I love music, and I L O V E this song. It’s one of my favorites, over the few decades since I first heard it. I learned the words long ago, and sing along pretty much whenever I listen to the tune. “A Pirate Looks At Forty” by Jimmy Buffett. It’s a great one. Many …
Month: June 2022
Promo
Promo, don’t you know, Not the commercial kind, oh no! Rather the advancement, getting promoted forward, skyward, No in work, but school, Grade 5 to be exact, Our oldest, our leader, Older than her 11 years, On to middle school, Our two-house family come together to celebrate and support and fill her with love, Filled …
Legend
Up, Down, Which? Both, Strive To Be A Legend. You’re Own Way Voice Thoughts Make You A Legend. Share It. Be A Legend.
Pace
Pick it up, Slow down, Live by it, Die by it? Don’t let it kill you, Learn to master it, When to allow yourself to be swept up, When to let hurry by when too quick, It’s up to you, Pace.
Week-end Struggle
Weird to think, struggle on the weekend, Fun and games and care-free ways give way to toil and trouble, bubble bubble, As Sunday night settles in, angst and worry, aches and pains, imagined, real, pour in through the cracks and splits, Lava creeping, melting, molding all to worry, can’t control, overwhelmed, just what we don’t …
Promise of the Day
Thus the day begins, gentle light pours through the drapes, still drawn, Dreams faded, now mind slowly spools up, easy, Weekend Mode. Things to do, easy does it, ease in, through, catch the theme? Be gentle with words, actions, The plans today, what to say, make the most, each step, a little pep, fun most …
Deep Down
Fell into slumber last night, quick, Grateful for the fall, end of week respite in the deep, dark, Stirred per usual a few throughout the night, All the same, felt not the same when I awoke, Rested, hopeful, deep down certain of, GOOD.
Early Morning Overdrive
Early morning workdays, they seem to start like this most days. Overdrive. Zero to sixty in no time. My mind goes from dreamy rest to racing thoughts, flashing across my mind’s eye. List accelerating, things, tasks to-do’s adding to the bottom and the list gets long in a hurry. Quickly spiraling, my heart beat quickens, …
Diner 2541
Sometimes it’s like my house is a diner; sometimes the dining table is like one at a diner. But the wait staff at this diner (me/dad) doesn’t do a great job of cleaning up between meals served. Crumbs on the table, and under; not swept in a while; place mats left out, askew. The Good …
Wise Words
This from a person who’s mother is still living in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, a conflict zone for eight years and counting… This person is both Ukrainian and Russian… “I (Llyena Drack) will say it again - 🕊 Opinion… Arts, science, sports should be above politics. They belong not to one nation but to the entire …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 