Women Warriors at the Amvets Hall
I went to the Antrim County High Tea for Breast Cancer Prevention fundraiser on Sunday because Louan asked me to. After all, she said, if it hadn’t been for the services and support offered by that group she’d be, well, dead. That seemed like a pretty good reason, so I trundled down to Elk Rapids. I did not get a whole lot of good photos, although the potential was fabulous. This was a women-only event, not because men do not develop breast cancers–they do–and not because women do not rely upon the stalwart support of the wonderful men in their lives when Bad Stuff Happens–we do–but because this is a rowdy, get-down, let-what-hair-you’ve-got-left-down party. Sort of like deer camp for grrrrls. We ate what we wanted to, and all of it was delicious. We told each other stories that will never find their way into these pages. We won raffle prizes. We belly-danced. We had reiki treatments. We were measured and analyzed for custom bras. The crowd was extremely diverse, ranging from astonishing young women who can actually dance wearing four-inch spike heels to old bats with attitude who belly-danced with canes. I will share with you these photos only:
To see the rest of it, you will have to come to the next event. (See how devious I am?)
Blogly Puzzles
This is one other bloggers will nod at, but I thought the rest of you might be amused, too. These are some of the search terms that people used to find their way to Torch Lake Views yesterday. Some of them make sense to me. Others . . . life is a great mystery, isn’t it?
- antique wife
- red wings rafters
- presentation first slide
- van gough sunflowers
- wolves howling
- the fly and the bull
Torch Lake Views 
Fee
October 20, 2010
Now, that looks like a good girls’ night out. If only the taxi fare home wasn’t so … prohibitive .. I’d be there! In four inch spike heels. Yes, I’m one of those, take me on a night out and the big heels come out. Leaving my beloved still wondering how on earth I walk in them, let alone do ‘The Slosh’. It’s his fault – if he wasn’t six feet tall, I could wear flat shoes and not look so short by comparison!
Gerry
October 20, 2010
The last time I wore four-inch heels I was 17 years old and tiny. If I tried teetering around on those I’d fall off and break an ankle. If you can do it and it makes you happy, go for it! When you come to visit you can reach all the stuff on the top cabinet shelf!
Preston
October 20, 2010
I would have loved to been a fly upon the wall with a miniature camera to capture this event.
Gerry
October 20, 2010
If you’d been a fly on the wall you’d have seen clouds of bright pink floating by, and swimming pools of raspberry punch, and acres of strawberry frosting. You’d have been stunned by the glory of it all and immersed yourself in the punch, where someone would’ve fished you out and flung you into the night.
Preston
October 20, 2010
Ouch… On second thought maybe the wonders of it all may not have been worth being a fly upon the wall. Yikes sounds like some pretty wild and crazy things going on indeed.
Gerry
October 20, 2010
Just grrrrl stuff.
giiid
October 20, 2010
Antique wife…not exactly a title one would long for, on the other hand it tells about a certain perseverance….
I am envious, my search archive only shows singel words.
Blogfriend Cindy Dyer sometimes show her search terms too, – worth reading: http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/amusing-search-terms/
Gerry
October 20, 2010
You would be surprised how many clicks the antique wife earned.
I had to go see what Cindy had posted–“yellow ducks foot passion flower” was my favorite.
Cindy Lou
October 20, 2010
Oh how fun! The ladies (grrrrls) look like they’re having a blast – how can any nastiness stand up to that? 🙂
And the search terms? I’m trying to scratch my memory for any times you’ve chatted about any of these things? Crazy, hey?
Gerry
October 20, 2010
We did have a good time.
As for the search terms – strange are the ways of Google. I have written about the Red Wings championship banners hanging in the rafters of Joe Louis Arena, and about the first slide in the Civil War Flag presentation, and about fields of sunflowers (although I know how to spell Van Gogh) and about wolves howling. The fly, the bull, and the antique wife remain mysteries. It’s good to have something to wonder about.
Anna
October 20, 2010
LOL I laughed reading Preston’s reply… indeed, a fly on a wall. Sounded like a great fundraiser where spirits were definitely lifted with sharing and laughter. How enjoyable! Women need to rejoice and rejuice together.
It is interesting, isn’t it, the search terms used that lands someone into a blog. We’ve had some wacky ones.
Great post. 🙂
Gerry
October 20, 2010
Thank you. Preston bears watching.