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Memories As A Young Girl

When I was a small childmy mother tucked all of us children into bed as they say in Dixie 'with the chickens." This meaning all eight of us had to go to bed at the setting of the sun or a dusk. My parents were very hard-working middle class citizens who rose early and put in hard day of work. My Father worked for Southern Railway for over twenty years but somehow always had a huge garden, chickens, cows, pigs, and a dog or two. Father was fairly knowable of the creatures in the forest and of wild animals and country farm life in general. Being put to bed at such a early hour my sister and I always lay awake an hour or so giggling and whispering about God only knows what. Everyy night after being tucked in under the covers we would hear the strangest most ghostly sound coming from up on the hill behind our house. This eerie and sometimes very scary noise was like no sound ever heard before (or since) in our little community called Snow Hill. At various times the neighbors, when by chance meeting came across each other ,would take delightful periods in discussing this phenomenon. I remember hearing whispered conversations beween my Mom and Dad about what this unusual ghastly sound was.

Finally after approximately two years my Dad came in to report the mystery was solved. By chance he was out squirrel hunting and came upon a sickly looking fox. Being the hunter he was he decided to go ahead and shoot it and skin it for the fur. When he was skinning the fox with his very sharp knife he opened it up at one point under its head and throat. Inside the throat lay a small plastic whistle the fox had lodged in the throat area. You know, the small whistles that use to come in Cracker Jacks or other treats. I almost missed the famaliar although scary sounds indicating it was time to go to sleep after the nightly performance of what was a concert of an unlnown source.

Thanks Friends

After 6 units of blood transfusions Johnny was moved to a skilled nursing facility . He suffered a cerebral hemorrage in '05 and now a hip replacement from a fall last Oct. He has lain with a broken shattered hip fracture for 6 months in extreme pain. J is only 50 yrs. old and here's hoping they can get him back on his feet. He is only staying there for a short time

. Thank You Friend! I know I've never told you In the hurried rush of days How much your friendship means to me In a thousand little ways.

But you've played such a part In all I do or try to be I want to tell you thank you For being friends with me!

Dear friends, Let us love one another, for love comes from God. 1 John 4:7

Surgery

In case anyone wonders Johnny's surgery went fine so said the ortho surgeon but yesterday he was given 2 units of blood transfusions-his temp. spiked but hopefully all of this is normal after surgery. He seems very confused and didn't know his name or his sister but knew me-they gave him tylenol to bring his fever down --which he promply proceeded to chew them up in his mouth-I'm just hoping he didn't have another stroke during surgery. He might of just been too tired to tell them his name -he did point at me and say "she knows" LOL .Prayers are appreciated

If Tomorrow Never Comes

If Tomorrow Never Comes

If I knew it would be the last time That I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly, And pray the Lord your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time That I'd see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss, And call you back for just one more

If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would tape each word and action, And play them back throughout my days If I knew it would be the last time, I would spare an extra minute or two, To stop and say "I love you," Instead of assuming you know I do.

So just in case tomorrow never comes, And today is all I get, I'd like to say how much I love you, And I hope we never will forget. Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, Young or old alike, And today may be the last chance You get to hold your loved one tight. So if you're waiting for tomorrow, Why not do it today? For if tomorrow never comes, You'll surely regret the day. That you didn't take that extra time For a smile, a hug, or a kiss, And you were too busy to grant someone, What turned out to be their one last wish

. So hold your loved ones close today, And whisper in their ear, That you love them very much, and You'll always hold them dear. Take time to say "I'm sorry," "Please forgive me," "thank you" or "it's okay". And if tomorrow never comes, You'll have no regrets about today ~

Norma Cornett Marek ~

Love from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

Chapter 2 Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love." And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said: When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. He threshes you to make you naked. He sifts you to free you from your husks. He grinds you to whiteness. He kneads you until you are pliant; And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast. All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart. But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the heart of God." And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself. But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

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Elvis/Nixon Meeting-Secret Narcotic Agent

Of all the requests made each year to the National Archives for reproductions of photographs and documents, one item has been requested more than any other. That item, more requested than the Bill of Rights or even the Constitution of the United States, is the photograph of Elvis Presley and Richard M. Nixon shaking hands on the occasion of Presley's visit to the White House. The MeetingThe DocumentsThe Photos The Meeting On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley paid a visit to President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in Washington, D.C. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit with the President and suggesting that he be made a "Federal Agent-at-Large" in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. The events leading up to and after the meeting are detailed in the documentation and photographs included here, which include Presley's handwritten letter, memoranda from Nixon staff and aides, and the thank-you note from Nixon for the gifts (including a Colt 45 pistol

Ducks, Ducks, Ducks

Don't Step On The Ducks!

Three women die together in an accident and go to heaven. When they get there, St. Peter says, "We only have one rule here in heaven ... don't step on the ducks."

So they enter heaven, and sure enough, there are ducks all over the place. It is almost impossible not to step on a duck, and although they try their best to avoid them, the first woman accidentally steps on one. Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest man she ever saw. St. Peter chains them together and says, "Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to spend eternity chained to this ugly man!"

The next day, the second woman accidentally steps on a duck, and along come St. Peter, who doesn't miss a thing, and with him is another extremely ugly man. He chains them together with the same punishment as the first woman.

The third woman has observed all this and, not wanting to be chained for all eternity to an ugly man, is very, VERY careful where she steps. She manages to go months without stepping on any ducks, but one day St. Peter comes up to her with the most handsome man she has ever laid eyes on ... very tall, tan, muscular, and with good hair. St. Peter chains them together without saying a word. The woman remarks, "I wonder what I did to deserve being chained to you for all of eternity?" And the guy says, "Well, I don't know what you did, but I stepped on a duck."

rainbow image in China

this is suppose to be a Buddha figure in the rainbow of the clouds off China somewhere-forgot where I found it it's been so long ago. Had this saved as a draft.

Bits and Pieces-

Good Morning

Temps.of 76 degrees yesterday with

Wildflowers springing up everywhere.

Beautiful Barlett pear trees in full bloom

Almost equals the cherry tree blooms

Of DC., The cherry blossoms in the above

Picture is in Japan, however.

URGENT

Urgent message for all! There's a new virus that will re-write your hard drive. Not only that, but it will scramble any disks that are even close to your computer. It will recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting so all your ice cream melts.

It will demagnetize the strips on all your credit cards

. It will give your ex-girl or boyfriend your new phone number. It will mix Kool-aid into your fishtank. It will drink all your wine and leave its socks out on the coffee table when there's company coming over.

Fool's Virus will make you fall in love with a penguin. It will give you nightmares about circus midgets. It will pour sugar in your gas tank and shave off both your eyebrows while you're sleeping.

It will seduce your grandmother. It does not matter if she is dead; such is the power of Fool's Virus. It moves your car randomly around parking lots so you can't find it. It will kick your dog. It will leave nasty messages on your boss's voice mail in your voice! Fool's Virus will give you Dutch Elm disease. It will leave the toilet seat up.

It will leave bacon cooking on the stove while it goes out to chase grade-schoolers with your new snow blower. Fool's Virus will prompt your mother to call on Friday and Saturday nights for two months. It will place your wallet and keys on an obscure shelf in the basement. It will emulate your face and stare into the neighbor's bathroom window

. Fool's Virus will make your bloomers shrink two sizes and make you gain fifteen pounds over night.

PLEASE listen to me! The "Fool's Virus" DOES NOT exist! This is a joke in honor of April's Fool Day. But just to be safe, better run that virus scanner now!