Lasting Light Poetry April 12, 2002
Hello Friends ~ What a month this has been so far! We've had showers and sunshine and everything in between. I have written a brand new poem to share, and it is about the value of friendship and closeness. This soothing painting by Robert Williams of a woman and child is also very appropriate for Mother's Day. I hope you like it. Have a look!
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Deja-Vu or Maybe New ~ Here are a couple of my poems you might like to revisit or see for the first time. "Transformation" is a poem I wrote one winter about longing for spring. "Step Lightly" is a poem of mine I favor, because I have always loved the ocean. It brings back memories of wonderful strolls along the shore. Enjoy!
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Lasting Light Update~ I was going through my website last week, and discovered I couldn't remember where to find some of my own poems. It didn't take but a moment for me to realize I wanted them all together on the same page in alphabetical order. I hope you will find this new change helpful. I want to personally thank Deb of Wee Inspirations for helping me make this possible. I really didn't realize how many poems I had until I started putting them in alphabetical order. I will be doing some more "spring cleaning" around Lasting Light as well. Thanks! Karen~
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Deb & Lynn's Spot
Lynn's new page.....
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RECIPES ~ From the Lasting Light Message Board. Here are some fantastic recipes posted by some very good cooks. There are many more, so be sure to check it out, and leave some of your own favorites! Let's cook!
This really is called "SHIVERING KAREN" ~ Posted by Beatrice
1 package orange gelatin Heat the juice, then pour it over the gelatin and stir till the gelatin is dissolved. Take it off the heat, cool it, and watch it ~ or better yet, set the timer; it firms fast. Maybe ten minutes. When it starts to, add the sherbet and orange sections, stir it, pour it into a well-oiled six-to-eight-cup mold, and put it away into the refrigerator.
(A good dressing: mix 1 cup sour cream with 1/2 cup chopped chutney and the juice of half a lemon.)
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~~ Death by Chocolate ~ Posted by Beatrice (This looks like a winner for a party!)
1 (18.25 ounce) box chocolate cake mix 1. Bake cake according to package directions for one 9x13 inch cake. When cake is cool poke holes in the top and pour the coffee liqueur over it. Break up the cake into 1 inch cubes and set aside. Rich and yummy!
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~~ Steak over Rice ~ Posted by Joni
1 tbsp. cooking oil Line skillet with cooking oil. Cut steak into 1-inch strips and brown in oil. Cut onions into 1-inch strips. Turn heat down and sauté the onions with the meat until the onions are soft (about 10 minutes). Add remaining ingredients and stir. Cover, turn heat down to low and let simmer for 1 hour. Serve over rice or noodles.
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I made this for our Easter dinner and it is really good. ~ Joni
~~ Coconut Pineapple Salad
8 ounces cream cheese Whip cream cheese and add well drained pineapple. Mix jello with 1 cup boiling water. Add 2 ice cubes and stir until dissolved. Add to cream cheese and pineapple mixture. Add maraschino cherries, mandarin oranges and coconut. Refrigerate until partially set. Stir in cool whip.
Can be eaten as a salad or after dinner dessert.
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~~ Noodles Romanoff Posted by Karen
1 package (8 ounces) noodles 1. Cook noodles in boiling salted water in a kettle, following label directions; return to kettle. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
~~ Aunt Hettie's Eggless Raisinful War Cake ~ Posted by Heart
(Fast, easy, and easy to double in the event of a larger war.) 1 cup raisins First Aunt Hettie finds her big saucepan because it's the mixing bowl too, and she boils the raisins in the water for ten minutes. Then she adds the margarine and lets it cool. Then, without sifting she adds everything else - some chopped nuts are good but aren't essential - mixes it up, and bakes it in a greased ten-by-ten-inch pan for thirty-five minutes in a 350 degree oven.
Note: If you'd rather use a loaf pan, bake it fifty-five minutes to an hour, same temperature, and test it with a broom straw.
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There's a lot going on at the Lasting Light Message Board. In addition to many more wonderful recipes your friends have left, there are poems, inspiration, and all sorts of interesting topics to read and comment on if you like. Visit soon and share with us. Here's the link.
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Thoughts from the Board ~ (...and these are only a few...lots more there!)
Posted by Beatrice~
Every man lives two lives, one trivial and ordinary, which he takes to dinner and into society. The other secret and recluse, in which his youth and aspiration survive him, and which is a confidence between him and God..... Whenever somebody to me has been kind, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Posted by Heart~
To pun is human... Thanks to you both!
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Karen's Comments ~ Let me extend a very warm welcome to all new friends, and my treasured old friends as well. I deeply appreciate your comments, letters, and those of you who take a moment to sign my guestbook. I love knowing you were here and what you thought. Lasting Light remains a labor of love, and is meant to be shared. I have a section on my website called "Karen's Musings" and if you want to walk down Memory Lane with me or see how I feel about this and that.....well, that is the place!
I am constantly amazed and inspired by the courage and strength my readers share with me in many ways. It helps and encourages me. Nothing is more meaningful than hearing from a person who's "been there". No matter what is going on in your life, I'm sure you'll find something to carry away from Lasting Light that will be of benefit. It's all about caring, sharing, and living each day to the fullest. In this ever changing world there are many things that don't change. Please be good to yourself and take a moment to reach out to someone else.
Spring is here, and there are new beginnings all around us. It's refreshing and renewing. I am thankful for each and every one of you reading this. Please share. It's what life is all about! Shine on, dear friends........Hugs......Karen~
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QUOTES~
Treat your friends as you do your picture, and place them in their best light. A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Nothing opens the heart like a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes.... and whatever lies upon the heart. Friendship warms like a sunbeam; charms like a good story; inspires like a brave leader; binds like a golden chain; guides like a heavenly vision. A friend is someone who allows you distance but is never far away. There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Lasting Light Poetry Until next time.......Don't forget to share a smile.....it really is the shortest distance between two people! See you next time.......Hugs.......Karen
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