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A poop by any other name is just as smelly
If you had to change your name, what would your new name be? I never thought about changing my name, but it reminds me of a story my dad told me many years ago. He had a friend named Steve Shit. As you can imagine, Steve got tired of being ribbed about his name. One…
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TankaTuesday challenge #14 – a seox of hope
There is no hope without fear. There is no fear without hope. ~Baruch Spinoza
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TankaTuesday challenge #13 – Stay in joy
Here’s a dodoitsu for this week’s #TankaTuesday challenge. A breath exhaled in wonder Stars fly the darkened grasses Bits of light to fill a jar Child’s joy complete A dodoitsu is a Japanese poem characterized as having a syllable structure of 7-7-7-5: 26 syllables. No rhyming. No title. It also requires a”kigo” word. I had to…
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What really belongs to us anyway?
What personal belongings do you hold most dear? Hubs and I went to an estate sale last weekend. I had never been to one before, so I thought it was pretty cool. I expected a lot of old furniture and knick knacks. I wasn’t disappointed! There was that, and way more! This guy had some…
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#TankaTuesday Challenge #12 – the hainka
Sweet scented air drips Following the clean spring rain Lilacs hang their heads The traffic streams blind Unnoticed to the wonder Sweet scented air drips Purple blur periphery Stop to look some other day This is for the #TankaTuesday challenge #12. I won’t go into a huge explanation of what it is. It’s a little…
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Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains, And we never even know we have the key. ~ Already gone, The Eagles
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