things I think about at 5 am

more about Bob.. He graduated from high school in 1948 from a small country school in Brighton, Tn. The subjects offered at that time were Algebra, History, English, Home Ec, Chemistry and Agriculture. Some of his children and grand children have enjoyed listening to him recite portions of the poetry he had to memorize back then.
ie;
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"Tis some visitor," I muttered. "tapping at my chamber door-
Only this, and nothing more."

Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe:
"It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me."

Thanatopsis by William Cullan Bryant:
"So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams"

and this one he probably was not taught by his teacher:
"Twas in a cabaret they met
Romeo and Juliet
He had no cash to pay their debt
So Romeo owed what Julie et." :)

I wonder if children in high school are still required to memorize poetry..and if so, whose?

food art

Someone out there is very imaginative and creative. I received these is an email and thought them quite amazing...what do you think?

My Man

From the moment I saw you,
I wanted to meet you.
From the moment I met you,
I wanted to know you.
From the moment I knew you,
I was in love with you.
From the moment I loved you,
I wanted to share my life with you...
and I have.
And from that moment
to this moment,
and for all the moments to come,
I will love you with all my heart.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

On the way to Song, Yang meets a man at the twon of Ni, who has two wives. One is pretty and the other plain. Yet he favors the plain wife. So Yang asks he why?
The man answers:
"The pretty one knows she is pretty. I don't.
The plain one knows she is plain. I don't.
A bad person knows he is bad. I don't."
Yang says:
"I shall remember the lesson.
The Saint behaves as a Saint, by his own volition."

Enjoy my new slideshow of beautiful things.

Here's one I posted before but never tire of watching

granddaughter, Laura Beth on the left...Cody McAdoo and Tori Ellis..."A Chord Of Three"...check out their blog for more great music. Be sure and mute the playlist at the bottom of the page.

Beauty

I posted this on my blog previously but noticed that the slide show was missing...so here goes again.
"While visiting my grandson's fifth grade class at MST in Richardson I was reminded of the beauty and innocence of all children, regardless of race, creed or color....as evidenced in the slide show below."

Speaking of brothers....

I have two...Nick and Ed...I've already introduced you to Nick...now meet Ed.
We've shared a lot of good times with Ed and Marty. They live in Eden Prairie, Mn. and when we lived in Chicago we were able to visit more often. Now that we are back in Texas (and they are still in Mn.) and we're too old to make the drive and too broke to fly we're unable to see one another. They're grandparents now and Ive never seen Vicki and Andy's children!!! :(...wrong...I did see Nathan when he was 2 or 3 years old...maybe 2003 or '04. That's the last time I've seen them.
When we did visit they always were such great hosts...showing off the beauty of their state, etc. We enjoyed good time in Wisconsin at their "other" home..exploring the lake in the "fast boat" or just tooling around in the paddle boats. We were able to spend two Christmas's and Thanksgivings together. I especially remember the good food that Marty cooked. She liked to cook and entertain and we always enjoyed lovely breakfasts' served with nice wine... The first time I ever had fondue was at their house...this was back in the early 70's, I guess, and I had never heard of it. She would make chocolate fondue's to have with fruit and cheese fondue's to have with veggies.
They came to Texas three or four times but now that they have grand-children they stay close to home. I miss them.
Enjoy the video of some of our times together.

brother Ed and family

real love stories never have endings