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Information on who we are and how this site came to be. Hint: it all started with a dream, and four years later, a simple little e-mail!
This section of JRILY.com is exclusively reserved for love and/or romantic expressions. This is where you will find submitted poetry, essays, and general thoughts on the topic of "love as it is meant to be" sent in by our visitors. Choose the links below to pick a section. Poetry can be read, commented on, and submitted through our JRILY.com Forum.
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a large collection of web links to sites offering fun, games, information, and much, much more...all dealing with our favorite subject LOVE!!
add your own love link to JRILY.com's growing index!
here you will find quotes about love by the famous and not so famous.
go here to create and send someone a special JRILY.com LoveCard. Pre-written verses from poems found throughout JRILY.com with pictures, beautiful, romantic music, and your own notes or comments. Tell someone how much you love them today!
this is the place to read, comment on, or submit your writings in a bulletin board type format. If you prefer not to submit through the Perspectives On Love section but still want your work displayed, this is the place for you.
another bulletin board type posting site, primarily meant as a "guest book" and a place to meet some of our other visitors. Please use the JRILY Forum above for poetry submissions. THIS board is for general chat, questions, or comments on our partner sites.
JRILY Partner Sites
The JRILY Partner Sites are a collection of our other web sites. Some existed prior to the creation of JRILY.com and others either inspired or were inspired BY JRILY.com. In the near future we will be "opening our doors" to other sites who wish to join the JRILY.com Partner Sites. If you have a site with a predominant "love theme" and are interested in becoming a Partner Site, you can e-mail us now and let us know.
This Partner Site is the inspiration behind the JRILY.com website itself. It is a "poetic history" of the early relationship between the JRILY.com webmasters. It contains poetry, letters, e-cards and special pages Sharon and I sent back and forth to each other after we first met and before we could be physically together. It truly was a "place we could go" to be together in heart and soul. If you've ever been in love, or wanted to be...see OUR view of what it really means.
this is our story
these are the poems we wrote for and about each other in those first few weeks of our relationship
these are the e-cards we sent to each other
these are special letters and other pages with some of our most heart felt thoughts and specially formatted poems/graphics.
these are the complete, original e-mails we sent when we first met.
We were married on September 9, 2000 in a private ceremony in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This is our wedding album that we would like to share with friends and family who couldn't be there or with other interested parties.
The Cabin is a very LARGE site which has an interesting history all its own. There are various "rooms" within, each with its own purpose. The Cabin primarily consists of personal poetry and other writings dating back from as recent as a few days ago to as long as 30 years. It was my first fully developed website and pretty much contains every thought I've ever had on just about every event of my life. It can be thought of as a "poetic autobiography". There are stories within poems within stories within dreams within...well...check it out for yourself You were meant to be here. Following are a few of the more popular "rooms" of The Cabin:
a descriptive site map, similar to this one, containing links and information on The Cabin's pages.
a little perspective on what The Cabin is all about.
more than you ever wanted or needed to know about The Cabin's creator...warning...only the very curious (or bored) need to visit this page.
a special room featuring the works of net-poets I run into every now and then who have agreed to display samples of their creative talents for The Cabin's visitors.
a room displaying a single poem (changed whenever I feel like it!). Some of these poems are from within The Cabin or the JRILY.com Partner Sites, and occasionally from submissions by visitors.
a small collection of some of my personal favorites from The Cabin.
a room containing essays and other forms of prose, some by me and some by my visitors.
rooms displaying submitted poetry from The Cabin visitors.
Various quotes and small bits of wisdom submitted to The Cabin or found posted around the net. You may SUBMIT your quotes to this room.
A page where you will find longer excerpts from various sources, primarily meant to give you a bit of inspiration or maybe just "something to think about". You may SUBMIT to this page too!
Comments from some of my visitors on various poems found within the rooms of The Cabin.
Send unique "cyber postcards" to your friends and loved ones for free!
a complete book of poetry consisting of 8 "themed" chapters. This WAS my FIRST website and was the initial framework around which the The Cabin grew. Chapter topics are as follows:
poems dealing with that subject we all experience (sometimes too often) in our lives
poems about love, romantic and otherwise, written through the years
poems about love that dies or otherwise loses its magical glow
poems dealing with thoughts on everyday life
a poetic look at "finding ourselves"
thoughts and poems on the "great equalizer" that affects us all
poems about the important things in lifeand what happens if they are ignored
scary stuff about the not so pretty side of human nature
My only "published" ventures into the short story field. Much more than just stories though, these two compositions turned out to be near-prophetic visions of my life that are still being played out today
a story written after an incredible "mini-series" of four vivid dreams I had occurring in succession on four different nights. In these dreams, and in this story resulting from those dreams, the "cabin" first appearedgiving me the inspiration for "building" The Cabin as a website.
a sequel to the above story, written to "tie up" loose ends and to see how far my imagination could flow.
an "epic" story written in rhyming verse, co-written by myself and Michelle Bartely as a creative experiment which led to a wonderful friendship. It too, became almost prophetic in nature, taking over a year to complete. It ties directly into the Angel and Me stories in a very unique way.
The Cabin Chapbook is a collection of poetry from The Cabin, presented in a topical fashion with each poem on its own graphically designed page.
Poems about angels, real and imagined, on earth and beyond. A very special chapter dedicated to those who bestow and those who receive unconditional love.
poems written for special people who have come into my life...some remain in the physical world while others have gone on to a much more peaceful place.
More of my thoughts, but this time, related to "lessons" in life brought on by the realities that touch us all (or should).
Poems about pain, loneliness, or any one of a myriad of emotions relating to that "little thing called love".
These poems are "windows" into my thoughts on various subjects. Some of those thoughts have changed over time but all of them, at one time or another, have been major driving forces in my life.
More poems about special people who often inspire the "softer" side of my writing.
A.W.G.
a site which merges business and personal expressions based on the following premise: "All creativity comes from within and begins as a personal emotion. Inspiration is drawn from the perceptions we have of the world in and around us. Every piece of art, whether commercial or individual, contains a bit of the creators soul. It provides clues to who we are and how we see things. The purpose of this site is to share my perceptions of the world. If you are searching for substance to feed your soul, it is my hope I can provide a stepping stone for your journey. If you are searching for creative business expression or atmospheres, it is my hope I can help meet your objective. If you are searching for a place to relax and explore your own expressions, it is my hope this could be one of those places." S.A.
Read a riveting personal account from a passenger (one of JRILY.com's Webmasters) and browse links related to this tragedy.
a poetry collection written by Sharon Angleman-Goodson, the "prettier half" of the JRILY.com webmaster team. These poems span a large part of her life and present her unique perspectives through inspired verse. She has INCREDIBLE talent and your visit to JRILY.com will not be complete without a stroll through the poetic world of the most beautiful woman in my life.