Updates From Ruby Hawk

Monday, August 29, 2011

Courage | Authspot

Courage | Authspot

This is a true story that happened soon after I was married. Hazel and I were childhood friends and still are today, although I rarely see her anymore. Hazel was determined not to go to the hospital to have her baby. I helped by spending the day with her. Later that night she had the baby, with the help of her mother, my mother and a neighbor lady. The doctor came but it was after baby Linda was born. Mother and baby were fine.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

School and Homework | Gomestic

School is in session and many parents are opening the books and getting down to homework. Don’t do this to your child. Let him learn the basics of studying. Let him learn his strength and weakness. Let him benefit from trial and error. Let him learn to have confidence in his own ability. Let him know the grade he achieves is through his own efforts.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Deaf Man Wants to Join Army | Socyberty

Kieth Nolan is deaf but he is doing everything he can to join the Army. He was accepted and joined the ROTC Officers Training Corp where he was an outstanding student, but to be commissioned into the Army, he had to pass a hearing test. He could advance no further and turned in his uniform. Still, he has his dreams of joining the Army and is encouraged with the event of the war wounded continuing to work behind the scenes, rather than being discharged due to disability. Rep. Henry A. Waxman is working on Nolan’s behalf.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

$12 Million Home is Too Small | Socyberty

Mitt Romney is bulldozing his $12 million beach front mansion to make way for a new larger one. The new house will be 11,062 square feet with rooms for all his five married children and grandchildren. Destruction and construction will begin after the presidential election. Romney wouldn’t want voters to think he is wasteful or extravagant during election year. Especially when so many citizens are out of work and in need.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Spring Rippled in | Authspot

Spring Rippled in | Authspot

Spring rippled in this year sweet as a song,and I loved every minute of it. I didn’t even complain about the heat of summer. I took it all in stride, but at the thought of winter, I'm dreading the cold winds while the temps are still in the 90s.

Spring Rippled In

Spring rippled in on a warm emerald breeze

Capering,dancing, pulling on her leash

She breathed on meadows and fields lying fallow

Woke minnows and tadpoles asleep in the shallows

Old Sol came alive fiery and hot

Summer strolled into the melting pot

We wore our shorts, halters and crops

Climbed the hills till we crested the tops

We hiked the trails and swam in the pools

Walked the board walks and played the fool

We sat on the deck swinging in the breeze

Or lounged on the couch watching limpid TV

Long summer days were sweet as a song

Now the cool breath of autumn tells me they are gone

Emerald will change to yellow and red

Magenta and orange will raise up their heads

Her Majesty autumn will yank on her leash

She wasn’t cut out to be mild and meek

So pull out your sweaters, mufflers and shawls

The seasons will change in spite of us all

It sounds so forlorn but let it be known

I will suffer the wind freezing my bones

I will shiver,shake, complain and moan

And wish for summer all winter long

More Poetry by Ruby Hawk:

http://authspot.com/poetry/wise-old-canadian-geese/

http://authspot.com/poetry/wasnt-it-sweet/

http://authspot.com/poetry/august-evening/

http://authspot.com/poetry/silver-moon/

http://authspot.com/poetry/go-sarah-go/

Read more: http://authspot.com/poetry/spring-rippled-in/

Monday, August 22, 2011

Your Fall Flower Garden | Quazen

September is the month your autumn perennials will be at their peak performance. Puffy mums of all colors, asters and Japanese anemones. And queen of the crop, Swamp sunflowers which tower over all the others. Take your time to enjoy these wonders of nature and while you are admiring, get ready for next spring’s planting.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

What to Expect From a Colonoscopy | Healthmad

A colonoscopy is a screening test for colon cancer. It is uncomfortable but doctors recommend you have your first screening at age 50 and thereafter every ten years, unless you have a family history of colon cancer, if so, you will need to be tested earlier and every five years. New testing that is less invasive is being done on certain individuals. Ask your doctor if it would be better for you. It requires no sedation and you avoid much of the discomfort of a regular colonoscopy.