impressions at the river
Friday, 4. April 2008, 23:43:07
i discovered the tujunga tributary not far from where i live...
assailed by several spring scents at once, i penned this unpolished pile of words.
pictures tomorrow.
when i got home i was starving so i made a healthy snack.
alone
i found a little river while walking about today
the scent of sage and roses and sometimes
orange blossom trees
i've heard that burbling brooks can whisper secrets
so i listened.
winding my way amongst young grapevines
i trapsed through some garrulous grasses
above,
a swarm of swallows
were dancing in the sky
they circled round and round above
a lone kite cut through their midst
not disturbing their happy speed
the wise and whispering brook then
chortled...
"why are you all alone?"
assailed by several spring scents at once, i penned this unpolished pile of words.
pictures tomorrow.
when i got home i was starving so i made a healthy snack.
alone
i found a little river while walking about today
the scent of sage and roses and sometimes
orange blossom trees
i've heard that burbling brooks can whisper secrets
so i listened.
winding my way amongst young grapevines
i trapsed through some garrulous grasses
above,
a swarm of swallows
were dancing in the sky
they circled round and round above
a lone kite cut through their midst
not disturbing their happy speed
the wise and whispering brook then
chortled...
"why are you all alone?"
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By cakkleberrylane, # 5. April 2008, 00:13:25
i made my own pickles... but they don't taste as good as this one.
By I_ArtMan, # 5. April 2008, 00:15:33
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By noah counte, # 5. April 2008, 00:35:42
i mean, where did this instruction come from which helped him cure himself. fascinating.
i am reminded of the man who, paralysed by cancer, went home, watched every funny movie he could get his mitts on and now he's fully recovered. he laughed himself back to life. coussins or something like that. he wrote a book about it.
By I_ArtMan, # 5. April 2008, 00:56:04
By noah counte, # 5. April 2008, 01:38:20
the mulla is sauntering in the evening and comes upon a friend crawling around on the ground looking for something. he asks
"what are you looking for, friend?"
"my keys. i've lost my keys!"
so the mulla begins to help him and searches around on his hands and knees for a while, then asks,
"well, just about where do you think you lost your keys?"
"over in the barn." answered the man.
"well, why are you looking for them out here?"
"there's more light out here."
By I_ArtMan, # 5. April 2008, 01:48:25
You can see a lot by looking, but you don't always see what you're looking for.
By noah counte, # 5. April 2008, 02:09:36
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By I_ArtMan, # 5. April 2008, 06:26:03
Your photos regarding foods are always so fresh... I'll have to visit you some day (for the food AND the paintings AND the poems).
By symphonied, # 5. April 2008, 15:27:59
By noah counte, # 5. April 2008, 17:38:49
matthew,
now i get the turtleneck allusion... that was mort. i only remember gloomy gus... i liked his name.
"Jane says to Joe: “I made this cake myself, Joe!”
Joe: “Jane, this cake tastes awful!”
Jane: “Oh, yeah! Smarty! The cookbook says it’s delicious!”
By I_ArtMan, # 5. April 2008, 19:09:53
I liked Gloomy Gus, too. Probably owing to my dysthymia. I was never much of a gum chewer, though. To this day, I never put more than a 1/4 stick of chewing gum in my mouth. I even get three tries out of a stick of Dentyne.
By noah counte, # 5. April 2008, 19:47:10
how do you do it. you have forced me to go to the dictionery.
i had no idea there was a word for despondency with greek roots.
i can only thank my lucky stars that my moods almost never dip lower than dysthymia.
By I_ArtMan, # 5. April 2008, 20:05:42
By noah counte, # 5. April 2008, 20:28:05
"My brother's spanish teacher's father contracted stomach cancer. That fall he ate nothing but "summer's end," the picked remains of the garden. Cancer cured!"
there must be some real knowledge contained in that statement; having to do with the intentional maintenance of our stomach ecology. that reminds me of a friend who became a 'holistic healer' and the stress he put on the food we eat.
also, i have been told, and it may be untrue, that doctors are not required in their 'schooling' to study nutrition.
but there may be many answers in those woods.
By I_ArtMan, # 5. April 2008, 20:29:47
We had no TV till I started High Scool and "bazooka" was a treat at the newsstand where I was working at the age of 8! I was rolling tobacco cigarettes and I was getting paid in bazookas.
My exposure to nicotine started at a very early age.Even when I was threating tobacco leaves at friends houses.
Later Doctor Zhivango was the one that taught me about turtle necks.I was crazy about Omar Sharif."Lara's Theme" still one of my favorites.
What makes me smile Scott is that with Matt's vocabulary I only get the words based in Greek.For the rest I need a dictionary
By ellinidata, # 5. April 2008, 21:20:31
did you know that i can play lara's theme on the balalaika?
no of course you didn't.
not to create the wrong impression...
that's all i can play on the balalaika.
By I_ArtMan, # 5. April 2008, 21:27:18
balalaika and great food??
I think I will cancel my summer vacation to Pennsylvania and I will visit my late husbands relatives in California! One step away from your place
You can play one song and still be my hero!
I have the 30th Anniversary Edition of Doctor Zhivango sound track .
I am reminded often what a great job Maurice Jarre did on this one.
By ellinidata, # 5. April 2008, 21:37:40
yes, do come. i can certainly entertain you. you have already guessed that. we will climb above the sylmar hills and ride the malibu waves... efkaristo
By I_ArtMan, # 5. April 2008, 21:43:22
I had a neighbor her name was Kitty Romano. Cuban born married to an Italian composer.
Every time PBS had Dr Zhivango running we had a "balalaika party" .
She is long gone now but when PBS has the movie on I still tape it in her memory
Silly me, I guess it's because of the balalaika!
It's music is like impressions in my heart.
By ellinidata, # 5. April 2008, 21:51:07
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