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STORYTIME
TAPESTRY The Newsletter
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We have another new writer for Storytime Tapestry, Lillian Cauldwell, talk show host, is writer #224 for Storytime Tapestry. Let's give her a grand welcome Storytime style. I have sad news today, the husband of our
beloved Australian author Violet Apted, passed away on July 6th. You can send your condolences to:
violet77@optusnet.com.au Now on to
the good stuff.......... Today's Queue
Stories Words, Marvelous Words... With the stroke of a pen, with the strike of
a key, a writer changes his world. Life becomes immortal, time drudges on, and
the word is a miracle to behold. Writers accomplish more in a paragraph, than
many do in a day, because the word influences people. ~**~**~ CHILDREN AND
ANGELS By: Joseph J.
Mazzella I have often felt
that children are far closer to the angels than we adults are. They seem far
more ready to share joy freely and to give love unconditionally to others. They
seem to easily know how to celebrate life, laugh, smile, and embrace delight
just as God meant for all of us to do. Nothing brought this point home to my
heart more clearly than a story a friend of mine recently shared with me
about her daughter. Her daughter while
mentally handicapped has a soul that shines brighter than a thousand suns. She
loves everyone and is never afraid to express her affection to others. Once when
she was at Church with her Mom it came time to give others the sign of peace.
Now most people do this with a handshake or a gentle touch. This little Angel
Child , however, wasn't one to hold back on her love. She turned around and gave
a sweet, elderly lady next to her a huge hug full of both energy and love. Later
after Church that same lady with tears in her eyes approached the girl's Mom and
spoke to her. "My husband just died a week ago", she said. "I felt so alone that
I was going to go home and take some pills to end my life today, but now thanks
to your little girl I believe that there still is love in this
world." Our children can teach us
so much about love. Our children can teach us so much about joy. Our children
can teach us so much about life. Let us not ignore the lessons they give us
every day. Let us instead learn from them and share more love and joy with
others in our own lives. God loves us and put us here to love each other.
Sometimes we forget this, but thankfully God is patient and forgiving with
us. He never fails to send us joyous angels and happy children to guide us back
to love again. Joseph J. Mazzella
and three children. Various dogs and cats
have adopted Joe and his family for their
own. Joe enjoys his family, beauty, love
and hearing from his email friends. Joe
likes to take the time to smell
the roses and enjoy the beauty around him
as he goes about his
daily life. ~**~**~ Say It
with Your Hat!
Pamela Blaine A friend of mine has a large collection of
hats. He has everything from a
lady's Victorian hat with a plume to a Mexican sombrero. He sometimes uses his hats in skits,
keeping us all laughing. With the
switch of a cowboy hat to a bonnet his voice would change from a low John Wayne
drawl to the feminine lash fluttering voice of a young lady. Although his skits were very
entertaining, he used the hats to make a point and to teach good moral values
and principles. He also taught
children how to "say it with your hat". There was a time when hats were more
important than they seem to be now. Just mention the name of
Davy Crockett or Minnie Pearl and a certain kind of hat will come to mind. Hats used to be worn by almost
everyone. They were worn for warmth
in the winter and to keep the hot sun off in the summer. Women sometimes wore hats for beauty and
fashion. There were milliner stores
that offered hats of different shapes and sizes, complete with feathers,
ribbons, and frills. There were specific hats worn according to a
person's occupation and sometimes even their status or social significance in
life could be determined from the hat that they wore. There was even an old saying, "If you
want to get ahead and be noticed, get a
hat!" Hats are a way of dressing the head, like a
crown, and a method of giving significance to an individual. Nearly everyone likes the idea of
wearing a crown. We read of royal
occasions in foreign countries but we only need look as far as our local
festivals, school homecomings, or simply attend a wedding to see a bride come
down the aisle wearing a tiara at the top of her veil.
We are all familiar with a variety of hats
worn according to a person's profession.
We have the hard hats of construction workers, the fireman's hat, the
policeman's hat, and the chef's hat that we still see used at times today. However, there are some hats that we
only see in old photographs. For
instance, nurses on duty used to wear hats. You would be able to tell at a glance
which nurse was in authority by the stripe on the hat. Even a small child who couldn't yet read
would know who people were by the hat that they wore. Some professions had "capping"
ceremonies that have now gone by the wayside for more convenient ways of
handling ceremonies. Yet, ceremonies can be very important, much like a rite of
passage. The ceremony, itself,
signifies the seriousness of the position being earned that sometimes took years
of study. There was a certain
solemnity to the occasion for not everyone earns the right to wear the hat. The wearing of a hat in some time periods
became a sign of culture and civilized living. Etiquette and custom became extremely
important. Some etiquette articles
said it was disgraceful to leave the house without a hat and gloves. I read one account of a lady who was
reprimanded for venturing outside to mail a letter without wearing her hat and
it seems the mailbox was only a few feet from her front door! Although some customs were rather
ridiculous, there are some good things that have been lost with the passing of
time and the elimination of some of our hats. The way we handled a hat had a lot to do
with manners, respect, and common courtesy. Thoughts and intentions could be
expressed by the way a hat was used without a word being spoken...you could "say
it with your hat!" For men, there is the removal and there is
the "tipping" of the hat that is a sign of respect or courtesy. It is said that the idea of tipping the
hat originated from as far back as the knights in armor who would lift their
visors to show their faces to indicate that they meant no harm. It is believed that the military salute
evolved from this tradition. Also,
when knights came indoors, they would remove their helm or headgear as a sign of
respect or reverence. One hat that we are all familiar with is the
cowboy hat that has a lot of history.
It is a high crowned and wide brimmed hat that has many uses. In the old west it might be used for
shade or for a water bucket but it was one of the most personal of belongings to
the cowboy. The number one rule
was: "NEVER touch a cowboy's hat without first asking
permission." Hat etiquette is important enough that we
should be teaching it to each new generation of young Americans so that they
will know how to "say it with your hat", and grow up to be courteous and
mannerly. Some of these rules
are: Men
should remove their hats when: - The
National Anthem is being played, or the American Flag is passing whether indoors
or outdoors. - At a
funeral or in the presence of a passing funeral
procession. - Outdoor
weddings, dedications, etc. - In the
presence of a lady, an older man, or
clergyman - When
being introduced to someone or saying good-bye to
someone. - At
other times when giving honor is appropriate such as speaking of a departed
loved one. - A man
should always remove his hat indoors, particularly in a home, church, courtroom,
or restaurant. The only exclusions
are places similar to public streets such as lobbies, hallways, or places where
the hat is part of an actor's costume. - A man
can use the removal of his hat as a means of flirting by removing it with a more
grand gesture or flourish. A
Man should tip or lift his hat: - As a
greeting when passing someone on the street that he knows, especially a
woman. - Anytime
he shows a courtesy to a woman, such as when a woman thanks a man for his
assistance or when a man is forced to walk between her and others in a crowded
place. - When he
asks a woman or elderly man for
directions. - Anytime
a stranger shows him or a woman he is with a courtesy of some
kind. Women need to remove their hats if they are
wearing a rain hat or a hat that is being worn for warmth and then the hat
should come off when they come indoors.
The only other time that a woman should remove her hat is if she is
dressed in a men's style of clothing (jeans, slacks, etc.) and if she is wearing
a man's style hat or cap. In this
case, it would be considered good manners for her to remove her hat for the
National Anthem or a passing funeral procession. Women do not generally remove their hats
because they are normally part of an outfit and decorative in nature. Also, in times past, women wore hats
that were pinned, tied, or somehow anchored to them. Also, remember that many of these
customs and courtesies came about in the time of knights and ladies when
chivalry was alive and well.
Perhaps it isn't too late to recover some of that gallantry as we teach
the younger generation how to "say it with your hat". Pamela Perry
Blaine ?© March 2005 About
Pamela:
My husband and I live in "NO ONE IS USELESS IN THIS
WORLD http://www.greatcom.org/laws/englishkgp/default.htm ~**~**~ Poetry
Section ~**~**~ I'm Taking A
Walk Lillian
Cauldwell Lillian
Cauldwell
Hymn Host of live
web radio show thru-the-cracks@writeme.com ~**~**~ Black
Solitude Lillian
Cauldwell Ms. Lillian
Cualdwell is a Poet, Author, Book Reviewer, and Host of The Lillian Cauldwell
Show, a live web radio talk show.
Her first book, Teenagers! A Bewildered Parent's Guide was
released in 1996. Her second book,
Sacred Honor was released in August, 2003. Ms. Cauldwell's four poems were accepted
and published this year:: The
Storm by The Long Story Short, March 2005; The
Spider and the Fly by Eintouist, April, 2005, Black Death and
Carnival Mirror by The Funhouse, May, 2005. Ms. Cauldwell's article. The Value of
a Publisher's Rejection was accepted and published by Banyon Publications
for their June Newsletter and The Writer's Gazette accepted and published
Investigations In: Writing
the Synopsis and the Query Letter on their
website.. SACRED HONOR -
American Historical Speculative Fiction from PublishAmerica. Spanning the
centuries from 1774 to 2276. ~**~**~ ~**~**~ Writers
Feedback I wanted to write and
tell you how much I enjoyed your writing about the
Autumn Leaves Dancing. I know how much it means to
you, as I feel just the same. We have a beautiful avenue
of trees to our drive, and I love to trundle up
there in Autumn. it's so exhilarating to see, hear,
and feel the leaves as they dance before my
eyes. I "trundle" up there, as I am confined to a wheelchair,
but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the
seasons. I went out when it snowed, and got down into it, and
made a few snow angels. Hahahahahaha I'm
known to do crazy things !!! Thank you again. I
will think of you this Autumn. Bless
you Amy Prayer Requests and
Updates Dear
friends My Rosie cut her
front leg seriously this evening while playing in our yard. I have no idea
what happened. My son came right over and helped me get her in
my van and I got her to the emergency vet hospital.
She is in surgery to
repair the damage and put in a drain so it will heal from the bottom up.
Dear God, I thought I would faint when I saw it. Not because of the blood
but the shock of one minute she was fine and the next minute limping, cut and
bleeding. Maybe the surgeon will be able to give me some idea what
happened? I feel like I've been
pushed off a cliff.... I can pick her up in the morning if all goes
well. The doctor will call me when she's out of surgery. Please keep
her in your prayers, I am so upset, better keep me in your prayers
too. Love, Barbara Dear
friends: Thank you for all
your prayers. Rosie came out of surgery fine about
This surgery was
$1,000 and she is worth every penny of it! This is the second surgery
she's had in three years and she's been through so much, I will probably have to
drug her to get her to go to the vet ever again! Please pray for no skin
grafts, she's been through enough!!!!!!!!!!! Rosie and I thank you
for your love and prayers! Love, Barbara &
Rosie SENIOR WRITERS Agee, Vance; Apted, Violet; Baker,
Kathy; Batt, Al; Boda, Ginger; Bryant,
Deming, Barb; Goodier, Steve; Harris, Kathy Anne; Hunt,
Sharlette; Jacobson, Gary; Kiser, Roger Dean; Kerens, Claudia;
Jenkins, Pamela; Liles, Norma;
Mazzella, Joe; Ojeigbe,
Georgewaters; Petry,
Dianna Doles; Roberts, Susan; Shaw,
Bob; Sims, Richard; Swarner, Ken; Vaknin, Sam;
Walker, Bill;
Walker, Joe; Warner, Gorden
K; Whirity, Kathy; White,
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