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oh Parker! April 8-- my favorite uncle was a gentle giant, "the masked strength of a cherished uncle" April 10--i love a good metaphor, heck even mixed metaphors! lol! April 11-- love poem to a pair of boots, that's great i used to love backpacking! April 13 -- oh those first signs of spring! April 14--we all like an audience Parker, i'm so glad that @Mikiesboy introduced me to your work!

Parker these are all so wonderful! but these two, oh wow! April 1 has a pleading quality that makes me want to scoop you into a big hug! April 3 "yellow room" starts with a feeling of nostalgia, and then WHAMO! but a well done WHAMO! all the feels, as they say i'm looking forward to finishing these out, Parker

you are amazing i am consistently blown away by your work and this little gem: i giggle every time i read it today i know i say it every time, and i hope you don't think i'm just blowing smoke but thank you, thank you for sharing your talent with us

i never even thought about heating it Kitt! lol thanks for reading and joining the conversation

thanks Renee it's so important for you to be careful now and that hot oatmeal thing, it wasn't really difficult after the first bites, and the raisins plump up so nicely! thanks for reading and participating in the conversation

i'll look forward to that recipe, and the story of it being made Sir thanks for reading and for your support

good for you A! thanks for reading and participating in the conversation

it really has been easy to do, Reader. no hassle at all would you let me know if you try it?

thanks tim! Phil is happy with me too, and that feels very good it's all beginning to pay off, i think ohh yes, granola! love ya too!

You all know that tim is a dear, dear friend. And you may have gathered that was me he was talking about in the blog. Well, i wanted to update you on some things. First off, about 3 weeks ago, i was told that i had to limit my coffee to just 2 cups (ok they are 20 ounce cups) and that i wasn’t to have a can of soda with lunch anymore. i am to drink at least one 32 ounce bottle of water a day, and look to increasing that. i have noticed some changes from just this little change. i’m not snacking in the afternoon, and not falling asleep on the couch as soon as my butt hits it. i may have noticed a difference in my skin, but too soon to tell on that. At this point i'm at about 1 and ½ bottles a day. What makes this so challenging for me is that i really dislike water. It’s sometimes got a funny taste, or it’s got no taste at all so why bother? There’s also this thing that i can’t drink cold beverages that aren’t like GLACIAL cold. As soon as the water in the bottle, cup or glass has no ice, i’m done. What’s helped greatly, besides tim’s encouragement, is that i’m adding limes, lemons, mint, and cucumber to my water. i’ve found a water bottle that has a little basket thing in it for just this reason. Lime and cucumber are so far the winner! So that’s one change i’ve made. After talking with tim last week, in a conversation that was the precursor to the blog post, i committed to trying “refrigerator oatmeal” every day for breakfast. i’m not a breakfast eater, not hungry in the morning. In fact, the thought of food in the morning turns my stomach. i chose this as it would be the easiest thing for me in the morning, as mornings with 17 year olds can be rather hectic. he and i talked about recipes, his is in the blog, and i looked up several different versions. i bought some nice plastic bowls with tight fitting lids, the old fashioned rolled oats, some good cinnamon, golden and regular raisins. i’m using ½ cup oats, and about a tablespoon of each type of raisin and a healthy sprinkle of cinnamon. i shake it up to mix it, then cover it with milk. i’m using 2% lowfat. i’ve found that putting it together takes no time at all, and i’m doing it right after dinner, while the kitchen is being cleaned up. So, i’m on day 3 as i write this and there are a few things i’ve begun to notice. Most impressive is that i've not forgotten my breakfast at home once. After getting past the whole “But oatmeal should be hot” thing, i'm able to eat it all. i’m also ready to eat lunch at lunchtime. Previously, i wasn’t always ready to eat at noon. Surprising me the most is that yesterday and today, i was actually hungry by the time i got to work. This, y'all this, is big. Just thought i'd let you know what’s happening, and maybe show you that what tim was talking about, eating real food, doesn’t have to be a big production. If you missed the original blog post, you can find it HERE my thanks always to tim, he's always been so encouraging and is so very dear to my heart

thank you again @Carlos Hazday another wonderful group of authors and questions hhmmm, now to come up with questions for staffers.......

Jeremy lives a very regimented life, and he has a secret. Marco, the waiter at the restaurant he goes to every Tuesday, can help you learn that secret. If he folds your note to Jeremy just so, that is. Lucky for you, all you need do is read this short story from MacGreg to discover it. This short story, in which a given idiom must be represented literally, takes the reader on a journey through Jeremy's night at Ricci's restaurant. Read it, i'm sure the ending will crack you up too!

this is a powerful collection of poems. are they full of flowers, rainbows and sunshine? no, not this collection. what it is full of, however, is powerful, raw emotion. tim uses his gift here to purge the darkness,and deal with hurt. i recommend a trip through them, though, they are that good.

If the last time you read poetry it was dry and pretentious, so now you "don't do poetry" then this is the spot for you. The poems of tim, Mikiesboy, are the antidote you need. Unlike those dusty, dry things we all had to read in school, these poems deal with things we're all familiar with, delivered in a way that goes right to the heart. tim has a gift, he uses poetry to make sense of his/our world. From the capriciousness of Spring, to the sadness of a tragedy. This particular collection contains verses that deal with pain, death, love and pizza! Yes, you read that right, there is an Ode to Pizza in this collection. (and it made me want a large supreme!) One of the beautiful things about tim's work is that it means something different things to different people, and he loves that! he even mentions that in comments to the final poem in this NaPoWriMo offering. Do yourself a favor, click on it, go ahead. i think you'll like what you read.

oh Dolores, that was wonderful! what a great take on the idiom, with a wonderful hard left turn at the end!

that was cleverly done! so glad you participated!

my daughter introduced me to steampunk and i found that i enjoyed it! your idiom seemed to scream for it and this was a fun little romp in that genre can't wait to see if you decide to try it again!

oh that was fun! i'm so glad you played the game!

it's always a pleasure reading for you and oh i do love these guys! nice job with the idiom

nicely done Sir! not at all what i expected from Jeremy

i never tire of reading what you write the 25th brought back wonderful memories of growing up in the mountains in Colorado the 28th may join the affirmations on my desk this week i'm glad you choose to do this, thank you

thanks tim your support means so much

@Mikiesboy this weekend, i'll be buying Old Fashioned Oats, the whole kind, some nice, no sugar added dried fruits, and some small canning jars thank you for the reminder that food is important

another well done week, tim! the 15th is wonderful, and i adore the sing songy quality. in fact, when i read it, it was almost song-like the 16th and 17th speak right to my heart, that's one friend none of us need ever see again, and the 21st, i love when your mom visits us in your poetry thank you again for sharing with us

i'm always honored to read for you, that you trust me with your art means so much.