…TRULY BEAT THE ODDS?
[ANSWER: AFTER 35 YEARS]
12-18-2013:
HAPPY 35TH
TO MY BIGGEST FAN
[from yours!]
XMAS 1978 and XMAS 1979
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
FOR YOU: THE WILL STILL REIGNS!
At
20 years of age, the ‘will’ reigns; at 30, the wit;
and at 40, the judgment.
Benjamin Franklin
12-7-2013…
Our Pearl Harbor ‘surprise’
(i.e., 20 years ago)!!
And
many happy returns…
XOX,
your family.
P.S. …and don’t be so ‘cavalier’
about no longer being a teenager!!!!!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
WHEN LOSS IS SUDDEN…
NOVEMBER REQUIEM
by Lisa Porter-Grenn
‘Mid Fall’s
unfruitful clutches,
Looms an anecdotal
breeze;
The
frozen, slattern sky above
Has
brought us to our knees.
Beneath
the siege of rage
and tears,
Breathe strains of
’63:
A man, a car, his
wife, three shots…
(Where were those gods that
be?)
Out from that day
that conquered me,
A
child of six, or so;
I garner praise
for hands of grace
That
stayed my childlike soul.
It was a
school-day, some recall:
A Friday,
if you will;
A place named
‘Dallas’ fell apart…
Under its
weight, grew ill.
We sensed
life’s wrath, the scent of death;
Bereavement
rocks us still;
Hence,
let all memory worn by years
Beseech
us NOT to kill.
Adults
who’d never shed one tear
Donned
weary masks of pity,
The
master of our fate cried out,
(A death
knell… claimed our cities).
L.P.-Grenn copyright 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
A MOMENT IN TIME … [ our TIME ]
Margaret,
child: “you’re grieving”,
Over
nature’s gold dis-leaving;
Autumn
bows to earth's protection:
Gentle winds of insurrection...
Ah,
as our souls grow older,
They
do wear their wounds much bolder;
By
and by, through gracious sighs,
They
seek that place where nothing dies;
And
yet (and yet) souls still weep:
We know why…
Hence,
no matter what thy name
Sorrowing
springs yield all the same;
No
sobriquet can quite express
The
love left bare once fall’s undressed:
‘Tis
the scar our minds were made for
Yes, (it’s “Margaret” that I mourn for).
Adaptation of G. Manley’s poem by Lisa Porter-Grenn
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
IT'S THAT TIME OF THE SEASON...FOR BIRTHDAYS!
10-9-13 : CAN 'IT' BE TRUE ?!?!
WELL YES IT IS!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO YOU!!!
**********
HAPPY B’DAY, J.J. !!
FONDLY,
THE
GRENN CLAN
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