Day: November 22, 2014

The City

Dear followers, visitors, bloggers, and unfortunate souls that have wandered here aimlessly by clicking the wrong button.

Thank you for stopping by to read one of my more unusual poems.

Sometimes reality just hurts our hearts.  Sometimes the only way to keep from letting that reality drive us to a point beyond my normal state of being….. the ‘not right’ stage… is to express ourselves in print.

Expressions of reality from the heart.

Story time in rhyme…..

“The Misunderstanding”
 
He watched her from a distance
As she crossed the avenue by the cafe
His gaze transfixed on her enchantment
As she paused to window shop along the way
 
The springtime bursting forth with loving blooms
A flower girl offered her a treat
She placed a purple orchid in her hair
As he watch her from the sidewalk cross the street
 
She turned and cast her…

A family friend passed this recipe on to my mom who in turn passed it on to me….and it has always be known as Mary Ellen’s Strawberry Banana Jam. The thing about this jam is while eating it…it is bursting with strawberry flavor at the beginning and you really don’t taste the banana UNTIL the very end when you start swallowing it…it’s kinda like the strawberry kisses you HELLOOOO….and the banana sneaks up at the end and waves BYE BYE

Mary Ellen’s Strawberry Banana Jam

4-3/4 cups crushed strawberries (about 2 quarts whole strawberries)

1-1/2 cups mashed banana (about 3 whole bananas)

3 Tbsp lemon juice (helps prevent fruit from turning brown and adds acid)

6-3/4 cups sugar (pre-measure and have ready before you start cooking)

1 Box SureJell

1-1/2 Tsp butter (helps prevent foaming)

Crush your strawberries….or cheat like me and stick ’em in the food processor.

Then mash up your…