Sunday, April 24, 2022

Novel. The Old Funeral Home. Chapter Five. Part Three. H&R Block.

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  My Beloved. Her last day at H&R Block was Thursday March 21. 2022. The work left her exhausted. So we drove up to Idaho for vacation. ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Haiku: 風があなたの目を振る The wind shakes your eyes.

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  The wind shakes your eyes  so the souls of the trees move and the clouds sashay. 風があなたの目を揺さぶる- だから木の魂が動く と雲のサシェイ。 The wind shakes your e...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Today's Timericks: Judge Throws Out Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transportation (WSJ)

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  No mask for me upon the train! My face is free from rules profane! I'll board my flight or take the bus without a single bit of fuss! ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Narrative Poem: When Chives Ruled the Earth

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  The birds come to our feeder, a few at a time. There are proud robins. Quirky goldfinches. Arrogant cardinals. And shy bluebirds. The dull...

Narrative Poem: U.S. Inflation Accelerated to 8.5% in March, Hitting Four-Decade High {WSJ}

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  I was walking down the street with my dog Zeus. Suddenly he turned around and bit me. Only he didn't really bite me. Cuz I don't h...
Monday, April 11, 2022

Novel. The Old Funeral Home. Chapter Five. Part Two.

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  Monday. April 11. 2022. We got to the Rec Center just after 6 a.m. this morning; Spent nearly two hours there. Now we're home and the ...
Sunday, April 10, 2022

The Haiku Pole.

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  We live in a small one-bedroom apartment in Provo, Utah.  Sometimes my artistic delusions cannot be contained inside of it. So I have take...
Saturday, April 9, 2022

Photo Essay: Haiku: 春の木の山 The woodpile in spring

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  The woodpile in spring -- some kind of a bug wakes up; it's hungry for blood. The woodpile in spring -- pining for the snow and flame;...
Friday, April 8, 2022

Rachel Wolfe of the Wall Street Journal: Peacocks and Crawfish.

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  The first thing you'll hear from Rachel Wolfe upon meeting her is "You pronounce it Nyew Ah Lee-ans, ya'all . . ." For s...
Thursday, April 7, 2022

Haiku Photo Essay: 花びらが落ちる Blossom Petals Drop

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  Blossom petals drop -- it's a pretty lame season for a baseball strike. Blossom petals drop -- too good to be called litter; snobbishn...