Jeanne Poland's Poetry Blog
22 Aug 2014 1 Comment
in Family Tags: 8AM, breakfast at the diner, cardboard iPhone, check and bag them, grand kids, imaginary friend, Papa listens, Price Chopper, rescue from a ditch, teeny cart, Three Year Old Communiques, total fulfillment
It’s 8AM.
I’m treating the grand kids to breakfast at the diner.
Oliver takes out his cardboard iPhone, made by his Papa,
and listens, while his imaginary friend begs him to come
rescue him from a ditch.
Do you think his father ever had to do this?
Instead of the ditch, we went to Price Chopper and
learned how to find 5 items(under $5)
peruse the card aisle for Birthday cards,
push them in a teeny cart,
check and bag them out,
and discard packaging.
TOTAL fulfillment for Nana Jeanne!
21 Aug 2014 Leave a comment
in Family Tags: a cat's final resting place, Arthur, basket, Michael&Quenby, rest with family, Rich &Eileen, royal lineage
Richard and Eileen
Arthur sings in NH
Your basket waits for
you to rest with family:
royal lineage.
20 Aug 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: a horizontal line, engineers, flourished line of elegant calligraphy, forward creation, the first TV, wikipedia
The elegantly flourished line of Calligraphy
first TV image:
a horizontal gray line:
forward creation.
inventor of TV:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_television
19 Aug 2014 1 Comment
in Family Tags: All the world's a stage, care for each other, collaboration, filters, fresh vegetable, initiative, iPad camera, maybe on soup day, name and spell, part of the audience, part of the plot, passive audience, respect, see and listen, Waldorf School, what are they teaching?
a panoramic view of Jeanne
swept away by Oliver
swept away by Annika
Are you part of the plot?
or
Are you part of the audience?
It’s taken me awhile to focus on what the Waldorf School wants for its students.
It doesn’t allow passive audiences.
Instead, fosters initiative.
Wants to develop collaboration
Respect and care for each other.
Yes, above shows how to use an iPad camera and filters,
but also how to watch each other, take turns and see and listen to each other.
I asked the 5 year old what days her 3 year old brother would be joining her at school.
She will attend 5 mornings; he, 2 mornings.
She answered, “maybe on soup day”.
On soup day, the children bring a fresh vegetable, and they cook a soup.The concoctions get mixed reviews.
We call this day “Friday”.
What is more important, to name and spell Friday or survive by making soup?
What are these Waldorf people teaching my grand children?
18 Aug 2014 1 Comment
in Family Tags: choir practice, choke up, do You want me to sing today?, dress appropriately, God, Joseph Stroud, music arrangement, quiet, Robin Williams, sadness and grief, sing at Communion, virtual piano, walk in grace
Cantor in St Christopher’s
“God,do You want me to sing today?”
Answer: “Walk in grace.”
See last line of Joseph Stroud’s poem:
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2014/08/17
And so I prepare to sing at Communion.
Bring my virtual piano, my music arrangement.
Dress appropriately.
Arrive for choir practice.
Everything has been moved around.
No organ,
no accompaniment,
different seats,
choir facing the congregation,
prayers for Robin Williams,
sadness and grief….
I choke up.
Can’t breathe.
Can’t sing.
My walk in grace was not sound, but quiet.
“There is a time to sing, and a time to keep quiet.”
17 Aug 2014 Leave a comment
in Family Tags: back of the church, breathe to sing, Episcopalian, humility's smile, Jesus has a sense of humor, joked about his quirks, looking for faith, made us laugh, Robin Williams, sing in church, touches you with grace
10 reasons why it’s good to be an Episcopalian by Robin Williams
Robin made us laugh
by joking about his quirks:
humility’s smile
I practiced to sing in church today, my first solo.
But the pastor told us Robin Williams was, in fact, an Episcopalian,
and I saddened so much, at his death, I couldn’t breathe to sing.
She placed this shirt in the back of the church to view, and I want to share it with you.
Jesus is always looking for faith.
The second He sees humility, he touches you with grace.
16 Aug 2014 Leave a comment
Enjoy the echo of FrizzText’s guitar
jeanne
Sometimes it is necessary to protect yourself! Nowadays you do things differently than in the Middle Ages. I like to use something more stringent linguistic description as wall against unreasonable demands.
photo by frizztext, more than 100,000 views – why? To remember a metaphor for protecting yourself?
read the comments with some links:
me playing in my favorite castle:
slide show with castle interior,
background music: me trying to play J.S. Bach BWV 1056:
16 Aug 2014 Leave a comment
in Family Tags: beginner, care, discern, eighty year olds, fingertips, fog descends, iPad rushed, location disappeared, naked finger, not a genius, practiced with the Internet, precise pressure, Quicksilver speed, relearning, share apple tutor, slow, speed, stylus, teeny icon
Quicksilver Speed
I am practiced with the Internet, not a genius.
My eighty year old friends are beginners, not idiots.
Relearning one’s touches with one’s fingertips on a tablet is “light years” away from plunking on a steel typewriter.
At the Apple store, my knuckles struck a command
while my fingers selected a teeny icon
and the iPad rushed to comply with my errant knuckle.
My location disappeared, and I’m lost.
The fog descends.
“FAILURE TO NAVIGATE”
I slump in my seat while the apple tutor explains what my knuckle did.
He resets the screen with a tiny tap in the precise spot needed.
I realize I need plenty of pointing at precise spots, with precise pressure, at precise angles, for precise duration.
All these touches can happen with my naked finger or a stylus, which doesn’t slide as easily as the finger.
No need to panic.
Between taps, I can take my time to discern the next command.
Discerning can be slow.
Then the iPad will speedily comply.
And I can once again discern the next path.
iPad speeds. etc etc
I’m caring. The tablets fast. What a team we are!
After I care, I share! With YOU!
15 Aug 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Apple Store, dabble, Don, iPad, keyboard tricks, one-to-one, touch pads
An iPad Touch
while keyboard tricks click
gingerly- across the deck
Don dabbles iPad
14 Aug 2014 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: appointment, Bob in Dementia Ward, Crazy Photo Booth, crazy Team of Jeanne and Don, grand kids, Image Effects, iPad, many laughs later, out-put
Bob in real space
Bob is really a twin
This is a virtual twin
Hour Glass Effect
Fat Bob
Yesterday Don and I visited Bob in the dementia wing. We showed him the Crazy Photo Booth photos that the grand kids made. You can view those on:
https://thevibrantchanneledcreator.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/my-media-a-close-up-look-at-ao/
So we showed Bob how it works on an iPad. Many laughs later, here is the out-put. Make an appointment if you want a crazy portfolio of yourself from the Crack-up Team of Jeanne and Don!
The Vibrant Channeled Creator 