well 2007 is almost history. whew! what a yr. it was going ok until the day after Christmas. i came down with a nasty bug! started w/ a sore throat and now SIX days later, i barely have a voice. at first i thought it was strep throat, but not. anyway. just wanted to say i couldn't have made it without my mom, my boyfriend and my neighbor! Mom made a couple of trips over with med's and chic soup. any my honey made several trips over with some homemade delicious soup, fresh fruits and veggies and he even did my laundry and brought it to me! my neighbor just dropped off a batch of his "infamous" homemade (for Good Luck) blackeye pea dip with some crackers and a bottle of Bubbly!! God bless them ALL!!!
and to all you folks out there in blogland (those whom i haven't lost to MySpace, YouTube, FaceBook, etc) here's hoping 2008 will be happy, healthy, prosperous and GREAT!

Joy to the World!

Peace on earth,
Good will toward men,
Rejoice, our Savior is born!

Wild Black Stallion
untameable, unstoppable, unbreakable
Always been free
Who am I
to stop him?
But the feelings
of Love
Want to hold him
caress him, tame him --
But it will not be
The Black Stallion
is free
And no matter
how much
you love him,
You cannot have him --
You can capture him,
But you can
never tame him,
The will
is stronger
than the flame,
And your heart
will be crushed
beneath his
thundering hooves.
--MKM

Happiness. Health. Hope.
But our words are just a reminder about our actions. Live deliberately, sacrifice for what is truly important, and above all, in these times -- and all times -- trust your heart.

-- John Edwards

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountain is going home; that wilderness is necessity; that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.
-- John Muir

The snowflakes
drift silently down,
enveloping the world
in a white shroud;
Into a silent world,
Soft, serene, quiet --
a winter wonderland,
observed all alone.
Serenity falls softly
like the snowflakes;
all around,
drifting slowly
to the ground,
In a sweet reverie
that is unbroken
by sound,
creating its own
environment;
Calm, peaceful, tranquility --
like a vast
endless sea.

--MKM

Raggedy, torn, tattered --
favorite old T-shirt,
frayed at the edges
like a well-worn
favorite old novel
with the pages well-read
and turned down
to remember
some favorite
passage
similiar to
our own
fragile passing
through life
Raggedy, torn, tattered --
we can only hope
we are comforted
by those
who love us
even though we
are raggedy
and worn,
And pray
we're not thrown away
before our time is through.

--MKM