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Recent Reviews for Lisa Adams

Life (Short Story) - 10/27/2009 10:39:11 PM
Life is a wonderful dream scape were the fall melts into spring and spring a winter never no more.. your piece is gentle and saddens me for all the love I may never know.. thank you

Black Eyed Susan (Short Story) - 10/5/2009 12:13:15 PM
Wonderfully descriptive. I could see in my mind all the words you'd written.

Ruts (Short Story) - 10/5/2009 12:11:42 PM
I like the way you make the ordinary seem extraordinary.

Fingertips (Short Story) - 9/23/2009 1:06:19 AM
This is such a tender and loving piece. Nice job.

Fingertips (Short Story) - 9/19/2009 3:26:04 AM
Lisa love your new profile picture and love the tender yet spicy feel of this new poem, you do romance so lovingly and with such feeling...enjoyed... hugs fee

Got Goats? (Short Story) - 8/14/2009 6:16:07 AM
Toooo funny! I laughed throughout this story. Nice job, Lise. Anna

Yellow (Short Story) - 7/26/2009 10:00:17 AM
Out of all of your pieces titled after colors, this is my favorite. Although yellow is my least favorite color, incidentally.

Got Goats? (Short Story) - 7/26/2009 9:49:16 AM
This made me smile. :) Sadly, I have not met a friendly goat. A goat chased me and treed me on top of a dog house as a child...so did an emu...and a goose. I have a lot of negative experiences with territorial animals, but it does not deter me.

Black Eyed Susan (Short Story) - 6/30/2009 11:02:42 AM
Breathtaking poem, Lisa. You have captured the essence of a summer canvas, and of the heart. Such a treat to see you posting again :)

Black Eyed Susan (Short Story) - 6/30/2009 10:18:47 AM
Splashes of bright colors on a drab canvas is how this well written and very readable poem plays out for me. Enjoyed! Fee

Walk with Me (Short Story) - 4/21/2009 8:51:08 AM
Gorgeous visualization throughout Lisa. Loved it...and the photo isn't bad either! :-) Beautiful place! Michelle

The Bitterness (Short Story) - 3/16/2009 7:00:59 PM
Lisa it is so sad when we loose a family member and even more so when they are so very close that their loss brings us to realize the depth of life and its unfortunate reality. I hope for all your family and friends to cherish those moments you have enjoyed with Clayton and pray that God will heal your pain... love and peace... Art Sun...

The Bitterness (Short Story) - 3/16/2009 5:44:58 PM
Lisa, Bitterness, perhaps not, more a mourning that ends with a tender touch. Cynthia

The Bitterness (Short Story) - 3/12/2009 1:27:43 PM
This is indeed a tribute and commendation that any man or woman would be proud to have written for them and I am sure Clayton is smiling and looking down with love knowing how much you meant to each other. fee

Face (Short Story) - 1/30/2009 8:17:53 PM
Beautiful thoughts.

Face (Short Story) - 1/23/2009 7:37:31 AM
I think our faces and our eyes are very important. They are the very first thing to meet another. When I meet others, I always looked for their faces first and then the eyes. Yes, sometimes our faces tell a lot of us, and beauty is in the eyes of the beholders. Sandie Angel :o)

A Million (Short Story) - 1/20/2009 6:02:45 PM
Gina is a beauty, thank you for sharing her. Carin'

Seashell (Short Story) - 1/17/2009 3:31:20 PM
The tale of the great eagle and the spirit world brought down to earth to rise again...lovely write... Fee

Dreaming You (Short Story) - 1/16/2009 11:32:36 AM
The total number of confederate soldiers killed at Gettysburg is: 3903. The total number of union soldiers killed at Gettysburg is: 3155 for a total of 7058. Out of the 160,000 soldiers that fought at Gettysburg approximately 53,000 were either killed, wounded or missing in action at the end of that epic battle. This however is nowhere near the carnage that was demonstrated that the battle of Sharpsburg or as a union called it: Antietam. In just over 12 hours the combined casualties of union and confederate forces totaled: 23,000, with almost 4000 dead. The battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in American history. Gettysburg was a three day battle that was completed on July 3, 1863. July 3 is my birthday and I am very proud to know that the tide of the civil war was forever changed on that historic day.

My Eyes (Short Story) - 1/15/2009 1:18:40 AM
Great poem for all the pet owners in the audience. Fee

My Eyes (Short Story) - 1/14/2009 8:18:57 PM
enjoyed the read

My Eyes (Short Story) - 1/14/2009 5:58:59 PM
Lisa, the depth and beauty of your writing never fails to amaze me. This is such a wonderful poem. And thanks for the photo of your friends. They are lovely :)

Rise and Fall (Short Story) - 1/3/2009 4:49:26 PM
Touching in the words and the feelings felt to the end...

In (Short Story) - 12/28/2008 3:55:25 PM
Very nicely said

Bello (Short Story) - 11/28/2008 3:17:19 PM
Lisa, this is a wonderful poem. Romantic and sort of lonesome. I felt rather like a poetic peeping Tom, glimpsing an intimacy between two people, the circumstances I can only guess at. I like the image of the "little place above the stairs," and the Snapping twig... animal or spirit part gave me the shivers. I would love to see this expanded into a couple of thousand words as a short story. Seeing the magic you weave into a couple hundred, I bet it would be magnificent. Just a thought :) Jean

Optimism Anyone? (Article) - 11/26/2009 1:39:52 PM
Ya Darn Hoper! Mind if I second this emotion, values that I can LIVE with. Happy Thanksgiving to you. Be Well Always, Carin PS I think this qualifies as truly profound.

Optimism Anyone? (Article) - 11/18/2009 3:23:04 AM
These are my beliefs as well, Lisa. I don't believe in wasting my time with people who are narrow-minded and full of negativity. Life is much too short to for that. A photo that shocks me each time I see it, is the shot from space of the Earth. It shows a sphere of blue and white surrounded by blackness. I'm awed at how bright we are in this universe. And we are, you know, or can be...full of brightness and life. I think everyone who believes they are insignificant should take and moment and look at the beauty of that photo...they might realize how significant we really are.

Health Care Reform Passes the House (Article) - 11/10/2009 4:45:09 PM
So, in other words any plan by the government is a good one. Just like with the housing market collapse, the government first causes the health care problem and then rushes in to fix it, calling all who oppose their solutions bad people or downright un-American and claim they are against health care. It was the Democrats who fight against tort reform that would help to bring down the cost or Doctor care and hospitalization. Republicans fight for tort reform and have proposed it as part of their plan, but no, that isn�t in this Liberal Democrat Bill. The government set the rules that the insurance companies cannot reach outside State lines. This has drastically decreased competition among the industry and has driven up the cost of insurance. The Republican bill would have called this mandate and would have thereby increased the competition with the industry by a multiple of 50 (x 50). Then the government mandated that the insurance companies must cover this treatment and that treatment (stuff like breast augmentation and liposuction, est.) instead of letting the free market decide these things. This, of course, increased the cost of insurance for all. The Republican bill would have removed these mandates. In addition, a sensible mandate could be passed, if needed. That could be, through the private sector (Insurance companies) the government would cause, and help pay for, a type (whatever it would be called) of Group Insurance, offered by all companies for those who earn under a certain amount of money or for those who can�t otherwise afford health insurance. These are simple things to do. This would help those who don�t have insurance, get insurance even if they can�t afford the new lower rates and would save the future debt for our children that this monstrosity will burden them with. There is no need for this massive Liberal Democrat Bill. Non of these things is in the bill, except the last thing and it is the Government controlled � wrongly called Public Option. This bill is not about Health Care. It is about two things. One � if they let the things I have mentioned happen, the problem would be solved, and then they (the Democrats) would not be able to take credit for it and they would not be able to say that people should vote for them for �...what we have done...�. And, Two � this bill is all about giving the Government more power than they have ever had, more power than the Founders ever intended them to have. This is about Socialism at best � Marxism at worst. There is a better way, Lisa.

Health Care Reform Passes the House (Article) - 11/9/2009 4:22:52 AM
Lisa, I enjoyed your article and am sorry for all your insurance woes. But this healthcare bill is not the answer. The answer is to fix the insurance company fraud! The reason greed rules is because the Federal Government does not allow free market to work. The simple way to end this fiasco is to allow insurance companies to compete Nation wide; not state by state. For instance, my Blue Cross policy here in Florida costs $756.00 (I don't have it anymore since last month because I was accepted for VA, finally, which is another horror story) Anyway, this same Blue Cross policy in my home State of North Dakota costs only $253.00 per month. The probable reason is that it's not worth Blue Crosses effort to run the other insurance company's out of business. But anyway, if companies could compete nationwide, the competition would drive the prices way down. Greed would be checked (never eliminated) Secondly, the simple factor of initialing Tort reform would further reduce premiums. The real problem with Government healthcare is it has the potential power to let a rouge Government to form a Dictatorship as Venezuela is facing now. And if you think the Insurance industry is corrupt, you'd better take a close look at this present Government.

Health Care Reform Passes the House (Article) - 11/8/2009 7:23:48 PM
Lisa, I always enjoy your post because you offer food for thought and inquiry. Cynthia

E-bay? Who knew? (Article) - 10/5/2009 12:19:16 PM
Trask is right. Ebay's fees are up there and it's really tough to turn a profit. Still, I continue to sell my books and other stuff there b/c of the high exposure. I have though started selling on other sites that are free or far less expensive. But, good luck to you, Lisa. If it's working out for you...go for it! : - D

Trailer Park World (Article) - 10/5/2009 12:14:44 PM
I've never seen this show, but it sounds delightful.

Trailer Park World (Article) - 7/17/2009 12:58:04 PM
You sound as if you'd enjoy the Canadian series "Due South". But since you've probably already seen the DVD movie by the same name, this is quite likely a moot (as in "Two cows were standing on the hillside, mooting lowedly...") poynt. Your observations remind me that I myself love Canadian film media. The Canadians have a unique talent for combining disarmingly hilarious intelligence with droll off-beat humor in a mix that both entertains and stetches the boundaries of what you call the lacinative 'honk laugh' (hey, the original, archetypal honkers are Canadian, aren't they?). [QED: The Langrangian dynamic writ large! The defense arrests, yer honner....or "Tort de suite!", said Norman, Frankly.] :)) Aloha mai e! -Kaliki of the tangled linguistics

Humanity (Article) - 4/18/2009 7:24:13 AM
G'day Lisa, Compelling logic lies behind these observations. The irony one constantly sees in the fact that we all have within us contradictory capabilities for the most devastatingly brutal acts of violence and the supremely uplifting manifestations of love and humane ragard for our fellows is clear enough (to me, at least). The short answer to your question is, I fear, "No...we shall never learn", for this exasperating contradiction of the duality of human nature is an ineradicably inherent dynamic in the human psyche. The best we can hope for is a balance between acts of extreme violence and expressions of supremely humane love. Despite Santayana's famed and oft quoted remark about those who fail to learn from the past, etc., it is the paradox of the human life experience to live in the present moment and fail to recall the lessons of the past. I offer no encouragement in this matter...just fervant hope for the best possible balance between these two polar aspects of the human experience. I very much enjoyed these observations you shared with us here; mahalo nui loa!

Surfer Betty Speaks Out Against Being a Sheep (Article) - 3/31/2009 1:24:04 PM
As no less a person than the immortal Duke Kahanamoku never once said, "Nani ka pa lihi o kena 'eke holoholo i hope o'u nei." That thought having been shared, I was expecting to read something on wave gliding by a wahine he'e nalu, but I found instead a treatise that would have made the cockles of Alan Greenspan's shriveled up little heart shrink into vapid oceanic nothingness like a cephalopod in its littoral hidey-hole. I suppose I should say that if you ever decide to organise a march on Washington to combat the sort of political-corporate fugheadedry that has landed our nation on this particularly nasty volcanic shore break, let me know in advance so I can gather up the pikes (and the longboards) and meet you on the baricades! All seriousness aside, I enjoyed reading your opinion as stated here, since we seem to agree that America is now MUCH less than the sum of its pants....er, PARTS! Aloha kaua! Malama pono!

A Drama Queen's Summary of 2008 (Article) - 1/7/2009 4:03:14 AM
Can't get more better than this. Well done, Lisa. May 2009 be kinder and gentler than 2008 was - to most of U.S. :) (((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

E-bay? Who knew? (Article) - 1/6/2009 4:13:50 PM
E Bay Has Amassed Its Billion$,i.e.Don't Kid UR Self What They Collect In Fee$ (Run 7 Days)Can Break You... I'd Rather Go To Free Web Site (Get 30 Free days Every Month)Pay Poor Guy Running It-He Need$... E Bay Doesn't... TRASK

A Drama Queen's Summary of 2008 (Article) - 1/2/2009 7:21:10 PM
Well, dang it, Lisa. You've done said it all. Happy New Year and Love and {{{{hugs}}}} from an admirer. Leland

They Shoot Coyotes Don't They? (Article) - 12/10/2008 12:38:33 PM
Excellent writing. However, incidents such as this, involving the killing of wildlife, tear my hear out.

Permafrost? Say what? (Article) - 11/30/2008 1:36:03 AM
A very thoughtful and balanced viewpoint. Thank you.