Microfiction Monday #68: Cap'n & Crusty

Welcome friends...thanks for coming by. We're seeking beauty in all of creation... in our faith and our families; our art and our music; our crafts and kitchens, and even in our own backyard. We'll share a poem or a recipe, a picture or a memory; maybe a dream of how we wish our life could be. And though we acknowledge that the world can be harsh, we're keeping it pleasant in our little corner; endeavoring to keep the words from the Book of all Books: ...Whatsoever things are lovely; think on these things.

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Photo: Bee and thistle: Taken high in the Cascade Mountains where there is a bee buzzing on every thistle. by Debora Rorvig

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Microfiction Monday #68: Cap'n & Crusty

Crusty: "Cap'n, I ain't ever seen sech a big bar o' soap in all my days!"
Cap'n: "Crusty, You ain't never seen any kind o bar o' soap in all yer days!"

Microfiction Monday, where a picture paints 140 characters, or even fewer. It's hosted by Stoney River. For more information clic http://www.stonyriver.ie/p/microfiction-monday.html.

7 comments:

Peggy said...: Now that was a LOL moment for me.
I can really hear these two saying such things.

PS I really love your header picture, so clean and full of spring! :); January 31, 2011 at 7:00 AM
Doc FTSE said...: Debora . . you have an apostrophe before "thingsthat . . " etc in your URL in the Linking List, so browsers can't open the page unless the reader spots what's wrong. That's probably why you have only 2 comments so far on your amusing post.; January 31, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Doctor FTSE said...: Thanks for your comment on my MFM.

You ask how I found the error in your link (No 27) on Stony River's link list.

When I clicked your link, my browser (Safari on a Mac) said "Cannot find the page "http://'things etc.
I guessed the apostrophe was a typo, and when I erased it (in my URL bar) your page opened OK.
I think only Stony River can correct the error in your link on her list. The best you can do for yourself is make a new link on the list - without the typo, of course!

Best regards

FTSE; January 31, 2011 at 11:42 PM
Lucy Westenra said...: I use Mac's Safari browser (like Dr. FTSE?) and spotted the mistake in your URL no bother. Something else Windows 7 doesn't do properly? (I know Bill Gates Rules the World, but one day the world will rumble him!)

I like your interpretation of the picture-prompt. Posted mine very late.; February 3, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Lucy Westenra said...: Debora . . when I click your new links, my URL bar (on my Mac) still shows
http://'www.thingsthatarelovely.blogspot.com/
Notice the apostrophe after//

and my browser screen says "Safari cannot open the page http://'www.thingsthatarelovely.blogspot.com/"

I can't tell you how the apostrophe gets into your links when you put in your URL, but to open your post correctly, all I need to do is erase the apostrophe in my URL bar and press "Enter"

Hope this helps!; February 4, 2011 at 5:49 AM
Jinksy said...: I've just used this:-
http://thingsthatarelovely.blogspot.com/2011/01/microfiction-monday-68-capn-crusty.html
and found your page straight away! Hope this helps!; February 5, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Jinksy said...: P.S. You can email me direct if you need an explanation... pennysmith5@btinternet.com; February 5, 2011 at 2:40 PM

I Am From

I Am From...

by Debora Rorvig

I am from a lumber mill worker’s company house
with peeling paint and a sidewalk made of two by fours.
From faded flannel shirts that smell of pine and cedar boughs.

I am from Mason Jars of homed-canned pears,
from Dairygold milk with cream on top
in bottles on the porch.

I am from a garden plot with rows and rows of golden corn
that always wanted hoeing,
and from atop the highest branches of the Gravenstein apple tree in the Attolini’s orchard-
with apple juice dripping from my chin.

I am from saurkraut and wooden shoes-
the Millers and the Youngedykes,
and from the lively Scottish clan
who wear the McKinnon tartan.

From farmers and woodsmen
plain folk all,
who’s hands were calloused hard
but who’s hearts were tender-soft.

I am from ‘what will the neighbors think’
and ‘if you can’t say something nice,
don’t say anything at all.’

From saints and sinners who didn’t see eye to eye
but loved each other anyway,
and in their own way.

I am from the Western shores of Washington
strewn with agates, kelp and driftwood,
from Steelhead salmon, salty smoked
and chowder made from clams we dug
at Semiahmoo spit.

I am from my mother Ruby,
who taught me how to sew
on the old Singer treadle machine;
and told me all about my heritage.

And from my daddy, Raymond Claude
who took me nightcrawler hunting in the moonlight
and showed me how to bait my hook
and fish along the Nooksack River’s edge.

I am from an ancient, tattered Holy Bible kept safely on the upper shelf
with pictures of Jesus Christ
and a letter edged in black- carefully tucked inside.
There are births and deaths recorded there,
and a poem by great- great grandfather Alexander Laughlin Mckinnon
who I never met--and yet I know him
better than some I’ve met.

Precious is that Book to me.

And that is where I am from.

My Life List

*Seek first the Kingdom
*Never stop dreaming
*Make a difference in my students' lives
*Create alternate streams of income to fund my goals
*Dress with flair
*Master virbrato on my violin
*Try cross country skiing in Eastern Washington
*Lose those extra pounds and be healthy
*Be more active in my church
*Stop fearing things, people and confrontation; say what I think
*Stop Hurrying
*Inspire my grandchildren
*Own a Cottage on the Beach
*Live the Word
*Memorize the Book of Hebrews
*Find the perfect hairdo
*Be myself
*Look up old friends and make new ones
*Remodel the kitchen and bathroom
*Make my garden lovely
*Sleep under the stars in the desert and hear coyotes howl
*Write and publish a book(s)
*Travel toRio de Janiero, Cape Breton, South of France, Italy,Scotland, Wales, UK, Ireland, Norway, Turks & Caicos, New York City and the Eastern Seaboard; The Deep South, Africa

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Microfiction Monday #68: Cap'n & Crusty

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