| Author | Message | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Advanced Member Username: garyb Post Number: 4044 Registered: 07-2001 |
tub full of suds naked boys follow denim gingham new water into the east wind sheets drift freshly washed clouds grandma’s lace patted dry Threadday each sock toe each shirt trousers machines tear wild play rips thread the needle black for white cloth blue for red orange for dishcloth roses Butterday docile Guernsey touchy Holstein in separator thick cream turn the handle hours on end the gang swimming fresh bread and gooseberry jam Eggday Big Red crows moon over the barn feathers fluffed each cluck an egg among nettles free-range near the wheelbarrow red wagon on a dusty road Pieday cherries pitted green apples cored oven hot cinnamon air flakey crust the tops egg washed packed for market filberts fresh from the tree Townday hitch the team load the wagon pocket full of change fair’s in town Mam shows wares Pap finds jug pennies burn pocket dreams of stolen kisses Bookday avast take that varmit gallop across moors a shot wide right swing through trees rocket into space save the girl wide-eyed at Grandpa’s fibs Drop in read the new MindFire, 2005's first Go in through http://www.mindfirerenew.com/ to get to the issue in a click or two. | ||
| SplinterGroup
Valued Member Username: splinter Post Number: 829 Registered: 11-2003 |
Love it--the tone and the images are great. The "homey" feel is done expertly and the sense of nostalgia is well used | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Advanced Member Username: garyb Post Number: 4064 Registered: 07-2001 |
Thanks much, Alan. Gary Drop in read the new MindFire, 2005's first Go in through http://www.mindfirerenew.com/ to get to the issue in a click or two. | ||
| Kathy Paupore
Intermediate Member Username: kathy Post Number: 2054 Registered: 12-2003 |
Gary, what a fun read, felt like I was right there on the farm. Such innocent days you capture. Like how you put it all together. Let's go to the county fair!  K | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Advanced Member Username: garyb Post Number: 4073 Registered: 07-2001 |
Kathy, thanks very much. Gary who is renaming seasons and years Drop in read the new MindFire, 2005's first Go in through http://www.mindfirerenew.com/ to get to the issue in a click or two. | ||
| D.J. Clowes
Board Administrator Username: sis Post Number: 219 Registered: 11-1998 |
Ah Mr B. You have always had a talent for capturing the essence of things that we so often forget about in these days of high technology. I wonder sometimes what we would do if all the technology were to be taken from us. Would we remember how to do these things that once those before us did every day? I like your renaming. They conjur good things that make me feel like I am walking around with a bowl of oatmeal over my head (obscure reference to an old Quaker oatmeal commercial). *LOL* wolf hugs and nehi flavored lifesavers, Sis | ||
| E V Brooks
Intermediate Member Username: lia Post Number: 1145 Registered: 12-2003 |
A wonderful read Gary. The wording, lack of punc. and the movement allows the images to spill onto the page... truly inspiring, thanks. lia | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Advanced Member Username: garyb Post Number: 4100 Registered: 07-2001 |
Sis, thanks. These came from the dishtowels my mother used to sew - Monday to wash, Tuesday to iron, etc. I loved those things with their kittens and rabbits. Thanks, Lia and Sis for the kind words. Gary BTW, most of the way we live really is low tech... Drop in read the new MindFire, 2005's first Go in through http://www.mindfirerenew.com/ to get to the issue in a click or two. | ||
| Laurie Byro
Intermediate Member Username: lauriette Post Number: 1023 Registered: 11-2003 |
i like this gary NOT as much as the last one I read, but very good work in my opinion lb | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Advanced Member Username: garyb Post Number: 4107 Registered: 07-2001 |
Laurie, I agree. For different tastes. Thanks. Gary Drop in read the new MindFire, 2005's first Go in through http://www.mindfirerenew.com/ to get to the issue in a click or two. |
