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Sunshine

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0 posted 2004-12-29 07:59 PM

What a Difference….

quote:
December 29, 1904.
The Elks enjoyed an old-fashioned possum bake at the rooms last night. Now, there are people in this world who don’t like possum, …moreover, they look with suspicion on anybody who does like possum, but there wasn’t anyone of that kind at the possum bake last night.

[Salina Journal's "Neighbors, This Week in History", "A Look Back".]

~*~

Tonight the pot held succulent
beef roast, celery, cabbage,
and mushrooms;

and still, I am not politically correct
for those who are enjoying only veggies,

or those enjoying strictly an all-meat meal;

or those who cannot find a meal at all.

Yet, I eye none with suspicion for their wants,
desires, and admire them that stand out,
peacefully pursuing their own lives,

and envy those who find fulfillment
and joy in the smallest things,

knowing that when we do what we want to do,
we are highlighting our own peaks…

every individual has a voice.

But to share with you the eyebrow
upraised over a meeting’s meal
a century ago, well, it
seemed the thing to do,

perspectively.

~*~

I may be a day or two early,
wishing you all everything you need
to find,

in aught five.

© Karilea Rilling Jungel
December 29, 2004

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (12-29-2004 09:19 PM).]

nakdthoughts
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1 posted 2004-12-29 08:11 PM

~smiling~ and wishing you and yours a
Happy New Year, Karilea...

M

Midnitesun

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2 posted 2004-12-29 08:24 PM

Yes, what a difference time can make.
*wishing you a happy new year*

thanking you for your well wishes,
and continued friendship

Martie

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3 posted 2004-12-29 08:55 PM

Sissie

I had a family of possum living here a couple of years ago....those babies are so cute!

Sunshine

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4 posted 2004-12-29 09:24 PM

Thank you, Maureen...you have a brand New year...ok?

Kacy...always, dear, always...even if we see each other from the opposite side of the fence sometimes, that is what tolerance, patience, and understanding is all about...and I'm not speaking about us, but everyone in general...you have an open heart, and you always, always keep us informed of movements of the earth...

Martie...sissie...they are indeed the cutest of babies...I have held them, fed them from a baby's bottle...watch their human paw hands hold the bottle...watched them as they wash grapes, so very, very human in their approach to food...clean clean clean...

one might call a possum, and a raccoon, obsessed....

...

[and the possum meat I ate? Well, I was told it was something else...]

passing shadows
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5 posted 2004-12-29 10:56 PM

I like

Nightshade

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just out of reach

6 posted 2004-12-29 11:00 PM

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

7 posted 2004-12-29 11:04 PM

And may 'aught five' bring you all you have ever desired and more...
Love ya lady~

iliana
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8 posted 2004-12-30 12:27 PM

I like peering into Salina's journal and find it right down home!

Wishing you a good New Year, SIL.

....jo

kayjay
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9 posted 2004-12-30 01:15 AM

There's much of today's life sentiment in that article. And wishing each other the best of '05 never gets stale. Happy New Year, Karilea! Ken

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

Gentle Spirit
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10 posted 2004-12-30 07:50 AM

Yet, I eye none with suspicion for their wants,
desires, and admire them that stand out,
peacefully pursuing their own lives,

and envy those who find fulfillment
and joy in the smallest things,

knowing that when we do what we want to do,
we are highlighting our own peaks…

every individual has a voice.

----------------------------------
smiling at you....YES they do...

Mama K you have a fantabulous New Year
and you know I have no words for what
you have gifted me with....
you have touched my life...
THANK YOU

The greatest beauty on earth, is
found in the hearts of those
who love....

JL
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