Sipping Ice Tea on Hwy 29/74
An Inaugural Poem Launching New Sipping Ice Tea Blog
Don’t know if you can hear the jazz in the background
But right now I’m headed to Kings Mountain, sipping ice tea
At 8 am in the morning
Just because that’s what I do.
Yeah, headed to a nine to five
Which is just barely keeping me alive
And I love this music,
Horns blowing out words
That need no interpretation.
Sipping ice tea
Cause the less I do
The more I be.
Coffee beans got no hold on me.
Piano jingling behind that horn
Is much more pleasing to me.
When this 29/74 road gets
too familiar for comfort
that’s when I’ll make my move.
When the ice is all melted down
is when I’ll walk into that call center door
and declare my freedom
to be an
EXPLO-RAN-AIRE!
No, not a millionaire, but an explo-ran-aire
cause I don’t really need the money
and its pursuit would only clip my wings,
hold me back.
I want the freedom
Of breathing new air,
Meeting new trees in the wind.
24 June 2008 (c) Loretta Crosby. All Rights Reserved.
29 June 2008
07 June 2008
HS Graduations... New Beginnings...New Challenges
Hey,
Later today we will have a cookout celebration at my sister's home in her honor. She deserves it. Cousins from surrounding counties and states have already showed up to be a part. Coming from a family of eight siblings, graduations have always been a big deal in our family and we continue the tradition of acknowledging the graduate with a special gathering each time.
All my life I've struggled with only two things more challenging than people's acceptance of the color of my skin, and that has been my being a woman and the constant threat of poverty. I'd venture to say some of the challenges have led to others on the same list, but I have no time to go deeper into any specifics of that here. I've a celebration to join.
Wow, an online journal. Maybe I'll get it done now.
Today in Gaston County, NC my niece is graduating high school. The sun was beaming down in the bleachers at the small Bessemer City High School. The graduating class was under 90 students. My niece graduated with honors and some scholarships. She plans to attend UNC at Greensboro in the fall.
Later today we will have a cookout celebration at my sister's home in her honor. She deserves it. Cousins from surrounding counties and states have already showed up to be a part. Coming from a family of eight siblings, graduations have always been a big deal in our family and we continue the tradition of acknowledging the graduate with a special gathering each time.
I've decided to give the graduate a gift cash card and a book. The book I'm giving is titled, The Automatic Millionaire : A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich
All my life I've struggled with only two things more challenging than people's acceptance of the color of my skin, and that has been my being a woman and the constant threat of poverty. I'd venture to say some of the challenges have led to others on the same list, but I have no time to go deeper into any specifics of that here. I've a celebration to join.
Anyway,
Life is … because it is.
Till next time
Lo the Nightingale Still Sings
05 June 2008
Lo the Nightingale ... Health, Spirituality and Wellness Blog
Dear Friends,
Lo, here, alias “Lo the Nightingale”.
This year I’ve decided to try to “be more and do less”, so I’m looking to consolidate most of my blogs into this one source. And that only makes sense because--by not feeling so overwhelmed--I can possibly post something every week that may be of value to someone.
So, just a little about me as a way of introduction. I recently crossed the half century mark on my journey in this life, and most of the things I think about and write about have something to do with health and wellness and spirituality, and/or reaching that elusive state which Eckhart Tolle calls “acceptance, joy and enthusiasm”.
Still I am in a funky place right now, with things not exactly in sync in my life, as related to finding balance in my work, family and career path. I’m trying hard to release some attachments as I create a new perspective of the world and determine what is real and what is a pigment of my overactive imagination.
Earlier this year I started Marianne Williamson’s “A Course in Miracles” as found on the Oprah.com website, and have found it particularly useful on my journey to wholeness. You might want to take a look at it yourself if you are seeking self improvement, enlightenment or just a better way to view the world. It has helped me to clear some limiting beliefs which I believe have been the source of the current imbalance that I feel.
I’m also working on updating my social security disability site and other health information sites I manage. The upgrade promises to be a long and tedious project, primarily caused by my losing access to my computer and files after visiting with friends on the west Coast. But that is another story entirely.
Ok--well I need to wrap this up for now. I do after all have to get up in the morning and go to my SSDJ. (You’ll need to ask MeMe what that means as she just shared it with me the other day. She’s a co-worker of mine in a call center where we handle customer service for several affiliated companies that provide nutritional supplements and financial newsletters.)
Anyway…
Life is … because it is.
Till next time
Lo the Nightingale Still Sings
Lo, here, alias “Lo the Nightingale”.
This year I’ve decided to try to “be more and do less”, so I’m looking to consolidate most of my blogs into this one source. And that only makes sense because--by not feeling so overwhelmed--I can possibly post something every week that may be of value to someone.
So, just a little about me as a way of introduction. I recently crossed the half century mark on my journey in this life, and most of the things I think about and write about have something to do with health and wellness and spirituality, and/or reaching that elusive state which Eckhart Tolle calls “acceptance, joy and enthusiasm”.
Still I am in a funky place right now, with things not exactly in sync in my life, as related to finding balance in my work, family and career path. I’m trying hard to release some attachments as I create a new perspective of the world and determine what is real and what is a pigment of my overactive imagination.
Earlier this year I started Marianne Williamson’s “A Course in Miracles” as found on the Oprah.com website, and have found it particularly useful on my journey to wholeness. You might want to take a look at it yourself if you are seeking self improvement, enlightenment or just a better way to view the world. It has helped me to clear some limiting beliefs which I believe have been the source of the current imbalance that I feel.
I’m also working on updating my social security disability site and other health information sites I manage. The upgrade promises to be a long and tedious project, primarily caused by my losing access to my computer and files after visiting with friends on the west Coast. But that is another story entirely.
Ok--well I need to wrap this up for now. I do after all have to get up in the morning and go to my SSDJ. (You’ll need to ask MeMe what that means as she just shared it with me the other day. She’s a co-worker of mine in a call center where we handle customer service for several affiliated companies that provide nutritional supplements and financial newsletters.)
Anyway…
Life is … because it is.
Till next time
Lo the Nightingale Still Sings
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