Hello Blog Wanderer!
Thanks for wandering by my blog –the act of which automatically includes you in my will!
Before you get too excited though, I should warn you that, at this point, I only have a few things left to will out. But if you absolutely adore kitchen sponges, random puzzle pieces, or socks that don’t match then this is the luckiest day of your life!
Perhaps you have already noticed that my blog is kind of weird. First of all, it used to look different, but I somehow accidentally changed my theme, and I don’t know how to change it back so I hope you like this one. If not . . . well let’s don’t talk about “if nots” . . .
I’ve been writing this blog for the last five years. Consequently, I’ve got a lot of different topics for you to choose from. I’ve linked up a few samples for your topic-wandering convenience.
Nothing fuels the flames of satirical creativity for me like a hot off the presses Pottery Barn Catalog!
A continual source of amusement is how — while we are living amidst our decor, we don’t recognize it for the clown house that it will become 30+ years from now. The same goes for our glasses, our hair and our wardrobes.
The Wackadoodle Adventures of 1956 Mom
Never have so many dedicated so much time to doing such wholesome things!
Every Sunday, Gregory attends Sunday school. Every Sunday he comes home and retells his Sundays school lesson. Read about Gregory’s latest bible story each Sunday here on the blog.
The Drawing Lady drops by the blog from time to time to give us all a drawing lesson. She’s a little high strung and things always end up the same way — with the Drawing Lady jumping out of the sixth floor window and breaking every bone in her body.
Because there’s nothing like a strange, oddly rhyming poem to put the cherry on top of that weird day your having.
This blog works tirelessly to find a way to cheer up literature’s most Gloomy Gus, Edgar Allan Poe and will never stop until that mission is accomplished.
I can’t stop laughing! Great bio and I can’t wait to read more about 37, Cha and Pottery Barn’s latest triumph.
Thank you darling. And as a reward for looking at my bio page, I am willing you my sponge.
I too like the bio page. Can I get a jar of pickles in the will? Do you have pickles? Pickles….
I am willing you a large jar of “hopeful cucumbers” which will become pickles someday (god willing).
Why yes, it is all about you. And you getting the Versatile Blogger award!
http://guapola.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/there-goes-the-neighborhood/
Wear that feather in your hat with pride!
That was quite a treat to read. I know how you feel about numbers turning against you.
Thank you for stopping by. I’m always happy to meet a fellow number phobe!
nice blog.. 🙂
Thank you for dropping by Sibbir. I’m so glad you liked it! 🙂
haahaa.. that is an awesome .. maybe not so much…. bio 😉
Hey thank you for dropping by! 🙂
Thanks so much Linda for the follow back… I highly appreciate this from you… I love humor and I enjoy your blog 🙂
Dolly
I’m so glad you enjoy it. Yay! 🙂
I have really enjoyed your site and love your “hairy terrorist” (the dog..haha) so much that I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award which you can find at http;//thomag2.wordpress.com I hope your year is an awesome one.
tom
Thank you so much Tom! You’ve given me inspiration to keep plugging away. I’ll go check out your site and thank you so much for taking the time to read my stuff. I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Hello dear, I nominated you to One Lovely Blog Award check it out here:
http://allaboutlemon.com/2012/01/15/one-lovely-blog-award/
Enjoy!
🙂 Dolly
Thank you so much Dolly! And it’s a beautiful award!
very charming. u look so good. so are your views. keep sharing.
Thank you G! Thank you for visiting! 🙂
Nice blog, I plan on visiting from time to time
Thank you so much. 🙂
oh, I forgot, here is a link to my site. come in, read, enjoy, sit a spell
http://sightsnbytes.wordpress.com/
I will do that, thank you.
Thanks for your ‘like’ on “Tess’s Death’…..my wife didn’t like the subject matter but, anymore, I either write in the imaginary realm or ‘lovey’ stuff and every time I hear of suicide bombings, it’s the innocent people killed, especially kids, that bother me to my core. Hence, I got serious for a moment. Sorry about that….it’s real; it happens in the world. So sad. I like your creative humor….and how you find it in everyday life…..keep humoring, Linda. thanks for dropping by………
Your welcome. I always enjoy your writing. And I’m so glad you are enjoying my stuff and I will definitely keep “humoring” 🙂
Linda….Great bio….it’s nice to see someone who has a healthy sense of self-amusement. I too am one of those fortunate few who are able to maintain a constant state of near laughter by merely existing. Taken in relation to the universe, we are a damn funny species. I’m glad you came by my blog, and appreciate that you enjoy it. Meantime, I look forward to seeing more of your work, and cordially invite you to stop by my site again, as I post every day, at least once….take care out there…..
Thank you! What a nice compliment. I will definitely be reading your blog. We’re about 20 years older than everybody else in the blogosphere which makes us elderstatesmen and women! And as such we have to stick together. 🙂
Hey Linda!
I’m trying to do the math here and…*#!@3 I thought maybe you and I were the same age since I know all of your references. (I’ve been spending too much time with the young crowd, explaining everything, and trying to keep up with their lingo.) Then you said that you were married to your husband for 37 years and, well, I’ve ONLY been married for 27. (But it feels like forever-shh!)
Anywhooo, I turn 50 this July. I’m new at this blogging thing and not sure what I have to offer? Occasionally I make myself laugh.
I found you on El Guapo’s site. I’ll definitely make a habit of swinging by. Anyone who references Baby Huey, Mr. MaGoo and Carl, the Greens keeper, is A-Okay in my book!
Lisa
LIsa! Welcome to the blogosphere! Actually, I think I’m old enough to be your half sister if you mom was ever married to Moses. And somebody who makes themselves laugh is definitely my kind of person. So welcome. As far as what you have to offer . . . blogging is very much a journey of discovery. You will be amazed at the stuff you come up with and I have a feeling we’re all going to enjoy it! Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment! You are not officially in my will and because of that, I am willing you the Ark that my dad Moses left me. 🙂
Hello my dear, i love your blog and it’s truly awesome and I’ve nominated you for the ABC Award, check it out here: http://allaboutlemon.com/2012/02/09/abc-award/
Congratulations! Enjoy and have fun 🙂
dolly xoxo
http://amorsthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/tag-youre-it/
Wow that’s a lot of awards lol! I Just to let you know You’ve been tagged by me as well! it is completely up to you 🙂
http://dragoneystory.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/tag-youre-it
🙂
Ha ha! Darn it! I’ve got to learn to run faster! I’ll will get you back too, Andy, when you’re least expecting it! Bwahahaha! 🙂
oh I’ll be waiting 😉
Linda, I just don’t think that you are taking your WordPress blog seriously. Therefore, I have subscribed to you.
– Loop Withers
You had me at:
Dolores breezed along the surface of her life like a flat stone forever skipping across smooth water, rippling reality sporadically but oblivious to it consistently,until she finally lost momentum, sank, and due to an overdose of fluoride as a child which caused her to suffer from chronic apathy – doomed herself to lie forever on the floor of her life as useless as an appendix and as lonely as a five-hundred-pound bar bell in a steroid-free fitness center.
Followed you over from A Gripping Life and Guap. Huge bread crumb trail…I added some cheese and had a nice au gratin top for tuna casserole..
Congratulations Addie! Your comment has motivated me to go make up a huge batch of au gratin tuna casserole! Thanks for coming by. I am willilng you al the leftovers! 🙂
http://clipsnark.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/a-little-game-of-tag/
I tagged you in a post! 🙂
Oh my Gosh! YIKES you got me! 😀
you’re a brilliant poet and come on that was one pretty good drawing!
It is a darn good drawing at that — provided we are talking about a 6 month old chimpanzee with vision problems! Ha ha! Thanks for stopping by Lydia! 🙂
Love the drawing, looking forward to reading more of your humourous anecdotes! 🙂
I’m so glad MsKatykins (cute name!). I poured my heart and soul into it . . . sigh . . . And thanks for coming by! 🙂
Why thank you very much, Linda. 🙂
Linda – just to let you know, I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award! 🙂
Thank you so much mskatykins! You’ve just started my week out with a bang! 🙂 YAY!
Hey again Linda – I’ve tagged you! Hope you’re having a great day! 🙂
http://teaandtantalisingtales.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/ive-been-tagged/
Katy! I’ll get you back! Ha! Thank you for thinking to tag me!!:D
Wow!!! Now this is silly…I nominated u for the versatile blogger award!!! But now I see that you are already an awardee 😉 Maybe let’s just keep it quiet 😉 at http://asifazunaidha.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/passing-the-cup-thank-u-for-the-versatile-blogger-award/
Thank you so much Asifa! That is so sweet of you and I am honored that you thought of my blog! I must admit I’m behind on writing up my awards post, LOL! 😀
You have a great sense of humor. My brain has a name, too. Well actually two names: LV (little voice in my head) and Sir Brain (the squishy ball of mass that speaks to LV). My dog’s term of endearment name is Spastic Colon. I promised myself not to follow anymore blogs, as I can’t keep up. But I’ll follow yours—because of our common quirks. lol Sam 🙂 I’m guessing you were two when you got married, so that makes you 39, right?
Haha! You are the only other person I’ve ever met who has a name for your brain. LV and Sir Brain! HA! I love it. I must say I’m a little relieved that Spastic Colon is your dog’s nickname. Thanks for the follow! And you’re right, I WAS two when I got married!! That’s amazing how you surmised that! LOL
Hi Linda, you’ve got a very interesting blog….
Thank you Nin! How nice of you to come by and say so! You are now officially in my will! 😀
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Hi..I know you likely have already received this award but I couldn’t not give it to you …Diane details at http://hometogo232.wordpress.com/posts/
You are Beautiful and Versatile and most especially You Are Loved my dearest friend… Please accept my gift for you here: http://allaboutlemon.com/2012/05/27/all-about-lemon-is-beautiful-and-versatile-yay-toothsome-and-you-are-loved/
Thanks so much!
Dolly
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Linda, I have nominated for the Readers Appreciation Award….you know that I so enjoy reading your blogs and also your comments on mine..You’ll notice I put in a comment that if the nominees do not wish to pursue the usual procedure because you have likely done before don’t feel pressured to do so Diane details at http://hometogo232.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/for-a-second-time/
Ooh, I hope you’ll play along with this game of Blog Tag:
http://teaandtantalisingtales.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/chase-me-chase-me/
I’ll check it out! 😀
Linda, this is a totally irrelevant question..and you can delete it after…but you’re a person whose been blogging for awhile and I thought you might have the answer to a question I just wrote a blog today and someone has reblogged it onto their site. It is not a site I particularly want it on…It’s a media advertising site and this person is just totally out of the blue come to my site and done the reblog…Is there any way short of asking him to somehow (can he) take it off his site…to do so myself?? Diane
Oh gosh, that’s a tough one. If it is a WordPress blog then I would contact him and ask that he would please take it down (he can delete it). If he doesn’t take it down, then at least things move so fast around here that it will be buried quickly by newer posts very soon hopefully. I don’t think there’s any way you can take it off his site from your end unfortunately.
Here’s some info that was given to me when a site from China cut and pasted one of my essays into their site without my permission last summer:
Kim | August 27, 2011 at 11:13 am | Reply | Edit
Hi Linda,
Thought you might want to know that another site has stolen your article and posted it here: http://reviewsuper.com/group_thread/view/id-133759 They have been reported to Google, but Google lets them continue to run AdSense (and get paid) because the owners file counter claims that say they have permission to use their stolen content, and then Google re-instates them unless the victim can prove they have filed a lawsuit. Problem is, it’s a bit tough to sue them since the owners are in China. We’re hoping other bloggers like you will join us in filing DMCA takedown complaints with Google and GoDaddy, and maybe enough complaints will get them taken down for good. Thanks.
Hope this helps Diane!
Thanks Linda….I guess since it’s not a ‘porn’ site lol I won’t worry…Like you say it will be not noticed after a day or two…but it’s weird…Just because it was on growing old…lol again… he preface the reblog by saying Old is Golddddddd! Silly I think…Diane
LOL! Phew! I’m so glad it wasn’t a porn site, Diane! Well, I guess it takes all kinds here in our blogosphere. It’s amazing how rarely anything iffy like that happens though when you think of all the strangers out there! Haha! 😀
That’s exactly what I was thinking but twice in the same week I’ve had something ‘unusual happen. But it hasn’t deterred me from ‘blogging’ anyway…Diane
Haha! That’s the spirit Diane! I read recently that blogging is a marathon! I’d have to agree with that! 😀
Hey Linda! Every time I see a new post come in from you, I’m always fired up to see what’s new with Pottery Barn, sustainable hurricane vases, Peanuts, 37 or the next great writing challenge.
That being said, I love your blog so much that I awarded you the One Lovely Blog Award. Congratulations! I received this award from a fellow blogger and as a recipient I had to award it to a few of my favorite bloggers 🙂
You can read more about it on my blog, http://www.tealandtulle.com
Congrats!
~ Erin
Thought you might enjoy this – it’s a helmet cam video from an equestrian event.
Ahh! What a cool video! This has inspired me to get on Sedentariat and go for broke(n wrist!) haha! Thanks for sending it over Guap!! The level of skill for both that horse and rider is just mind boggling!
aah so that’s what we call a perfect bio..
describing all your personal activities, relation and enthusiasm swiftly….
So glad you liked my bio, Muhammada! Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by! 😀
My pleasure!
Hello my dear Linda 🙂 how are you? Check what I have for you here ::) http://allaboutlemon.com/2012/07/23/you-are-loved-day-and-two-awards/
Congratulations, and enjoy! xoxo
Hi Linda Yes the picture you saw is part of our backyard.. btw I had to redo that post because I didn’t do the link the right way so I had to ‘trash’ the first one and answer you here on your page….my little gray cells are soooo confused sometimes…Diane
Oh I can really relate to the gray cells getting so confused. But at least we are trying! LOL! I figured that was your backyard. It’s so you! If I had that your backyard, I’d spend morning noon and night right there!:D
Why don’t we cut out all of the messy legal details of the will and you just write me a check right now? That way, you can appreciate the efficiency and I can use the dough. Done deal.
Poifect!
Can’t believe I found your blog and it is GREAT!! Good old friend that you are…remember the fun we had in walla!! Good times….Cathe
Cathe Richwine Pittenger!!!! I just did a post about us on Monday! How about that!! Check out Convicts I have known! I think of you often and am so glad you found my blog. E-mail me at: lindavernon51@gmail.com and let’s catch up!! 😀
Love it 🙂 your bio is great…I’m just begining my blog, as of last week I think, I like to add a bit of humor in mine too….really it’s just a mish mosh of stuff though. I also just read your little ditty about grease stains – this happens to my mother all the time and it cracked me up!
Thanks for coming by Julia! I’m so glad you liked the bio. You’re going to love blogging. You meet so many wonderful people and the sky’s the limit on whereever your creativity takes you! And you’re mom and I were both born with the Grease Spot Attractor Gene I fear! (maybe we’re related) HA! 😀
Hello LInda my dear… Mark just tag you in my new fun game : http://allaboutlemon.com/2012/09/17/toothsome-story-game/
We are all waiting for your story… Thanks!
Dolly xoxo
To HELL with the sponges and the cucumbers Linda…I want the Ferrari and the Summer home in France…Just sayin’. 🙂
Sooz
Let’s compromise Sooz. How would you feel about a Ferry Boat Ride and trailer with Louis the IV decor?
Hi Linda, I love your blog. Here I get something new, which makes me laugh and sometimes think, there are many areas that I do not know, and you master it with good ….. Thank you for sharing … 🙂
Hilal! Thank you for taking the time to come by my blog and for leaving such a nice comment. I am so glad you are enjoying it, and I’m tickled pink that you thought enough of it to come by and leave your kind comment! 😀
Sorry about the refollow, mistap on my phone 🙁
You can refollow me anytime Yoshimaro, in fact I encourage it. LOL! But seriously, thank you for the follow!! 😀
Hey, would you consider reblogging this to your blog! My friends need to raise $18,000 dollars for this adoption. I know this basket won’t bring in that much, but seriously right now she’s only gotten $150 toward it! That’s not nearly enough to give this amazing basket away. I only have a small following. Could you please if I beg pretty and promote you somehow?
Thanks!!
http://wp.me/p1VHpt-fa
Of course! I’ll do it right now!
Thanks!!
You have a great sense of humour. I’ve enjoyed taking a look around. Thanks!
Well thank you so much Lynette! I appreciate your taking the time to check out my page and I hope you’ll drop by again sometime! 😀
Thanks for stopping by my site & saying hi – so glad you did, so I could find my way over here for a smile. Here’s one back. 🙂
Thank you Human Triumphant! Thank you for taking the time to look around! 😀
I am sold! I will be faithfully following the woman who wrote that award-winning sentence (run-on, in a style that only a classical author like Miguel Cervantes or Alexandre Dumas could rival, be damned) above.
Ha ha! Well thank you! She said as she pretended she knew exactly what Miguel Cervantes wrote without having to google it. LOL! I must say I did know who Alexandre Dumas was but only because of Shawshank Redemption. And thank you so much for such comparisons AND the follow! 😀
I’ve nominated you for an award, Linda! Check it out:
http://soiwentundercover.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/liebster-take-2/
Thank you Undercover! 😀
Elo Linda! I tagged you for the toothsome game at
http://allaboutlemon.com/toothsome-story-game/#comment-16383
I think you’ll like it 😀 Hugs!
Oh Goodie Dolly. I’ll be over to check it out! 😀
Yes Linda dear…. Andy just can’t help it. He tagged you! hahaha Check it out here too: http://allaboutlemon.com/2013/01/27/toothsome-story-game-3-is-now-rolling/
mmwahh, mmwahh 🙂
YAY! 😀
Didn’t know a good place to place this but I wanted to tell you I looked up the books’ publishers from Urban Outfitters and they actually all do take submissions. Unfortunately none really accept anything I’ve written so I’ll have to start from scratch with a new project. I actually already have an idea I started a few years ago which might work. I wanted to thank you for the suggestion!
Mooselicker! That’s wonderful. They take submissions!! That is so cool and so almost unheard of these days. And I really do think that your writing would fit as I have carefully looked at all their books while my kids were shopping (as I said) and the lines are always really really long, so I’ve had to spend quite a bit of time looking at their books. Oh I’m so glad to hear you already have an idea! That’s exciting!! Keep me posted! 😀
Will do Linda!
Dear Linda, just hope the tooth “joke” was not offensive. I got to thinking about it afterwards…if it is, please delete it and accept my apologies to you and your readers!
Skip 🙁
Oh Skip, please don’t worry about it. I didn’t think it was offensive. Everything around here always taken in the spirit it was intended! 😀
Like I said, it was just meant to get a smile. Thanks, I feel better about it!
Like I said, a real classy lady! Take care…Skip 🙂 xo
:D!!
🙂 😉 :3 Skip…
Like Dizzy Dean said, “It ain’t braggin’ if you can do it.” I hope you can stop by and visit my blog sometime. I think you might enjoy the post entitled “The Dave Barry Experience.”
I stopped by your blog this morning and saw that heading and made a mental note to go back and check it out. I’m going to buzz over there right now.
some hilarious bio u have here 🙂
Thanks Shreyank! So glad you liked it and thanks for dropping by to check it out! 😀
Shreyank! Thanks for coming by to check it out. So glad you liked it and as a reward I am putting you in my will! I’m now saving all my Pottery Barn Catalogs just for you! 😀
Linda you must have married at 3 because you look to be so young. I certainly enjoy your writing and wonder what inspired the Bible by Gregory angle
Joe! Thank you (You just made my morning with your lovely compliment!) As far as the Gregory angle goes, I wrote something for a writing class once where we were asked to come up with our own creation myth. And it was so much fun I started putting my spin on retelling other bible stories. I used to call them Confession of a Sunday School Drop out but change them to The Bible According to Gregory to emphasize that they are just a humorous retelling and not meant to offend anyone. Now I’m totally addicted to writing them..
Have you seen the Youtube video of the little fellow who recites the books of the New Testament and then breaks into the George Strait “All My Exes Live In Texas?” My son was showing that to everyone on his IPhone at our family gathering yesterday. Search bible verses and George strait.
Ha! Oh I will do that! Thanks for the tip! 😀
Hi, nice to see Bible link on your blog. I shall be thankful to you if you clarify your personal concept of Jesus Christ (May he be blessed forever): “Jesus (May he be blessed forever) is second member of Triune God (Word Trinity or Triune God is absent in Bible), Son of first part of Triune God (He is Son of father only, not Son of Son and is not Son of Holy Spirit), but also “fully” God in every respect (Jesus (May he be blessed forever) of Bible claims to be a “full” man and Son of Adam).Thanks…… your blog is nice … Welcome to my blog, get some downloads on travel and tour:
http://mushtaqtariq.wordpress.com
I’m glad you like my Bible Link Mushtaq! And welcome to my blog. I hope you find some things here to amuse you! 😀
Hi,
Just found your blog and wanted to know if you would be interested in providing a guest post on our recently launched retirement site retirementandgoodliving.com
I think your sense of humor would provide for a good guest post 🙂
Please let me know if you are interested and I will forward additional details.
Thanks,
Simone
Of course, Simone. I would be happy to do that. You can e-mail the additional details to lindavernonhumor@hotmail.com. 😀
37 is a blessed man to have lived with a beautiful person with so much loving humor! Suh-weet! My favorite post was the one about the rebel crooked tooth. A sheer riot!
Ah! You are Suh-weet to leave such a nice comment, SF. Thanks you so much for taking the time to come by and check out my blog! 😀
Congratulations my friend! I have nominated you foe the Liester Award. This is a small way that I would like to thank you for the good job that you do with your blog. I enjoy visiting your site when I have a chance. Keep up the good work! Please click on this link to see what you need to so. Again…thank you and congratulations! http://goodtimestories.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/the-liebster-award/
Coach Muller! Thank you for your kind words, sir! You comment means a lot, and I’m so glad you enjoy my blog and thank you so much for the Liester Award. I will go check out that link. 😀
Hi Linda!
Great blog- I may be late to the party, but I’m glad I came across it! You have a happy new follower here.
Much success,
-Andrew
Welcome Andrew! So happy you’ve joined us, grab a refreshment and make yourself at home! 😀
Looking forward to it! Thanks!
Aha, I’m glad i wandered off to your blog…I enjoyed going through it!
I’m a newbie here, only two weeks old actually. Good luck with the future.
Best wishes 🙂
Well thank you so much and welcome!! I’ll pop over to your place for a visit! Thanks for stopping by and looking around!
Thank YOU , Pleasure was all mine 🙂
And yeah sure, You are welcome over at any time, hope you enjoy your visit! 🙂
Have a nice day!
dear Linda, so funny – you write really great! next thing I`ll gonna do is gonna “jump” in all the other stuff on your blog!
here´s mine, but most of it is in German, except the FF 100words stories.. But you can enjoy the art of my husband, which I partial used as header.
http://wortwabe.wordpress.com/
Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland
Carmen
Carmen. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I am so impressed that you can write stories in English! I will definitely go over there and check out your husband’s art. 😀
Thanks for this blog, which I’ve just discovered. It’s clever and interesting and enjoyable – except for the Bible stories, which are hilarious.
Oh thank you so much, Bumba! What a wonderful comment! I am delighted that you are enjoying my blog! You made my day!!
I came across this blog quite by accident and I am very glad I did. Mainly because of all the inheritance that I will be getting!
Yes! Well thank you for coming by and because you were so kind to check out my about page, you are now officially in my will. You’re getting my turkey platter and a copy 1963 June edition of Sports Illustrated. Congratulations! 😀
Yay! Thank you.
I will use that turkey platter as a shield against my nemesis and that copy of Sports Illustrated to distract him 🙂
I don’t know, you’re odd, dude. May I call you dude? I think I will call you dude. It’s a term of affection where I come from and is omnisexual. That means gross.
I like your humour. You’re funny. And even better, you think you’re funny.
ahaha! I’m laughing at your comment not only because it was funny but also because of the way I read it to myself in my head. And yes, you may call me Dude but I’m drawing the line at Bro.
Cool. I’m down with that.
Hi, I nominated you for an award. Congratulations! Please see the details on the link: http://zainabjavid.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/blogging-awards-in-the-new-year/
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Wandered over by way of your “pop” guest post for Guap.
You asked for links, so:
jaklumen.wordpress.com (main blog)
techswrite.wordpress.com (tech blog)
voxjournaljarexile.wordpress.com (blog I work on with my wife)
Cimmorene (the wifey) will have to provide her own links.
cheers from southeastern Washington state (Columbia Basin area, home of Nukieland… oh dear, I just blew my hint on the comment at Guap’s, did I?)
Aha! The Columbia basin! We used to go swimming in the Columbia River when I was a kid. The rule was you had to walk out and then swim back to shore so you didn’t get caught up in the current. Phew! You are a blogging machine!
Being in Kennewick, I’m very close to the Columbia River, actually. At my previous residence, I could almost walk there.
Me a blogging machine? Hehe, compared to some bloggers I’ve seen, I’m about like a 2-stroke engine to their V-8s, or even Triton V-10s.
El Guapo ordered me to come here, Linda. Thanks for the smiles which adorned my face, as i read you, your family, the decor and your obsession with Pottery Barn’s latest offerings. 😆
Sorry, That should read “as I read about you….”. I got quite carried away, and my fingers couldn’t catch up. 🙂
Ha! That happens to me all the time. My fingers are always lagging behind! Thank you so much for taking the time to come by. Much appreciated! 😀
“Gently coerced”.
Sheesh.
HA!
How much will it cost me to rent the dog for a toupee? And that messy sentence has too much going for such a great brain you have. One of your readers recommended your humour and I need it, Thank you.
Oh how nice to hear. Thank you so much for stopping by. And I don’t charge anything for doggie toupee rental. But I have to warn you, I do charge by the flea so your bill could run up pretty quickly! Yes that sentence is pretty horrible isn’t it? The Bulwer Lytton Fiction contest is a bad writing contest to see who can write the worst beginning sentence to an imaginary novel. It’s really a lot of fun and very addictive. Unfortunately it doesn’t do much for one’s writing habits though! 😀
Will you accept cat’s flea? I have two cats and see what I can find. Is that bad? I really wouldn’t know what a bad English writing is since it’s my second language. I thought it’s remarkable. May I use it for future post credit to you?
Yes this blog honors all cat fleas! 😀 And I would be honored if you used it! Thank you!!
Thank you.
Hi Linda: I am looking for that famous writing that you won in a contest. Where did it go since your web has changed? Can you show me which post that was?
I’d be delighted!! Here’s the link: https://lindavernon.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/april-15th-deadline-of-the-worst-kind/
Thank you, Linda! I will be quoting you, stay tuned.
Thank you very much Linda for your generosity.
Anytime. You are so thoughtful and sweet to help everyone like you do, Bucky. You are truly making a difference! 😀
I’m very touched and thank you xo
Oh sure, to Linda you’re nice.
Am I not nice to you?
I feel like this is a trick question… 😉
One never knows..
Maybe that’s because I’m warmer and fuzzier — oh wait, no that’s my bathrobe I’m thinking of . . .
I hear Zoe is a sucker for that kind of thing.
Hence her immense Care Bear collection.
(Don’t tell her I said that.)
I think her snake, Pickles, ate her Care Bear collection.
(Don’t tell her I said that.)
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and leaving such a delightful comment, Linda. I’m so glad I’ve found yours, as you have a terrific and authentic sense of humor…not to mention your artwork is top-notch!
Adelie! Thank you for those very kind words! You are so sweet to come by and check out my page. And I’m so glad you liked what you saw! 😀
I’ve been reading you every week without fail for three years. I feel so much better now and I no longer see myself as a risk to other cattle. I mean people. Oh, hell. It’s started again…
Three years later and you still haven’t replied. What a cow.
Like my 4 your old granddaughter said when asked why she was so naughty at the grocery store, she replied, “because I’m an a***hole! Only she said the whole word. I guess she takes after me! But I adore you Roadwax. So there’s that!
And a happy Thanksgiving to you, Ms Vernon, wherever you may be.
Hi Guap! Hope all is going well with you! I’m still here but not blogging much anymore but I still think about all my blogging buddies and all the fun and laughs we used to have. Ah! Those were the days! All my best to you always . . .
I liked your blog, thanks!
Ah! How sweet of you to come by and read and leave a nice comment! Thank you!
You’re welcome, you deserve my comment! What you’re sharing with other people, it’s delightful!
Sister Linda, by the looks of it, you don’t need me to post your link on my site, but I just can’t help it. I love funny and I love inspiration! I moved my humor from my “serious” site to a strictly humor site and starting that up is how I found your hilarious site! God DOES work in mysterious ways!!
Anyway, part of my service is to others, is by letting them know who has inspired or encouraged me, so there, it’s not my fault, it’s probably yours (well, yes, and the Lord’s!). You don’t have to do anything but if you would rather not have the link posted, let me know, no hard feelings, no questions asked, I’ll remove it. I’ll still be glad I found your site!! 😉
By the way, one of the reasons I love WordPress is the ability to reblog and share other’s post. I don’t see a reblog button, but do you allow that? Just curious; when I DO reblog, it’s because of the inspiration, teaching and encouragement I receive from a post. Anyway, God bless for the smiles you put into everyone’s hearts! Thanks for your service to us all!! (Yes, it is a service [ministry] whenever you give of yourself to others!).
Roland, I am honored that you would like to repost my stuff on your blog! Thank you so much! I didn’t realize there was a repost button. I’ll put one on my blog. And thank you so much for your very kind words. You have truly brightened my day and inspired me more than you’ll ever know!
That is part of MY job (service!). Glad I found your site! I truly am!
Re Poe
Enjoy
Larry Lefkowitz
lar_lef@hotmail.com
How Poe Wrote “Meeting Sheila in the Catskills”
A recently discovered previously unknown poem written by Edgar Allen Poe together with notes on how it came to be written has caused a sensation among Poe experts and aficionados.
As Poe’s notes testify, from New York City where he lived and worked, he journeyed to the Catskill Mountains, where his doctor sent him to treat his depression and over-alcoholic imbibing.
One sunny afternoon, as he sat under the shade of an oak tree, Poe was struck by a sudden inspiration. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and a pen. He scribbled the verse that became the poem “Annabel Lee.” More importantly, he then proceeded to relate how he came to write, in his words, “a far greater poem;” namely, “Meeting Sheila in the Catskills”.
Just as he finished “Annabel Lee,” a young woman, with large dark eyes, walked by. Anything dark attracted his attention, and he scrutinized her. A buxom young woman, she boasted other attributes, including an impressive derriere and (to quote Poe) “lips like the curve of Bear Mountain’s summit and breasts like twin Catskill Mountains that sloped down to a belly flat as the beach at the Jersey shore.”
“Who are you?” Poe could only stammer.
She stopped and gave him the once-over from foot to head before answering, apparently not for the first time the focus of admiring attention from men. “Sheila Shloshberg – in person” After a pause, “Nu, and who are you?”
“Alas, but a poor poet,” Poe replied.
“Yeah, not much money in that.”
“I was speaking more philosophically. ”
“My mother says I’m very philosophical. Especially when she wants me to do the dishes. You want my philosophy of life? You got it.”
The chicken of life
Is by the shochet breasted
The stuffing remains. ”
Poe scratched his head, as he was given to do when his curiosity was aroused. “What’s a ‘shochet’?”
“A kosher slaughterer.”
“You are a Jewess.”
“A Jewish woman.”
“Ah, Jewish. I believe the Talmudic expression, ‘Find wife, find good,’ was originally, ‘Find wife, find a good woman.'”
“Whatever.”
“Maybe we…,” Poe hesitated, poetry was one thing, courting a woman, another. Especially one with such magnificent proportions.
Sheila deciphered his intention.’ Aoyb ir lang genug epes kenen pasirin.”
Poe bestowed on her a puzzled look.
“Yiddish for ‘If you live long enough anything can happen.'”
Was Sheila giving him hope or rejecting him?
Poe said nothing, not sure how to respond.
“Nu?’ Sheila prodded.
Rare for him, at a loss for words, Poe, simply reddened and smiled a weak smile.
“‘Inzihist,” she sneered.
Poe looked puzzled.
“‘The introspective.'”
“In Yiddish,” he surmised out loud.”
“You’re a fast learner.”
“You don’t mince words.”
“I mince chopped liver.”
“Is that a metaphor?”
“If you say so.”
Such an unusual, impressive, forceful, and above all, beautiful woman demanded that he write a poem about her.
He envisioned her as a free spirit, deeply connected to the natural world. He pictured her wandering the Catskills with an untamed spirit, her laughter blending with the songs of birds and the babbling brook. The poem took on a life of its own, a kind of modern Song of Songs, guided by the essence of Sheila and the enchanting beauty of the Catskills.
“I will write a poem about you,” he exclaimed with fervor. “Maybe it will lead to our …”
“Forget it! I need a guy who can support me, and our family, I want a lot of kids. You seem to me a leydikgeyer.”
“Oh?”
“A good for nothing.”
“At least good enough to immortalize you in a poem entitled ‘Meeting Sheila in the Catskills.” Maybe it will cause you to rethink our relationship.”
“Don’t jump above your pupik.”
“Pupik?’
“Belly-button.”
Poe brightened. “That gives me an idea for an epic poem about navels of famous beauties, such as, Helen of Troy, Cleopatra –”
“You do get carried away.”
“Would that I could carry you away to our kingdom by the sea.”
“Atlantic City?”
Poe did not answer, mentally occupied with writing his poem.
Back home in New York City, he polished his creation, working feverishly, still under the influence of Sheila Shlossberg’s formidable personality, so unlike the women he had hitherto met.
When it was completed, Poe realized that “Meeting Sheila in the Catskills” was a creation born form the depths of his imagination catalyzed by his actual meeting with her, a tribute to his poetic skills. Though he had written “Annabel Lee”, he knew deep in his hear that this newfound poem was a masterpiece in its own right, one that “Annabel Lee” could never compete with. Perhaps for this reason, or because Sheila had rejected him, or because he did not live afterward long enough to overcome being rejected, he never published the poem.
But we have. Word of Poe’s extraordinary creation quickly spread. Readers were captivated by the ethereal world he had created, and “Meeting Sheila in the Catskills” became an emblem of his unique talent. The poem reminded the reader of the transformative power of nature and the boundless possibilities of the human spirit as embodied in Sheila Shlossberg.
Poe had set out to write, and did write, “Annabel Lee,” but in the end, he discovered something even more extraordinary – a piece of himself entwined with the beauty of the Catskills and the enchantment of Sheila’s world, even if in reality his hopes for her – and himself – did not eventuate. And as he continued his journey as a poet, it surely sustained him. And it sustains us, rightly canonized as Poe’s most successful manifestation of his poetic art.