Summary of July 26, 2008 Meeting
Summary of July 26, 2008 Meeting
Greetings to all:
On Saturday, July 26, at 9 a.m. Pacific, noon Eastern, the Explorations in Creative Writing Group met in the friends of bookshare classroom. This session was devoted to sharing of writing pieces, which will be posted on the friends of bookshare site alphabetically by author's last name.
During the meeting, we will be studying the second part of the chosen curriculum, "Writing what You Know", which can be found at:
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2799
Keep hitting 2 until you hear: Heading Level 2 The everyday All links that we will use for the meeting's curriculum are found under that heading. Click them in the order given, & you should be fine.
Even if you've never attended before, you're more than welcome to join us next Saturday, August 2, 9:00 a.m. Pacific, noon Eastern, in the friends of Bookshare classroom:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs0f1c528bd81b
&, of course, all regular attendees are encouraged to attend also.
Everyone's participation is very much appreciated.
An alternative way of getting to the meeting room is to go to the friends of bookshare homepage, http://www.friendsofbookshare.org & click on the friends of bookshare classroom meeting room link.
First-time participants will need to download the web conferencing plugin prior to entering the room, there is a section for 1st-time users prior to logging in.
As always, if I may be of assistance, please contact me at:
abletec@gmail.com
The topics for the week are:
1. Starry starry night
2) Green Fields;
3) Autumn leaves
4) Sunshine on my shoulder
5) Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
6) Wildfire
7) Time in a Bottle
Or anything else that strikes your fancy!
Please keep pieces to about 5 minutes in length or approximately 1000 words. You are welcome to send your work to me at abletec@gmail.com prior to the meeting to be put into the browser, but try to have these by Friday night, as stuff tends to get hectic on Saturday mornings.
My Best Friend
Gail Johnson
I have a best friend named Patty. Patty is two years younger than I am. We both grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. She and I both met at the Hawaii School for the Blind. Patty has always been in poor health. I liked her from the beginning and would play with her when the other girls stayed in a click. I haven't seen Patty for many years. I know that when we do see each other it will be as if nothing has changed.
The Things I'll Miss in Heaven
Jackie McBride
Sometimes I ask myself what heaven might be like, &, if I ever make it there, would there be anything I'd miss. Initially that seems rather an oxymoron, since, if heaven is heaven, it should be perfect, & one wouldn't miss anything there. Somehow, though, I don't think that's quite right--there are just gonna be some things they flat won't allow in heaven, & I for 1 am gonna miss at least some of them. So, from last to first, here are the things I think I'll miss most.
Beer. How do I know I'll miss beer? I already do! Since my bout with cancer, I decided drinkin might not necessarily be a good idea, & therefore ODoole's has had to serve as a substitute for a cold brewsky, but in the broiling Arizona heat, there's nothing like a cold suds. Why won't they have beer in heaven, you ask? Well, haven't you heard that song: "In heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here...? I think that's pretty much right. I mean, we know there's wine in heaven--the bible says that--but wine is a genteel drink, on the order of Kalua or Creme De Menthe or Bailey's Irish Cream. But beer is not genteel. It's associated with smoke-enshrouded bars & pool games & poker, things I'm sure heaven will be distinctly lacking in.
Not only that, but can you imagine right in the middle of a grand choir performance, a choir member letting out a big loud beer birp? Or having to get up & make a bee-line for the b-room because, as everyone knows, you don't buy beer, only rent it, & the beer picked that particular moment to demand to make its grand exit? No, I think the song is right--in heaven there is no beer.
The next thing I'll miss is my computer. What's wrong with computers, you ask--why won't they have them in heaven? Well, for several reasons. First, what do folks normally say when their computer acts up? It is almost never "praise the Lord!", or "Alleluia!"
No--generally its either outright profanity or a thinly verniered disguise for profanity like "darn" or "shoot". & even though they may say "darn" or "shoot", you know what they're really thinkin! & that just cannot be allowed in heaven. "Well," you say, "if there were a computer that read your mind & always did what you wanted it to, then there could be computers in heaven, right?" If you were lookin at your computer screen & saw a magnificent specimen of a person of your gender of preference pop up on the screen, would you really want the computer reading your mind? I mean, if it had the capacity to do that, it could taddle on you to God--is that really what you want? Uh huh, I thought not.
Then there's the internet, which has porn. Heaven could put a filter on it, you say, to cut out the nasties. But then you'd have the hackers from hell working constantly to circumvent the filter & get porn into heaven. & last but not least, there's email, with all the jokes about how Bill Clinton was minding his own business sitting in a refrigerator that was used by a gguy to kill another man whom he believed was doin' it with his wife, etc. No, they just can't allow computers, no matter how we might wish otherwise, & I for 1 am gonna miss it.
The last thing I'm gonna miss in heaven is sex. What, you say, no sex?
How do you know this? Well, the bible says there won't be any marrying or giving in marriage, so what does that tell you? I mean, they certainly can't allow it to occur illicitly. Not only so, but can't you just picture 2 people doin' it, &, suddenly hearing the voice of an angel, who sounds for all the world like Tes on "Touched by an Angel" saying, "I know what you're doin' in there, Baby." Can you imagine the explosion of profanity that little announcement would engender? & last but not least, would you really wanna do it in front of God and everybody? Yeah, I thought not. So I'm thinkin in heaven there isn't gonna be any woopee, & I, for 1, think I'll miss it a lot.
Do you think hell will have these things, you ask? & my reply is "absolutely". The beer will be hot, the computers will have perpetual technical problems, such that the moment you fix it, the same problem will occur & you'll have to fix it again, & the sex won't be any good.
So, although hell will have the things I'll miss, & heaven won't, guess which choice I'd make if I had 1? Well, you're absolutely right.
SENSATIONS
Lillian Way
The touch of flesh against flesh;
The velvety softness of four, moist
Lips pressed gently together;
Two mouths, gliding sideways,
Slowly exploring each other;
Hesitantly parting, ever so slightly
Acutely aware of the vibrant power within;
The rapid increasing of breaths;
Tongues tentatively examining;
Discovering each other's size and shape; Delicately caressing smooth surfaces; Tasting the sweet nectar of passion; Stirring twinges and tingles of warmth;
The gentle awakening of arousal.
THE END