Storytime Tapestry Newsletter

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Mothers Day submission

Special Treat – Magdalena James

May 24, 2006

Today we are welcoming another new writer for Storytime Tapestry. Magdalena James becomes writer #328.  Please email her and welcome her in the usual warm Storytime Tapestry fashion.

The Plastic Tree

by

Magdalena James

Momma never complained too much, so I s'ppose I shouldn't complain neither, but that don't change the facts; and the facts is that the plastic ribbons in our tree out front is starting to bug me.

The kids on the bus are calling our house "the house with the red tree". It ain't a problem. I've helped Momma tie 'em on a few times myself. Been doin' it for years ever since I could ‘member.

There's white ones for the easy times like when Mamma and me are watching TV all night and the show is really good. Momma says that white’s for angels and the white plastic ribbons is for me.

There's the blue ones. Not too many a’those. Mamma says the blue ones are for the quiet days when Daddy’s out with the boys and a ‘hooping it up. There's green ones, but we only put them out ‘cause we ran outta’ blue ones one day. I try to make sure those are tied on the front of the tree so it don't look like it's all just one color all the time like the kids on the bus says it is.

Daddy cut loose on Mamma again last night so she's waitin’ for the bus to pick me up ‘fore she comes out to tie on a red one. She don't complain much, so I suppose I shouldn't complain neither, but when I grow up, I'm gonna’ have a tree just like this one no matter what the kids says’ about it, 'cept I think mine is gonna’ to be out back instead.

Magdalena James

wt@wynter.ca

Magdalena James (aka Karin Lacroix) resides in northern Ontario where she lives her dream of assisting writers, both young and old, in publication. She is owner/publisher of Wynterblue Thunder Publications, www.wynter.ca and publishes a bi-monthly literary magazine Wt~ Blue Sky Region (hard copy) which is sold by subscription. Maggie is a published author and her book is being used in several schools across the north to help identify signs of abuse in students. Her book, “My Firefly” by Karin Brideau, ISBN: 0-9731911-5-5, has been sold out and is currently being looked by a publisher for reprint. Aside from using several pseudonyms over her 34 year publishing career, she is most consistently known as Maggie the Magpie. Fortunately she still knows who she is what she was put on this earth to accomplish!

Maggie can be contacted at wt@wynter.ca