MEUNIER LEE on fri 24 sep 10
or if God is busy, please let me get through to Mama......=3D0A=3D0AI do no=
t ap=3D
ologize.=3DA0=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0However, sometimes the Subject Line is not all =
that=3D0Aa=3D
pparent among all the code needed to run a Clayart post.=3DA0 Soooo I=3D0Ad=
idn'=3D
t realize that the moderator was allowing the trigger word to be=3D0Arepeat=
ed=3D
several times, having only read the body of the message.=3D0A=3D0AIt does =
appe=3D
ar to me that some of you have gone a bit around the bend=3D0Aon this (to m=
e,=3D
admittedly) non-issue.=3D0A=3D0ASooooo...... back to meticulously reading =
ever=3D
y pertinent line sent to=3D0AClayart.=3DA0 Honest to goodness!=3DA0 I'm goi=
ng to =3D
try channeling Mama Luce.=3D0AShe'd tend to it all right.=3DA0 She'd sit do=
wn a=3D
t her old upright typewriter after=3D0Akicking off her perpetual satin hous=
e-=3D
mules, coca-cola at the ready,=3D0Ausing one finger on each hand, pompadour=
q=3D
uivering, puffing a=3D0Aciggie through those always-made-up moviestar lips,=
m=3D
umbling =3D0Aphrases like "now, how would Dorothy Parker handle this one"..=
..=3D
only=3D0AMama would=3DA0say "Dottie" since all her favorites were on a nic=
knam=3D
e=3D0Abasis.=3D0A=3D0ATo be fair, Mama never ever said a "bad" word, though=
the l=3D
aser stare=3D0Afrom beneath her naturally dark and lush eyelashes often tol=
d =3D
a different=3D0Astory and ticked off those baddies clearly, though silently=
.=3D
=3DA0 We three=3D0Achildren (never ever to be referred to as "kids") got th=
e me=3D
ssage.=3D0A=3D0ASo.... I now consider myself as a channeled Mama Luce..... =
and =3D
would=3D0Aappreciate it if you would consider yourselves as "straightened o=
ut=3D
".....=3D0Aat least on this issue.=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0AThank yew kindly=3D0AJoyc=
e=3D0AIn the=3D
Mojave desert of California U.S.A. via the marvels of My Old=3D0AKentucky =
Ho=3D
me........ not exactly like Stephen Foster's 'cause=3DA0 ol'=3D0AStephen di=
dn't=3D
have Mama Luce as his own personal=3DA0off-Broadway =3D0Awriter, director,=
sta=3D
r of=3DA0his daily Model of Southern Womanhood...=3D0Athat Iron Fist in a V=
elve=3D
t Glove was responsible for our most=3D0Aglorious AND our most dreadful mom=
en=3D
ts.=3DA0 Good or Not-so-good,=3D0Ahowever, we'd find a seat (out of arm's r=
each=3D
) so as not to miss=3D0Aa single second that always began....... not with a=
c=3D
urtain rising.....=3D0Abut with the blinds being pulled so the neighbors wo=
ul=3D
dn't see her=3D0Asmoking........that cigarette meant the Stage Was Set.....=
..=3D
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