Mothership
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Birthday
- January 04
- Title
- Cinderellen
- Company
- Enjoyable, I would hope...
- Bio
- First 19 years: Peoria, Illinois. During years since, I've lived alternately between Iowa and Illinois. Each relocation required that I set my wristwatch backward, or forward, 100 years, respectively.
I am pleased to report that I have once more, returned to my home state, but reserve to option to relocate, if circumstances lead me elsewhere.
I am an artist and poet by nature; a health care professional by necessity.
My main claim to fame, for purposes of this forum, is that it is my great privilege and honor to be the female component of the bio-pair that co-created our singularly stellar muse, Verbal Remedy.
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Trudge- Unfortunately
pizza is not one of my
favorites...I
know, I know,
it's dow…”
November 22, 2009 04:09PM - “As is often the case,
this was amusingly
enlightening,
Mountain
Man.
I'll match
my…”
November 22, 2009 09:34AM - “I've been pretty much
fascinated by most of your
friends,
when we've met...no
sur…”
November 22, 2009 09:20AM - “I'm dancing. The steps
don't matter at
all...
Thanks for the
reminder, CG. You
and…”
November 22, 2009 09:07AM - “Breathtaking images and
spirit-soothing wisdom...Life
is
good...
Thank you,
Zuma,…”
November 22, 2009 08:57AM
Mothership's Links
- YUTZ Chronicles - Comic Adventures in Small Town Living
- Big Doins' in YUTZ: 2010 BEEFCAKE CALENDAR
- Picture=1000 Words?
- Small Town Living: Two Perspectives
- Bowling in a Small Town
- Original Art
- Sunday Sampling: Framed Art
- BLUE MONDAY-original art
- SUNday
- Sunny Sunday Shots
- Art: Pastels & Photo Iterations
- Originals to Digital Iterations
- Originals to Digital Iterations (2)
- Word Weavers (Irish heritage poem) & Art Sampling
- Poetry
- In Response to Chuck Stetson's Poetry Open Call
- Eighth Wonder
- Private Pirouette
- Technicolor Shelter
- Bear Necessities
- Crystaline Cache
- Flare
- Top Down
- Mind of Its' Own
- Iron Marshmallow
- More Than a Few Good Men
- Midas Touch
- Nowhere Man
- Solo Act
- Everyday Eden
- Life in Sync
- Unstrung Pearls
- Fire and Ice
- Archangel
- Masterpiece
- My Unicorn
- Aftermath
- Ladies In Waiting
- Dichotomy
- Internal Garden
- Flintstrike
- Interwoven
- Summer Youth Memoir
- '60s to 60's Love Story
- Adornment
- Confetti (on insanity)
- Stillwaters
- Never Too Late
- Carousel
- Beloved Departed
- Drama Queen
- Four Left Feet
- Positive Negative
- Rainbow's End
- Milady
- Haiku Thursday Posts
- Night Moves...Then as Now
- Gift
- Clap If You Believe
- "IT"
- Side-by-Side
- Beside Myself
- Shall We Dance?
- Disembodied Voice
- Ms. Dumpty Aspirations
- Old Friend
- Mountain Winds
- Blue Blood
- The Glowing
- Beyond Fingertips
- Pay It Forward
- Playground
- Pre-Fourth Edition
- Warning
- Music Man
- Be My Moses
- Use It or Lose It
- Damaged Vessel
- Foodie Tuesday Recipes
- Stuffed Delica Squash
- Pesto Manicotti
- French Onion Soup
- Pepperoni, Lentil and Pasta Soup
- Senate Bean Soup with Ham
- Crab, Bacon and Portabella Sandwiches
- Beyond Best Baked Beans
- Reuben Meatloaf
- Succulent Stroganoff
- Eggs in a Cup
- Baked Brie
- Cherry Tomato-Feta Skewers
- Chicken Breasts Supreme
- Sausage Breakfast Casserole
- Pecan, Caramel, Crescent Swirl
- Scrumptious Seafood Salad
- Homemade Pesto
- Miscellaneous
- Frost's Fences Make Good Neighbors...Relationships Too!
- Tapping the Wisdom of Solomon
- Addiction: The Altered Brain
- Addiction~When Helping Hurts: Detachment with Love
- Be As The Cypress and The Oak
- The Wait
- The Road Less Traveled: 50 Things I've Never Done
- 9/11: From a Distance
- Captain Obamaroo
- The Play's The Thing
- The Mountains Weep. The People Wail. The Nation MUST Rage.
- Fantasy OSland Library
- Reciprocal Respect Will Get You Somewhere
- One Health Professional's Take on Managed (Mangled) Care
- Playing for OS
- Thank You OS, for The Daylight
- Joan in the Lion's Den
- Sink, Swim or Rescue? (analogy re:corporate bailouts)
- Why Can't I Get a Decent Friggin' Haircut?
- 60's Songs-Top 100-Year by Year
- In Honor of All Who Have Served-American Casualties of War: 1775 to Present
- Humor
- Dragon Slayer
- Political Pearls from Will
- Saturday Night: Sixties Datin- Date meets Dad
- Ladies In Waiting (Poetry)
- Mid-June Rant: I Curse and Defy You, Weather Gods
- Senior Housing Hilarity
- Courtroom LOLs
- Market Schmarket-Sometimes Ya Just Gotta' Laugh Out Loud
- Autobio
- Barcelona & Pompeii Pics
- Sequel: Love in the Best of Times- Tales of Two Good Men
- Love in the Worst of Times...Love in the Best of Times
- My Firsts
- For Mom on the Second Anniversary of Her Death
- In my Daughter's Eyes
- Rolling Like Thunder: A Love Story
- Prelude to VR
- Prelude to VR(2)
- Prelude to VR(3)
- Prelude to VR(4)
- Prelude to VR(5)
- My Sons in Whom I am Well Pleased
- Wee Irish Lass Demonstrates Gift of Gab (humor)
- One for Mom...and...One for Dad
- Lessons from Dad
- Something About Mary
- 25 Things to Help You Get to Know Me
- My Near Death Experience
- Yesterday's Headline: Not So "New" News (troops & tragedies of WAR)
- On Parenting a Parent (narrative & poem)
- To Thine Own Self Be True
Digital Art from Photos: Amalfi Coast & Pizza

WHAT I DID ON MY VACATION… yadda…yadda…yadda…
Nearly everyone has, at one time or another, been bored to near distraction by a seemingly endless stream of vacation photos, accompanied by banal narrative.
I plan to spare you more of the same,… Read full post »
In Response to Chuck Stetson's Poetry Open Call

Haiku Thursday: Night Moves...Then as Now...

Tracing ancient stones
Merging timelines with footfalls
Echoes familiar
Graphic images
Point to Lupanares…
Menus on the walls
Preferred positions
Played in exchange for Drachmas
Pay-to-play Pompeii

Barcelona & Pompeii Pics
November 5, 2009
My sister, Gayle, and I meet our sister, Paula, brother, Dan, sister-in-law of 32 years, Terri, her uncle, Doug, and his partner of 28 years, Patrick, at O’ Hare, then depart for Madrid. We arrive in Spain and catch a SpanAir shuttle-flight to Barcelona.… Read full post »
Cruisin' Awhile

Sibs and I are winging our way to Spain tomorrow. Cruise departs following day for first port of call in Southern Italy. I'll be back in the States sometime the 16th. and I'll share pics upon my return...promise...
I'll be thinking of my OS Crew ...true...
Bac
… Read full post »Haiku Thursday: Gift

Last chance at first love
A dream or reality?
Frost's Fences Make Good Neighbors...Relationships Too!

“…Before I built a wall I’d ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offense.
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall
That wants
… Read full post »Haiku Thursday: "IT"

Playmate, come outside
Let’s play hide-and-seek and tag
Foodie Tuesday: Pesto Manicotti

8-ounce package manicotti pasta
10-ounce bag frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1 pound sautéed mushrooms, chopped
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups ricotta cheese
1 1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
1 cup Greek-style yogurt
1
… Read full post »Haiku Thursday: Clap if You Believe

“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.”
Foodie Tuesday: Stuffed Delica Squash

Today, I offer a perfect fall entree' of small delica squash (kabocha) parboiled, stuffed with ground pork, rice, fresh green pepper, garlic, walnuts,&nb… Read full post »
EIGHTH WONDER

You ask if I might love you.
Your question numbs the mind.
Apparently, I am that good,
or can you be that blind?
I've played&nbs… Read full post »
Sunday Sampling: Framed Art
Just a few framed works to share on a Sunday afternoon:

GLITZ

LACEY

EQUIS

LACE, PEARLS & ROSEBUDS

POTTED FERN

ROMA

ABIGAIL IN PINK (my niece...now age 15) Read full post »
Haiku Thursday: Side-by-Side

Twice I followed them
And I was miserable
I returned alone
Twice they followed me
And they were miserable
Motivation Toward Change

“There are essentially two forces that motivate people: self-interest and fear.” ~Anonymous~
It is difficult to argue with the stated opinion, so far as it goes, but it oversimplifies,… Read full post »
Foodie Tuesday: French Onion Soup

4 sweet onions, sliced very thin
1 red onion, sliced very thin
salt and black pepper, to taste
5 cups beef stock
2 bay leaves
1/2 pound Gruyere or other Swiss cheese, 6 slices
6 1/2 inch slices French bread, broiler toasted
BEAR NECESSITIES

Become my
well-loved
well-worn
Teddy Bear.
under
my comforter
warm and secure
playful and peaceful
stiffened joints
loosened
by… Read full post »
CRYSTALINE CACHE

Life is a blizzard;
people and moments
like fat, soft, individual snowflakes,
each intricate and unique,
caught on the tongue,
melting on eyelashes,
stinging cheeks,… Read full post »
FLARE

glowing warm
comforting
and
reminiscent
of
long-past
hearth fires
and
the occasional
searing inferno.
Who knew
that
you would
with
but a whisper
Haiku Thursday: Beside Myself

Walking hand in hand
Inexplicably I find
TOP DOWN

Not this time.
This time we build
from the top down.
Creative Expression
supported by:
Intellect
supported by:
Foodie Tuesday: Pepperoni, Lentil and Pasta Soup

4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large white onion, finely diced
1 14 ounce can tomatoes, roughly chopped, juice reserved
8 ounces ditalini (small pasta tubes) or similar short pasta
6 1/2 ounces pepperoni sausage, thinly sliced
1. &/…
Political Pearls from Will

Will Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was one of my grandfathers’ (one Republican, one Democrat) heroes. One or both of them regularly quoted him whenever “modern” politics continued upon its’ apparently unchang/… Read full post »
Tapping the Wisdom of Solomon

Solomon, king of the Israelites, was particularly known for his wisdom, most notably, his “judgment” regarding the rightful mother of an infant. One had rolled over on her own baby during the night and inadvertent… Read full post »
Mothership's Favorites
Updates
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Kill Kill Kill...Kill Your Turkey
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Patriots at Saints -- Must see Monday Night Football
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Outside Looking In
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Jodi vs. Mrs. Beeton - Failure Tastes Victorian
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Stung by Critics, World Series of Poker Increases Charity
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Dependence and Aging Parents
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In our Play
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Texas Republicans: No Honor Among Thieves












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