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Madame Chipmunk
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0 posted 2002-09-22 08:35 PM


~Tampa Bound~





We're Tampa bound in just three days
my thoughts run wild like a mouse in a maze
from Michigan through Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee
once past Georgia, in Florida...we'll be

the shiny black Mazda will cruise the highway
from northern to southern U.S.A.
my mind is jangling, my heart is racing
that must be my tail... I keep on chasing

Marge and Titia,Balladeer and Sy
Keth, Krissy and Marsha...my oh my!
Maureen and Auguste and both of the Nans
as poets meet near sea and sand

I can't wait to see these dear poet friends
we've spoken through screen for months on end
but now, we will finally meet, face to face
with plenty of hugs and warm embrace

Watch out everyone, the chipmunks' on her way
and with her will be her love, SuperDave
~


Lyra

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1 posted 2002-09-22 08:39 PM


WOOOOO HOOOOOOO

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2 posted 2002-09-22 08:41 PM


Umm yea what she said I do hope you have tons of fun!! Always exciting stuff!!! Perhaps maybe one day I'll make a few bonds and actually greet them in person!!

Consider yourself fuzzed

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3 posted 2002-09-22 08:43 PM



Ya'll be safe...
it's about time
you met the poets
heard their rhyme

ya'll be well
and stories, relate
of how you all met
at Passions' gate!

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4 posted 2002-09-22 08:45 PM


CHEERS! I know you will all have great fun, and the stories? I have a feeling there will be several blue pages worth from this get together.  
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5 posted 2002-09-22 08:51 PM




(smiles) Yay!!! Here comes that cruisin' chipmunk in her Mazda! LOL! (kiss on cheek) This is so cute, sweet friend, I couldn't help imagine it in my head, I wish you the most wonderful time down there, I wish I could go too, have the biggest fun, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lyra, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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6 posted 2002-09-22 08:55 PM


Ah Lyra!!  I am so happy you are able to go!!
Get lots of pics and write plenty of poems.
Please give everyone a hug from me!!
Have a terrific time!
~Happy Hugs~

~ Time has cast a spell on you
  So you won't ever forget me ~

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7 posted 2002-09-22 09:00 PM


YOU GO GIRL !!!!!! Little Chippymunk I am so happy for you - have a wonderful time! hugs, Chris

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8 posted 2002-09-22 09:05 PM


Have a great time Lyra and Dave!
Nice wheels chipmunk! ThisDiamond

Madame Chipmunk
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9 posted 2002-09-22 09:11 PM


WHOO HOOOOOOOOO
BACK AT YOU, NAN.......


I can't wait to see you again!
~ loving hugs

Lyra

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10 posted 2002-09-22 09:13 PM


Thanks much, Fuzzy...
Now that you've joined our family... you probably will end up meeting some of us sometime...
I hope you do...
~ hugs and grins

Lyra

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Madame Chipmunk
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11 posted 2002-09-22 09:14 PM


Thanks for the sweet little verse, Karilea...
I wish you could be there...
Well, Maybe I'll follow the yellow brick road to Kansas one day... Do they allow chipmunks there?
~ loving chipmunk hugs

Lyra

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Madame Chipmunk
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12 posted 2002-09-22 09:16 PM


Thanks so much, Kacy...
I have a feeling you are right about that...
~ hugs and jumps for joy!

Lyra

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13 posted 2002-09-22 09:18 PM


Come on, MAdame Chipmunk!
We're waiting for you!
I assure you that we
Want to meet both of you!
Can't wait for the moment
That you'll be arriving.
I just hope on the trip here
You don't do the driving!!!

Madame Chipmunk
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14 posted 2002-09-22 09:18 PM


Thanks so much, Noah...
The chipmunkmobile will leave here on Wednesday...
~ loving hugs

Lyra

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15 posted 2002-09-22 09:18 PM


Lyra, I am sooooo happy for you. It's just awesome news that you'll be able to be there with everyone.

The rest of us will hold down the fort here at the blue pages and you guys have a heck of a time. We want to see lots and lots of pictures (Nan, don't forget to take that spiffy camera of yours and remember the batteries) and read all about the great time you're all having.

Lyra, please give Marge an extra big, but gentle hug from me. Thanks hon...Marti

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16 posted 2002-09-22 09:22 PM


Have a GRAND time..drive safe and enjoy yourself!
Madame Chipmunk
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17 posted 2002-09-22 09:25 PM


Nancy... thanks so much...  
I almost didn't get the chance to make this trip and I'm still scared that something will happen between now and Wednesday to keep me from going...
But the interesting thing is...
that by talking about this for the past several months,  I actually got doctors to get this leg thing fixed with just the right timing so that I would be able to go...
My final appointment with the orthopod is on Wednesday and we are leaving straight from Ann Arbor and my radiation starts, the day after we get back...
One thing about U of M is that they treat the whole patient and they all realized how much this meant to me and so they went out of their way to accommadate me for this...
It might be the last vacation I ever get (I hope not, but it might be) and I definitely want to make it a memorable one... After the poet meet, we are going to see my mother in Miami, so I won't be back for a while...
~ loving hugs

Lyra

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Madame Chipmunk
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18 posted 2002-09-22 09:26 PM


Thanks so much, Chris... I am so excited and I am sure I will have a great time...
~ loving hugs

Lyra

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Madame Chipmunk
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19 posted 2002-09-22 09:28 PM


Thanks so much, Kathy...
I was looking for a picture of my car in motion... and this was the closest I found...
Its just about exactly the same...
The only difference is that my car doesn't have the spoiler... and of course I had to erase what was on the license plate and replace it with what is on my plate...
~ loving hugs

Lyra

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Madame Chipmunk
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20 posted 2002-09-22 09:31 PM


Hey Michael.... Whats wrong with my driving?
Aside from the fact that I'm taking pain pills which put me to sleep all the time...
Thanks for your reply...
~ hugs from chipmunk chasing her tail in expectation of this wonderful time we will have

Lyra

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21 posted 2002-09-22 09:53 PM


Oh, you’re all going to have so much fun. You all have to post stories and pictures of all the good times you’ll have. I’m so glad that you are able to make it after all. And hey…have a beer or two for me!!!

You can never win or lose
If you don't
Run the race

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22 posted 2002-09-22 09:57 PM


Thanks so much, Marti...
I intend to have a fabulous time... and I will definitely give Marge a big gentle hug from you...
~ lots and lots of loving hugs

Lyra

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23 posted 2002-09-22 09:58 PM


Thanks so much, PDV... I'm sure I will have a grand time...
~ loving chipmunk hugs

Lyra

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24 posted 2002-09-22 10:02 PM


Thanks so much, Tracey...
I still keep thinking that something is going to happen to keep me from going...
I still can't believe that we are actually going to do this....
Now, as far as the beer is concerned... I don't think I can do that right now because I'm taking Darvocet which makes me so sleepy that unless I'm involved in conversation, I start drifting off to sleep about an hour after I take it...  I think if I drank beer along with that... I might be in a stupor for the whole time...
So, I'll have a great time, but I have to hold the beer.
~ drunk with happiness, chipmunk hugs

Lyra

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25 posted 2002-09-22 10:04 PM


Oh Lyra, I am so happy for you. I know you are going to have a great time. Both, you and SuperDave. Hugs to you dear friend. And, give Marge and everyone a hug for me.
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26 posted 2002-09-22 10:10 PM


Thanks so much, Sue... I will definitely hug them all for you... I hope you are doing well.
~ loving hugs

Lyra

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27 posted 2002-09-23 01:19 AM


I'm so glad you're going!!!!  And like eveyone else said, lots of pics and poems!!!  It's almost like a vacation without leaving the house.  Great time to you and Dave!  
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28 posted 2002-09-23 02:10 AM


I was confident you would be there! And say hi to mama Chipmunk for me.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

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29 posted 2002-09-23 03:26 AM


Now bring a nut for everyone,
to show them that a chipmunk's fun!
And don't forget your poetry book,
'cause everyone will want a look.
Now don't be shocked by Balladeer,
he's memorized the lines you'll hear.
I am very proud of you little munk,
nothing seems to put you into a funk!
Have fun in Florida at the poet's meet,
But take it easy, put up your feet.
Come back and write about all your fun,
And send our love to everyone!

Lyra and Dave, have a wonderful time!

God Bless
    
Sharon  

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30 posted 2002-09-23 09:48 AM


Have a safe and pleasant journey Lyra
and hope you all have heaps of fun
Hope

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Do we allow Chipmunks?  
Only when their tails are waggin' !!

You go ahead and follow that yellow brick road, m'dear...it will lead to a poetic cheer of those who dwell in this fine place, and a poetic duel, then, face-to-face!

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32 posted 2002-09-23 11:33 AM


wow! I can see the stories now! Have fun...let me know how Tampa is...I'm thinking of moving
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33 posted 2002-09-23 11:35 AM


I hope you have fun. I wish I could go. Great write.

Cold hands means a warm heart

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34 posted 2002-09-23 12:43 PM


wowie...you made my day...with your news of going..(take away all the doubts)...i'm here have fun with everyone, chippymunk, waiting for bundles of pics and poems and stories...
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35 posted 2002-09-23 03:42 PM


Hip, hip, hooray! You sound like you're up for this party of kindred spirits! I just know you'll have an awesomely wonderful time!
---and so will everyone else---because of your joyful and enthusiastic presence!

Sending blessings to you all! Safe journey!

Linda

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36 posted 2002-09-23 03:48 PM


Very good poem, like the ideas and the rhyme, works well and i love the first image of a mouse in a maze.
My poetry website is: http://www.geocities.com/han_tigger/HannahInglis.html
Hannah.


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37 posted 2002-09-23 03:49 PM


I love the rhyme in this piece and i especially like the image of the mouse at the beginning, works well.
My poetry website is: http://www.geocities.com/han_tigger/HannahInglis.html
Hannah.


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38 posted 2002-09-23 03:57 PM


Well, I wanted to come, but Balladeer said if I show up he's leaving...even if he has to fly out on a Piper Cub....Woe is me....sorry, but I understand Balladeer's paying for all the rooms, meals and partying and I didn't want everyone to be stuck with all those bills...so I'm gonna have to miss again...yall have a good time though...
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39 posted 2002-09-23 04:53 PM


Hey! I'm coming too-
wait for me!
The 'munk and the pilgrim-
on a spree!
I'll be on the plane,
Florida-bound.
Here we come-
look out, Tampa-town!

Nan(Pilgrim variety)

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40 posted 2002-09-23 11:31 PM


Thanks Duncan...
Weee'lll I wouldn't call it not leaving the house...  Tampa is about 1000 miles from here, so we're definitely leaving the house...but I can see what you mean... I usually communicate with all of these people right from my house... but now I will finally meet them in person
~ Big grinning hugs

Lyra

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41 posted 2002-09-23 11:34 PM


Thanks Larry...  I'll definitely tell her that Larry C. said hi... and she'll say "Larry who?"  And then I'll tell her all about you...
~ loving chipmunk hugs

Lyra

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42 posted 2002-09-23 11:37 PM


Thanks so much for the little verse, Sharon...
I actually made a bunch of my poems into a book for my mother...  I did this for her birthday last May, and she said it was the nicest thing I had ever given her... so she is going to get another one now...
I also made one for my sister who will meet us in Miami with her husband...  Her birthday is Oct. 12, so I made her one for her birthday...
I wish you could be there with us.
Then you could run the workshop on shopping!
~ loving hugs

Lyra

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43 posted 2002-09-23 11:38 PM


Thanks so much, Hope... I am going to have lots of fun even though I am still on crutches... I think the fun will take the pain away.
~ hugs and grins

Lyra

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44 posted 2002-09-23 11:40 PM


Thanks so much, Karilea...  My tail is waggin and I'm all wound up... "like a mouse in a maze"  I've been chasing that tail for the past few days, trying to get stuff ready to pack... but I think I finally caught that tail tonight... now all is ready, and all I have to do is put it in the suitcase and David has to load them in the car...
I wish you were going too
~ hugs and tail wags

Lyra

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45 posted 2002-09-23 11:42 PM


Thanks Dixie...  I'm sure there will be lots of poems and pics... not just from me...but from the rest of the gang also...
And you will probably find out a lot about Tampa from all of us
~ hugs and grins

Lyra

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46 posted 2002-09-23 11:43 PM


amigo... thanks so much for all of your enthusiasm...
I just wish we could have one big giant reunion and everyone from Piptalk could go to it and meet everyone else...
~ loving hugs

Lyra

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47 posted 2002-09-23 11:44 PM


Thanks so much, Julie... I wish you could go too...  Its a shame that you can't because you really aren't terribly far away...
~ loving hugs

Lyra

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48 posted 2002-09-23 11:46 PM


Thanks so much, Linda...  Yes I have been excited about this for months... and I was so upset that I had to have that surgery on my leg and I didn't think I would be ready to go...  I'm still on crutches... and still taking pain meds... but I won't let that stop me...
~ excited chipmunk hugs

Lyra

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49 posted 2002-09-23 11:47 PM


Thanks so much for both of your replies, Hannah...  and also for the link to your website.  If I don't get a chance to visit it before I leave, then I definitely will when I return...
~ hugs and grins

Lyra

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50 posted 2002-09-23 11:49 PM


Thanks Mr.Toe... I know that we will all miss your presence...even Balladeer... in fact probably especially Balladeer because you won't be there for him to have fun with...
But hey... there's always next time...
take care of yourself...
~ loving hugs

Lyra

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51 posted 2002-09-23 11:50 PM


Thanks Nan...  Oh Yeah!!!!!!
Here we come!!!!!
See ya soon
~ travelin hugs

Lyra

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52 posted 2002-10-15 07:14 PM


I think I missed this one when it was posted as I was on my way to Florida myself...I loved your license plate *s

hugsss
M
and  I am glad you finally reached your destination despite...*ahemmmm* getting lost...

I think we all got lost   at least once  hope  Krissy isn't reading this response *s

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53 posted 2002-10-15 10:11 PM


Thanks Maureen...
Did you notice that my real license plate reads CHIPMNK?
~ hugs from Michigan

Lyra

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