Sunday, April 26, 2015

Poetry is Dead in the World of Abigail


Saturday, April 25, 2015

I have a passion for unrelated things.































 
I have a passion for unrelated things.

The other day I was cleaning out my closet and I found a watch, an umbrella, galoshes and a picture of the moon.
 

The Watch

The purple and gold watch was a flight of fancy that hit me last year. For some crazy reason I bought a watch. I have never been one to wear watches although I admire them on the arms of others and in catalogs. The watch was still in the box and had never been opened. Rather than open it and disturb it I put it on the top shelf with a note for my daughter.

Dear, Shelby,

I found this watch on April 23, 2015. It’s new and has never been worn. I kinda, sorta remember purchasing it last year. I am putting it on the top shelf of my closet so that after I am gone you can find it and remember what a nut job your mom was.

Always Mom

The Umbrella

I love umbrellas and I love to lose umbrellas. It’s not unusual for me to buy two or three umbrellas at once only to find on rainy days I have no umbrella to speak of.  The umbrella I found in my closet was bout about two years ago because it reminded me of singing in the rain.

 Galoshes

Like umbrellas I love galoshes. They always make me smile and think of singing in the rain. I remember buying the galoshes at a rummage sale for 25cent about five years ago. They haven't gotten much use but I still love them.

 
The Moon

I always wanted to be an astronaut. If not for a lack of aptitude in math and science I could have conquered space. I feed my love of the moon with random pictures of the moon that allow me to dream.

 
I live random unconnected things.

Friday, April 24, 2015

I ain’t a Foodie I Just Eat Tuna A Lot



















 

I ain’t a Foodie I Just Eat Tuna A Lot


I love tuna. It’s a private indulgence that often has me up at the crack of dawn indulging in my favorite treat.  Over the past year I have perfect my tuna palate by adding lot of different ingredients. Walnuts, apples, grapes, pecans, raisins  are just a few.

Give me a tuna on whole wheat and I'll consider you a friend for life! 

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Hallmark Channel of Love



                                                                         Hallmark Channel

I love the Hallmark Channel. I can always count on the Hallmark to feed my need for happily ever after. I love the fact that romance is alive and well cased on the Hallmark Channel movies. I often spend my Sundays in bed with a good book and the Hallmark Channel.


The world would have you believe that good old fashioned romance is dead. Not the Hallmark Channel. Every week a woman or a man finds the desire of their heart, love. If you have ever been in love then the Hallmark Channel is for you. Each movie makes you yearn for happily ever after.  then you must indulge in the Hallmark Channel.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Abby's Addiction:Gooey Grilled Cheese Sandwiches















Gooey Grilled Cheese

It’s not often that the affection of addiction comes upon me, But when it does, I over indulge until my soul is satisfied. My new addiction is grilled cheese sandwiches. I am in love with grilled cheese. I am so addicted that I brought a special griddle  just to make   grilled cheese sandwiches.

I never knew there were so many  fun combinations that can be combined to make grilled cheese sandwiches.  Sweet and spicy pepper jelly, bacon, walnuts!  Along with lots of different cheeses that end up making the gooiest grilled cheese sandwich you’ll ever eat. Yep, I have found my addiction and I am feeding it with grilled cheese sandwiched.





http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2012/12/fancy-grilled-cheese-party-.html

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Orange


I have fallen head over heels in love with the color orange. In the words of a poet “it moves me”.

I want the world to bow down to the color orange.
 

Orange

Watch my hips sway

I know you hear what they say

Believe every word

 

Brown sugar is the hottest chick in the game

Watch her like a bon fire flame.

I heard the wind say trouble is coming your way,

She’s the bad news you read about in the headlines

She’s the woman your momma warned you about

She is “that chick”

 

Smile Barbara Stanwyck in the movie Baby Face

Magical like Veronica Lake in I Married a Witch

She’ll make you whistle like Lauren Bacall  

 

She smells like trouble

She will be your problem

Bend her over and you will see the Rapture

Orange the color of sexy women

Monday, April 20, 2015

Pointe and Dance









 
 






Sometimes in life the only thing you can do is pointe your toes in your most colorful shoes and dance like nothing is wrong.


 Abby
I am listening to:  I can see cleary now 

 

 

Saturday, April 18, 2015

New & Exciting Covers



 


I am so excited to present my New Book Covers designed by the awesome Keri Knutson at Alchemy Design. Keri is a dream to work with and her work is flawless.

 
Abby

 

Today I am listen to New attitude Patti Labelle
 

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Red

 
 
 
 


Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The Perfect Lipstick


  


  
 I am on the greatest search of my life. I want, desire, and need a sexy new lipstick. I want a lipstick that is dramatic dark and alluring. I also want a pink lipstick that is pale pink and cute. My eternal quest for lipstick never seems to end.
I am listening to Bad Mama Jama
Abby

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Umbrellas


 


I love umbrellas. Rainy days were made for especially for red umbrellas.
Nothing says rainy day more  poetically then a red umbrella. Red umbrellas are a welcome sight over a sea of black umbrellas.
Abby

I am listening  to I Love a Rainy Night, by Eddie Rabbitt

Monday, April 13, 2015

Your All I Need to Get By


Right on time

That is what you are

Always there when I need you

Dependable to a fault

From the top of my head to the soles of my feet

You are love bound in leather

A hollow honey pot of pleasure

You are the best pair of shoes I have ever worn

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Legacy Of Three Blackbirds





 

Legacy Of Three Blackbirds

The sweet sorry of happiness
is darkness run amok?
Life cut short in the blink of an eye
A sparrow in the wind
            Live Long And Prosper?
            Death  may come in the morning

A life of giving to others cut short
Tears of wide spread sorrow
Kisses that disappear like life
Casket of sorrow
Sprinkled with the tears of a well lived life 
            Who shall dry my tears?

Life is a flame that blows out too soon
Memories of happiness replaced with despair
Forever remembered for your kind way
Like a city on a hill your memory lives on still

The Legacy of Three Blackbirds run amok in the night
Connie, Kelly, and Zoe
Death, Kisses, and Sorrow
 

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Welcome to the The Abby


Welcome to my newly designed blog which was done by Rita  at http://coffeeshopblogdesign.blogspot.com/.
I am so excited that you stopped by. Please make yourself at home and enjoy your stay at The Abby.
 
 

I Love Candy Apples

One of my guilty pleasures is candy applies. I truly love specialty candy apples. While not your traditional candy apple specialty candy apples give you a little something extra. They are heaven in your  mouth with each bite.  



 






Friday, April 10, 2015

What takes your breath away?

What takes your breath away?

The question seems as though it would be easy to answer. What takes your breath away?

  1. Great art leaves me breathless and speechless
  2. An affection not necessary on the lips kiss leaves me breathless
  3. Taking off my shoes and dropping my purse when I arrive home leaves me both breathless and speechless
  4. Great spaghetti and lasagna leave me breathless

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Whimsical fits of fantasy

Whimsical fits of fantasy always come to mind when I think of fairytales. I was once asked if I could be any fairytale character who would it be. It’s hard to narrow down which fairytale character I would be since I love them all. But if I had to narrow it down to these:

  1. Red Ridinghood. Red has a super cute cape and I always thoguth I would look good as a red head
  2. Snow White. I love her dress and her ink black hair. Beside she has seven men at her beck and call
  3. Cinderella because she has glass slipeprs and a cute dress
  4. Belle- Because she like to read and I love to read
  5. I want to marry Uncle Rat in A Frog Went A Courting. My mother use to read this story to my siblings and I as children. I always asked about Uncle Rats wife and my mother use to say that I should write his story when I became and adult…maybe one day I will.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

O’ Dear! What will Abigail wear to dinner?



Now that I am throwing a dinner party for the dead I must pick out the perfect dress. I often wonder what one wears to a dinner party of the undead. While black would be appropriate for most, I chose to believe that things should be liven up. I do believe that dead folks like color too.

O’ Dear! What will Abigail wear to dinner?
Abigail

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Who Would I invite to Dinner?

I am Chasing Abigail’s Heart for the entire month of April.  I am highlighting all my random and kooky thoughts

If I could have a dinner party with anyone dead are alive I would chose 15 guest and who may they be you ask

Alexander the Great- I love Alexander he was a cool before it was cool

Herodotus- Who wouldn’t love this guy. He is the father of history

Cardinal of the 426A.D. Conclave-I want him to tell me how the books of the Bible were selected

Plinty The Elder- I want to hear his firsthand account of Pompeii’s day of destruction

Moses- I want to know how he felt seeing the Promise land and not being able to enter

Eleanor Roosevelt-Because she was a bad azz long before it was cool for women to be

Jacques Molay- the 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar –I know he knows a lot of shiat maybe I can find out where the Ark of The Covenant is buried

Ramses the Pharaoh- Pharaoh who opposed Moses I want to hear his side of the story

Catherine of Aragon- very interesting woman her story interesting the first wife to King Henry the eighth she had to put up with a lot.

George Washington Carver-I would love to talk with him about science

Bass Reeves- Bass  the first black US Marshall and he was as bad azz as they come.  

JFK- the man is absolutely fascinating

Jackie Kennedy-Like her husband Mrs. Kennedy is fascinating

Crispus Atticus- I would to hear his thoughts on slavery and being black in America during the his time

Hannibal- I would love talk strategy with him.

Admiral Zheng He- I want to know if he really discovered America and how he built his boats

Mary McLeod Bethune- I want to speak with her about education and the legacy of women in a historical context

Susan B. Anthony –I would love to discuss with Susan B. Anthony the relationship between the Suffrage Movement and women gaining rights to employment and birth control in the 70’s

Mary Church Terrell- The first black woman to earn a college degree-She was leader and scholar long before it become ok for black women to educate. I would love to discuss the role of women in her era versus the 21st century.

Cady Stanton –She was a part of the Suffrage Movement and I would like to discuss the role of women and how it has changed since her time.
 

 Dinner Menu

Cheesy Corn Casserole
Sage Apple Stuffed Pork Tenderloin in Bacon
Pan-Roasted Chicken With Lemon-Garlic Green Beans
Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus
Blueberry and Corn Salad with Prosciutto
Fajita Pasta Salad
Cucumber and Onion Salad
Brown-Sugared Carrots






Dessert

Fig Almond Tea Cake with Coconut Honey Glaze
Iced honey mascarpone and almond cake with figs
Chocolate Caramel Apples
Caramel Corn Caramel Cake

 
After Dinner Spirits

Remy Martin Louis XIII Rare Cask 42,6 Cognac
Peach Long Island Iced Tea

Monday, April 6, 2015

I think I want to live in Paris


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I think I want to live in Paris. Not necessary Paris but very close to Paris. I think Luxemburg would be a good place to call home.  I could awake every morning and walk the streets of town for no reason. Then get labeled  "That Crazy American: by locals. I want to live in Paris not necessary Paris but close to it.

Today I am listening to Ella Fitzgerald "Paris In Springtime.
Abby

Sunday, April 5, 2015

My new Logo


Wednesday, April 1, 2015

What is Chasing Abigail Madison Heart?



What is Chasing Abigail Madison Heart? Who knows where the road will leave. In the words of Natalia Kill “That girl is a got dam problem. There is no salvation for a bad girl.”
Abigail will be tapping into her  bad girl.

 

Abby

 
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