Photography, Poetry | Posted by Jannie on 30 September 2010 @ 6:39 PM
I Cursed The Farm
and the 15 miles
that stretched
forever
between it
and my dreams
of gymnastics,
ballet,
and later on,
the teen parties
I thought I’d die without.
Now…
I thank the farm
for its sweet hay
on golden hills,
for potatoes,
tomatoes,
Dad,
Mom,
my daughter
and for everyone
who lives and loves
up there and everywhere.
That was a little story in 55 words for our FFF-55 host with the most — G-Man.
Let G-Man know you’ve posted a 55 and he will skippity-hop on over to you with a big smile and some awesome words.
And one more photo of the farm I so erroneously cursed long ago…
Posted with love by…
Jannie!
xoxoxo
(all photos from 2006)
Photography, Poetry | Posted by Jannie on 28 September 2010 @ 4:01 PM
The blog marm dispenses pencils,
some fancy with rainbows, others
plain and yellow, yet dependable.
She also makes checks in her planner
on who gets a special gold star today
and who gets a lick and a prayer.
The blog marm rings her bell after recess,
pied piping all the rosy-cheeked children
to new adventures in posts yet untraveled.
They bring her apples. And donuts. And tea.
They sit quietly at circle, wide-eyed at her tales.
They all get popsicles the last days in June!
(And there’s never homework!!)
All students are treated with equal respect,
each gets a turn beating dust from the erasers
and writing the date at the top of the board.
Don’t worry — blog marm’s ruler is not for rapping fingers,
but for measuring out yards of funsterment in the finest
of satins, silks, leathers, laces, denims, and linens
– linens as luscious as sunlight through leaves.
End of poem
xoxoxo
Speaking of sunlight through leaves…
These 3 pix are what my iPhone 3GS recently saw somewhere near Ladybird Lake here in Austin.
(me stretching on an outdoor yoga platform.)
xoxo (agin)
Friends, Sidebar Buttons | Posted by Jannie on 27 September 2010 @ 7:37 AM
People ask,
“Jannie, why do you make those sidebar buttons, anyway?!”
And I answer…
“Why plant flowers when so many already grow?
Why write songs, paint, sketch, sculpt, or weave words into poems and stories when so much art already exists?
Why keep dancing and laughing and flinging our kilts to the wind?
WHY sail these friend buttons out to sea?
Simply… because love is waiting everywhere and every day’s a celebration.
and dont werry, 
groovie babees,
I mean, don’t worry!
All buttons that roll down and drop off my sidebar will reappear in a recap post like this.
(Funstering Friends are Excellent Humans who pop in and out of this blog,
and ones who may or may not pop in, but whose sites I like.)
(The first Friends recap was here.)
(Yes I’m getting better at the buttons, thank you for noticing.)
AND…
in stunning conclusion to this sidebar button post, here are a couple recent self-portrait attempts to show you how clean I got my spare ribs pan one day.
Posted with love, from and by Jannie
xoxoxo
Friends, Poetry | Posted by Jannie on 23 September 2010 @ 5:55 AM
… I hear teaspoons clinking,
smell apple pie baking,
see lupines blazing on an ocean hill.
I think of a caring hand
on a feverish forehead,
chicken soup on a tray.
But mostly I think of
pine shavings
floating into drifts
at the feet of
happy angels
whittling
wondrously whimsied wood
into the wisest of wishes.
(An FFF-55 for the G-Man)
Happy Barbara Swafford Appreciation Day!
Barbara is a kind soul who teaches how to blog better.
She is so giving, I want to give too!
To YOU!!
Today!!!
No matter where in the world you are!!!!
7 commenters on this post, chosen by random comment number, will receive…
hand-written letters from me on these Mary Powell 5×7 Bermuda notecards…
and these Jill Amos Raine Bermuda notecards…
All 7 notecards are made of cotton paper.
I’ll use these envelopes…
these return address labels…
and these stamps…
AND…
in the not-too-distant future I will have a giveaway for 6 of my song Cds…
and another giveaway for these 6 poetry books…
(But THIS POST is for the 7 letters only.)
(If you don’t want a letter but still wish to comment below, be sure to say “No letter, thanks.”)
Winners announced next week!
Posted with love by Jannie, who is preparing to head into the woods very soon for 3 days, with a tent, 17 wieners, 21 donuts and 15 beers.
[And COFFEE -- thank you, Katherine for that all-important reminder in your comment below!!]
See you soon!
xoxoxo
Photography | Posted by Jannie on 20 September 2010 @ 8:48 PM
You’ll say “No way, Jannie! That tree beside you in the top picture is the SAME one as below!??”
And I’ll gulp more wine and say, “Yes, my peep, yes indeed, that’s the SAME tree. I planted it in 1994.”
(Different doggie, tho. Sweety the weiner is now 5.5 years old.)
And you’ll say, “Holy cow, Jannie! You still have your same foot?”
And I’ll say “Yes, I still have both my feet. And all else. (Pretty-much.)”
And you’ll say, “Show me you in the tree drinking wine again, Jannie! Please! Please!!”
And I’ll say “Sure! Here you go!”
And you’ll be dazzled beyond compare.
And I’ll smile and post yet another picture, this time of Kitty in the tree when he was just 4 months old, and already fancied himself a badass hunter!
(Kitty is now 3.5 years old.)
And still loves that tree.
And I love the tree.
And it loves me.
And I love you.
And I’ll sip more wine and publish this after 1 more picture of Kelly up there when she was wee…
And you’ll say, “Show me MORE tree, Jannie! Please, please!”
And I’ll say “All in due time, my peep, all in due time.
‘Cause I have like, 5000 pictures to show you.
And 75,000 more to take. (At least.)”
Okay, okay ONE more pic — but that’s it!
7 photos of the tree.
Lucky lucky 7.
xoxoxoxoxoxo
