Category Archives: Creativity

Is it Monday?

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

Is it Monday? Warm spring evening As the sun sets Small warblers flit in the big tree Eating gnats Gathering strength For north woods summer nests Small fire pit glows Pops quietly as birds sing Evening songs In my backyard … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts suitable for blogging

Posted on May 1, 2017 by

The last thing I wrote was some serious introspection about the transitions that come as decades pass.  From that writing, it would seem they (transitions) really seem to come in ordinated clusters. In the case of 42-32-22-12-2, the ordination would … Continue reading →

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Smokey and Snowball, my forty year friends

Posted on March 8, 2017 by

Another silly story about stuffed animals, who happen to be my oldest friends in the world, Smokey and Snowball A mismatched pair of grizzled old bears Tell stories, tall and long Of days gone by Where adventure was nigh With … Continue reading →

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Problems of a Rambling Mind

Posted on February 28, 2017 by

I find myself overwhelmed with problems.  Large and small.  In and out of my control. Manageable and unmanageable.  Simple and complex.  It overwhelms my traditional to-do list approach to problem solving.  Actually, that is not entirely true.  What happens is … Continue reading →

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Toothpick, the burrito loving bear

Posted on December 21, 2016 by

Toothpick the bear loved burritos. It’s fair to say she’d eat them every day. She liked them with chicken and all of the fixins, but she’d eat them any old way. Despite all the calories she is still thin, it … Continue reading →

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You can’t f#$& up chili. Making Chili

Posted on July 12, 2016 by

Here is the thing….  you can’t fuck up chili.  By you I mean the universal you, not the specific you who in fact could do something stupid or by accident and fuck it up bad.  It doesn’t really require a … Continue reading →

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Yet more fish haiku with art

Posted on July 8, 2016 by

For these last three, I had the haiku done, but no artwork.  The green sunfish and festivum cichlid pictures are mine, the mosquito fish was from the internet. All will be replaced with art when I have a moment.  (UPDATE … Continue reading →

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