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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria 
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I'm back home from Respite to find an email from Linda Dowd's daughter Shannon, to tell me some very sad news. I thought it best if I included the email here for you all to read. ----------------------------- Lindsay, I'm sorry I haven't checked e-mails lately; Mom has not been feeling well since her eye surgery early April (very dizzy) and is now in hospital since she passed out in my kitchen last week. She has a lot going on with her internally right now and has specialists trying to figure out how best to treat her. She will probably not be coming home for some time. I have read aloud your poem to Mom and she thanks you oh so much for your support. If you would like to send people her website: www.lindadowd.com, people can purchase her book through there. Love, Shannon ----------------------------------------------- You will think the name of the following poem a rather strange topic to be writing about, but each month we take it in turns to suggest a topic and that is what someone suggested. Bread Rolls Her husband was a baker but he left a lot to be desired He had been a shearer’s cook until at sixty he retired He soon was bored & took a part time job in a local shop, After being busy all his life he found it hard to stop. His wife was always berating him for always being in a hurry, In fact it started to annoy him and caused quite a worry, Take your time, do thinks right & bake things till they’re cooked, Impatience often caused him grief when full time was overlooked. This day she asked him to bring home some nice fresh bread rolls, Hoping he would cook them right as half baked she’d not condole, Now when he came home that day he had a smile from ear to ear, Thinking he had baked them right & said here you are my dear. She decided to have a cup right then and try out one with butter But a big disappointment it turned out to be causing her to mutter, But it was only to herself, as she did not want to disturb the peace But after all one half baked roll would stop her hunger to increase. Next day she started to pay the price for it caused a wind attack, For a blockage quickly formed in her large digestive track, She moaned & groaned as she tried to clear the offending rock, Then at last with quite a blast she shed the offending block. She gasped with relief, the pain was gone, she could smile again, Seldom had she ever felt such a sharp excruciating pain, Then to her hubby she told him straight in quite a rigmarole Politely telling him what he could do with his half baked rolls. Lindsay Wilson |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
I am so sorry to hear our Earth Angel is not well. Bless her heart!! You write a nice poem too, and set the scene in living colors. Best to you~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
We are praying for our Earth Angel...who is near and dear to so many of us... and will continue to be so. ~*~ As you might know, Lindsay, I've picked up on my bread baking in this last year...I've experienced a few rolls to throw, and a few to keep...as I experiment with desires and conspires of what we wish to breathe in again when the yeast is in the air.... it's a wonderful fragrance! I think, maybe, I'm missing the correct "waters"...but I'm doing the best I can. Care for a yeasty bit of wheat toast?    |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
To Blues Seranade, thank you so much for your kind response, it is greatly appreciated. It is very sad to see someone as special as Linda is, to so many people, laid up in Hospital with failing eyesight, may God be with her. Lindsay |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
My dear Karilea, a very sincere thanks to you to for your kind reponse,it helps to make my day. I'm glad your bread making is coming along well and if I was a bit closer I'd pop in for a cuppa and a nice piece of that special toast. I'm sure Linda will be very thankful for all her dear friends wishing her a speedy recovery. All the best and a big hug, love you. Lindsay |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Thanks Lindsay, For the neat poem, and lovely video of Linda reading. I'm sure linda will get along just fine, and be well soon. I love home made bread. Bobby |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
I miss Linda so much! She's been strong in my thoughts in recent days. I so like the poem.... Always there is love to leaven. Karen |
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Earl Brinkman Senior Member
since 2010-03-03
Posts 1183Osaka, Japan |
I hope that your loved one feels better. On a different note, I found your poem quite humourous. It made me smile after a day of work. Thank you. |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
To Bobby, Karen and Earl, thanks so much good friends for your kind comments, I'm glad you popped in. God bless and take care. Lindsay |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I am so sorry to hear about Linda. She is the shining star of PIP nad it is not the same without her. Ida |
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Dadygoose Member
since 2010-01-01
Posts 162A Communist country |
Dear Lindsey. Let’s see, since it is evening here, it must be morning, Sunday, there. So I am writing into the future! This hit me personally. Anyway thank you for this, I was a bit concerned when I noticed that Earth Angel didn’t seem to be posting. I’ll just post something on Pip shortly so that Shannon can read it to can read it to Linda. And thank you again. LV J Hey, nobody's human! |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Dear Ida, many thanks for your kind response, I'm sure Linda will appreciate your concern. Daddy Goose |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Daddy Goose, Thank you too for your concern, Linda will be pleased that she has so many people who feel deeply for her. Yes it is Sunday here, a bit chilly but otherwise quite a pleasant day. All the best my friend. Lindsay |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Hi, Lindsay. Please pass on my best wishes to Linda for a speedy recovery. She is sorely missed here on Pip. You give a whole new meaning to bread rolls. Helen |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Dear Helen, thank you so much for your kind response and I have passed on your best wishes to our Earth Angel. Have a lovely day my friend, love Lindsay |
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