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| By jean.day | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 May 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
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I spent the morning meeting my daughter at Manchester Airport, before she flew off to a Linus Pauling Conference on Vitamin C - an annual event in Portland, where my son and sister and her family live. But it was a hectic time for her. She was in tears at the thought of leaving her 4 year old daughter with her husband - because never once in all this time has he awakend at night with her crying. And she forgot her bag with the e-tickets in, her book to read on the plane and her medicines. When we went for a coffee, the machine was broken - and when she asked for fried eggs, the grill was not working. So I hope the rest of her trip was more successful. |
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Written by Phil (6838 comments posted) 11th May 2007 |
| You're becoming addicted to these Jean. Really liked the middle one. Hope your niece can read already! Phil. |
| Thanks Phil Written by jean.day (2326 comments posted) 11th May 2007 |
| I've spent a lot of time on trains and busses lately, and time flies when I am trying to write these. But in all honesty I don't think that they are any good. I would far rather be writing a 1000 words on what really happened than to try to condense it into a few short lines, which I can't even manage to rhyme. |
Written by wattle (117 comments posted) 12th May 2007 |
| Jean (If I may), These are really fun. Well I guess Manchester Airport wasn't fun for anyone involved. Airports and travel are a punishment that is volunteered for before one actually thinks about it. --- #2 Dad’s are like that, comfort and security must be taken, only mothers offer it. ------ Thank you. |
Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3446 comments posted) 12th May 2007 |
| Sweet Merciful God, a Conference on Vitamin C- a whole conference on Vitamin C. I think that is why she was really in tears I know I would be. These tankas are a great vehicle for poetry,you pack an awful lot of story in a few lines. I think it would be a novel way to tell a story, entirely in tankas, there's a challange,jean cheers Jane |
| challenge Written by patterjack (1328 comments posted) 12th May 2007 |
| I have seen quite lot of Dante's Inferno rewritten in limerick form Now that's a challenge ! patterjack |
| Thanks Wattle, Jane and Brian Written by jean.day (2326 comments posted) 12th May 2007 |
| Andrea arrived safely, whatever problems she might have had getting there. Jane, you undervalue Vitamin C. Andrea is a food scientist and she has been longing to go to this conference for years - partly because Portland is such a nice city to visit. Her research at the moment is about using licorice as a preservative. Sorry, Brian, but I am not that ambitious. |
Written by Fledermaus (3448 comments posted) 18th May 2007 |
| Short and clever poems. These could become a hype. |
| Thanks Fledermaus Written by jean.day (2326 comments posted) 18th May 2007 |
| Andrea will be back home on Monday. Natasha has followed her dad around all week - not wanting to let him out of her sight in case he disappeared too. |
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