Daily Archives: April 25, 2014
Casablanca: I’m shocked! Shocked!
Flashback! 1942 Hollywood, Casablanca the movie the Germans angered over having been overridden by the French populace of Casablanca is singing the French National Anthem as opposed to the Germans singing their own anthem have ordered the Prefect of Police to close down Rick’s (Bogey’s) Americian Café. The Prefect played to the hilt by that great British actor Claude Rains tells Rick he is closing him down because “I’m shocked! Shocked! There’s gambling going on in your café! Shocked!” Just before the croupier hands him his nightly winnings.
Flash forward to 2014 Nevada Clark County and listen to that wondrous darling touted loudly, lovingly and long by Faux News and the deep right wing of politics including the erstwhile up and coming presidential hopeful Rand Paul. Amid cries of Patriot, Hero and wronged American icon comes the man himself to spill his guts not on the many wrongs visited…
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Baltic states lead push to cut reliance on Russian natural gas — Germany’s Merkel to See Obama Next Week
Sign the Petition to place the Oregon Equal Rights Amendment on the 2014 Ballot
Beautiful Orange Rose Flower
The Porch
You are wonderful and so are your images. Hugs, Barbara
The Return of the Modern Philosopher

I just need
To sit
Out on
The porch
With my legs
Up on
The railing,
And allow
The sunshine
To work
Its magic.
Sure,
I might look
A bit odd
Out here
Right now
In my robe
And slippers,
But I do
Feel comfortable!
Being cooped up
In the house
All day
With the flu
Is not
My idea
Of fun.
The porch,
However,
Is a part
Of the house
That I truly
Associate
With happiness.
How may times,
Has this porch
Played host
To the
Most romantic
Moments
Of my life?
This porch
Always set
The perfect mood.
I’d wait
Out here
For love
To arrive.
She’d run
Up here
To greet me
With a hug
And kisses.
We’d sit
Out here
Holding hands,
Drinking wine,
Stealing glances,
Unwinding together
After another
Long day.
She might be
Far away,
But her love
Still lingers
Out on
The…
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On my Open Road
Hello to my WordPress family and friends. I wanted to let you know that I am going to visit my best friend of thirty seven years. We will be in Asheville and I am sure I will have some stories. I am going to have my ipad with me and I will try to keep in touch. I am looking forward to sunshine and warmth. It has been a long winter here in the North. Blessings to all of you my friends. Take care and keep the peace flowing from your hearts. Hugs, Barbara

Downtown Houston . Photograph taken and copyrighted by Barbara Mattio 2000
If the Dragonfly can do it…Why can’t I?
A Dragonfly, if one were to really look at it- with critical eye-,
does not look as if it were made to fly
With a body, some would say is much too long and
With wings of a transparency that makes rice paper look strong
the Dragonfly simply nods as if takes off
Showing me that flight relies mainly on belief
and if the Dragonfly can do it, then why can’t I?
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I am a huge fan of animal totems. Ask my family members, our house is filled with them. I have been known to almost drive off the road as I try to catch a glimpse of birds or other creatures, I am sure are bringing me some message or meaning.
Dragonflies have been making an appearance in my life right now in big ways. Although there was the awkward moment in the grocery store, when my…
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River of the Sun
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River of the Sun
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