ya think? ya gotta give him credit for trying, he's been doing it for pages

the night air has cooled
enough for the breeze to wind
in and around the soft nights breathing.

she sighs as a lone coyote calls
and cries to find his mates
that have somehow slipped off
into the moonless night of heat.

tomarrows sun is but a few
hours away
as she dusts off nights blanket
only to pick it up again
as dreams fill her eyes in soft edged
visions.

seconds later the cat
(is) curled around her toes
and she rises to make another
day and wait for the evenings
coolness to soothe the long days
memories of those walking in sleep.

sick little puppies

THANK you MM, Didn't think of those. Usually am soo tired from work and heat that can't, literally. Sometimes get home from work and want to lay down on the floor becasue it feels like we weren't meant to stand for so long .
Excellent places to tap, will do searching this wkend.

yes, we have a basket for donations, but are a po' little church.
Been toying with the ad stuff, YOU are the sweet one, and admire you.

Totage- you may have something there, am not up on the web stuff too much. Can I contact you later- may not be today?

Boony, thank you for all the great ideas, this is jsut what was needing! Will take all and do the work to seewhats most doable.

LOL thats like saying Republicans are judgemental and prejudice, money hungry and rich; and Democrats only care to see the right thing done, are selfish people and strict enviromentalists.

LOL!!! the generalizations people make just screams ignorance.
So you all go around, asking what party people belong to, put them in their neat little box and stroll away happily justified??
No one is a human first?
You've really outdone yourselves this time.

Sorry T., don't see the connection..no offense. The world is diverse. Those men were considered classics, yet somehow i doubt in 50 -60 years from now most of todays comedians will be remembered.
Originality comes to mind, have to give it to them for trying.
People then worked so much harder for a laugh, today it's a given..you are supposed to laugh, think that what you're watching is funny. So..our tastes differ. Apparently so do alot of others whn only a small handful have responded.

thats me. Had a M/C acciednt with a bear in 91, had to relearn everything. When tired, typos are big! who cares except the police here . sometimes I don't see them until the next day.

We had a a new sign put up YEILD-YIELD. oh duh. A metal sign, knuckleheads, how many thousands did they make of those, and no one noticed?? was there for a few weeks, in Clark County- doubted many of the residents knew. My bad. Apologies.

Thank you Kate, I wasn't dissing anyone either but was beginning to think had the only different sense of humor around here. I like dry, clever wit instead, not the obvious. Stuff that you have to think about

I had one once, a long time ago. Used to leave flowers and 'love' poems on my car in a residential neighborhood. I worked very late and it would creep me out. Then one day, this guy comes in and introduces himself, telling me he was the 'one'. More creepiness. He didn't get it yet thankfully left me alone when he found out I so was really freaked out about the whole thing.

for fundrasing. Since we (at work) are a not for profit inc. (meal program for the homeless and indigent) we decided years ago to NOT rely on any sort of govt. funding for obvious and not so obvious reasons. We have had private benefactors who have passed on, relied on grants and are invloved with The Harvest Program so we receive daily donations of food from local supermarkets and restaurants. We pay rent to the church (440.) and 1/2 the elctric bill (8 freezers and 4 frig). We give out bus passes for medical and job potentials, clothing vouchers to the LDS thrift store, hygiene packs, socks and donations of clothing and shoes. We also will give out emergency food boxes with enough food to last 3-5 days- including meats, eggs and etc. The person who wrote the grants for our biggest assist passed on late 08 so last year no one realized the grant had not been applied for. (Most of the board is over 60). The main thing we have to buy is paper goods (plates, bowls, utensils) and cleaning supplies. We feed anywhere from 60-95 any given day. For the day we are closed we give out a good lunch, and extras to help them survive. many who come to eat with us eat only that one time a day. We serve a full course meal, will take food to disabled if nearby and give our takeouts to those who cannot get there. We rarely turn anyone away and have been in exiostance for almost 14 years.
Nopw we have been informed that we have about 3 months of resources left ..October is coming. We just receievd 1000. for a Christmas in July from a church that does that every year along with canned goods.\
I am asking if anyone has any good fund raising ideas? We've come up with a rummage sale, which for the church made almost 4,000 last spring. Anything will be be considered, and since ya'll are from all over the country am hoping to get some inspiration and ideas that have worked. Thank you. BTW, we have only 2 pt employees, me- the manager of the whole thing (who straightened and cleaned up the failing program a year and 1/2 ago-and am making 1/2 of minimum wage by the hrs put in) and a am person for deliveries.
Anybody? This is to help serve those who have lost alot,only about 15% of our crowd are addicts...most think all who are that way is because of drugs/alcohol/gambling but it really isn't true.
Thank you, the thanks and rewards of helping others are intrinsic and more satisfying than anything else, for I really seriously beleive we are put here in a major way to help each other.

AUUUGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sometimes, for days on end, this is the only decent thread on here anymore....

I agree with you totally. In the SW Mexican food is full of chilis, etc, same thing. I thought that here it was because it raised your body temp and you couldn't feel the heat, it's the only sane thing I can think of. I like taste in my food, not just spice, even curry.
When cooking, thought the point was that all spices blended to make a unique new taste. Not SW food.

I agree plus give yourself time to heal. You may think you're done, and the worst is over and it is, but now it is time for life to come back slowly to you through finding yourself as one again.

It FINALLY cooled off Friday, low 100's this wkend. Even 90 @ 11:30a, yesterday was 98 @ that time. Tonight- now- mid 80's. The dogs can't take the heat being cooped up all day in the a/c. Me, hardly use the a/c in the truck, pretty much acclimated now. Thing is, when the homeless come in and say it's hot, then you know it REALLY is (anything over 110 and we were running 120) because they never complain. Pretty wild what they can tolerate in life, me I'd probally be drunk or dead if was out there. Really hard, sad.

I am in total agreement with you, in all aspects yet especially with your love life.
I do have a elder sister whom is very verbal (conrtrol) about what i 'need' to be doing with my life to go further. Thiing is, she is especially strong on this now that her life she has lost control (her job) she is projecting onto me her inabilty to control what is going on with her, yet she doesn't realize this and there is no way this could even be suggested to her. She is in such control due to chaotic events when young that she grew into controling things as to not let events go awry again in her life. She is, btw, a very difficult person to be around, always attempting to control everything around her.