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Sappiness, Then and Now
“She sees like sunlight filtering through flowers she once grew with dreams from her bedroom window. “ I wrote that decades ago as part of a photo/poetry presentation published in a local newspaper. It was my attempt at poking fun at the talent of Poet Rod McKuen, Hallmark Cards, and general sappiness. I was…
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Me Guinness
I was exercising my memory the other day by remembering “first times.” Stop. Not going x-rated. I was “measuring” the odd aspects of life that I had chosen not to completely forget. For example, why would I remember the first time I drank a Guinness? Here are some details. The legal drinking…
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I was standing…
I was standing when I turned on the TV 12 years ago today. I don’t remember when I sat down.
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Dear King of Hearts:
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/writing-challenge-backward/ I shall begin at the end and end by beginning, that way I’m already done–not too much, not too little.
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Watching: From a Bird to Syria
I’m a bird watcher, as noted in the above photo. Actually, this bird was staring intently at people watching the close of a cloudy sunset last week. After naming this photo–bird watcher–and in vogue with my wandering mind, I started humming “I’m a Girl Watcher,” a 1968 pop song that I don’t like but with…
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Boulder Faces
Boulders can take on the facial features of humans, imagination permitting. The internet is full of famous rock formations that resemble a human face. Here in California there is a boulder (see photo above) that looks like it came from Stonehenge—note the mouth, nose and ear. I live near this giant head and when I…
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Bees in Syria and More
As I prepare to blog away at the political rhetoric surrounding the “decision” on a limited missle attack against the Syrian government, I stop for a sec and smell the roses which leads to honeybees and their world which until recently was unknown to me. But I’ve made make up for lost time with the…
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Pelicans Coming
Yesterday about 40 minutes from sunset, I stood there knowing this was a shot for the ages, but I had a dog leash in my hand, not a camera. Anne had her camera phone set on “stop action,” and so she handed me her dog leash and fired away at pelicans flying from Point Lobos…
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