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Abigail's August

While applying make up this morning, I was reminded of an old Negro spirit that was song at the local Baptist Church during revival.   I could hear the words whispering in the air as I looked at nearly fifty-year-old face…” don’t got over at last”, the words and their memory made me smile.
The humid southern nights of my youth for the month of August were spent at the local Baptist Church. There, young children would find their way to the mourning bench. Those on the mourning bench would spend the month seeking God then take the pastors hand acknowledging their acceptance of Jesus as their savior. I thought of this as I looked at my aging face remembering the days of my youth as the sun began to spill into the French doors of my bedroom.  The words of the song reminded me that I was once a child growing up in the rural South in home with lots of sibling and a mom and dad who loved me. The humid nights of summer that I spent every August were happy times and although they are in my recent past I haven’t forgot them and every now and then happy memories creep up and remind me that the women in the mirror was once a kid. Abby

Abigail's Understanding

Looking out my window this morning, I closed my eyes asking for understanding of those who  can’t find it in their hearts to understand those who are battle worn and life tired. 
We all come for different backgrounds and experiences; what shapes our individual worlds  makes us who we are. My greatest prayer is that I can I look at those who are battle worn and life tired and extend to them the same understanding that I want extended to me.
There is, in my opinion, no glory is being tough as nails with those who have had their lives turned upside down either through their own deeds or those of others.  I always want to stand on the side of right and fairness not  because it’s the right thing to do, but because I can and I understand life affects us all.  
Battle worn or life tired, I want to always remember that it could be me. What I know for sure is that people make mistakes and I hope that on all occasions I remember my own when dealing with people and don’t condemn them for the things I myself have done or have thought about doing.
Abby

Abigail's Sun & Moon

I often wonder if the Sun disagrees with the Moon on what time to rise and what time to set. I wonder if those disagreements lead to the Moon casting off the Sun and trying to deny it a place in the sky. I also wonder if what shaped the Sun is ignored by the Moon. Is the Sun sanctimonious in its recrimination of the Moon? I am not sure what the relationship of the Sun and Moon is, but I hope and pray that it is one where the Sun gives the Moon another chance each night.
Abby

Finding Wilder

         

I was born on May 1, 2025, when the first wave of immigrants from the South entered Wyoming. My parents took one look at my wild head of red hair and knew they had to name me Wilder.

My mother and my father, Maria and Sinclair Wolf are from a little town outside of what use to be N’awls, Louisiana called Abbeville.  I was born on the overland transport that carried my parents from their home in Abbeville to Finding, Wyoming.  My parents have memories of life before the Overcast and I have none. I have always lived in a world that is cold.

Finding Wyoming is my home but unlike most folks I have traveled to my other cities that are still viable even those in the South. My mother is the Sectary of State in Finding and serves on the Regional Council of City States which was established to ensure that all cities have access to the same information about surviving until the sun comes back.

My mother was once a leading bioengineering for the United States Government before the Overcast.  She was the primary scientist on a team that was trying to find out what happened to the sun. She was made Sectary of State for Wyoming after Overcast to protect the interest of the people. My dad’s a part of the engineering crew that constructs greenhouse for people to grow food.  

Finding, Wyoming is a med-sized town and a mixture of folks from all over the United States. Most if not all of the young people have lived here all their lives. There are two public schools, and public transportation that runs underground. Most of the cabins have a basement that lead to the underground trains. No one ever goes outdoors unless they are forced to. Even the shops and malls can be entered from underground.

Abigail's Boozy Favorite Milkshake

Bourbon, chocolate syrup and vanilla ice cream? Don’t mind if we do. This Bourbon chocolate milkshake is perfect for any occasion.
2 oz. bourbon
2 oz. chocolate syrup
1 cup vanilla ice cream
Tools: blender
Glass: milkshake or pint
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Ben Johnson, West Egg Café, Atlanta
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I am Abigail Madison Chase

  There are days when I am reminded that I am uniquely crafted to be me. I am me. I am Abigail Madison Chase. I am my own light and my own darkness. I am the hope of generations and the disappointment of few.  I am the sunrise that rises and sets. I am the moon hung high in the sky. I am me and that is all I have to be. Abby,

Abigail Loves Mango Watermelon Lemonade

Nothing says summer like a delicious cold frozen drink. During the summer months my blender gets a work out. I love use fresh fruit to make slushies' and frozen drinks.

While surfing the net I found the most delicious frozen drink yesterday at jamonkey.com for frozen mango watermelon lemonade.

This drink is fantastic for those who love mangos like I do.

Abby




Frozen Mango Watermelon Lemonade


The only thing you’ll need for this drink recipe is;
Watermelon (about a 1/4-1/2 depending on size)
Mango (about 3)
Lemonade (16oz)

Read more at http://jamonkey.com/frozen-mango-wate...
To start, you’ll need to cut up some watermelon and mango and place the chunks into separate containers. Seed the watermelon as you’re putting it into the container. How much fruit you will need will depend on how big your family is of course, but I was able to make 4 drinks with 3 mangoes and 1/4 of a watermelon.
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You are freezing the fruit in different containers because you will be blending them separately as well. When your fruit is frozen, place either the watermelon into your blender first with 8 oz of lemonade. I decided to put watermelon on the bottom because it contains more water than mango so I knew it would help blend further in the cup when it starts to melt.
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Pour all of your watermelon lemonade into the cups first. Then blend your mango mixture with the remaining 8 oz lemonade. Pour on top of the watermelon mixture. Garnish your drink with a slice of fresh cut watermelon. image: http://jamonkey.com/wp-content/upload...

You can enjoy with a spoon or with a straw, either way, it’s going to be delicious! We sat around outside and enjoyed them before the rain started to pour this weekend.  These hot days in the south call for some serious cool down and we don’t have ice cream trucks that come by Like I did when I was a kid. Besides, I wouldn’t want them eating ice cream every day, but frozen fruit as good as this, means it’s game on summer! image: http://jamonkey.com/wp-content/upload...

Enjoy! http://jamonkey.com/frozen-mango-wate...

Finding Wilder

 


      The South is not totally uninhibited but those who stayed have to wait months for supplies to come by military transport. The population of the world was down by a third. Most of the losses in the United States were in the South were the people were least able to handle the cold and the coldest temperatures were registered.
     Americans during the Overcast abandoned cities for rural areas where large greenhouses could be built to feed multitudes. Charleston, Atlanta, Memphis, Little Rock, Houston, New Orleans, Dallas Montgomery and Jacksonville Florida were repopulated with less folks then before the Overcast.   The cities were now starting to thrive again and in a year when the government removed the ban on land travel lots of folks were planning to move back to the South as soon as an underground train was built.
      The first underground monorail after the freeze connected the west to the northwest. It was more than a day’s travel to the first major city in the northwest on the high speed trains.  The new monorail to the South was going to be difficult to build since infrastructure was no in place for workers and their families to live in the south as the trains were being built.  
     The cold had changed the world and now the world was learning to adjust slowly to the cold.

Abigail's Love Affair With Sloppy Joes

I love Sloppy Joes. Sloppy Joes are the most delicious sandwich after BLT's. As a kid I spend my summers eating Sloppy Joes and playing in the sun. As an adult I eat Sloppy Joes and remember the lazy days of summer when I was a kid.

 Abby

Abigail Loves Greek Mythology in Western Art

Somewhere deep in my soul there lives a world famous artist whose hiding out and does not want to ever be heard from. In lieu of her appearance, she left me to marvel at the works of other great artist. I’ve been thinking lately that I want to get a Masters of Arts in Art History. What would I do with this degree you ask. Nothing. I just want it so that I will know the history of the art that I enjoy so much

Abby.  




Benjamin WEST : Phaeton asks Apollo for permission to ride the charriot of the Sun. 1804, Musée du louvre