For my dear friend Irene, here is my poetry Friday try.

Kelsey told me this weekend that she had to write an “I am” poem and an “I too” poem for her high school English class. They had to be three stances long.

NEVER GOODBYE
I am wind
Soft on your cheek
I am rain
Hiding your tears
I am here
Never gone


MY PEOPLE

I too can hear
The whispers of ancient ones
I too dream
What has not been
I too sing
My tribal song

Is it a bird, is it a plane NO it's

The Sun!

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high

Doesn't sunshine just make you want to run barefoot through the yard even if it is only 47 degrees out there.

We have the pollen... where is the sun
We have the snotty noses and coughing... where is the sun
Tomorrow is April 1st .... where is the sun

I know why the sunshine made John Denver high... because in Colorado they almost hyperventilate when the see the sun.

Gosh I love spell check!!!

I want a POA

What is a POA, well grasshopper let me educate you. That is a Pony Of America and I want one.

Pouting because husband said no.

If anyone out there won the lottery and would like to donate about 3000 dollars to my fund, email and I will send address heheheheheheaasnort

I've never owned a horse that cost that much. I'm a 500 dollar horse person, did give 700 for a paint one time but brought it intending to sale it later. Oh yea, gave 600 for the last horse I owned -- like my horse not brought to resale. Nuggett was my horse for years and I rode him every weekend but when Ronnie got hurt and I wasn't riding, I sold him to a friend for 1800 and she was tickle to get him for that.

I really don't want a POA bad enough to give what it would cost to get a good one but I would like to own one.

I'm just in an ornery mood this afternoon.

Why would you leave God's country??

Mr. Mark Childress, this is the question I ask. I'm reading your new book and I find it totally entertaining. Since you don't know me, you wouldn't know this all most a miracle. Let me explain. I write and I critique, get the picture. I look for plot flaws, changing points of view and general "you could have said that better". I never look for grammar since my nickname is "Butcher of the English Language". I know my limitations. While reading your book I do not think about these things. Are they there? I don't know and I don't care. Love your story, Love your characters! I will be looking for your other books.

My one question, why would you leave Alabama for Florida???? You show your love and understanding for the state through your writing. I will be promoting your book and I hope you have a google alert so you can answer my question.

PS All my friends better beware... I'm reading burps from the book to anyone that will listen.

What is going to happen???

Okay fellow fiction writers... what is going to happen when it gets warm in New York... I mean it was 70 degrees just four days ago. What if someone let it loose to kill a ex-wife or ex husband or ex girlfriend. Don't you know the worker that discovered that snake missing was scared death that snake might have been behind him.

I wonder if Harry Potter visited the zoo that day????

Here's the scoop -

A venomous Egyptian cobra is missing from the Bronx Zoo, forcing a shutdown of the reptile house while zoo officials search for the animal.

However, New Yorkers can breathe easy: Bronx Zoo officials say they are "confident" that the 20-inch (50 centimeter) long serpent is curled up somewhere dark and warm in an isolated, nonpublic area of the reptile building. With temperatures in New York hovering in the 30s and 40s (about 0 to 4 degrees Celsius), the snake is not likely to venture outdoors, said Stan Mays, the curator of herpetology at the Houston Zoo, who spoke to LiveScience about the species.

"That's a little cold for it to be out," Mays said.

My dog Lexie is mad

You would think she would be glad because I won't be stripping undercoat out any more. If you've followed my blog you have seen pictures of Lexie with her long pretty coat of shiny black hair. Well, I got sick of hair everywhere and fighting with her to comb her every day to keep the undercoat from making hotspots. Plus we have a tiny problem with poop on the long hair on her behind, but not anymore. And her hair was so thick around her ears no air could get to them and she was getting a ear infection from all this rain and her hair staying wet. You know it doesn't matter if it is raining, if a squirrel runs through your yard you have to chase it.

Everyone hates it... so of course I love it. Not enough to keep it this way but I don't hate it.

Rainy Saturday and quilts

I sewed over 575 three inch squares together today... my back hurts, my shoulders hurt but my heart feels great. Lakelynn, Kelsey (my want-to-be granddaughter...not blood but she is like a granddaughter to me) grandson Kane (who didn't do much on his quilt but he sure did keep the girls squealing) and Autumn (my great niece) worked on putting their quilts together... oh wait let me rephrase... they worked on lining up the pieces for me to put together. It was fun and they had a great day. You know it's all about making memories.