SOUL FOOD

Barbara Ward-Finneran

Watching the sun dissapear behind the clouds as the sky is decorated in amber and pink light - golden brilliance glowing to frame a cloud from behind - darkness falling yet promising the light remains - only out of our sights for the moment...

Keep the promises that you make to yourself!

Photo Courtesy of Barbara Ward-Finneran and Drawn 2 Design, LLC

All Rights Reserved

Will you remember me?

DRL is most grateful to Officer John A. Pasko for sharing his story with us to complete our Police Memorial Week Tribute to: "Those Who Wear The Shield."

So much to learn, so little time. We must ask ourselves, "what’s so special about my life that others will wish to remember me?"

 When I was young, the dreams of becoming rich and famous were in every thought. As I grew older and seeking to identify, I found myself asking others, “ What shall I be? I want to be something that very few can achieve. I want to be something unique and different, so that others will remember me.” Although there are many, many professions that we could take on, there was only one calling, that was patiently waiting for me.  As I read the instructions on life how to be this or that, the calling that we gravitated too, was the farthest from our thoughts. It was finally realized later in life, it is a policeman that we shall be. They say, life is like a train ride and is filled with many stops along the way. We get on. We ride. We get off. We get back on and ride some more. There are some accidents and there are delays. At certain stops there are surprises. Some of these will unequivocally translate into great moments of joy; some will result in profound sorrow, leaving us to say, there’s nothing else we can do. 

Some people on the train will leave an everlasting impression when they leave your side.  Some will get on and get off the train so quickly, that they will scarcely leave a sign that they ever traveled along with you or ever crossed your path. Some people on the train will leave an everlasting impression when they get off.  As time went on and we grew of age, I wished to follow my beloved fathers path. With his shiny star pinned to his chest, with his uniform neatly tailored and freshly pressed, a shadow of a hero was the image that was projected as he stood in the shining rays of the God given sun.  

I never understood why my mother would worry so much, as he stepped out the door after he readied himself for work, or when he called home and said he’d would be late for the family event, because he was still at work, dealing with some drunken jerk.

Celebrity birthdays on May 21

Singer Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers is 69.
Actor Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica) is 65.
Actress Carol Potter (Beverly Hills, 90210) is 62.
Singer Leo Sayer is 62.
Actor Mr. T is 58.
Actor Judge Reinhold is 53.
Actor Brent Briscoe (A Simple Plan) is 49.
Actress Lisa Edelstein is 42.
Actress Fairuza Balk (The Waterboy) is 36.
Rapper Havoc is 36.
Actress Ashlie Brillault (Lizzie McGuire) is 23.
Actress Sarah Ramos (American Dreams) is 19.

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY MAY 21

1904 - Federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms in Paris
1906 - Louis H Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars
1907 - 32nd Preakness: G Mountain aboard Don Enrique wins in 1:45.4
1908 - 1st horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago
1908 - Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th
1914 - 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8
1914 - Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota
1916 - Britain begins "Summer Time" (Daylight Savings Time)
1917 - Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I
1917 - The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 takes place.
1918 - House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote
1921 - Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co
1922 - "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize
1922 - Col Ruppert buys out Col Huston interest in NY Yankees for $1,500,000
1922 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie)
1922 - Ruppert buys out Huston interest in Yankees for $15 million

ZOMBIE MANIA

Jacksonville Zombie Walk

Marion Pellicano Ambrose


I loved Dawn’s post “The End of the World”  and went on to check out one of the links about Zombie preparedness. It was awesome! The CDC capitalized on the current popularity of Zombies to stress disaster readiness. It made me think of the latest craze here in the South, Zombie Walk!   Held annually in many larger cities, participants dress up as different types of zombies or zombie fighters and parade the main streets, frequent businesses and restaurants and generally have a blast!

The Golden Angel

For Gabby

A slender white candle burned brightly,

Spreading its warm glow across the glass

Bringing joy to all who saw its beauty,

Warming by its glow as they would pass.

A sudden, cold wind blew cruelly,

Threatening to douse the golden light.

Though many held their hands about to save it,

The flame was quenched and left us all in night.

The dismal darkness settled down inside us,

Gripping all our hearts in its cold hand,

Ending all our dreams of a bright future,

Making it so hard to understand.

But Faith will never leave us quite completely,

God is never distant from our side,

And now beside Him stands a lovely angel

With golden sunlight shining in her eyes.

We do not know just why she had to leave us,

But even though her time with us was brief,

She filled our lives with love and joy and laughter,

And these memories will help us through our grief.

Rest easy now beloved golden angel,

Our tears will dry, our hearts begin to mend.

We’ll hold you in our thoughts and in our memories,

Until that time when we shall meet again.

                                                                                 

                                                                       

DID YOU MISS... HART'S DESIRE ON FIRE?

Paradise's Pleasure

Can fantasy measure up to reality?

Jillian B. Hart

  

They had shared so much.  An affair of emotions that dripped in fantasy.  Distance, time and circumstance robbed them of interaction.  Theirs was a virtual world of dreams and indiscretions.  Yet, she often wondered... if ever --- would all they imagined ever measure up?  Could reality move the world off it's axis - like the words and interchanges on a screen - left her breathless and wet with desire?  She closed her lash rimmed eyes and shook off the thoughts - refocusing on their last interaction as she lay in her bed.  A long sexy breath escapes her as she closes her eyes to lose herself in the memory...

WANNA LAUGH?!?!

Last week Murph went out drinking. When he left the bar a cop spotted him stumbling around in the parking lot. The officer went to him & asked him what he's doing.
"I think someone stole my car!" Shouts Murph.
The officer asks, "Where was it when you last saw it?"
Murph replies, "At the end of dis keeeeeeeee......."
With that the officer notices that Murph's pants are down & his junk is out.
The cop asks, "Are you aware that you are exposing yourself for the world to see?"
Murph yells, "Oh shit!! They got my girlfriend too!!"

PARANORMAL PUB - GHOSTS IN THE WHITE HOUSE PART II

MARION AMBROSE PELLICANO

When John F. Kennedy was elected as our 35^th president, on November 8, 1960, no one dreamed that his presidency would end in such tragedy. The same was true when Abraham Lincoln was elected November 5, 1860. Both men have much more in common than being US Presidents who were assassinated. The ghosts of both presidents have been reported to be seen, on occasion, staring out the window of the Oval Office. But this is only the beginning of the similarities and coincidences. Here is a list that has been compiled. Some of the items have been questioned as to their accuracy, but most are documented facts.

LUNCH TIME POLL

Dawn Boyle

I have said before I am not an American Idol fan...last night they sent home Haley who gave the best performance this week as per my husband who is a VERY BIG FAN. 

Did they get it right? 

Over 95 million people voted to have Scott & Lauren be in the final, will you watch next week?   Will you vote?