Chris .................... Phillips
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Wednesday,Nov 4 2009, 05:20:03 AMNonsense

My friend Miriam Phillips, (BUT no relation!) said she wanted a world of nonsense So I quickly wrote this little verse for her NONSENSE In your world of nonsense, That which is now light Would become more dense. With the sun shining at night. Jokes would be serious; Works of classy art, Clearly mysterious, Now become too smart. Nothing is no more sane Past and future is now; And flowing in the Seine, A dry dog says meow! © Chris Phillips 2 Nov 2009 ! Slightly rewritten from original!

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Wednesday,May 20 2009, 09:12:39 AMFamous people with my same birthday - July 23rd

No one ON MY ACTUAL  BIRTHDAY  LOL

 

*SMILES*

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Friday,May 15 2009, 10:04:09 AMVegan Chocolate cake Reciepe

CHOCOLATE CAKE

40z (100g) raw cane sugar
2 dessertspoonsful cocoa or carob powder
½ teaspoonful sea salt (or salt)
60z (200g) 81 per cent or 100 per cent wholemeal flour (or wholemeal flower with the bran sieved out)
3 floz (80ml) vegetable oil
1 teaspoonful vanilla essence
¾ teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda
1 dessertspoonful cider vinegar or ½ teaspoon of cream of tartar
(OR instead of the Bicarb & Cream of Tartar you can use 1 teaspoon of Baking powder)
one third of a pint (200ml) cold water

Mix the sugar, cocoa (or carob), salt, flour and bicarbonate of soda well in a mixing bowl.
Add the oil, vanilla essence and vinegar and pour cold water over the mixture.
Combine well with a fork, but do not beat.
Pour into two greased sandwich tins (lined if desired) and bake in a moderate oven at 350°F/180°C(GasMark4) for 30 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly pressed Leave to cool thoroughly.
Note: This cake may be iced with Chocolate Icing, if desired .

Cindy liked it so it must be good!

*Smiles*

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Wednesday,Apr 29 2009, 06:05:00 AMA sad Story

At last I felt I had to write about this.
It was the sad music/tune, that Dukefan posted in my forum about saddest Sonngs

It made me think of a "daughter" (Internet kind) who recently said GOODBY! I still have not replied to her message telling me she didn't want to be in contact any more. I felt so hurt. I only partly understood her reasons

It is a long and complicated story! Believe me there is a LOT more, but I can't and dont't want to post everything here.

Basically I have known her since she was 16 and I was 61! She has been through a great number of bad times, and those are not yet over, But in 2000, the first time i "met" her in a Yahoo group our friendship seemed like one of those platonic relationships. Her life as a child was very difficult for her as her mother was violent to her when on the drink, and her father (whom she loved) was away a lot. I have actually spoken to both her Mother & father on the phone, as well as her herself. That was before I knew how bad things were between her and her mum. When she was 12 to 14 two of her teachers had sexually assaulter her (I believe) at school, and that caused her to have depression, Bi Polar, I think. She had a control freek of a b/f for several years, whom she loved, but he was always trying to stop her having friends he was the terribly jealous kind. He threatend suicide if she left him and she tried three times and went back (Because of that) then she finally made the break, and before he could get her back again she met another man who she said made her feel special. The previous b/f never comitted suicide, By the way! She took on the typing up of about a eight of my fathers plays, for me when she was between school & University. She told me she just loved typing, and often typed up her fellow students work for them. She did complete that, well, but it was well over a year before it was done. Her Bipolar depression got the better of her I think. I paid her for her work, even though she insisted I shouldn't, But I know at the time she NEEDED money for something. I did meet her for two hours in Perth (Austrailia) she said the new b/f was not at all happy about that! (I suspect he is another control freak) But at that time she was in TERRIBLE pain, and had to go to USA to see a specialist, and then in November she had a SERIOUS operation on her spine, and I was terribly worried and was praying and sending her cards to let her know I was thinking of her.

It was just after she returned home that the email arrived saying that she didn't want me to contact her again, as she had her life to live, and was going to be in pain the rest of her life, and wanted to concentrate on her friends and university study. But I think her b/F told her to end our relationship as he was jealous (This is only what I guess, I don't know!) I will have to try and make at least one more email to her asking about the book I am writing, which will include my visit when I met her in Perth. I am asking all I met to OK what I am writing about the meeting up. I will also be giving all those I met a copy of the book! I just don't know the best way to put it though. What was so upsertting was that suddeness of her breaking up just as I was still feeling so strongly about her recovering from her operation. It came as quite a shock. I dont want to say anything to upset her.
But I want to know how she is. But she said NOT to conact her. OR HER PARENTS!

In Her last email she said some lovely things, but she wanted me to respect her wishes.

I have been thinking about this since begining of December. And Dukefans sad song reminded me of this, and I felt I had to write about it.


*smiles, sad ones*

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Thursday,Jan 1 2009, 10:01:44 AMRhyme for new year

Last night we played the poetry game. We each wrote the first three lines of a poem at the top of a sheet of paper. The first two lines had to rhyme, the 3rd line just had to continue the "story" or theme, Then we folded over the top two lines and the next person had to write one line that rhymed with the one that could be seen, and then to write one new line. Then the two lines were folded and passed on. This went on till the papers were full. Then we read them out in turn! There were 4 of us playing! This one was the best, and it contained ZORPIA! lol The end of the year is almost here We'll drink some wine and shed a tear, And soon it will be two thousand and nine. So out came the many bottles of sweet wine And on the stroke of midnight clear I'll hug and kiss you Husband dear! We'll watch the fireworks in the night, Catherine wheels to left and right Of us; before us: - crackers; one two three We pull them, they snap, and we shout with glee. The jokes inside them can be very lame Surely not the writers' intended aim. Soon these were posted in Zorpia Is the plural of 'Scorpion' 'scorpia'? As in 'phenomenon' turns to 'phenomena'. I don't think I will ever get commoner This game is causing a lot of stress The poems will all end up a mess But as long as they're funny no-one will mind The best ones ought to be signed And published in a handsome book So everyone can take a look! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE *SMILES* & *HUGS*

 

 

SORRY  everyone  Zorpia would not let me post this so that it looked write, ot removed all the new line starts and just posted it in a mess!  URGH!

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