1. Tongue twister created after I played AI (a three legged sloth) twice in one Scrabble play, which caused Mara to squeal, “Two three legged sloths … Two three legged sloths … Two three legged sloths.” 2. When I tried to say “two three legged sloths” three times fast, it kept coming out as something […]
1. Seeing poets Bruce Weigl and Claudia Emerson together at the VMI Poetry Symposium last weekend was as cool as seeing James Taylor and Carole King together in concert back in the 70’s. 2. Over the two-day symposium weekend there was a humorous discussion between Mara and me about the difference between pulpit and podium. […]
1. On April fool’s day I wrote this fake news story: A fool resembling Donald Trump announced on April 1st that Thursday had been fired. People in board rooms across America were stunned at the turn of events and feared the lost revenue that would ensue. CEOs scrambled to book Friday, which overflowed into Saturday, […]
1. Have you ever thought of getting a “13” tattoo, taking a picture of it and using it for a Thirteen Thursday header? 2. According to THIS test (compliments of Kenju), I’m 76% addicted to blogging. 3. If that isn’t bad enough, I think I’m even more addicted to online research. After typing number 1 […]
1. Said to my friend Rosemary at Spoken Word Night while holding my amber Anchor Steam up to the light: “I think it’s funny that I love tea and beer and they’re both the same color, which makes me wonder if it’s really the color I love.” 2. Last weekend Joe had to take a […]
1. I’ve come to accept that I’m never going to remember how to spell words like Renaissance and restaurant on my own, no matter how many times I write or type them. 2. Intriguing old Appalachian country names recently discovered and added to the list I keep: Men – Burnace, Vent, Talmadge, Enoch, and Elinos. […]
1. Look what was right under my nose. After seeing a yard full of plastic lawn flamingo and going back later to get a picture but finding they were gone, the following day I went to play scrabble and found these in the Cafe Del Sol window box doing THIS. 2. Flamingos are to the […]
1. Valentine’s Day Morning: He replaced the belt on the vacuum cleaner for me. I left him a pink valentine bag on the kitchen table the night before with a card and a Sunkist naval orange inside. He responded by leaving me a conversation candy heart that said, “Call Me.” 2. When the phone rings, […]
1. A haiku a day keeps the “roses are red violets are blue” blues away. 2. Where do poems come from? Some lines just come and you follow them. Others you have to dig. 3. I use to wonder when I’d be too old to sit on the sidewalk. Now I know it’s when you […]
1. I’ve been pruning little tea poems … origami notes … petals of the Orient …light enough to float. 2. I’ve also been expressing myself with valentines via conversation heart generators (like THIS one). See the heart I made for my friend Bonnie below. 3. Recently said to my sister Sherry while expressing my happiness […]
1. Haiku is the bonsai of poetry. 2. If coffee was music it would be salsa and tea would be a flute. 3. I have a friend name Phil who plays the harmonica. I want to take a picture of him playing so I can name it the “Philharmonic.” 4. I recently joked to my […]
1. Overnight my hair reaches critical mass and I can’t go another day without a haircut. 2. Sometimes I find myself in front of the computer and I don’t know how I got here. 3. People like me who regularly burn food need a whistle on ever pot and pan in the house like the […]
