Liquid Ice Musing

Back In Time (OSI)

Posted by Maggie on Saturday, March 28, 2009 | 27 Comments

It was the day after Christmas
I was reading comics on my bed
Visions of dirty dishes
Were dancing in my head

I was the age of twelve
Cleaning dishes was my chore
My young sister entered the room
Opened the bedroom closet door

Where Mom stored our fruit
Keeping it from the light
She said it lasted longer
Without becoming over-ripe

Inside the closet
It was dark as night
My sister lit a match
To help give her a little sight

After she chose her fruit
She flipped the match to the floor
Went out of the bedroom
While I started reading some more

A little while later
My eyes started burning me
Smoke was creeping from the closet
I could barely see

I ran next door to my mama
Told her about the smoke at the closet door
Before firemen could arrive
We had a home no more

There were six children
Also my mom and dad
On that day after Christmas
We lost all we had

A Mother`s Love (OSI)

Posted by Maggie on Sunday, March 22, 2009 | 18 Comments

Filled with excitement
In different ways
Waiting and counting
Two hundred plus days

So many questions
About what to do
Having a child
Was something new

When my daughter was born
I knew from the start
This bundle of joy
Had captured my heart

The cut of the umbilical cord
Left our bodies free
To be bound by a love
Lasting to eternity

Nothing else equals
On this planet earth
The miracle from heaven
Of a mother giving birth

Ode To A Spell Checker

Posted by Maggie on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | No Comments

Owed two a Spell Chequer

Eye halve a spelling chequer;
It came with my pea sea;
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
End weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong our write -
It shows me straight a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long,
And eye kin put the arrow rite
It's rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it;
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh,
My spell chequer tolled me sew!


Author Unknown

Puppies For Sale

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A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about Nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he Felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the Eyes of a little boy.Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies.""Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "these puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money."The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?""Sure," said the farmer.And with that he let out a whistle,"Here,Dolly!" he called.Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight.
As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared; this One noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up...."I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt.The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would."With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself To a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need Someone who understands."

The world is full of people who need someone who understands

Author Unknown

Happy St. Patrick`s Day

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17 March - TODAY

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Tuesday March 17, 2009
This is the 76th day of the year, with 289 days remaining in 2009.
Fact of the Day: St. PatrickSt. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not actually Irish. He was born on March 17 around AD 385, somewhere in Roman Britain, possibly near Dumbarton, Scotland. At 16, he was captured by Irish raiders looking for slaves and he was taken there to tend sheep. After six years of slavery, he ran away and ended up wandering through southern Gaul (France) and Italy. There, he had a vision from God which told him to return to Ireland and convert the pagans to Christianity. Returning to Ireland around 432, St. Patrick did missionary work until he died in 464. The country of Ireland went into mourning. The first St. Patrick's Day celebration in the United States was in 1737 in Boston.

Holidays St. Patrick's Day, commemorating his death on this day c 461-492 AD.Feast day of St. Patrick, St. Withburga, St. Gertrude of Nivelles, St. Joseph of Arimathea, St. Paul of Cyprus, and the Martyrs of the Serapaeum.Ireland, Northern Ireland: St. Patrick's Day (National Day).United Nations: World Maritime Day.Boston and Suffolk County, Massachusetts: Evacuation Day (of British during American Revolution).

Events 1328 - Scotland won its independence from England.1762 - Irish soldiers serving in the British army held the first parade honoring St. Patrick, in New York City.1776 - During the American Revolution, British forces were compelled to evacuate Boston; they fled to Nova Scotia.1870 - The Massachusetts legislature authorized the incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary, which later became Wellesley College.1899 - The first-ever radio distress call was sent, summoning assistance for a merchant ship off the coast of England.1905 - Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, married Franklin D. Roosevelt.1910 - The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded in Lake Sebago, Maine.1941 - The National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C. 1959 - The (14th) Dalai Lama fled Tibet and went to India.1969 - Golda Meir became prime minister of Israel. 2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush gave Iraq's Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave his country, but the ultimatum was rejected.

Births 1834 - Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler, German engineer and automobile manufacturer.1846 - Kate Greenaway, English painter, book illustrator.1881 - Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Nobel Prize-winning physiologist.1902 - Bobby Jones, American, first golfer to win the Grand Slam in professional golf.1917 - Nat "King" Cole (Coles), American jazz pianist, bandleader, songwriter, singer.1938 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer who defected to United States.

Deaths 1993 - Helen Hayes, American film and theatre actress.

Air Force Duty (OSI)

Posted by Maggie on Saturday, March 14, 2009 | 36 Comments

In the military life
You learn not to cry
As every three years
You are saying goodbye

Uncle Sam wrote the orders
Saying where we would dwell
With sad heavy hearts
We would give our farewells

Promising to stay in touch
As most people do
Then off to a new base
Away to some place new

Meeting many new friends
Sometimes in a foreign land
Everyone in the military
Learned to understand

The Air Force was our family
Where ever we might go
Leaving behind our hometowns
Loving those we came to know

Retiring from the service
After serving twenty years
It took some time to adjust
Civilian life gave me fears

It was so hard at first
Living in one place
Making our own decisions
Without orders from a base

One Single Impression - Prompt 55 - Farewell

Fermentation

Posted by Maggie on Friday, March 13, 2009 | 3 Comments

Journeying back to
A void in mind
Before the grape
Turned into wine

Refreshing the waves
Passion pouring everywhere
Life swept in like a dream
Existing without a care

Rose buds blooming
Beneath a sky so blue
Odors of precious moments
Where butterflies flew

Spreading wings so high
Basking in the warmth of summertime
A season of many tomorrows
Where everything is always fine

Returning from a journey
From drinking delicious aged wine
Listening to beautiful music
Playing within the mind

As It Is

Posted by Maggie on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | No Comments

Why is it
Many may wonder
Why some will cring
At a voice of thunder

Exposing the truth
In a profound way
To make things clear
Each and every day

Sharing a vast knowledge
Not received from school
Clarity does always reveal
The pen is a chosen tool

Ready for exchanges
From begining to end
To share a learned wisdom
Strongly embedded within

Overflowing with emotions
Tales of struggles and strife
Very easy to be expressive
When speaking of one`s own life

Fork In The Road (OSI)

Posted by Maggie on Sunday, March 8, 2009 | 30 Comments

Money was real tight
Economy very unstable
Everyone was working hard
Just to try and get food on the table

Selling vegetables from a garden
Was one way to purchase a piece of meat
To put warm clothes on the back
And sturdy shoes on the feet

One day at early sun light
Going to town with a heavy load
The fellow spied something shinny
It was a fork in the road

He climbed off his wagon
Examining his find
All sorts of thoughts
Began to race through his mind

The fork appeared to be pure silver
A name was engraved on the back
Recognizing who might be the owner
He placed the fork in a burlap sack

Hurrying to a big house
Located in the center of town
He told them of the treasure
In the road he had found

The lady in the home
Had tears falling from her eyes
As the fellow related the story
Of how he came to find this prize

She told how her son gave it to her
Just before departing for war
Later receiving a telegram
Informing she had a son no more

She was happy beyond words
He spied the fork in the road
She gave him a huge reward
Which eased his family load

Quickly he hurried home
And everyone rushed out the door
He gave the happy news
Hunger would be here no more.

[OSI Prompt 54 - Fork In The Road]

Dreams

Posted by Maggie on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 | No Comments

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes

Around Here (OSI Prompt)

Posted by Maggie on Sunday, March 1, 2009 | 12 Comments

As we journey onwards
Through trails and strife
We face many battles
Maintaining this life

Following many rules
In a circle we play
Relishing the games
With friends we stay

Spreading our love
In all we say
Within the circle
We visit each day

As we journey onwards
Through trails and strife
We face many battles
Maintaining this life

[I thank you all for your comments on last week prompt. Read more at - One Single Impression: Prompt 53 - Circles]