A Very Berry 13
1. My new line as of late is: “I’ll bring the cucumbers!” They grow overnight.
2. Working on three stories at once (like I have been this past week) is like juggling apples, oranges, pears.
3. And I’m not working with a full deck. Seeing as how most everyone else gets 52 cards of energy to spend everyday and I only get about 25, I hate having to waste energy doing things like waiting in line for my turn at the computer, which I’ve had to do lately, since my husband, Joe, started working at home too.
4. Joe is a neater gardener than me and he’s been more involved in the garden this year. Walking down the aisle of tall corn and tomatoes that he keeps neatly staked and weeded, I feel like a bride walking down the aisle in my kind of sky ceiling church.
5. Plum is yum and cherry is cheery … But what part of berry is raspy? … Bananas can be split … or cause you to slip … Apples remind me of fall … I figure a fig is easier to figure … than three meanings … of the word date … A lemon could be worthless … Prune could mean cut … A raisin is a grape … But a grapefruit is not … The rest of this fruit loop is HERE.
6. When I was nineteen Yoko Ono’s book “Grapefruit” was like a Bible I carried around with me. HERE.
7. I just heard that The Hotel Floyd manager recently had some guests from Ireland and when he asked them how they heard about the hotel they said they read about Floyd and the hotel in The Observer, a large U.K. newspaper. Check it out HERE.
8. Summer camp is an all-American tradition for so many teens. But what kind of summer camp teaches kindness as part of its curriculum, or instructs campers to disconnect from their high-tech, high paced world in order to sit still and listen? Those are my first lines and as far as I’ve gotten on a story I’m writing on the Teen Meditation Retreat in Stuart that Joe organized this year, hosted by Earthsong Retreat and Organic Farm.
9. Why does Queen Anne’s Lace have one black floret in the middle of the flower? I’ve been wondering that since I was a little girl.
10. In some tribes Native American bead artists add one bead outside the design pattern so as not to lose their soul when gazing at the piece. Is that the answer to number nine? 
11. For me, eating fruit and/or yogurt in the morning would be like starting the day with an alcoholic drink (probably due to the fructose and lactose sugars). What I eat for breakfast might be the single most important thing I can do to maintain spending my 25 cards of energy wisely. I need eggs every day.
12. The photo above is of my two month old baby grandson named Bryce, AKA “The apple of my eye.”
13. Everyone appreciated the cucumbers I brought to our Café Del Sol Scrabble game yesterday.
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July 16th, 2008 11:54 pm
RE # 8: the camp at rural Retreat, where 5 of my grandkids are right now.
Bryce is precious.
July 17th, 2008 12:20 am
You are funny and your grandson is my favorite of all of your fruity tales. He is too cute. Happy TT.
July 17th, 2008 1:23 am
congrats on Bryce, I bet you are in heaven.
all is well here in Calif
July 17th, 2008 2:23 am
purdy boy! 😉
July 17th, 2008 5:53 am
OMG how big he is already ??wow looks much older than 2 months I think all that hair . He’s such a little love !!
July 17th, 2008 6:44 am
My what a big…and I’m sure good…boy! Hope to see you at SW Saturday…
July 17th, 2008 6:56 am
Your grandson is a living doll! Clever list! Happy T13!
July 17th, 2008 7:27 am
Nice list. Is your husband working at home permanently? If so you might need to spring for a second computer!
July 17th, 2008 8:53 am
We do have a laptop too but mostly we both want the PC with the large desk to spread out on and access to Outlook email, which we don’t have on the laptop.
Yes Kenju, ARE camp is another wonderful summer camp that teaches meditation etc. My son Dylan went there.
July 17th, 2008 9:14 am
#8’s start is a good one. I can’t wait to read the rest, I bet it will be great.
I am so jealous of Byrce, he is the cutest. I bet he smells brand new!!!
July 17th, 2008 9:40 am
Your grandson is very handsome! “Berry” great post.
July 17th, 2008 10:10 am
What a cutie your grandson is!
July 17th, 2008 10:26 am
I can smell the queen anne’s lace and milk thistle of mid-August in the Appalachias. My favorite scent in the entire world. Have you seen any fireflies lately?
July 17th, 2008 11:24 am
Our cukes need to catch up with yours, Colleen. I could offer to bring the future pickles, but that’s it.
Bring your husband lots of coffee. When he hops out to the loo, take over the keyboard!
July 17th, 2008 11:35 am
Bryce is just adorable. I know you must just love time with him.
I have always wondered the same thing about the Queen Anne’s Lace. I always thought they each had a little black bug living on them. It is wierd.
July 17th, 2008 12:06 pm
Bryce is growing up!!! He’s so cute…
I love eggs and could eat them for every meal!!!
July 17th, 2008 12:51 pm
Wondeerful, eclectic list. I loved your fruity poem, and Bryce is just plain precious. Careful – or I’ll steal him! As for #8, I just spent a week with 800+ teenagers – and none of them were plugged in (even though they all had ipods) for the entire week. Check out my TT and find out why.
Happy TT!
July 17th, 2008 3:26 pm
First of all…those blueberries in your picture reminded me I had some in the fridge, so I’m eating them now! Thanks!
I saw a great recipe for breakfast the other day; egg whites, veggies, toast, peanut butter…yum!
“Keep laughing – a week”…love it!
July 17th, 2008 3:59 pm
Aww, it’s nice of him to help in the garden so you feel like a new bride. Now if only he’d get his own computer… Laptop, maybe?
July 17th, 2008 10:39 pm
Wow – 3 stories and no computer. I’d go mad. Do you need a computer? My husband collects older ones then distributes them. I can put you on a list…. Just shoot me an email.
July 17th, 2008 11:15 pm
Thanks, Claudia. Joe will be getting a new laptop just for him soon.
Oh, and yes, Poe, I’ve seen the fireflies on a midsummer’s magical night.
July 18th, 2008 1:46 pm
colleen, thanks for visiting my TT13! Your post is interesting and wonderful! You have a lovely Irish name!
July 20th, 2008 11:54 am
I loved the wedding photos and ‘scrabble update’ but am captivated by the thought of ‘berries’ in your T-13 as I think about cereal & berries hungrily sipping coffee … wishing I’d gone to the farmer’s market on Friday … wondering how many strawberries might be out front in my yard. Okay … I’ve settled for berry yogurt as I read on. I love #10 … it’s news to me. Uh oh … I just read #11 and am wondering if I should toss the carton, put it back in the fridge, fix some oatmeal and/or eggs instead. Sigh! I do love cucumbers ;–)
Hugs and blessings,
July 20th, 2008 12:32 pm
I love fruit and yogurt, but it’s more of a dessert I can indulge in after I’ve been well nourished with a balanced meal that contains a complete protein like eggs, fish or clean meat. Too much sugar and I don’t even get the lift before the plunge. Just the plunge almost instantly. Of course dealing with CFS I am not your average berry loving bear.
July 24th, 2008 3:40 pm
He is beautiful, Colleen.