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Simple Mind: Don’t Buy Me Flowers

Posted by DFO

Feb. 13, 2009 3:36 p.m. • 7 comments

The King and I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day. And nothing would tick me off more than if he bought me flowers. You can go to buy flowers during the year and get some really nice dozen of roses for $9.95. But this week, it is $39.95 and $100. Highway robbery. We don’t need candy … neither of us. And we have even given up on the cards. They aren’t our words. See the King and I feel you should be Sweethearts every day. And we are. So what is the big deal? And we don’t need a guilt day/Cis, From A Simple Mind. More here.

Question: What kind of gift would you like to receive on Valentine’s Day?

Seven comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Dennis on February 13 at 3:45 p.m.
Question: What kind of gift would you like to receive on Valentine’s Day?

I got my Valentines Gift 30 years ago! And it just keeps gettin’ better!

;-)
JeanieSpokane on February 13 at 4:05 p.m.
TLC. Tender loving care and lots of bear hugs.
hhuseland on February 13 at 8:34 p.m.
I feel singularly unqualified to comment on Valentines Day, as I have been single for 18 years and unmarried for 20 years. But I had to remark on Cis’ remarks about love. First, I believe that valentines day was created by the greeting card people and the florists.

Having said that, it is refreshing to hear from Cis on this issue, as she seems to have more common sense than the average person, and maybe more than the above average. Between Cis and Mari, I get a primer on life that is invaluable. I just don’t have anyone to share it with.

So what I have done, sans a relationship of my own, I have gathered together a few of our regulars for their stories, which can be found on this blog. I would just like to add that those of you that in this somewhat unstable world we live in, have managed to create living, loving relationships, are to be congratulated, because it’s not easy.

Going one step further, and without touting any special religion, it is obvious that those families and relationships that include God seem to be healthier, last longer, and end even better.
JohnA on February 13 at 9:02 p.m.
Herb, as you are our friend, here’s my tribute to Deena:

My Lovely

Lost upon a midnight star
I dreamt of beauty fair.
In loft I woke by moon afar
To find My Lovely there.

Wild turkeys nest in upland fir
With daylight no delay.
They watch to see My Lovely stir
Her treats they seek all day.

In distant grove the horses tred
Such slowness is their gait!
To creek side waters they are led
Their morning feed to wait.

The tree squirrels start their daily quest
To feeders they will head.
As morning fires the mountains west
Song birds are there instead.

Like feathered bed that lies beneath
My Lovely’s endless love.
Signals true the just belief
We’re blessed by God above.

And then she moves, my beauty does
Her eyes now open slight.
A smile reminds me of the cause.
My Lovely – and my life!

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone, and God Bless..

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.