Category Archives: Family

100 Days of Social Distance

Posted on June 26, 2020 by jpberninger

This thing This COVID This pandemic Inhumane Merciless Accidentally devastating To (un)american ideals Manifest destiny, The liberty of individuals Over the safety of all But unselective For those whose terrible ideals Put us all in danger. There are no target … Continue reading →

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a head full of haiku

Posted on April 12, 2019 by jpberninger

Saw aquarium show / fancy tanks reignite love/ for fish-keeping fun Fish tank Degobah / fish and Jedi are the best / maybe I’ll build one. Our fish, Tiny Steve / grew up, now Medium Steve / soon to be … Continue reading →

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Larry the Green Unicorn

Posted on February 20, 2019 by jpberninger

A green unicorn named Larry Had hooves that were incredibly hairy But he didn’t care About his foot hair It made him unique From his head to his feet And mostly he was quite merry But in a herd Where … Continue reading →

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Clarisse “Clacky” Pegicorn

Posted on February 18, 2019 by jpberninger

Clarisse is a pegicorn, about her fate she is forlorn. She’s not like mom and not like dad, a fact that makes her o’ so sad. Her wings are small and not robust, not like Mom the Pegasus. Her fur … Continue reading →

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Future Day

Posted on August 7, 2018 by jpberninger

Tomorrow is future day at Katie’s new school (daycare till actual school-school starts after Labor Day). For future day kids are supposed to dress like the career they want in the future. Which is great if you want to be … Continue reading →

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Split Pea Soup

Posted on July 12, 2018 by jpberninger

Recipe First. In a large crock pot mix: 2 lbs dried split peas 1 large onion chopped 3 large carrots (or one bag of baby carrots) peaked and choppedb 4-5 bay leaves (make sure to count so you can remove … Continue reading →

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ThanXmas 2017

Posted on December 2, 2017 by jpberninger

We celebrated / ThanXmas with my family / gathered together We rented a strangers house / but soon it felt just like home Katie and I relax / Climb on top of uncle Mark / Girls watch together Morning sunrises / a … Continue reading →

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my day

Posted on October 17, 2017 by jpberninger

The Commute. Driving man thinks / thinking while he is driving / his eyes on the road thinking about the future / thinking about his writing writing he must do / writing he wishes to do / writing out his … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts suitable for blogging

Posted on May 1, 2017 by jpberninger

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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Phone Home

Posted on March 22, 2017 by jpberninger

A little more than a month ago, Sara lost her phone.  We were on a plane to Houston, on our way to San Diego to celebrate the wedding of Mark and Taylor.  We didn’t know where we had lost it. … Continue reading →

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