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Short Story: Joyce Bagley

A SUNDAY MORNING IN AUTUMN

It is really early and quiet. I live on a beautiful pond with a mountain in the background and the trees are almost at their peak. There are reds and golds and orange and green and every color in between. There are a pair of swans that live on our pond and I feel as though I know them as they glance my way as if to say “good morning” and go on with their breakfast. Mother Nature has outdone herself this year. My mind wanders to my youth as I take in the beauty and grandeur of the scene and remember the autumns of my life.

Fall has always been my favorite season. It is MY new year or rebirth. For some it is the spring with its new growth and the crocus peeking out from beneath the earth while the days grow warmer. Others come alive in the summer with the smell of suntan lotion and the long hot days stretching in front of them. Still others love the peace and solitude of a new snowfall as winter graces us with her presence. But for me, the fall has always been my favorite time of the year.

Perhaps I love fall because it brought the beginning of a new school year. I loved school as a child, although by June I guess I was as ready for my summer vacation as everyone else if I recall. I love the warm days and the cool evenings with a cup of fresh cider from the orchard as we pick apples and get our pumpkins for Halloween. I love the football games and making a nice dinner and gathering family and friends for Thanksgiving, one of my favorite holidays. We put some logs in the fireplace and everyone sits down for dinner and I look around and take a snapshot for my heart. I have no idea how many my parents have left so I cherish each and every holiday now. So, it is in Autumn that my heart swells and grows nostalgic for the smell of burning leaves…

©2010 Joyce Bagley

Poetry: Joyce Bagley

DIGNITY

I would like to hire you but….
You are overqualified
You are underqualified
You are not qualified
Therefore you have been disqualified…

I would hire you if….
You were older
You were younger
You were slimmer
You were dumber…

I would work for you but…
You are NOT qualified (to judge me)
You are NOT worthy of my respect
You are NOT breaking my spirit
You are NOT the only game in town!

©2010 Joyce Bagley

Lyrics: Bill Wooding

Fast Little Mama

(You will have to imagine the genre to put this to, most likely a Modern pop, Latin etc.)

There once was a beautiful girl I had known..

She had wind swept hair in the car she drove..

Red and fast as she traveled the roads..

Never finished last she was always on the go..

Fast red convertible off it goes..

Fast little mama with red painted toes..

Fast little mama with hot pink clothes..

Fast little mama..off she drove..

 

She jumps in her car and grabs the stick..

Throws it in first and lets her rip..

Down goes the top and on goes the tunes..

Hot little mama is on her way to the moon..

Fast red convertible off it drove..

Fast little mama with red painted toes..

Fast little mama with hot pink clothes..

Fast little mama..off she goes..

 

She’s on her way fast to anywhere..

She moves to the beat like Fred Astair..

She drives down the road without a care..

When she drives by all the guys they stop and stare..

Fast red convertible off it goes..

Fast little mama with red painted toes..

Fast little mama with hot pink clothes..

Fast little mama..off she drove………

©2010 William Wooding

Honorable Mentions

Poetry

Sonya LaRae: “Spoken Words Of An Old Soul”

Susan Musumeci: “stm69”

Bill Wooding: “Lake Of Dreams”

Short Story

Joyce Bagley: “My Best Friend – A Eulogy”

Diane Chapman: “The Awakening”

Diane Chapman: “Empty Box”

Jerrie Dziechciarz: “Two Sisters”

Beth Geller: “Through A Grandma’s Eye’s”

Richard Lessing: “Visions of a City”

The Best and Brightest Fusers!

Survey Results!

 

  Each person listed in the results is bright, talented and giving but these results do not even begin to scratch the surface of the amount of talented and outstanding members within

BrightFuse!

 

 

 

John Anthony

John tirelessly posts timely and relevant information for job seekers worldwide in his role as moderator of Global Jobs Central. He makes sure that articles are important to all the membership and that you can take something from his posts that you can use.

Yvonne P. Mazzulo

Yvonne cares about those around her, and has a vision of helping women and equipping women for success. She is a bright, honest, smart, and caring person who looks for the best in all she comes in contact with. Her groups have lots of information and she is a great administrator!

Joyce Bagley

Joyce has an outstanding knowledge of the job search process, and freely shares this knowledge with others. Her insights, support and encouragement have helped me immensely.

Mary Bignall

Mary gives her unconditional support & help in the community. Extraordinary woman! Mary is working toward her Doctorate and seeking full-time employment. Both are full-time jobs! She also has unwavering ethics and will chose the high road no matter what.

 Joye Briggs

Joye is a helpful and intelligent woman who volunteers a lot of her time and uses her considerable talent to help other members in several groups. The advice that she provides has been helpful, professional and yet personal also. I can usually apply what she has provided to my own situation even if I wasn’t the original questioner.

Jerrie Dcziechciarz

One of the funniest and upbeat people on BrightFuse. Jerrie’s delivery of advice through her wit makes you think, laugh and listen!

David Wingard

David is always positive and encouraging!

Donald Young

For all of his experience and knowledge, his contributions lack any implications of arrogance or patronization. He is a bottomless pit of humorous anecdotes, wise advice, and understanding…

John Crabb

He is a dedicated and hardworking person. Further a person who is always willing to go the extra mile and will help anyone who asks him.

Deb Mills

Deb is an inspiration and complete proof that any goal can be achieved if you are willing to put in the work.

Edward Larsen

Ed has the ability to explain ways to work past obstacles and motivate others to continue toward their goals.

We would like thank members for creating a magnificent community and continued endless efforts toward making BrightFuse the best networking community online!

 

Each Person That Donates Time & Talent Is Hot!

Hardest

Working

Mods

2009! 

Joyce Bagley of Connecticut

and

Deb Mills of Hawaii

Joyce is a Senior Employment Specialist working with persons who have been separated from employment and has been a in the social services field since 1994. This is not an average 40-hour workweek but Joyce manages to donate endless hours as both a Moderator and Administrator, giving her time, expertise, and guidance to groups within the online community of BrightFuse. Joyce is the Senior Moderator for JobAngels, Moderator for As I See It, and America’s Multigenerational Workforce. Joyce is also the Administrator of The Baby Boomer’s Network.

 

Deb is currently a fulltime Domestic Engineer, has recently earned her High School Degree, and continues to further her education. She is also very involved with her community by donating time to the non-profit organization of Kanu Hawaii. Deb manages two blogs, The Kepola Journals and Mid-Life Impressions. As if this wasn’t enough to tire the most energetic of people, she donates many hours to the online community of BrightFuse. Deb is the Senior Moderator for STRUT, Moderator for Cultivating Careers, and Networking For Women.

 

IT 2009

Hottest

IT Geek 2009! 

of Pennsylvania

 

Daniel Abarbanel along with Shawn Dreikorn founded Plexle.com.

“Developing a new approach to online searches, through a digital dashboard configuration that took root in our imagination and countless hours of streamlining the simple idea that the Internet should work for us more efficiently, rather then users being bound by simple Internet searches.”

Plexle is now immerging as a widely recognized search engine dashboard, and an easy-to-use free service that usually returns multiple results from the worlds leading search engines in a fraction of a second.