Happy Five-Oh, Harry Big Bro

Family, Just Good Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 27 November 2010 @ 3:00 AM 41 Comments

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Bro, it’s your birthday — 50 years today!

(Holy crap.)

Did my best to get the scratches out of the old pic. Not perfect, but not bad. Sorry your hand looks mutilated.

And I’m not even into the beer today!

(Yet.)

Hope you are well, Harry-The-Scary-Cherry, 2700 miles away in Fun Land, but more alive and alove in my heart than ever.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

With much love, from your sisterly contraption, Jannie “Lockjaw” “Snaggletooth” “Junebug” Muffin.

xoxoxoxo

P.S. I know I wailed like it was the end of the world the day you threw all those bantam hen eggs at my head, but I’m glad you did! So many memories, so much fun on the farm.

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Over Three Years Now

Just Good Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 22 November 2010 @ 3:31 PM 42 Comments

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Over three years now since we all met.

My Uber Blessing Buddy, Kalyani — Fuzzy Pants Lady a.k.a. My Backup Singer (and Wonderful Songwriter,) is the other little girl’s mother.

I’m sure I’ve got good pix of the girls at age 8 somewhere too. But 3 will have to do for today!

“Age 9″ was taken yesterday after a sleep-over here, doing a little landscaping out front.

“Age 7″ was taken at our very very wonderful Barton Springs.

“Age 6″ was taken only a couple months after we all met, after the girls’ first sleep-over.

I like that they are both wearing t-shirts of mine in the Age 6 one.

And how are YOU??

I hope you are having a GREAT day!? (Or evening, as the case may be?)

Poetry book winners announced here as soon as I can. I promise. I was going to run up my tree and do that earlier, but got side-tracked by this post — glad I did, tho. This post makes me smile.

In other news…

I am a bit behind with blog reading and with comment answering, sorry. Happens a lot to me!

And BB needs whipped cream, candles, dishes and serving spoons for his feast!!

But it’s all good.

Got some beautiful magical song creating done Friday night in the studio. I love working with George Coyne!

Planning to get away for a mini-vacation tomorrow and Wednesday.

Then coming back to make and enjoy our Thanksgiving Meal.

But directly after I post this, I shall grab a bath, my lucky blue hat, my guitar and zip to the library to work on song charts.

Hope you are having an awesome moment!!!

Take care!

Love, Jannie
xoxo

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My Lucky Blue Hat

Just Good Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 19 November 2010 @ 5:55 AM 39 Comments

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My lucky blue hat. My lucky blue hat.

I feared I might have lost it.

But I found it on the dryer yesterday.

So glad me or nobody’d tossed it.

I bought it maybe 12 years ago.

Can’t remember what it costed.

Probably about $19.99, which at

50 cents each, would buy me 39.98

delicious (untaxed) donuts, frosted.

Well, holy cow! It’s Friday.

And that deep offering is a Friday Flash Fiction in 55 words.

For whom?

For YOUM – Mr G-Man!

FFF55s are FUN!! Post one and G-Man will pop over and comment and book, (whatever book means.)

Please note – NO FFF55 next week.

xoxo

Jannie

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Love Beats Hate — a poem

Friends, Just Good Stuff, Poetry | Posted by Jannie on 17 November 2010 @ 11:27 AM 48 Comments

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I hate saying the word hate.
But I already have 3 times
since I started this post.

(4 times now, with that photo.)

Kelly says, “I hate this game.”
“I hate this cheese.” “I hate that team.”
“I hate you,” the latter last evening.

(I lost my patience and yelled at her,
so she was probably justified in that.
Both forgiven now. Today all new.)

Forgiveness is the ultimate love.

(Be sure to forgive yourself.)

Some people who were not held
sweetly as babies set up web pages
for the sake of hate against others.

Others say snide things about people
on their blogs because they are fearful,
and being mean often gets them a laugh.

(And I thought this LoveBeatsHate thing
would be hard to write about, but look at me
finding words here in this luuuv “hotseat.”)

Love seat?

The swing above was
a loveseat Kelly, Peach
and I shared in March 2002
in North Carolina.

Love is good.

I choose love.

Love is something you do.

Love is reigning.

Love (not Coke,) is it.

“When we judge we leave no room for love.” — Mother Theresa.

Love is in me.

Love is in you.

Love IS me.

Love IS you.

“Love power
It rules us
takes over
and shoes us.”)

(I don’t think
that last line
is correct, but
it does make
sense to me)

because

My Wonderful Friend, Suzie, the sunshine gal in this pic (at Kelly’s 5th birtday party,)

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recently gave me a pair of black ALL-leather Kenneth Cole shoes, ones her mother bought for her at a yard sale in Texarcana, but were a little too small for Suzie.

Whoo-hoooo!!

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