tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56439761014257058322011-11-27T18:26:19.901-05:00Debbie Lawson Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459690883139515836noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643976101425705832.post-85222422233382468162009-06-12T17:26:00.006-04:002009-06-12T17:42:05.470-04:00They gave bluebonnet seeds and six-toed cats,<br />worshipped oddities, buried their dead erect,<br />bequeathed an irreproducible shade of purple,<br />(withheld its alchemy), cultivated mangoes<br />and rye, carved millstones, shaped bells.<br /><br />We mine their discarded seeds and stones<br />from ancient dumps, steal clappered metal<br />from noble crypts, surmise they had the answers,<br />(closer, clearer then), find hints to what, where,<br />when, but only riddles for who and why.<br /><br />Their elders gave light to the deductions that mattered.<br />Were they eating dinner when the light gave way<br />incinerating what might have been their greatest gift?<br /><br />These were their gifts to us:<br /><br />They gave us blue-bonnet seeds, six-toed cats,<br />an irreproducible shade of purple, mangoes,<br />rye, millstones, bells, hints, and riddles.<br /><br />Their stories they gave to other galaxies.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5643976101425705832-8522242223338246816?l=debbielawsonscott.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Debbie Lawson Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459690883139515836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643976101425705832.post-33818083028783286862009-06-11T16:50:00.005-04:002009-06-15T13:53:38.975-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NVmFURGCEBY/SjFwXUnVKEI/AAAAAAAAABA/h8npUzatPa4/s1600-h/the+angel%27s+view.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NVmFURGCEBY/SjFwXUnVKEI/AAAAAAAAABA/h8npUzatPa4/s320/the+angel%27s+view.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346177778638465090" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Now I know how to put a photo on my blog.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NVmFURGCEBY/SjFuxcY95II/AAAAAAAAAAw/Qt-6lxkrTW8/s1600-h/hawk.2234e.JPG"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5643976101425705832-3381808302878328686?l=debbielawsonscott.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Debbie Lawson Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459690883139515836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643976101425705832.post-49078421858298634772009-06-11T16:02:00.001-04:002009-06-11T16:04:18.521-04:00My blog is up and running. Hurrah!!!!! I'm going to keep my nose to the grindstone until I get if figured out and beautifully appointed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5643976101425705832-4907842185829863477?l=debbielawsonscott.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Debbie Lawson Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459690883139515836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643976101425705832.post-26309495442348594022009-06-11T14:37:00.001-04:002009-06-11T15:35:39.995-04:00Today is the first day of the rest of my blog. It's hot and humid in Charleston, SC. Time to head for the mountains and break out the canoe.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5643976101425705832-2630949544234859402?l=debbielawsonscott.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Debbie Lawson Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459690883139515836noreply@blogger.com0