Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: paullus99

Again, if he even begins to think that his troops are going to be able to stand up to your forces, he's fooling himself.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Yeah, when I refer to "poets," I mean all of us - collectively. Like BBfanboy says, there's a bit of poet in every one of us.

I'm not much of a poet. Really, I'm not one at all. I've written about eight poems that I'm not ashamed of. I've written a bunch that I am ashamed of. Some of the words that ended up "on paper" were incredibly bad.

But avid readers and avid writers often have a love affair with words. Some writers can make words sing. Some make them squeak in protest.

Searching for just the right word is fun. When you find it, the satisfaction is amazing. As Mark Twain said, the difference between a good word and the perfect words is as the difference between the lightning bug and lightning.

I read the story to my class today. Their reaction was what I had hoped for. But they are prejudiced - I knew they would appreciate the topic, and they know and tolerate my writing and speaking. Still, they make a good sounding board. For now, I'll put it aside for a few days, then re-read it with a fresh eye.

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For words pass through the intellect first

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

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For words pass through the intellect first

Mine too?

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Your points for bases went down 64 points, presumably because Shanghai is under garrisioned and has been damaged. That will change when you get your Chinese garrison there and repair the damage.

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ORIGINAL: witpqs
Peanut gallery want more sea battles!

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ORIGINAL: Flicker

OT but is anything really OT in this thread. In the spirit of poetry, I wrote a poem containing the phrase "lex latis limitations", however it is probably too political to post. With the short hiatus, I was looking forward to some hiking or fishing pictures.

Makee - I'll bet there's some good fishing in the hole just below the confluence.

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn


The view from the "Millennium Falcon"(serial YT-1300 492727ZED), a Corellian YT-1300f light freighter, as it loads up for a delivery to the Death Star.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Around 1991, I stumbled across this tombstone in an abandoned cemetery in the woodlands now owned by Berry College. This little girl had died on Thanksgiving Day 1917. Today being the centennial of her death, I visited the forgotten cemetery again.

For many years after I found the tombstone, I wondered what had happened to the girl, her family, and the community. Over the course of about 15 to 18 years, I gradually found answers to those questions.

She was born in 1905 to John and Laura Buchanan, who were textile mill workers in Lindale, Georgia. Laura died in 1912 giving birth to a son, John. The newborn was adopted by Olaf Titrud, a professor of agriculture at the Berry Schools north of Rome. Apparently he and his wife also took in Beulah, from time to time, though I don't think he formally adopted her.

On Thanksgiving Day 1917, 12-year-old Beulah was with her young brother at the Titrud house, Pinehaven, when she suddenly went into continuous convulsions. She died within the hour. The next day, she was buried in the cemetery at Central Grove. Over the ensuing years, the community was abandoned, all the structures torn down or destroyed, and nothing left. The cemetery is about 100 yards in the woods on a gated dirt road that nobody except hunters use.

I've never found a photo of Beulah. I have seen a photo of her older brother, Paul. If she resembled him, she'd have had wavy, dark blonde hair and blue eyes with a ruddy complexion. But she died that Thanksgiving day, and to my knowledge there's nobody left today to remember her.

This photo was made today. I haven't forgotten Beulah Buchanan.