Old Tyme Halloween Postcards

 

              

            

pumpkins, glorious pumpkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                       

 

 

 

                                                                                     

 

its, well its not a telestitch

 

OPPS it's not a telestitch it's something I made up, or may-be it is something else.  Poetry fascinates me.  Puzzles  fascinate me.  Words facinate me.

Errr UMMM ummm UHHH errrr UMMM, I wasn't paying good attention and got it wrong, no wonder it was so easy to write a telestitch, I was doing it wrong.....got it now,  last letter of the last word in the  line, NOT the first letter of the last word in a line.  

I would like to say I made that error because I was excited to learn something new....but I can't truthfully say that or can i????  

 

M

  Or can I?  Merriam Webster defines a telestich "as a poem in which the consecutive final letters of the lines spell a name."  So i tried to rework it.

 weary, longing for sleep 

looking out the window
the mottled colors of evening

a long day ends 

slumber rewards the tired 

sunrise begins each new day

quiet streets to roam
things so endearing
day dreams of adventure
all good things await me
imagination grandly soars

 

 

OK perhaps a nice enough poem....but it won't work, it's not a telestich.  I could claim  anew poetic form, so i looked one up. "What   is a poem called when the first letter of the last word in a line?" 
 

the reply was " Last-Word Acrostic: The first letter of the final word in each consecutive line spells out the hidden text." 

  

Good night, sweet dreams!

 

September full moon, haiku

 

RAIN  GENTLY FALLING

waiting FOR THE CLOUDS TO CLEAR

 THERE YOU ARE, LADYMOON!!!

 

Guest blogger Navied Mahdavian on How to fight with the people we care about, illustrated

 

 WOW! 
Yes WOW!!!!
"Some of my best friends are people who started out as foes."

_ A voice in the Wind

 

 

 

 

How to fight with the people we care about, illustrated

September 9, 20265:01 AM ET

By 

Navied Mahdavian

, 

Marielle Segarra

Navied Mahdavian for NPR

Want more intimacy in your relationships? Conflict could help.

Should we argue with the people we love? For Priya Parker, author of a book published in September, The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict, the answer is yes.

While many people dread conflict, it's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it's necessary if we want to be in close, authentic relationships, says Parker. So when you have a moment of misalignment with someone, try thinking of it as a signal. There's something here to talk about.

"We assume if the heat is rising, this must be bad. But the reframe is that there's something relevant here. I should pay attention," she says.

Parker, who has been a conflict resolution facilitator for 20 years, shares advice about common questions you may have about getting into fights — whether that's with a partner, a family member or a friend.

Navied Mahdavian for NPR

Navied Mahdavian for NPR

Navied Mahdavian for NPR

Navied Mahdavian for NPR

Navied Mahdavian for NPR

Navied Mahdavian for NPR

Navied Mahdavian for NPR

Navied Mahdavian for NPR

Navied Mahdavian for NPR

Navied Mahdavian is a New Yorker cartoonist and the author of the graphic memoir This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America.

 

Is Soup season back already? Grandma's Kitchen

 

 

Rained all night the wind was almost cold, this morning dawned very gray. It feels like late October!
The trees are still green,there are still ripening tomatoes on the vine, and the pumpkins haven't started to ripen yet!   This has be wondering, OK worrying.   But weather, as my readers know is a bit different, just enough to notice ,here in the Piney Woods

 

Unless i have something planned for dinner each day, i don't have a plan for  dinner, i always ask what everyone wants.   They seldom agree.  I should have known, but today was different.  Just knew that the answer would be soup or stew.  Yup! should have known. 

My feeling is that soups and stews are meant to warm body, soul and mood.  Also that leftovers, family approved ingredients and occasionally gourmet touches, can be part of a great pot of soup or stew.   If you add too many left overs, well someone is going to notice.   Even if you try to disguise it with a bit of  your own creativity.

 

Ingredients

• 3 pounds beef stew meat
• 2 - 14 ounce cans beef stock
• 2 1/2 cups celery diced
• 1 medium onion chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup corn starch dissolved in 1/4 water
• 2 - 12 ounce packages of Reames Frozen Home style Egg Noodles

Instructions

• To a pan over medium heat add beef, beef stock, celery, and onion. Generously salt and pepper.
• Cover and simmer for about an hour, until meat and veggies are tender. Stirring occasionally.
• While meat cooks, prepare your egg noodles per the package instructions. Or make your own homemade egg noodles.
• When the meat is tender, add corn starch/water mixture and stir, the sauce will thicken in just a few minutes.
• Drain and add the noodles, combine with meat mixture.
• I love mine just like it is, but my hubby tops it with sour cream!

 

 

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I was handed this recipe, and have no idea who wrote it, but it looks good.   And remember that you can always make it your own version with some omissions and or additions.   

 

Happy stirring! 

 

 

 

best of the harvestt, a haiku

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OH!, MY VERY HEART !

ALL DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER

SWEAT, OR SOUR