Life in Florida means meeting many retirees. I have met so many in my few short weeks here. Bankers, lawyers, teachers, auto workers. They come from all parts of the country and overseas. I talk to them and they tell me how many years they worked, and where and when. They… Read full post »

Jus' a hillbilly a wandering

Fleein' the worst Recession

Lookin' like the Great Depression

Tales told

From the Folk

Not so long ago

I have left the Georgia mountains and moved to the Clearwater/St Peterburg area. I decided if starvation was imminent, I prefer warm to cold!!! I am not truly staving./…

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Walk Gently

Step lightly

Speak softly

Move slowly

Spread kindness

Show no anger

Small flowers

you passed me often

 

thru life

I sat unnoticed

As you made you way

more important things for you

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Yesterday I went out to buy some food. A small car sat broken on the roadside, inside were a young man and older woman. I stopped to see if I could help them.

The man began Do you have any booster cables?

Sure, they are right here. I helped put them… Read full post »

I love my country, the United States of America.

I admit to sometimes getting dewy eyes hearing the national anthem.

I left this country and lived in Canada for eight years. I had my chance to become a citizen there, but returned here to the south. I do not regret this.… Read full post »

Just over a year now.

That is how long I have been on this site. Writing and reading. I feel like Open has changed for the good. There is so many talented, wonderful writers.  But to me, it is the online community and the home town feeling here.

There are so… Read full post »

Mountains surround you

Green tree clothes they wear

Clear water sparkling

Hoot owls every where

Bright stars so shiny

Black bats swoop in between

Crescent moon hangs low

Soft wind hugs your hair

Cold drink in the icechest

Good food from the grill

Buds rolled for blazes

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I was a young girl then. I would say ten years old. At a great aunt's house. She was very old to me then. She suffered badly with osteoarthritis. I always thought she looked like a a small brown turtle. She was only around four feet tall. She had soft dark… Read full post »

I live in these wonderful hills of north Georgia.

I often get asked Why??

I have thought hard about that. Here is just a few reasons:

Wednesday I was sitting in a low waterfall letting the clear, cool water run over my shoulders. I sat on a moss covered rock and… Read full post »

I just read with complete sadness about the death of one of our community of online, virtual friends, Dakini Dancer. I wept.

I do want to say this: Reading blogs, making comments, and meeting so many friends here is a wonderful, life changing thing for me. I just love coming to… Read full post »

I feel like I must admit something here.

I am jus' a country girl.

Friday I drove my SUV and took my dog Mission to Jack's River some 20 miles east of here in the Cohutta Wilderness Area. It was already hot in my yard and muggy. Skeeters are fierce and… Read full post »

There is something to be said

About that early morning stillness

When the day is fresh and new

And the mind is clear and calm

 

There is something to be said

About the peace you find

When you sit alone

And think of nothing

 

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When you are walking beside the river,

Listen to the sounds of the water:

I will be there

When the birds sing in the morning:

Listen to the songs:

I will be there

When the sky lights up with the sunset,

Look at the colors:

I will be there

When the… Read full post »

In line with the debate on going over healthcare, I want to just ask one question, where is my healthcare???

 I have a combination of healthcare problems, all in the immune deficiency family known as lupus and fibromyalgia. They have much in common with AIDS. No immune system. Long term, chronic… Read full post »

I am going camping today. I am searching for signs of Spring!!

 The buds are swelling on the tree tips now. The red maples sport lace fringed fingers. Willows shimmer in a dress of bright green. The birds are singing this day. A wren calls to me "wake up!! feed me!!"… Read full post »

I wake early.

soft darkness surrounds me

I chant

 

peace to you this day

 

Sounds of spring float thru the window

chorusing frogs

Drips from the rain

snores from the dogs

 

peace to you this day

 

I relax and breathe slow

muscles fall limp

Pain no more

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Two eagles in love

Feathers turning in tight circles

Azure blue cold behind

Screaming

Fff-rrr-eeeeeeeeeee!

Freeeeeeeeee!

Freeee..ee..e

I sit rapt and small below.

They wheel away

A train rubbles away below

Carrying coal down to A-town

I bow my head and cry

North wind blows cold tears away

I feel… Read full post »

Specs:

I want a 15, to 20 pound foldable bicycle.

I want it to have gears, and be able to climb these steep hills here in north Georgia. From a very low to a very high, as this is a road bike on pavement, not for the dirt roads.

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1: To wash and comb out my long, curly hair. I love my hair. It is part of me.

2: having my back scratched just barely without ripping my skin.

3: Lying on a blanket in the warm sun and listening to birds singing.

4:Hearing the songs the wind makes… Read full post »