AT THE TABLE ~ FIVE WOMEN AND A MOUNTAIN OF WORDS

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conversation, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Facebook, Gertrude Stein, Happiness, Medicine Wheel, New York Times, postaday, postaweek 2013, Ted Kooser, writing, writing group

My neighborhood hotspot has small plates and long tables. Upbeat, hassle-free, welcoming. It’s where my writing group meets.

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Throughout the winter months, those ferociously l-o-n-g winter months,

when the wind blows and the snow falls and there’s not a hint of spring in the air, picture windows draw in even the palest slant of light ~ the next best thing to being outside.

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So bask in the magic, here’s how life is lived around the communal table ~

IN THE SEATS

Mary, Patty, Sandy, Ency, Ronnie, Sue and Toni in spiritu

WHY THEY CAME

To talk about writing, chuckle, chortle, and guffaw

ON THE PLATES

… and lots and lots of …

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WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT

Droll well-informed discourse about almost drowning in a brook to save a dog, traveling with zip lock bags for underwear and barfing, migranes, bagels with peanut butter, Owl by Ellen Bryant Voigt, the word obligato*, Gertrude Stein who made a fetish of repetition, the word obligato*, (interlude ~ a swoosh of nostalgia), visual pixels, Medicine Wheel, Facebook, working at home, deadlines, lyrical responses to readings, the word obligato*, a writing course, sestinas, Isabel’s first chapter, Ted Kooser, poetry and porcelain thrones.

*At some point in the conversation, it’s appears that the group became fixated on this word. Anyone wish to contest this? My best guess ~ it probably happened.

Toni 3/13/13

 *obbligato |ˌäbləˈgätō|(also obligato )noun ( pl. obbligatos or obbligati |-ˈgätē| ) [ usu. with or as modifier ]an instrumental part, typically distinctive in effect, that is integral to a piece of music and should not be omitted in performance.ORIGIN Italian, literally ‘obligatory,’ from Latin obligatus, past participle of obligare (see oblige)

Our Country Could Fix What Needs Fixing Faster If the 113th Stayed in Washington; 90% of What It’s All About is Showing Up (Woody, did you say this?) Be like the birds; nap; don’t vacation. (Another 420 Character Bird to People 9-Liner)

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be alert Congress--don't leave, Bird, Congress, Congress needs to work more, don't go South Congress, fixing the Hill, Jonathan Miller, make the members go to work, New York Times, No Labels 12 Point Plan, Politics, sleeping habits of birds, stay in Washington 113th, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Congress

Fearful of enemies, ye of the 113th?

Relax and you’ll produce more says NYT;

this means SHORT NAPS,

not “fact-finding” in Turks and Caicos.

1 hour’s nap helps brains as well as 8 hours sleep.

Be like the birds:

They do it all with short bursts of rest, heads just tucked on their backs,

always alert, and ready to move on, sleeping in the same area they work.

So, Congress, no snooze alarms, sleep lightly, have no fear.

PATTY 2/10/13

What Do Nuts, Ticks, Disease, and White-Footed Mice Have to Do with Global Warming and Republicans? Another 9-Liner in 420 Characters.

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acorn crop and ticks, global warming, Lyme Disease, New York Times, Tea Party Republicans deny global warming, Tick, white-footed mice, White-footed Mouse

I watch acorns (and birds). The fewer the acorns, the fewer the white-footed mice,

so Borrelia burgodorferi-infected black-legged ticks roam further afield

so to speak

for their blood meal,

which explains why we birders are getting tons of tick bites and Lyme Disease this year.

It’s all connected, like with global warming.

Yet 70% of Tea Party Republicans say there’s no evidence of global warming.

Nutty,

so to speak.

Patty 8/25/12

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/ecoinf/lyme.jsp

http://www.newsmax.com/US/Gallup-global-warming-climate/2012/03/30/id/434339