Bear With Me...

1] First off, my title..."Bear With Me"...is it supposed to be bare with me? Or bear? Well, I would think that it should be bear instead of bare [naked]. In this context it should be 'bear' because in all reality the terminology here is a short version of the root word 'forebear' meaning: to have patience. There, hope that clarifies it for you. LOL

September 26th, 2014 will go down in the Yankees' history annals. I've watched him grow from a young player to an all time record breaker and I may add one who takes his fanfare seriously and treats his fans with respect and knows that without them, he wouldn't be where he is today!! It was Derek Jeter's last home game before his retirement. 20 years on the NYY field. A shorstop and team captain. And in so many ways it was an historical event. Bottom of the ninth inning, one out, NYY had a player on 2nd base. Up to bat, Derek Jeter. First pitch [Baltimore Orioles].......Derek hit a base hit out into right field. The player on 2nd made it to home plate, giving the Yankees a win!! And Derek a hero. The fanfare was deafening. If you follow me at any time, you'll know that he's been a favorite of mine for a long, long, LONG time. I was ecstatic and tearful at the same time. Awww, shucks, MLB dot com allows us to share in the moment of history...



As the commentator states "It wasn't just that he did it...it was the WAY he did it!"

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2] I finished one of the best books I've read in a long, long, time!! Of course, it helps that it's a favorite subject of mine. Edgar Allan Poe. But this book was more about his love affair. Historians still battle with the concept that this may all be conjecture..."is it really based on fact?" I guess we'll never know. But, in the literary field, there is speculation that Mr. Poe had an affair while married to his 1st cousin, Virginia. An affair with Frances Osgood. She had a bit of 'fame' herself...being a poetess. No matter really...the book was truly a page turner!! So descriptive and intense at times, as the reader,  I had to continue without stopping to see what happened the next day and the next. I even thought, after completely reading it from cover to cover..."This book would make an excellent historical drama!!" The book? Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen...

From the back of the book: The Author's note ending lines---"There, between the pages, her wit and passion gleams, as does her everlasting love for Edgar Allan Poe."

I'm sitting here with the keyboard telling you this Mrs. Poe is phenomenal! Tho speculative in correctness...it's one that will leave you wanting more. And I rarely read the notes and acknowledgements in the back of the book...but I did. That says something positive.

After completing Mrs. Poe, for me it's always a bit difficult to actually get an excellent read out of my mind for some time, but while at half price books over the weekend, a book that has been in my cellphone folder of ones to look for while perusing their shelves...I can delete it from the phone...I found it!! It's dubbed a thriller, and 80% of reviews I've  read, it's another excellent page turner. I'll be the judge for myself of course, but so far, it's just that, a gruesome thriller...all about Judas, Jesus' betrayer. The caption on the book states "Revenge is about to get biblical"...I've literally consumed the first 10 chapters and the book has definitely caught my attention!! One reflection from another reader states::

... a surprising portrayal of the man who betrayed the son of God with a kiss. Not a book for the faint hearted, a brutal, gruesome thriller, representing the aftermath of Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus: a roller coaster ride of horror.

I rarely choose this genre [or for that matter romance novels], but these two I mention here today are just exactly opposite of my preferences... yet ...who knows I may enjoy this one as much as Mrs. Poe.

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3]...and MORE from our back yard-


Copper Ore from Green Valley, Arizona--------- Firebush


Epiphyllum Flower Bud------------------------------Ceramic Frog Globe


Gnome ---------------------------- Resin Frog Figurine-------------- Oriental Iron Lantern

Frog Couple------------------------------------------Frog with Straw Hat
Variegated-leaf Hybrid Hibiscus--------------------Kokopelli Wood Figure Bud Made on Fence


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...and the rains came early today!

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