A Day in the Life, 10 years

2019 in Droitwich An insipid morn. Sometimes my coffee tastes brown Instead of earthy After two rain days, The sun is again welcome Time to pollinate 2018 in Tijeras Another game day: She tries tabu tugs of war, And then gives it up. 2017 , in Claremont The yapper love fest: Keeping me from my coffee And swapping dog spit. Eewww. Awwww. 2014 I'm irritated By implied criticism. I don't have to be. 2012 I needed to find Insomnia's antidote.... I made some glow art! 2010 Can't wait to return To the conclave. I find that I miss my viol. Research says, eating Blue cheese produces strange dreams. What explains last night's? 2009 Two nights ago, I watched a Judge Judy episode about a kid's game called "sack tap." Today, I saw it in action. Life imitating law? I write haiku on my commutes and dog walks: 1. Crimson-orange horns, Drooping on spiky fronds. A bee crawls inside. 2. We walk carefully Under off-white, steel-blue skies, Mindful of...

2020 A monsoon morning (Scents of sage and petrichor) Rain clouds assembling 2017 Braving the LA traffic to see this tomorrow evening. (Dennis Ardnt and Mary Louise Parker in Heisenberg ) I look at the couch: "Ya wanna go for a WALK?!" He slides to my feet. 2015 Happening upon "I Always Look Up the Word Egregious." Happy. #I 'llSayThereAre feisty (adj.) Look up feisty at Dictionary.com 1896, "aggressive, exuberant, touchy," American English, with -y (2) + feist "small dog," earlier fice, fist (American English, 1805); short for fysting curre "stinking cur," attested from 1520s, with present participle of now-obsolete Middle English fysten, fisten "break wind" (mid-15c.), from Proto-Germanic *fistiz "a fart," said to be from PIE *pezd- (see fart), but there are difficulties. 2014 Haiku to jinxes: Despite her warning, I bragged about my new car. Today it got keyed. 2012 Osos arroyo, Usually dry, but now A raging ...

2019 Morning light 2018 2017 Getting ready to watch Wonder Woman in the most comfy theatre EVER! Her garden sculptures: She says they're functional, but I say they are art. (Jan in Petaluma) 2016 She doesn't know from Quiet. He says it's my fault, But she likes her rings. Driving through Espanola 2015 While I love my walks, I'm here to testify that Sciatica sucks. Globe mallow, I believe, Nestled beneath sage bushes, Subtly brilliant blooms. 2014 Overnight her phone, Wash car, get cash, shop (times three): Shall we sup on shakes? The warm months demand Skin care, mind care, plugging in, And drinking down. (Yes.) A weekend summary, composed at the Poetry Group meeting Off to the Races... She bet him a buck That the favorite would lose. She was the winner. The Trail Census..... They camped in the hail, Trudging out late the next day Through dappled sunlight. The Return..... Here it is, I said. Then we talked of other things; He toyed with the key. 2010 Tents huddled benea...

2018 She’s meditating With her psychedelic toy As she reads the news. Playing with Sketchpro 2017 Last month, heirloom seeds Then a tart shrub with breakfast. I'm sensing a trend. Lemon Rosemary Shrub at Wishbone, Petaluma. 2015 The prickly pears are blooming! 2017 Thar's rain up in them thar clouds 2014 He thought that he'd caught My cold - but mine's allergies. I make chicken soup. The prickly pear blooms Have arrived enmasse today, But some are still shy. 2013 Tomorrow this trail will be closed yin yang trunk Love these rocks: so tough But a tree can split them up. And lichen coats them. 2009 "She Hath Done What She Could." I covet Carry Nation's epitaph!