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"Here's how it works, laugh and link up." After you publish your Silly Sunday post, add the link to your post to Sandee's link list, here's the link to Silly Sunday's code on Comedy Plus. and we will share the same links, laugh at each other and make new friends.
This week’s Tuesday’s
Questionis: 'What's The Most
Outrageous Experience You've Shared With A Friend?’
As stated in my last post, my computer, "Sam" was admitted to the hospital last Monday for minor surgery. I thought I'd have him home in time to publish a question by now, but that didn't happen. -As it turned out I had to pay a few costly repairs before Sam was discharged.-
Hello, welcome to Tuesday's Question. I've been searching for a question all day that I haven't already asked since I began posting Tuesday's Question in 2007.
Over the years, and stretches between posts, I've tried to ask original questions, (If there is such a thing.) in an effort keep the questions fresh, as well as authentic.
Hence today, in keeping with that tradition, instead of answering my own question, I'm going to answer your questions and vice-versa. Make sense?
I hope so...'cause here goes...
Alright, let's see how well I do at clarifying this...here's the first question: "What Would You Like MeTo Know AboutYou,?"and, "What Would You Like To Know About Me?"
In the words of the first man, I ever adored, Henry David Thoreau,
"If thou art a writer, write as if thy time were short, for it is indeed short as the longest."
In January of this year as my friends and I danced, drank, and spoke of the year ahead as if we were guaranteed the time, the words of Henry David Thoreau rang a different truth for me, a truth I would understand in a different way by the end of the year.
Even some of my own words ring with a bizarre realism, for example, I wrote a little saying on this landing page that reads,
-Most of the worlds' great things were born of adversity and hardship; because these roadblocks encourage us to dream, imagine and believe.-
And now, those words ring more true to me than they did this past January, which I guess I should explain,
You see regardless of my train of thought at the end of last year, by February, my life began to cloud over, I had already been in pour health for some time, and it was beginning to get the best of me…for one thing I couldn’t write, which for me, is like snatching a bottle from a baby or alcoholic, take your pick…writing is my addiction, and I had the worst writers block I’ve ever known, hence, I knew I wasn't happy. In fact, I was simply miserable in every way, and I couldn’t put the breaks on my emotions. I was sick of myself.
Then, came the arrival of one of those typical Louisiana Springs, full of the kind of afternoon thunderstorms that tests your nerves like a colicky baby. I wanted to yell out of one of my windows, "Enough already!" My life was turning into days and days of pouring rain- Mainly because one of best friends in the world was dying of lung cancer. She passed away at the end of June, we met when we were twelve years old, so we were close friends for 35 years-, and now she is gone-
Which brings me back to my words,
Most of the worlds' great things were born of adversity and hardship; because these roadblocks encourage us to dream, imagine and believe.-
It seems to me that when the pain in our lives pull on our heartstrings, it stretches our hearts, thereby creating a greater capacity for love, joy, compassion, forgiveness, etc... In fact, after this year, I think my heart has grown to the size of a bottomless pit- Although, don’t get me wrong, I am not naive, meaning, I do realize, that much of the time pain and tragedy taxes the human heart to the point of pulling it in the other direction. I just believe that life is about paddling through to the other side, in other words, if we make it through the “hardship and adversity,” we win the prize of knowing abundant joy, or I pray this for us all, because, as Thoreau said, “Indeed our time is short, at the longest.”
In closing, I hope that after reading all of these paragraphs, you won't think of me as mellow dramatic, because it's hard to articulate how thrilled I am at this moment. As I write this post, I feel as though I am wrapping my arms around a long lost friend, and indeed, I am. It is a great feeling, because here on this blog, writing to my fellow friends, bloggers, and writers, I can let my soul fly, and my imagination take its course.
I guess one of the reasons blogging is such fun, is because there are no deadlines, judgments, or contracts- just writing and friendship.
In truth, I feel like I did the first time I saw the gulf coast; I was ten years old and so blown away by it's vast beauty that my stomach went into an excited flutter. I think it was one of the first times I realized how important and wonderful it was to be alive. I felt a content happiness, close to the way I felt when I daydreamed into the branches of my grandmother’s pecan trees, or when my mother read to my brothers and I, but that was when I was much younger, of course.
I used to lay in my grandmother's front yard, and read, where the grass was cool, although there were times when I read the same paragraph repeatedly, because my grandmother had a habit of talking to people in a low voice from a distance. I loved her dearly, but there were times when I looked forward to reading quietly, and I could hear her asking me something miles away through her front porch screen.. After years of this, I could guess what she was saying, but I still tried to ignore her, so I could read, although, by the time she gave up, the late afternoon birds would begin to whistle loudly above my head. But, you know, I would give my right arm to have one second of those moments again.
All right, I suppose that's enough head in the clouds dreamlike writing. I hope I haven’t bored you or taken too much of your time, posting such a long post.
It’s just that I really wanted to tell all of you where I have been since earlier this year, because I have had an awful fear that you may feel deserted, or like I never cared for any of you at all, and I hope that after you read all of this, you will realize that, that was not the case. (How could you not)
Hence, I would like to apologize to all of the special friends I have met blogging, and to my only pen pal, with whom I love dearly. (You know who you are…and I am dying to write you.)
Finally, another reason for the length of this post, and my delay in posting it, is my computer has two of those awful trogan viruses, and Dell has advised me to back up my files and wipe it clean. This is happening at the same time my car broke down, my son’s car broke down, I am out of paper, and my only pen ran out of ink- However, not all is lost, because I do have a huge red mark-so-lot. I am not sure if I spelled mark-so-lot correctly, but I am sure you now what I mean.
Burgh…life, but I will return, and when I do, and I haven’t pawned my digital camera to fix the car, because the computer lost all my manuscripts, I will take a picture of what I have written on my walls in red mark-so-lot, due to writers withdrawal.
I love you all and I will return-
"Till the next time we say good-bye" - Mick Jagger
I'm a part of the Mimi Writes Peace Globe Project thanks to Paula from Polliwog's Pond. I've noticed these peace globes on other bloggers blogs, but I didn't know much about the project. Until Paula offered to make a peace globe for me, and make a peace globe she did, a beautiful peace globe. Thanks to Polli's generosity and friendship I have a peace globe for my blog with the inscription of my sunshine, and one of my favorite inspirational quotes.
I copied and pasted the quote The Pilgrim for you to read along with another favorite, by Peter Straub. I think that creating and maintaining friendship is a great way to make our own personal contributions to world peace- and Polli and Mimi are doing a fine job of showing us how.
Thank you Polli, I think the globe is great and I love the inspirational quote, Peace Pilgrim
"While we watch the storm clouds gather and prepare for the storm, let us never forget that the sun still shines behind those dark clouds and may somehow break through before the storm descends. I see sunshine in the real desire for peace in the hearts of humanity, even though the human family gropes toward peace blindly, not knowing the way. "
--- Peace Pilgrim ---
I've included another favorite by --Peter Straub-- "A real soul is something you make by walking through fire. By keeping on walking, and by remembering how it felt."
A really nice person helped me with my web site clean-up by installing the peek-a-boo posts for me. Now, if you like the summary of what might be a long post you have the choice to either continue reading, or move on to the next post. The peek-a-boo posts also offer bloggers an opportunity to post more material on their title page each day. Because, I'm a complete techno nin com poop, this blogging buddy rescued me and you, my readers, from long title page posts! Can you guess who this friend is....
I love this link list I read awhile back on Vic Grace's blog Cariboo Ponderer entitled Warming the globe through Friendship. When I first read it, I liked it so much, I planned on returning to join and write a post, however, this and that got in the way, and well, I simply got sidetracked. However, what impressed me about the list, was Vic Grace's simple desire to spread friendship throughout the blogosphere. She didn't add any specific rules or requests, except for the little badge that went along with it's intention.
Anyway, I went about my business until my good friends Sandee from Comedy Plus, and Christy from Christy's Coffee Break passed it to me in a post on their blogs.
Now Vic Grace is the author of another link list of friendship in which she added A Nice Place In The Sun. Therefore, I'm going to tag Christy and Sandee and some more great blogging buddies to help continue my new friend Viv Graces viral linking lists.
Isn't it something that Viv Grace's dream of spreading friendship through the blogosphere has worked? I hope the fact that I'm posting two lists within one post is not too confusing. But I'll leave the links with each list so that you can read the original post. That way, if you would like to pass one or both lists on you will know more about their background. If you don't see your name on either list, Vic Grace says it's o.k. to add yourself and pass it along to the blogs you read on a regular basis.
Or at least I think that's what she said, if it isn't, you'll see this post suddenly disappear into the blogosphere and I will be embarrassed. :)
Happy friendship and thank you Vic Grace for the authoring this great idea. In addition, thank you Christy and Sandee for thinking of me when reading the original post.
> If your name is not included in the list please forgive me, I may have thought you would rather not be tagged, or I absentmindedly forgot. The one thing I dislike about meme's is that you have to exclude many blogs, and there are so many blogs that I love. Please add you name if it's not listed. Happy Friendship!
One of my favorite bloggers and generous friend Christy, from Christy's Coffee Break, put me on the John Cow.com link list! This crazy moo cow site and self-proclaimed "mooguls" have created a great way to keep your feed trough full, and thanks to Christy my sites going to have plenty of feed! You see, Christy added me to her list, passed to her from Mark at The Next Post
A professional writer with a huge heart, Christy spends much of her time creating ways to help other bloggers, and I'm glad to be one of them! I have confidence in her taste in web sites so I know you will love JohnCow.com! I'm grateful for Christy's moo cowable kindness, and will delightfully jump on this link list of love! Rest assured this list will keep you and I in milkable happiness!
Heres the part of the original post that JohnCow.com asked us to copy;
The idea is simple: You want readers and you want link backs too because that’s all us bloggers want, it’s more precious than milk for some :twisted:
So how does it work?
Simple! You just copy the list down below on your blog, hence creating link backs for your blogging friends and then click the RSS feed link to subscribe to all of them. Then you add yourself and up to 5 other bloggers and their feeds to the end of the list before you publish it on your own blog. Show your friends some link love :)
Just imagine if just 10 people would do this and then 10 more after them. That would get your blog 100 extra link backs and 100 extra feed subscribers!
Here is the list from Christys Coffee Break!
If I added your site to list below, subscribe to the sites, copy them, add five sites of your choice to the list, post and spread the link joy!
Happy linking! Thanks Christy for feeding my feed!
Lost inside a state of mental and physical exhaustion, I prayed to meet an angel on earth, then, I felt the pillow of a horses mouth gently sweep grass from the palm of my hand.
– Ann Clemmons
The Boogeyman From Planet-Lackawanna-
You will lose yourself in the imaginative dreams of eleven year old Theodore Wilson's. Don't miss this review coming soon.
More reviews and available for purchase on Amazon .com. Just click on image of book and the link will take you there.
Thank you!
Motherhood- Courage
Motherhood is an art impossible to explain, one which requires a vast sea of love, devotion, compassion, and understanding, unmatched by any affection we will ever know again.- Ann Clemmons
Courage-
Humor-
Words-
Words are the core of our souls, without written, vocal or lyrical expression we lose sight of one another or worse, ourselves. Words bring forth the essence of the human spirit; so express yourself without abandon.
Ann Clemmons
Favorite Phrase
I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense...
Beatrix Potter’s Journal, 17 November 1896, from the National Trust collection.
Jacket Flap-
The Storyteller, by Dawn Drover
Alone in her world of make believe weaving her stories of magic and light
She brings joy to the eyes of innocent minds less jaded and free
For only they know what's in her heart holding the secrets she guards so well
Life's hidden mysteries belong to those whose wisdom and truth shine on in imagination
Most of the worlds' great things were born of adversity and hardship; because these roadblocks encourage us to dream, imagine and believe.- Ann Clemmons
Favorite quotes-
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.
Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”'
F. Scott Fitzgerald. (Lines from The Great Gatsby) "A Southerner Talks Music"
Mark Twain
"A book must be the ax for the frozen sea inside us."
Franz Kafka An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency. - Mark Twain in Eruption
"I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself"
