Autumn Flavors

Raw Apple Cake

½ cup shortening

1 cup white sugar

½ cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 cup milk

2 ½ cups flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. soda

2 cups sliced apples

1 tsp. baking powder

Dash of cinnamon

Dash of vanilla

Mix and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and 1/2 cup chopped nuts on top.

Pour batter into a prepared 13 by 9 pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for around 25 minutes.

two potraits

#1:

Warm in face and deed
Firm of hand and speech
You are the light in the window.

Careful Fingers,
Curving Lips,
Balance.

Just like I know
That two plus two equals four
I know what you'll do.

I'll do it, too, one day.

Like the mountain, unshakable,
Like the river, fresh and free;
But nature can't compare:
You have forever
In those bones.



#2:

You're an emerald,
Precious,
Your eyes are your
Mona Lisa Smile.

Predictable, like the sunrise,
But your many facets,
Put rainbows on the walls.

Sweet veil, what do you hide
In that thought-filled mind?
Your heart's on your sleeve:
it's pure white.

Same smells, small expressions,
The way you raise your eyebrow:
You're like a song
That's never been sung before.