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Storytime Tapestry Newsletter The newsletter devoted to
spreading love and cultural awareness around the world. ? Publishers Favourite Sites: Rosanne Catalano http://www.rosannecatalano.net/ Michael Smith http://subs.zinester.com/86758/ Barbara Weymouth penwormprayerwarriors-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Helen Dowd Dean Perchick I'd like to tell you about a new website that I discovered
and now love?where all of your favorite authors can be heard on
video?from your own computer! ? The website is Bookvideos.tv and is coming to
you?from Simon & Schuster publishing. Check it out?at: http://www.bookvideos.tv!
You won't be sorry you did. Today?s Announcement ?? Happy birthday Mark Shiveley:? merribuck@aol.com Happy birthday Michael Blaine:? pamyblaine@blaines.us Donations are always needed to help with the
operating expenses of running the newsletter and to keep Storytime Tapestry the
quality newsletter you are so accustomed to.?
? Please note that Storytime Tapestry is a
free newsletter to members and there will never be a cost for the newsletter.
Donations are purely voluntary and no member should ever feel guilty for not
making a donation at this time. Today?s Stories ~**~**~ THE WITCH IS OUT Sharon Bryant ? Years ago I used to have a little wooden house that sat on
my kitchen window ledge.? It would tell me if rain was coming or if it
would be dry outside.? Through the years and moving around, I've lost that
little house. ? The other day I was chatting with a lady friend,
Cynthia,?who is 83 years old.? We began talking about our weather and
the drought we've been in when she started laughing.? She told me she used
to?have this little wooden?house that was in her bedroom.?
Inside the little house was a witch on one side of the?little
house?doorway and two little children on the other side of the door.?
If it was going to rain; the witch came out, the children if it was going to be
a nice day. She then told me the following story: ? Her and her husband,?Joe,?owned a farm many
years ago.??Joe had contacted someone to bale their hay fields
and?the man?he contacted?said he'd be there just as soon as he
could.? ? One day?there was a?knock at?the
couple's?front door.?? Cynthia answered the door.? The man
standing in the doorway said, "I'm baling?hay today, it's such a nice
day out."? There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the sun was shining
brightly. Cynthia said, "Wait a minute," and
disappeared.? She returned to the door and said, "Today's not a good
day to bale, the witch is out."? Perplexed, the man looked at her like she'd lost her
mind.? Thinking she better check with Joe, she woke Joe from the
nap he was taking and told him the man was there to bale hay.? Joe went to
the door, and again the man said he wanted to bale the hay that day. ? Joe said, "Excuse me a minute," and left the man
standing in the doorway.? He returned and said, "Nope, today is not a
good day to bale, the witch is out."? The man stared at him, thinking
that both Joe and his wife had both lost their minds.? Joe told him to
come back another day. ? Less than three hours later, the sky opened up and it
rained like crazy for hours. ? The next day the man returned and said he wanted to bale
the hay that day.? Again, the sun was shining, no clouds in the sky.?
Cynthia had answered the door, and like the first time, left the man standing
there saying she'd be back in a minute.? She went to the bedroom and saw
the two little children in the little house standing outside the doorway. The hay man was scratching his head wondering how these
people could tell if it was a good day to bale hay or not. He finished the job at the end of the day, was paid and
left. ? The next morning there came another knock at the
door.? There stood the hay man. "I don't know who the 'witch' is that you mentioned
yesterday, but whoever she is, she is good predicting the weather.? The couple laughed then told him about their little wooden
weather house and how it always predicts the weather correctly.? The man
said, "Where do I find one of these witches?" He purchased one and from that day on, could tell if it
was going to rain or not. ? After Cynthia told me this story, I knew I'd never find
mine.? Since mine was purchased back in the 60's, I doubted I'd ever find
one.? But I did.? Mine arrived in the mail yesterday.? They do
not make them with little witches and children inside the house today.?
Mine has a man holding a tiny umbrella and a woman with?flowers in her
hand.? I set mine on my window ledge.? This morning the lady was out of the little house, but as
the?morning wore on, the man came out with his umbrella.? The sun was
out when he came out of the little house.? I told my husband it was going
to rain.? I said, "The little guy says it's going to
rain."? He laughed. Sure enough, we got rain just a few hours later. ? Cynthia ordered one today and I've ordered some for my
shop.? After all it predicts better than the news can!! ? Sharon Bryant 1946@bellsouth.net ?~**~**~ The Trip Bill Walker ? The lady said she was starving, nothing in the house to
eat, it is ? Lets drive to Wymore, that is only 14 miles south on
77.? Real good place there, and so offs we go into the wild blue, or is
that wild trip?? Keith at the wheel, and he knows all the good dinning
places.? We pulls up at this place, and whats this? CLOSED for good
sign.? Well no problem.?Keith says I ?read about this fine
dinning place at Burchard.?? That just a short drive of some
miles.? Lets see south on 77, gets to highway state 8, and east.? We
comes on to Barnston.? Now where is this fine place?? Can't find it,
so. Well Marysville in ? Oh I hope Keith gets a new ? I am not sure, but I think with all the zig, and zag, and
back tracking we went about a hundred miles to end up 6 miles north of town. ? We did pass by a big buck deer and his lady friends over
by Burchard in search of dinning places also. Wonder if they had a road map? Tinker and Poo; The Boys Write http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?&isbn=0-595-35741-5 ? ~**~**~ About Me Marilyn Nicholson Now that I'm older, I know that it was
never about me. It helps a lot knowing that. When I was much, much younger, the
fights, the harsh words, the abuse, and the bruises made me feel as if I were a
hated-child, and that made it all about me. Growing up, for any child, in an abusive
household, where one or both parents only know about hurt, makes a child feel
like if they weren't there, everything would be OK. Not true. When a father drinks and is abusive, and a
mother doesn't, but lets him, it's about THEM, and it didn't hit me till many
years later that it always was about them and never about me. The fighting and
fists, the throwing things and cursing - all that hatred would have gone on
whether I was there or not. Knowing now and for awhile, that it was
never about me, has enabled me to forgive, though I sure wish it would've also
made me forget too. ?Marilyn
Nicholson nicholson.m@earthlink.net Poetry Corner ~**~**~ TEARS Sandra Hoynaki If tears were a stairway and memories a lane We?d walk a golden carpet to a world without
pain If heartaches were roses and sadness swept
to sea Life would be a resting place of palatial
serenity If tears were hung as icicles on winter?s
tree of fir Or flowing into vials of frankincense and
myrrh Grant God the lonely blue, and throw away
the key A valued world to offer what a lovely place
to be If tears could paint rainbows across a sky
of grey Or lift a broken spirit from the bluest
empty day If innocence could be kept and never cast
aside We?d see a deeper felicity where no one ever
cried If tears were as the wind blowing away the
snares Whispering amid the leaves ?I?ll carry all
the cares? No anchors would we need for Jesus has the
hand That wipes away the tears and erases pain of
man Sandra Hoynaki sandylh@cox.net ? Readers Feedback ? Hi Carol,? This is
strengthening!? It is very good to see Storytime back in my mailbox.?
It was very nice also to see my story, ?Ownership of Henri? published.?
Stray cats are always a challenge of conscience, and my heart aches for their
troubled existence.? This black cat was special from the beginning, and
because of his modest deformity, I did not think he would fare well at the
shelter.? Oh well.? He sits here in front of the computer screen as I
write.? He is very good
company.??????????????????????
LOL??????? Louise Storytime Tapestry Angels Angels on earth, they exist they are out there.? Angels come in all ages, shapes and sizes,
civil status, and religion. ?Their nature
is love and their purpose is giving to the less fortunate of this world.? Storytime Tapestry angels are no
exception.? These angels are loyal
members who have contributed to the upkeep of Storytime Tapestry newsletter so
that Storytime Tapestry can continue come to your email Here is our Storytime
Tapestry Angels: Also, I would like to thank?those of you who?chose to
be a silent angel and?gave an anonymous donation to keep?Storytime
Tapestry up and running. Clara Westerfer, Mark Crider,
Rosanne Catalano, Paula Booher, Kay Seefeldt, Mariane Holbrook, Mary Ellen
Grisham, Louise Nomani, Sharon Bryant, Angela Walker, Hart and Helen Dowd,
Keith Ready, Ginger Morgenstern, Ellie Braun-Haley, Surinder Jandu, Bob Shaw,
Carol Meeks, Charlotte Hilliard, Maria Keller ? |
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