Before I am Famous

Can you belive the famous painting “American Gothic” has been around for 75 years? Amazing. The house pictured in the background is a real home and you can go and have your picture taken in front of it. The woman in the picture is Wood’s sister and the man is his dentist. The couple did not pose together for this painting, it is all a creation from Wood himself.

Many people have many different meanings about what the painting means. For me, it means this. The couple is a married couple and they are farmers. They could live in any state . They live a hard life. She is younger than he but you can tell farming is taking a toll on her because she still has beauty about her. He is a hardworking man who I always thought perfered to be in the barn or in the fields.

She wears the pants in the family and he lets her be the boss. In the painting she looks angry at him probably for wearing his good coat while he is doing farm work. He is thinking I wish I could use this pitchfork on her. He is sad and wants to get back to work. It seems if cameras were readily available back then this a qucik snapshot that one of his kids took. Neither one of them want to be in but do it for them. They are captured in one single moment of their lives.

A moment we can all relate to. The house with it’s gothic window knows all and sees all. Bringing us back to the old adage if these walls could talk, what would they say?

Have a nice day.

The sun is bright today, placed somewhere in the baby blue-eyed sky.
A mixed wind, smelling of fire and hickory smoke with warmth swirled
inside slap the earth and her inhabitants.

And I can’t help to think of you.
I see the words you said and the actions you did
masquerade as paper thin clouds that drift slowly through my mind.

Stranded am I, in crazy dreams, wishes and hopes. No matter how
hard I try, I am not free.
The wind hits me but I am strong and still.
The sun embraces me yet I am still cold and frosty.
The leaves encircle me but I am unable to touch and feel them.
The trees swing yet I am blind and deaf.

As your words shocked and stunned me, now the memories
are blurry and forgotten. I wonder, did I forget on purpose to
prevent misunderstanding and heartbreak?

Probably, I hear myself answer. After all you made a big
impact on me like a meteorite the size of Texas hitting the
Earth. And after all you made me feel real good even if you
didn’t try.

After all that is said and done,
After all that is laughed and cried,
After all that is fought and won,
After all that is given and taken,
After all that is real and imaginary,

I will always keep a place for you
in my sky. You’ll be my north star
shining so bright so
I’ll never be lost at night.

He carries her into their new home. She goes back into the bedroom to take off her wedding dress. He turns on some Ella Fitzgerald, lights the candles in the living room and pours champagne. She reappers wearing a silky robe. He smiles at her and she smiles back.

“Come on over Mrs. Mulrooney,” he says and pats the couch. She comes to him and he grabs her hands and gently kisses them.

“So, Jason, are we going to make this marriage official or not?” Daylene says to him.

“You better believe it,” he says as he pulls her on top of him.

They make love for the first time as husband and wife. When it is all over, she feels the warmth running between her legs. Daylene looks at him and smiles. She knows at that moment, what he is trying to do. She lays next to himon the floor. He embraces her, “You know Daylene, this was the best day of my life.”

“Mine too, “she says quietly. Daylene sees her life flashing before her. Everything is happening so quick, marriage and now maybe a family. Stop thinking like that Daylene scorns herself, you know many people don’t get pregnant the first time around. Oh yeah another voice in her says but it only takes one time.

He pours more champagne and gives her glass. “Is something botherin ya?”

“I don’t know if I’m ready to be a momma yet.”

“Oh, I thought you wanted this. You always said you want to be married before havin kids. I guess I was raised to think that the weddin night was for makin a baby.”

“Well I don’t know, maybe I ain’t. We’ll wait and see I guess.”

“Daylene, I am sorry. I don’t want our life to start like this,” he say to her and kisses her bare shoulders.

“I know, I did you tell that about wantin a family. I shoulda said somethin.”

They fall asleep on the floor. The next morning, Daylene wakes up to blood on the floor. She is happy that she more than likely isn’t pregnant. She gets up dresses herself and cleans the floor. When Jason comes in from picking up coffee and doughnuts, she tells him.

“That’s great, Cuz I was thinkin, we should wait a little while too.”

They hug and kiss deeply.

Happy Thanksgivng

Hope everyone has a good holiday.

I am going to my Uncle’s home near Quakertown for Thanksgiving. It should be a good time. my daughter actually gets play with other children that are close to her age. That will be a first for her. I hope she is nice to them. Sometimes, she can be pretty mean.

Tomorrow ( Black Friday), Chapter 16 of GI Blues Song.

Have a safe holiday.

A few years ago, I had a magnetic poetry set and my friends and I created some verses. Here they are:

In a moment
frantically whispering
sweet, barren, gorgeous language.
I see our essesntial symphony
is freezing
Love is over
it was always cold.

~Jess L.

Delirious rain falls from the sky
My vision clouds
heavy summer smears the breeze
bitter raw storm ends
purple and red pound.

Music fades to nothingness.

~ Megan L.

TV goddess
wears a misty rose gown.
Beautiful,
lusty.
You see her
but you see me not.
Boil the petals of
honey love
produce summer lathers.
Please soar with me
drool over me
worship me
I will for you.

~ Written by me

In my opinion, I don’t believe the sex of person should make a difference for any job. But I feel, that maybe it is time for women to run for president. And political parties should seek candidates that are likable, honest, and has great ideas for this country.

Many other countries have women in power. Germany has instilled their first woman Chancellor. The UNited Kingdom had Margret Thatcher for a Prime Minister. There are many women in politics that I feel would make good candidates fore president. And they are many minorities in Washington just as influential and would make good candidates as well.

We sit around and preach that equality is the best and here in America anybody can do anything and become anyone. With the election only a little more than 2 years away. Let’s think about some different faces for president. This country is 229 years old. That is 229 years of white and rich men as president. It is time to practise what we preach.

Being a woman, that does not mean I would automatically vote for a woman because I choose a candidate based on how they fit with my ideals at the time. I just want to see it happen. I think that it is really time.

Have a nice day.

Who are the Big Ten Champions?

No brainer there, Penn State beat the Michigan State Spartans with a final score of 37-22. It has been a decade since the Lions brought home the Big Ten Championship. A couple of weeks ago I said Penn State would beat them by 10 points but I am very glad that I am wrong. This was a very important game to both teams. For Penn State it was their championship on the line and for Michigan State they needed to win to become bowl eligible.

The Nittany Lions are going to a bowl, not the Rose Bowl unfortunately. CBS predicts will go the Orange Bowl in sunny Florida to play against Virginia Tech. But no one really knows for sure. I would love to see Penn State play either Notre Dame, Alabama, or the number one team in the country USC because I think anyone of those games would be edge of your seat type games.

The BCS ( Bowl College Series) will announce the bowls in couple of weeks. There is some championship games that have to be played yet. When I find out, I will pass along the information.

Congratulations to the Penn State Nittany Lions on your Big Ten Championship!

To leave Iraq that is. YES it is time. The coalition forces have been in Iraq for a couple of years now. The only good thing that had come from this was the usurping of Saddam Hussein.

I was never a full blown supporter of the war in Iraq. I always thought the mastermind behind 9/11 was Osama bin Laden. And last I knew he lives in Afganistan not Iraq. But maybe I just missed something. I was under the assumation George W. was only completing the mission his father failed to complete, ridding Iraq of Hussein.

Okay, so the coalition forces went in and now we are trying to spread freedom to the Iraqi people. I am all for that. I think everyone should be free. We had to fight for our freedom from England. No one came in from another country and decided to rid America of English rule. I am pretty sure the founding fathers decided to become free and sovereign on their own.

If Iraq wants to be free so bad why can’t they step up and start fighting for themselves? What credibility does the Iraqi forces have when then Americans are right behind them wiping their asses and holding their hands? To me this war in Iraq is turning into a war like Vietnam. We will never win. Many Americans will probably become MIA, POW, or die.

I know many people feel that the Americans should stay because Iraq is fragile right now and they might have a civil war. Don’t forget America had a civil war less then a hundred years from the time we became sovereign and we are okay now. Many countries have civil wars and sometimes the country splits or it stays as one.

Maybe America should leave the war to the Iraqis. Stay to only offer humanitarian relief, after all we did cause the distress in the country. We should not poke our noses in other countries problems. We should wait until they ask. It is time to let go of Iraq’s hands and let them walk on their own, they may stumble but they will get back up and keep trying. No government is perfect and so often it is a never-ending learning process.

Night crashes
spreading an unearthly pink glow throughout.

Spiraling to the impending
night sky, is the guardian.

It’s heart breathes rhythmically with each second
into the night.

To the weak and weary sailor,
it’s a symbol of home,
of love,
of happiness.
But of home especially.

One more step closer to home.
One less step away from danger.
And the guardian shows the path to home
where heaven is.

Well a few months ago I said that the state legislature approved a pay increse for themselves and the judicial branch of the government. Well good news- the backlash from this pay increase is causing the state congress to repeal their own raise.

Many voters threatened not to vote for those who voted for the pay increase. Some of these congress people are longtime senators and represenatives and they don’t want to lose their jobs. Of course who would want to be voted out? It is very prestigous to be in politics.

But at least they are listening to us- as they should. I mean we put these people in office they should listen to us and respect our opinions. I am okay with a raise for judges and prosecutors. We need to keep good, tough jusdes in the state and on the bench.

One quick side note about state paid people- Graham Spanier, the president of Penn State makes $492,000.00 a year. I think that is more than the President makes a year. Holy cow, that is a hell of a lot money.