1. Duality is a see-saw that frequently hits the ground of reality if you go up too high. 2. I’m a tourist to my own eldering. 3. I always think of my brothers Jim and Dan, who died in 2001, as pioneers of the wild west of death. 4. Some people collect knickknacks. I collect […]
1. After five days at Floydfest, I can only think in pictures and music. Words are another matter, so this may be challenging. 2. We came home to the smell of a dead raccoon in the garden. After leaving a radio and lights on all night didn’t work to keep them out of our corn, […]
1. We’re all in with summer. 2. At the Small Town Summer Floydfest Sound Check Lucy Woodward and Charlie Hunter’s drummer Keita Ogawa presented a “Porkestra” with three squeaky pigs playing beats. Listen HERE. 3. Also at the Small Town Summer free concert in the park, everyone wanted to dance with little Riley, including me. […]
1. My grandson Liam found this caterpillar that was perfectly camouflaged as part of the stick that it was on. 2. Sunset on the magic blue bus HERE. 3. When Liam’s dad was little he talked about driving around in a bus when he got older. Every night when I would kiss him goodnight I’d […]
1. Did you hear the pin drop? Listen HERE. 2. I sew in black and white, thread that is. 3. Keep the path through needles open / Don’t thread them in the dark / Don’t worry about the knots / They hold the seams together / They tie the worthy bonds / And mark the […]
1. Most people who lie worry about the risks of being honest, but give little thought to the risks of dishonesty. – From The Cost and Secrets of Lies, Psychcentral 2. I’ve been really depressed about how much Trump lies (according to the Washington Post on June 19, 10,796 times in over 869 days) and […]
1. My grandson Bryce made a tutorial video of how to build a robot with legos HERE. 2. The Moon Fills Out – Shy moon blushes / Late bloomer shine / From behind leafy branches / It gets braver as it climbs 3. Every time I look at the moon, it has a different poetic […]
1. THIS is why I bring my camera everywhere I go. 2. I fell asleep with my glasses on. Maybe I’ll be able to read my dreams better. 3. Chat or Chatter? 4. Duo or Duel? 5. Heard at The Little River Poetry Festival: Judith: I’m married to a man who makes up words. Jack: […]
1. Yesterday Joe was out of town and eating out with a friend when he texted me a picture of his dinner. “Did you have a bear with that?” I asked him and sent the picture below. It was on the porch when I stepped outside, so close I could smell it, and it stunk. […]
1. I recently experienced a hot button issue. After reading outside in the sun, in shorts and a bathing suit top, I got up and the metal button on my shorts nearly burned me. 2. There once was a paisley-shaped scar / under the left side of my rib-cage / I imagined it as a […]
1. The weekend was all about the birthday cake, eating cake, trying not to eat cake, taking care of the cake, taking pictures of the cake and sharing the cake. 2. Sign seen on Facebook: Every child had a heartbeat before being shot dead in school. Where’s that righteous Republican pro-life rage? 3. Two sons […]
1. My friend posted some flower photos on Facebook this week that caused me to comment “ooh la la,” which reminded me of THIS. 3. Joe calls me “sweet pea.” “If I’m a sweet pea, what’s your flower name?” I asked him. 4. I thought about it for a while and then came up with […]
