!