Keeping Fit While Aging (Book) - 7/31/2016 7:19:36 AM
I love the title of this book. Haven't read it, but I am sure it is good! :)
Thoughts While Aging (Book) - 12/15/2015 10:59:45 AM
Worth every cent! John A is at the top of his writings with this one!
Fore! (Short Story) - 2/28/2016 2:26:59 PM
It's those steel balls, John. They work well on Superman, but they don't get enough altitude on the golf course. I switched to the regular balls and shaved 40 strokes off the first hole.
Fore! (Short Story) - 2/20/2016 4:14:42 AM
John...Thought you would come in with a hole in one!
Jon
Fore! (Short Story) - 2/3/2016 6:46:44 AM
Was that a 47 on the first hole? Now that's a story worth telling.
Ron
Fore! (Short Story) - 2/3/2016 6:46:11 AM
You must not have used a cart!! LOL!!!
Love ya!
Jane
Senior Center Month (Article) - 9/1/2016 5:23:11 AM
I just heard that they have a new drug that removes plaque from the brain. If it will only not remove memory of those ladies you are trying to chase, it will be a good deal. Probably even bigger than Viagra for oldsters to become youngsters once again.
Ron
Senior Center Month (Article) - 8/31/2016 11:24:28 PM
May you continue to enjoy congregating with birds of a feather.
Senior Center Month (Article) - 8/31/2016 2:32:11 PM
'Love it! Keep on chasing those ladies no matter what! We have a Senior Center nearby where many of my classmates from high school and I gather to catch up with each others' lives. I love to jazzercise!!!
Love ya!
Jane
Ambulation (Article) - 8/29/2016 8:14:26 AM
'Love walking! Beaches and trails through the woods. Your last line snapped me out of my corset!!!! 'Wanna go for a walk????
Love ya!
Jane
Ambulation (Article) - 8/29/2016 6:34:13 AM
I really was enjoying this very profound article on walking until I got to the end, and then I started laughing so hard I could barely finish!
I was so glad after my arms were so devastated that I could still walk 52 years ago after being paralyzed in an accident during surgery on my spine. However, I started tripping and falling when I shouldn't right away. And have many stitches to prove it.
Anyway, eight years later, my mother prudently told me, "Ron, you're limping!" But I kept walking up until 24 years ago when my gait got so bad that the only walking I could do was scooting around the floor at the office and at home in wheeled office chairs. When that failed, two years later, it was an electric wheelchair for me. Now, I glide rather than walk. My mother, at 91, with completely shot joints, still refuses a wheelchair and has been using a walker for about six years.
Do I miss walking? You're damned right I do! I'm glad that I have a Flexociser to get those legs moving in a bicycle action at about 15 miles an hour for about 20 to 30 minutes a day. My thighs have grown since I've been using the machine, but my sometimes painful and violent spasms increase every year.
Ron
Ambulation (Article) - 8/28/2016 11:48:01 PM
You've certainly made your point motivating one to walk and/or exercise. Hopefully by doing so we can avoid a nursing home entirely.
Ambulation (Article) - 8/28/2016 3:16:58 PM
John...you're killin' me! A super writing! LMAO!
Jon Peter
Ambulation (Article) - 8/28/2016 2:09:37 PM
I believe in walking. I do it every day. Eh . . . To be serious here, I do walk quite a bit every day. Got my little mutt to walk twice a day, sometimes three times. Plus I walk as I shop. Speaking of shopping, I walk almost every day around circumference at WalMart walking as close to the walls as possible, and that is a pretty damn good walk. So yes! I understand the need for walking, especially us old farts.
My Very First Poem (Article) - 6/5/2016 1:19:49 AM
Looks like a good start to me. After all, you are still writing poems much better than that. John
My Very First Poem (Article) - 6/3/2016 10:26:52 AM
Oh, had I known you, I would have giggled!!
Love ya!
Jane
My Very First Poem (Article) - 6/3/2016 9:16:16 AM
That's a good one! I shudder to think what I must have written when I was love smitten in high school. I'd better not find one of those.
Some of the poets here need that very narrow (1 inch wide) notepad that my mother gave me. Up at the top was printed: "A notepad for narrow-minded bastards."
Ron
My Very First Poem (Article) - 6/3/2016 8:50:40 AM
Yes. A poem. Shoulda posted it where it belongs . . . Where the poems are.
One Man, One Vote (Article) - 4/18/2016 5:20:13 AM
A wonderful story. One of many coming out of the birth of this nation. That particular vote was a rebellious and quite violent overthrow of nearly 200 years of colonialization that had become a status quo of the time. The Loyalists, conservatives, were firmly in charge with the power of the crown behind them.
Based on the acrimony, we may be at a point where, 240 years later, where we once again, that conservative elements have entrenched our country in obsolete ways that need to be changed and it will take everyone's vote to make that happen, not just a few wealthy and be with the wherewithal to have several horses waiting or a jet plane waiting to get their vote counted.
My mother just had a difficult time, at 91, getting her credentials together for voting, but she will get to. I hope you do, too.
Ron
One Man, One Vote (Article) - 4/17/2016 12:47:09 PM
Honey!!! I don't know who to vote for!!!
Love ya!
Jane
One Man, One Vote (Article) - 4/17/2016 10:23:23 AM
John my friend...you bring history alive! Thanks!
I would agree with Jerry Bolton that the GOP is in the process of trying to steal an election. They seem to thrive on the idea that if they don't like the candidate ,election results be damned.
One Man, One Vote (Article) - 4/17/2016 10:02:15 AM
One man, one vote i understand is the hue and cry, but until this election I never knew that our votes don't mean anything. The reason, is the convoluted rules the Republican (Democrat too, probably) hierarchy has in place where if they don't like who the people elect, in this case Trump, or maybe Cruz, they can and probably will pick another candidate (legal? doesn't sound like it would be, but hey! they write the rules). But I think that Republican hierarchy should tread very carefully.
Are You a Caregiver? (Article) - 4/8/2016 8:03:36 AM
While I am not aging--yet, I have retained caregivers (currently three) for 23 years. Caregivers are special people that are under paid for their extraordinary service.
I would highly recommend that anyone who is aging, or their family, if necessary, considering hiring caregivers in the elderly person's home. This is especially true if the elderly person is fully capable of managing their own affairs, but physically having difficulties requiring help. The cost of having help like this is about one half the cost of going to a group assisted living and the person getting the care is able to remain at home, set the schedule for care, and not have to go on the facility's schedule.
Of course, careful background checks will be needed to determine that the caregiver is not going to try to take advantage of the situation.
Ron
Are You a Caregiver? (Article) - 4/7/2016 12:52:49 PM
I am a Caregiver and will look into this. Thank you.
Love ya!
Jane
My Home Town (Article) - 2/15/2016 3:22:13 PM
Nice! However, my hometown, Brockton, is the undisputed "City of Champions!" ( Rocky Marciano, Marvelous Marvin Haylee, many high school championships, etc.)
My Home Town (Article) - 2/15/2016 1:24:34 PM
Next time I'm in R.I., my niece and I will take a ride to this library. Extraordinary!!!
Love ya!
Jane
Pass the Buck (Article) - 2/13/2016 9:03:59 AM
A place for seniors to get help in the community is wonderful. I'm not connected to my community at all. I am assaulted by nonprofit calls and emails daily requesting small donations and monthly contributions. Unfortunately there are so many. Now with Go Fund Me.com, there are even more. But like you indicate, a dollar here, a dollar there, like the lottery, can end up to be some very substantial cash.
I'm glad you are here. Your humor is wonderful when so many are having dark times.
Ron
Pass the Buck (Article) - 2/11/2016 2:29:22 PM
So very commendable of you to be doing this!!! You are a true humanitarian!!! I feel the same way about our center as well.
Love ya!
Jane
Roberts Rules (Article) - 2/1/2016 6:40:21 AM
Not too loud for me. I feel lucky that I didn't want to a club like the Jaycees. While they may do some good deeds in the neighborhood, they are social, career climbing clubs and not really necessary.
I've attended many meetings and found that most of the moderators (bosses) set the stage for the meeting. Robert's Rules don't always apply but do set sense of decorum and fairness even though some of the procedures are time wasters as well. The best meetings are those that allow everyone time to say something but not hog the conversation. The worst meetings are those where the moderator/boss does all the talking like a dictator.
Ron
Roberts Rules (Article) - 1/31/2016 9:06:05 AM
Lost time is old snow, it melts away. Let's take the time to find out new things. Screw the lost time, baby!
Love ya!
Jane
So Who's WHO? (Article) - 11/23/2015 1:14:54 AM
It's nice to know that WHO is looking out for an aging population, while recognizing the assets of those who've stuck around.
To The Donald (Poetry) - 11/14/2017 7:32:52 AM
Having just read this today, a year and half after it was posted, and 10 months into his term, I'm curious if you still have the same opinion today. You won't find anyone who didn't like Trump a year ago, and have changed their minds, On the other hand, there are plenty of people who liked Trump and year ago, and have changed their minds. Trump is so bad, he makes George W. look good.
Ad Infinitum (Poetry) - 11/25/2016 7:10:17 AM
My uncle had it--the result of excessive smoking--he died rather young compared to his brothers. So, even though your poem doesn't describe the symptoms, I can see why you sense the end coming… Probably from the inability to breathe properly.
On the bright side, if you can hold on for another 15 to 20 years, medicine may have a way to reverse or even cure the condition so that you can live your full lifespan to be able to share your wit and poetry with us.
Ron
Ad Infinitum (Poetry) - 11/23/2016 12:45:38 PM
I wish I had a magic wand! I'd make you all shiny and new! In fact, I'd wave it over myself as well.
Love ya!
Jane
Ad Infinitum (Poetry) - 11/23/2016 6:39:37 AM
Since I am afflicted with emphysema (COPD) I completely understand what you are saying here, more so than those who don't have it. Thank you for posting this, John.
Matter of Concern (Poetry) - 11/18/2016 9:01:57 AM
So you no longer worry about the stuff you used to worry about because you no longer worry about stuff, and that saves you from an ulcer that you never got in the first place. Makes perfect sense to me. Count me in.
Matter of Concern (Poetry) - 11/17/2016 10:55:54 AM
While the myth persists, ulcers are caused by bacterial infection. But I'm sure that worry can affect our immune system in a bad way.
I myself take the Alfred E Newman route: "What me worry?"
Ron
Matter of Concern (Poetry) - 11/17/2016 6:13:53 AM
That IS a very good thing!
Love ya!
Jane
Matter of Concern (Poetry) - 11/17/2016 6:05:31 AM
Concerned? Worried? Thin red line. Whatever it takes to keep those damn ulcers away!
Breathless (Poetry) - 11/16/2016 8:46:04 AM
As long as you can get about and breathe these beautiful words, you are all right in my book.
Ron
Breathless (Poetry) - 11/16/2016 7:11:31 AM
"and can't remember getting to this state!" Love it!
Just take in that salt air and enjoy our good fortune of living in God's creation!
Jon
Breathless (Poetry) - 11/16/2016 6:21:21 AM
Ah! The Cape certainly is Nirvana. Sad for your misfortune and hope medicine finds "a cure" in the next 10 minutes!!! Take it easy.
Love ya
Jane
Breathless (Poetry) - 11/16/2016 5:31:04 AM
I absolutely relate to this, John. Emphysema! I have been walking down that road for many years. Eh, thank to the superior modern medicine I am able to lead pretty much a normal life. Good luck to you and I hope you will, in the future, be approaching ninety-eight.
Matter of Mind (Poetry) - 11/15/2016 8:35:45 AM
Mama like!
Love ya!
Jane
Matter of Mind (Poetry) - 11/15/2016 8:19:28 AM
Like new shoes, I can hear you coming down the hall. ;-)
But you're in old shoes and your mind is so sharp it cuts through my poetry like the wind. I like that.
Ron
Matter of Mind (Poetry) - 11/15/2016 6:28:21 AM
Don't refrain from using that brain. Keep pumping away.
Matter of Mind (Poetry) - 11/15/2016 6:27:55 AM
Nice! Keep "pump'n" my friend! Love the "gym for the brain!"
Jon
Matter of Mind (Poetry) - 11/15/2016 5:07:52 AM
You awere so right when you wrote this . . .
"But as I age I tend to feel it slip."
Slip it surely does, John, and I hope all that you are doing to thwart this slippage works. It didn't for me . . .
Election 16 (Poetry) - 11/12/2016 4:57:50 AM
And all the fair-minded people say he lost by 200,000 votes.
Election 16 (Poetry) - 11/10/2016 2:58:03 PM
JOHN...love this! Makes me happy to be one of the deplorables! Life is good (splendid!)
Jon
Election 16 (Poetry) - 11/10/2016 8:27:54 AM
Yes, the image of the happy unemployed darkie with the fishing pole under Jim Crow America is now alive and well again. Isn't that just wonderful?
Ron
Election 16 (Poetry) - 11/10/2016 4:44:38 AM
All I can say is that I am so glad the political ads are gone. This was a messy campaign but we got through it. We have chosen a new leader. May he lead fearlessly!!
Love ya!
Jane
Election 16 (Poetry) - 11/10/2016 4:22:50 AM
I love this poem . . . I love how you brought this poem to is glorious end . . . "Zippidy doo dah day" yo'self!
Tom, John and Ben (Poetry) - 10/29/2016 12:39:06 PM
I voted early but not often. Multiple votes were only granted to aristocrats who held others enslaved in their employ. One citizen, one vote, says I.
Thanks for not taking political sides with this poem, although I can see where your great quotes are leading…
Ron
Tom, John and Ben (Poetry) - 10/28/2016 5:40:03 AM
VOTE, and I already did.
Tom, John and Ben (Poetry) - 10/27/2016 3:33:15 PM
John...time for you to run for a political office!
Loved the tome!
Keep well my friend!j
Tom, John and Ben (Poetry) - 10/27/2016 1:38:45 PM
You're right. We must "exercise our responsibility" to let our voices be heard. Enjoyed!!
Love ya!
Jane
Tom, John and Ben (Poetry) - 10/27/2016 12:02:20 PM
I voted today. Early voting in Thibodaux, LA!
Responsibility of Elders (Poetry) - 10/6/2016 7:05:03 AM
In one short poem, you have encapsulated what it means to be an elder statesman. Unfortunately, I find that so many seem to be so shortsighted, narrow-minded, and only concerned about their fortunes and their futures, not helping out others during their free years in retirement and leaving their children thinking that they should do the same--consume and entertain.
The world is much better with people like you in it. Wish there were more.
Ron
Responsibility of Elders (Poetry) - 10/6/2016 3:27:49 AM
John...a perfect accounting of taking the bull by the horns! Especially liked your take on engaging at all levels of aging. Millenials and elderly: oh what can be derived from their exchanges!
John...you're so responsible! Take care, try to be good!
Responsibility of Elders (Poetry) - 10/5/2016 8:42:13 PM
Well stated. As a septuagenarian, I am still working and can relate to this poem. John
Responsibility of Elders (Poetry) - 10/5/2016 2:11:50 PM
You are so right, hon! Believe me, I share my experiences, strength, and hope with the youth trying to make their journey a bit easier.
Love ya!
Jane
Responsibility of Elders (Poetry) - 10/5/2016 1:14:35 PM
Eh . . . I'm hanging in, John, doing what I can do. I was always a maverick, but even so I can see that I much more was in reverence concerning "society." I know so much more about this great country, how we came into existence, et al, than even the young people who have graduated college. It is a damn shame!
911 XV (Poetry) - 9/12/2016 5:55:09 AM
It's interesting that you chose the subject to be "action/thriller." We will always remember what a gray day that was, but we can't dwell on what we can't change and must move forward to prevent it from ever happening again. That's your message.
Ron
911 XV (Poetry) - 9/11/2016 12:30:40 PM
Lovely sentiment for today!!
Love ya!
Jane
911 XV (Poetry) - 9/11/2016 10:26:24 AM
This is very good, John, you posted a worthwhile piece of poetic writing. And you can live with it, too.
Facing Death (Poetry) - 9/7/2016 5:27:27 AM
A poem with great advice. I love that. Anyone without a will is doing a disservice to their family. And, the will should be general enough so that while the details change, the intent is still able to be carried out. And, by all means, allow at least two people ways to access your computers. We now have so much of our information on computers. If we die and our loved ones don't know or can get that information, it can be very difficult for them.
As for death itself, certainly not as bad as long-suffering before it happens.
Ron
Facing Death (Poetry) - 9/7/2016 5:15:06 AM
Death, the last great mystery.
Michael D.
Facing Death (Poetry) - 9/6/2016 8:18:49 PM
9-6-2016
Do Not Fear Death
Fear Where You Are Going...
Simply Whence You Get There
You will Not Like It...
TRASK...
Facing Death (Poetry) - 9/6/2016 12:31:39 PM
So very true! Take it one day at a time. Prepare for what will come naturally. Enjoy life! Make new friends. Love those you have. Keep fit. Eat healthy but, don't deny youself the not-so-healthy goodies that you love.keep your brain in gear with stimulating talk and writings. Remember, you are an impotant cog in the wheel of life!
Keep writing my friend!
Jon Peter
Facing Death (Poetry) - 9/6/2016 9:15:25 AM
I'm going to live until I die!! You can be sure of that, baby!
Love ya!
Jane
Facing Death (Poetry) - 9/6/2016 8:11:10 AM
You have the right idea concerning this damn death thing. I'm gonna give death the finger. Eh . . . I know it won't make any difference, but it'll make me feel good doing it!
Learning to Age (Poetry) - 8/25/2016 1:03:20 PM
Oh, you kid!!!
Love ya!
Jane
Learning to Age (Poetry) - 8/25/2016 9:05:18 AM
I love the pace of your poetry, humor and wisdom. Live long and well!
Ron
Learning to Age (Poetry) - 8/25/2016 7:20:46 AM
Tell me about it, John! Memory loss, sometimes severe memory loss. Hooked up on oxygen, nebulizer . . . eh, you get the picture . . . Old age sucks!
Learning to Age (Poetry) - 8/25/2016 4:58:40 AM
That's one for the ages.
Michael D.
Giving Thanks (Poetry) - 8/18/2016 7:49:35 AM
I love how you are approaching your situation with humor and much wisdom. It makes it a joy to read everything you write.
I've known for some time that paralysis takes a big hunk of a lifespan. Hell, a lot of my old spinal cord injured buddies are gone, some much younger than I, like Christopher Reeve. So, I'm beginning to experience some of your symptoms. They are a pain in the neck, but inevitable. So, I'm going to enjoy them along with you… okay?
Ron
Giving Thanks (Poetry) - 8/17/2016 2:15:55 PM
We all have that rear view mirror and at different stages in our life glance into it. "And for what little I have I am thankful" holds true for none of us know whether we have tomorrow. I found that out recently. Bless you, babe!
Love ya!
Jane
Giving Thanks (Poetry) - 8/17/2016 12:10:43 PM
Ahh John, you make my day! Love how you relate the struggles of everyday living to the highlights of those times ahead. You inspire all who are fortunate to read your tomes and to know you.
Jon Peter
Giving Thanks (Poetry) - 8/17/2016 10:54:04 AM
Thank you Jerry... If you are going to make it to a hundred... don't push it. DO, but don't OVER DO. Learn to pace yourself. A man of your vast experience should hang problem with that.
Just think... you only have 22 years to go..
Giving Thanks (Poetry) - 8/17/2016 9:57:48 AM
Oh John, I understand this write completely. At 77, I am ten years younger than you, but even the whipper-snapper that I am I too have begun to learn to age. My short term memory is becoming scary and I admit it to myself, dangerous. I have just found out I have cancer of the face, so my days here on out is not going to be as good as the days before. Good write, buddy.
Hallelujah! (Poetry) - 8/14/2016 3:44:19 AM
VERY NICE!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva
I'm a Bereaver (Poetry) - 7/26/2016 3:23:13 PM
Yes, lots of people out there to meet and greet.
Hallelujah! (Poetry) - 7/25/2016 4:10:52 AM
What a wonderful outlook you have! It IS a wonderful world, and we have an amazing God to see us through each day, each pain, slow reactions, traveling wrinkles, and fuzzy memories! For all He has given and continues to give, I thank Him, and especially, for the gift of His Son Jesus, in whom IS LIFE ETERNAL!
Great thoughts, John!
Hallelujah! (Poetry) - 7/24/2016 6:27:29 PM
You are so right, so many places to go yet, and people to see and meet yet, Hallelujah.
Hallelujah! (Poetry) - 7/24/2016 9:21:03 AM
Thought I was at a "revival" meeting as I read this again! Wonderful outlook on life! Hallelujah!
Jon Peter
Hallelujah! (Poetry) - 7/24/2016 8:08:04 AM
My kind of attitude! More power to you as you proceed your poetic way.
Ron
Hallelujah! (Poetry) - 7/24/2016 6:11:41 AM
The perfect outlook! I feel I must adapt this way of thinking more than I do. Thank you!!
Love ya!
Jane
Hallelujah! (Poetry) - 7/24/2016 4:24:32 AM
"Hallelujah!!!"
I'm a Bereaver (Poetry) - 7/12/2016 6:36:27 AM
I like the word you invented. It says a lot in three syllables.
Ron
I'm a Bereaver (Poetry) - 7/12/2016 5:21:31 AM
That's the attitude to have! Go get 'em, Tiger!!
Love ya!
Jane
I'm a Bereaver (Poetry) - 7/11/2016 2:56:18 PM
March on, Sir John . . . March on!
Time to Retire (Poetry) - 6/22/2016 2:50:44 AM
I am not yet retired, but am at the age when I should be. Enjoyed this romp very much, John. Good stuff. John
No Intiendo (Poetry) - 6/20/2016 7:08:16 AM
So true. Friends seem to be most friendly through children and women. When the children and the women go off to wherever, a man can stand alone. My friends are not close, but are an email or phone call away. Recently, I've contacted three old friends just to talk. While they responded quickly by email, none of them has called back.
I think that widows do better than widowers. But, couples that couples have befriended, tend to fade when there is no longer a couple to commune with.
Ron
No Intiendo (Poetry) - 6/20/2016 6:43:42 AM
Those friends you mentioned......True friends don't leave you high and dry! When my uncle's wife passed over, his friends would, until the day he died of a heart attack, take him out to eat at a diner at least once a week and they'd all go to high school sports games. If you lived closer, I'd take you nature walking, my friend!
Love ya!
Jane
No Intiendo (Poetry) - 6/20/2016 4:12:18 AM
Eh . . . I resemble that remark about "these friends tend to wander astray." Sometimes it is us, however, after our better half dies that we become a recluse.
Time to Retire (Poetry) - 6/17/2016 11:20:36 PM
It comes to us all lol!....
Thanks for making me smile this dull Saturday morning!
Diana...
Time to Retire (Poetry) - 6/17/2016 7:01:38 AM
LOL!!! I really enjoyed this! You sure haven't forgotten how to write a kick ass poem!!!
Love ya!
Jane
Time to Retire (Poetry) - 6/17/2016 6:27:28 AM
That's exactly how I ........oh, shoot, forgot what I was going to say, ha!
Dan
PS It will come to me later!
Time to Retire (Poetry) - 6/17/2016 6:21:40 AM
I LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva
Time to Retire (Poetry) - 6/16/2016 7:03:21 AM
Another winner!
Jon Peter
Time to Retire (Poetry) - 6/16/2016 6:49:20 AM
And can't find the time if I did!
You have sized up retirement perfectly. Your humor is something I'm trying to remember to admire.
Ron
Time to Retire (Poetry) - 6/16/2016 5:20:45 AM
I absolutely understand you, John . . .
Time to Retire (Poetry) - 6/16/2016 5:15:44 AM
I don't forget much but I can relate to this poem.
Good Grief (Poetry) - 6/15/2016 6:45:51 AM
This poem says it all. We are born, we live, we die, but, as you have stated, we are not alone. So beautifully put, John!!
Love ya!
Jane
Good Grief (Poetry) - 6/15/2016 6:24:53 AM
There's much wisdom in this poem reaching almost everyone.
While I have suffered great loss through botched surgery and the loss of potential mates who left me rather than deal with it, I have not suffered the loss you describe, even at my age. I felt no grief when my grandparents and my father died (I looked at it as a relief from his nine months of suffering) and have not lost a close friend yet.
But it will come, and I'm not sure I'm prepared for it to happen.
Ron
Good Grief (Poetry) - 6/15/2016 12:44:41 AM
I enjoyed this...
Your last your last four words provide much comfort...
Diana...
Good Grief (Poetry) - 6/14/2016 12:36:50 PM
This is a beautiful piece! Yes, we don't know when the time of our death will be upon us. The bible says: "like a thief in the night!" Nature wins out. How prepared are we for the inevitable?
Jon Peter
Good Grief (Poetry) - 6/14/2016 12:05:48 PM
I love it, John.
Wash Ashore (Poetry) - 6/2/2016 8:38:07 AM
I find coastal communities to be the best place to "wash ashore", as they present to me, peace & tranquility & a place to rest my weary inner self...-e-
At the Doc's (Poetry) - 6/2/2016 8:35:06 AM
Forget a doctor, go to a mechanic, maybe he can get you some newer parts...-e-
At the Doc's (Poetry) - 6/1/2016 4:10:19 AM
Truth and humor, the perfect mix!
Jon Peter
At the Doc's (Poetry) - 5/31/2016 3:07:15 PM
John, Funny, funny. Got a good laugh out of this, I needed that today!!
Personally, I think the whiskey and gin works best, like the 'Doctor Said', LOL!!
Dan
At the Doc's (Poetry) - 5/31/2016 9:12:10 AM
It's a trap!!
Love ya!
Jane
At the Doc's (Poetry) - 5/31/2016 9:08:25 AM
Hah! You're a funny guy, John. I just got back from visiting the ER myself. I feel the same about if I'm in such good shape (they always throw that in) why don't my bill begin to start be less.
Wash Ashore (Poetry) - 5/30/2016 8:14:16 AM
This poem gives a feeling of contentment, light and lovely. I like how you started, with the line "I have arrived on a rising tide." Very enjoyable to read!
If I were gathering seashells, I am sure you would catch my attention. May God bless you just where you have washed ashore.
Connie
Wash Ashore (Poetry) - 5/29/2016 7:28:18 AM
Interesting that you poem follows Jane's about sand. It's always good to be well-traveled and have lived in different places. It helps one's perspective. You seem to have landed ashore in a very good place indeed. I'm not sure I would like those nor'easters, though.
Ron
Wash Ashore (Poetry) - 5/28/2016 8:12:22 AM
I love this poem, the whole uplifing mood of it, the rhyme and flow.
Wash Ashore (Poetry) - 5/28/2016 1:31:06 AM
A calm and happy feel to this poem...
Satisfaction...at peace...
I hope you have many happy 'wash ashore' days...
Diana...
Wash Ashore (Poetry) - 5/27/2016 2:17:00 PM
awww.. coastal living, living the dream..
Wash Ashore (Poetry) - 5/27/2016 1:13:37 PM
Alright, some more coastal poets to give me company. I too washed ashore here where I am but hope am not 'washed up' just yet. We just had about 50,000 fans wash ashore here for the famous Hangout Festival for several days at the roads end on the beach in the sand, a huge event. Huge music stage right by the water. Sort of a cleaned up Woodstock!
Dan
Wash Ashore (Poetry) - 5/27/2016 12:45:59 PM
So many of the areas around Cape Cod are so very quaint and inviting. You have been favored by being a 'wash ashore' anywhere around there! I spent nearly all of my summers around there. I miss it!!
Love ya!
Jane
Wash Ashore (Poetry) - 5/27/2016 9:28:03 AM
Sounds very good to me, John. I wandered for years, although not in a boat or ship, althouh I worked on some, but I wandered still. I am where I want to be. I am happy. Hope you will be happy also where you have been 'wash ashore.'
To The Donald (Poetry) - 5/17/2016 5:22:47 AM
So for all the Trump haters, do you prefer career politicians who have a rehearsed ready answer for any question asked? If we had term limits, then we would get more regular citizens into office. I owned an ice cream store for 20 years and could make better decisions than half of the politicians who couldn't run a small business if you gave them one, they would go broke. I think it only takes common sense to make good decisions, not being in politics forever, that is what's wrong with the country now. At some point you have to try something different, why go the same old crap way forever?
Dan
To The Donald (Poetry) - 5/15/2016 5:50:22 PM
I have to agree with "The Ronald", Hull that is...-e-
To The Donald (Poetry) - 5/14/2016 8:50:25 AM
I recently read a carefully edited and anonymous (they are always anonymous) email circulating that describes Donald Trump as a kind of icon citizen. From reading that bio one would get the idea that the man has done no wrong and can do no wrong. Even though he comes from a privileged background and went to private schools, he is projected as an ordinary American who made good. I prefer the log cabin model myself. Donald Trump is no Abraham Lincoln.
Among those out there with self-promoting ambition like Arnold Schwarzenegger and others, none seem to compare to Donald Trump. He is the PT Barnum of the 21st century. Does that make him a good president? I don't think so. If I am any judge of character at all, I think I can see through his buffoonery. I hope others can as well.
Ron
To The Donald (Poetry) - 5/13/2016 9:33:52 AM
Hoping that in some way you can get this write to Mr. Trump (or have you already found a way?)!! What about a T.V. station???? Great stuff!
Love ya!
Jane
To The Donald (Poetry) - 5/13/2016 8:46:42 AM
I stand beside you, John, in support of my man Trump!
Matter of Degree (Poetry) - 5/11/2016 8:08:40 AM
To a matter of degree, it starts the dialogue!
Jon Peter
Matter of Degree (Poetry) - 5/11/2016 7:04:13 AM
Oh, I hear what's right a lot of times. Why only yesterday I got a call from a guy said he was right and stood for the Conservative Majority, whatever that is. Anyway this robot telephone call came from some trumped up guy who said he stood for what was right and something about, "bringing our country back."
Where did our country go? As far as I know, it didn't go anywhere. I'm still in it. So, I don't just hear leftovers. I read a lot of righteous right, right here.
Ron
Matter of Degree (Poetry) - 5/11/2016 5:31:50 AM
You hammered this one down in "true John Carlson style".............'Love it!
Lovev ya!
Jane
Matter of Degree (Poetry) - 5/11/2016 4:16:04 AM
I am absolutely SHOCKED to hear this!!!
Matter of Degree (Poetry) - 5/11/2016 4:10:06 AM
And . . . As we quite understand that degrees can be manipulated.
About Time (Poetry) - 5/9/2016 9:10:21 AM
Allow it to be US who thank YOU for sharing your talent with us. Sooooooooooooooo, hon! Thank you!!
Love ya!
Jane
About Time (Poetry) - 5/8/2016 8:10:33 AM
I'm glad that I took the time to read your timely message. I will return the favor when I have the time.
Ron
About Time (Poetry) - 5/7/2016 5:22:35 PM
We will hear from you again,
The next time a poem you send,
But if not I wish your wit you could to me lend,
Till next time we meet we'll be better on the mend...-e-
About Time (Poetry) - 5/7/2016 3:34:56 PM
Sincere, genuine good thoughts by a friend I am blessed to know!
Jon
About Time (Poetry) - 5/7/2016 9:10:13 AM
Heh.Heh I associated with "while I still have it in mind" big time. John
Ask Not (Poetry) - 5/2/2016 1:24:54 PM
INEPTOCRACY!!! Love the word!
You are a "doer" while a great deal of the country's populace are takers. Interepret that as you see fit. Change? It will happen as society puts into place leaders with "balls" who "tell it like it is"! Hmmm... I wonder who that might be? Any guesses?
Ask Not (Poetry) - 4/30/2016 9:41:11 AM
You left the poetry aside to make a political statement. But that's okay. I do recall at the time when I got up from my studies (most students didn't get up from their partying) and walked 50 miles one day for JFK to show my physical fitness.
When JFK made that statement, most of the college students that I was surrounded by were draft dodgers, would cheat every time their simple minds found a way to, neglected their studies for beer drinking and idiot activities, didn't give a rat's ass about anyone but their family and circle of friends, and planned to go to work for their parents, teach with a lot of perks, or work for a company for life with good benefits.
They had kids and they voted… Our downfall. I agree with your suggestions and I have many more. Our legislators should be unpaid citizen servants. We need to take money out of politics as much as possible.
Ron
Ask Not (Poetry) - 4/29/2016 1:04:22 PM
I must agree with Jerry.
Love ya!
Jane
Ask Not (Poetry) - 4/29/2016 10:16:02 AM
Term limits, say ten years.
Fellow Named Ben (Poetry) - 4/27/2016 5:28:28 AM
Yeah, but that was all before the top 1 percent had more than the other 99 percent combined. Wise in his day, not so much now.
Fellow Named Ben (Poetry) - 4/23/2016 10:59:14 AM
It wasn't that he was that sad. It wasn't that he was that glad. He was just amusing himself by musing these words to be had.
Ron
Fellow Named Ben (Poetry) - 4/22/2016 5:47:36 AM
His words still ring true!!
Love ya!
Jane
Fellow Named Ben (Poetry) - 4/22/2016 4:55:45 AM
Yes, that was what he said, without the typos. Heh.Heh
Smile (Poetry) - 4/14/2016 7:21:43 AM
Really nice "pick me up" for someone having a bad day.
Ron
Smile (Poetry) - 4/14/2016 5:02:28 AM
Wonderful poem!! "as long as we are here...
let us spread a little good cheer"
....and not just for some.........for everyone! I love it!!!
Love ya!
Jane
Smile (Poetry) - 4/13/2016 11:02:58 PM
A SMILE IS INFECTIOUS. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VERY INSPIRING WORK. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Smile (Poetry) - 4/13/2016 2:31:18 PM
I agree with you, Charlie. In fact I had a lesson today on doing exactly what you suggest everybody do. "cast a ray of sunshine."
Fellow Named John (Poetry) - 4/10/2016 9:28:26 AM
One can select comments from history that support almost any viewpoint. What is important is what is appropriate for our time. I agree that we all have two vote if we want leaders who will respect both our heritage and our future.
Ron
Fellow Named John (Poetry) - 4/7/2016 2:59:35 PM
One of the GREAT founding fathers for sure.
Fellow Named John (Poetry) - 4/7/2016 2:05:13 PM
yes he was and yes he did, thank you for reminding everyone
Fellow Named John (Poetry) - 4/7/2016 1:24:49 PM
Wow! I really enjoyed this! I'm saving it for sure!
Love ya!
Jane
Fellow Named John (Poetry) - 4/7/2016 1:18:24 PM
Ahh...your indulgence into American history is well received. John Adams brings out a thirst for Samuel!
Jon Peter
Fellow Named Samuel (Poetry) - 4/7/2016 11:01:29 AM
I drink a toast to Sam any time I can.
Fill er up. Prosit!
Fellow Named Samuel (Poetry) - 4/4/2016 7:13:17 AM
A well constructed poem highlighting the wit and wisdom of Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain. A lovely read.
Ron
Fellow Named Samuel (Poetry) - 4/4/2016 7:04:12 AM
John...you've done it again, I love this poem and the keen worde incorporated into it from no less than Sammy himself!
Jon Peter
Fellow Named Samuel (Poetry) - 4/4/2016 6:14:26 AM
My man Twain. Well done, John!
Fellow Named Samuel (Poetry) - 4/4/2016 5:32:53 AM
'Love Mark Twain! Thank you for pulling these out of storage!!
Love ya!
Jane
Fellow Named Saul (Poetry) - 3/30/2016 8:00:26 AM
It is very interesting that among the thousands of books out there, certain ideologues have picked up Saul's book and used it to make President Obama the scapegoat for past sins of presidents and Congress. It's a nice try but a very weak argument with underlying racist undertones.
I have found that among the aging population with arteries clogged from good (and excessive) living with abundant food, that brains starved of nutrients begin to atrophy and fall back on childish notions of the "good life" that never really existed.
It's okay. The elderly, for the most part are well fixed with their retirement packages and do not have to face the problems the young people will now have to solve caused by your generation now worried about all the benefits being provided for all the people that were/are not "of your kind."
Read Tom Hyland's article or Ed Phillips's articles for the other side of the coin.
Ron
Fellow Named Saul (Poetry) - 3/30/2016 7:21:00 AM
As we say down south, "that 'bout sums it up".
Dan
I Love It (Poetry) - 3/30/2016 5:02:49 AM
I can't live without it! 'Can't deny it!! This is a fun poem!!
Love ya!
Jane
Fellow Named Saul (Poetry) - 3/29/2016 11:35:27 AM
Yep . . . Seem to me I think Saul Alinsky was/is in league with Obama and was instrumental in helping him rise to where he is today.
Fellow Named Saul (Poetry) - 3/29/2016 11:26:12 AM
Well, I don't like Saul!!!
Love ya!
Jane
Tuckered Out (Poetry) - 3/29/2016 8:03:22 AM
Your witty poems "make my day" every time I read one. I'd bat for 100 if I were you. 86 is too low.
Ron
Tuckered Out (Poetry) - 3/28/2016 8:13:01 PM
A fine poem on the aging process. Thanks for sharing "in your old age". John
Tuckered Out (Poetry) - 3/28/2016 1:16:26 PM
You are helping more than you can imagine over there in Cape Cod. I might just be in that area late this coming summer!!!
Love ya!
Jane
Tuckered Out (Poetry) - 3/28/2016 12:13:28 PM
And you do that completely, John, when you compose such wonderful pieces of poetry such as this. You are ten years ahead of me in years, and I can only hope to be half as entertaining when I approach that number.
Glasses held high . . . Skol . . .
Tuckered Out (Poetry) - 3/28/2016 11:54:11 AM
Love the layout of the poem, looks like a container (vase?). Dianne and I find you, as well as your writing, a real gift, and we thank you for sharing!
Jon Peter
Fellow Named Tom (Poetry) - 3/27/2016 9:43:14 AM
Those were the issues back in Tom's day, along with keeping slaves and bedding down a few of them. But then, nobody's perfect.
Fellow Named Tom (Poetry) - 3/26/2016 11:08:03 AM
Jefferson, and the rest of our founding fathers, were indeed very intelligent men.
Michael D.
Fellow Named Tom (Poetry) - 3/26/2016 8:40:56 AM
Fine statements from a very liberal president who made sure that he wrote in the Constitution the phrase, "alter or abolish it."
As one who has benefited from the prosperity and rapid growth with strong unions, company pensions, and longtime employment, you failed to realize the shift in the economic status of Americans as a result of defunding and dismantling government in favor of "privatizing" everything.
For example, the arts. Artists, philosophers, poets, and writers of songs, plays and literature have long been sponsored by aristocrats and rich people. Pursuit of these fields and the teaching of them honored in our institutions of higher learning.
In the last 50 years or so value in education as shifted to monetary focus, banking, accounting, and those professions of a technical nature that are moneymaking: medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, law and those with no educational value at all, sports (coaches are the highest paid teachers in all education).
In your day, graduating from high school meant a good job that would support a family. Today, graduating from high school gives you a service job paying below poverty without enough money to go on to school.
The problem is not the government where there are still good jobs and benefits and pensions. The problem is the shift in value of the American people. Abandoning the arts and humanities… Those things that make us human, and focusing on making money as a end-all and sign of importance.
Supporting the arts like the New Deal did would put money in creative, inventive people's pockets. Government sponsorship would greatly reduce the unemployment and underemployment caused by political favoritism, salary inflation for executives, and other vices promulgated by those in power in the government, and not the government, itself.
Ron
Fellow Named Tom (Poetry) - 3/26/2016 7:51:18 AM
Yes, too much debt, too much government, too much politicians staying in office for decades.
Too too much and we have about had enough, well the 45% or so of us that have contributed have!!
Dan
Fellow Named Tom (Poetry) - 3/26/2016 6:06:08 AM
Excellent!
And soooo true! Mr. J. told it like it is and how it should be!
Thanks for your history/civics lesson today!
Jon Peter
Fellow Named Tom (Poetry) - 3/26/2016 5:50:08 AM
Oh my, my, John. This is a keeper, for sure. I knew who Tom was by the way. Where, when, and why have we veered off the straight and narrow into the muck and mire we find ourselves in today? I believe it began with a man named Frank, as in Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
My First Poem (Poetry) - 3/21/2016 6:47:21 AM
That was back in the dark ages--2010! And, you haven't aged a bit!
Ron
My First Poem (Poetry) - 3/20/2016 2:00:45 PM
That's a beaut! Lost a step? How come you always want to race!?
My First Poem (Poetry) - 3/20/2016 1:41:11 PM
I don't worry about it. Like you say, I try to meet each day with the best intentions.
My First Poem (Poetry) - 3/20/2016 1:15:31 PM
I love your outlook!! This poem just might be found over my doorway soon! (with your name of course!)
Love ya!
Jane
Aloneness (Poetry) - 3/18/2016 7:09:07 AM
A great reflection on a life well lived. Living alone certainly has advantages… I did for many years. For one, it teaches self-reliance. For two, it allows ample time for contemplation without all the static of other people's conversation, problems and just plain, distraction.
There's something to be said about being alone without being lonely.
Ron
PS. Your mother is very proud of you!
As We Age II (Poetry) - 3/15/2016 7:33:08 PM
Here is a cheery way to look at life from another poet...
t’s that pre-warmed toilet seat
your mate left you.
It’s that basket of fries
your friend didn’t finish.
It doesn’t take much
to make us happy,
if we only make note
of what’s around us,
every day,
regardless of worries,
regardless of lack of
recognition.
In those moments
we can see
the circle of humanity
from death to birth,
yes, and birth to death.
Can we fertilize the ground,
make trees and grass praise us?
The happiness never ends,
so long as we notice,
so long as we care,
so long as we don’t ignore
what little things can do
to our spirits,
lifting us up
and beyond daily routines.
It’s that song
you were thinking about,
comes on the radio,
uplifts your mood,
an irresistible smile
envelopes your lips.
Little things
enlarging the heart.
Yeah, that.
Aloneness (Poetry) - 3/15/2016 7:11:35 PM
Help someone in need. Join a group of folks that help the homeless or less fortunate. You will soon forget about yourself and focus on helping others. Happiness will come from this for sure. Amen!
Aloneness (Poetry) - 3/15/2016 3:08:06 PM
3-15-2016:
Aloneness Is Pain Of Being Alone
Solitude Is Glory Of Being Alone...
Etal: Find Sumthin Else To Do With Your Brain
Like Start Hobby,i.e. You Might Just Get Rich$!
TRASK...
Aloneness (Poetry) - 3/14/2016 4:32:25 AM
so true even though thankfully I am no longer alone
Aloneness (Poetry) - 3/13/2016 5:28:56 PM
I'd have to find someone to have around for companionship for sure. Have you tried that out?
Love ya!
Jane
Aloneness (Poetry) - 3/13/2016 2:33:32 PM
I hear you most definitely, John, and I'm pretty much in the same boat. At least you have family, I, on the other hand . . .
What's The Point? (Poetry) - 3/13/2016 7:14:26 AM
John, in your bio you said you "have no idea what you are doing but you're having a wonderful time". Well, the rest of us have a wonderful time enjoying your creativity.
Keep it up and don't give up, we are counting on it buddy!
Dan
What's The Point? (Poetry) - 3/12/2016 10:50:24 PM
Nonsense! Tell that to Col. Sanders who started his business in his 70's. Tell that to Grandma Moses who became a famous painter when she was 90. They were not retired, they got re-fired up in their latter years of life. WE- have NO EXCUSES! So stop bellyaching!As my old high school girlfriend told me at 17, "Wake up and die RIGHT!" Amen!
What's The Point? (Poetry) - 3/11/2016 4:06:54 PM
John,
I've always believed we are all here for a reason. Maybe yours is to keep writing and sharing your words and rhyme with us.
Love and blessings,
Linda
What's The Point? (Poetry) - 3/11/2016 8:41:51 AM
So many people at such very young ages have been committing suicide. Why? Because they saw no point in living. Janis Joplin, whom the whole world loved, felt unloved. You ask, "What's the point?" while you are sharing such beautiful poems and have authored books??? I think you are missing the point, hon. There is more to write! Write on!!!
Love ya!
Jane
What's The Point? (Poetry) - 3/11/2016 7:02:47 AM
I also belong to the COPD club, John, among other ailment which can kill me. Even so, and I consider myself lucky. I get around fairly well, even though my "get around" is becoming more a huffing an puffing than it did even a year ago. Like I said, I have other life-threatening problems. It's like that old Tennessee Ernie Ford song that says, "If the right one don't get you, then the left one will."
What's The Point? (Poetry) - 3/11/2016 5:06:12 AM
The point is, you add a joy to OUR lives!
Jon Peter Dahlborg
As We Age II (Poetry) - 2/24/2016 7:20:35 AM
Through the years,
I've learned a lot.
But what I've learned,
I've already forgot.
Michael D.
As We Age II (Poetry) - 2/23/2016 8:33:30 AM
You are certainly right about that last line… The way I like to say that is, quoting you, "as I mature," (I turn to manure). ;-) And I certainly find that shortcuts are the only way to go trying to get done by the "last-minute."
Ron
Thanks for the "heads up." I need all the publicity I can get… ;-)
As We Age II (Poetry) - 2/22/2016 3:02:43 PM
Hah! Ain't dat da truff, Ron, you betcha!
As We Age II (Poetry) - 2/22/2016 12:44:24 PM
Realistically put! Bravo!
Love ya!
Jane
Get Used To It (Poetry) - 2/21/2016 5:20:07 AM
Damn, but John, you hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head, I hear all the time how I "am going to have to learn to live with it" & it sucks...but its funny, I do learn, after a time, to live with it, even when I would prefer not to...-e-
Get Used To It (Poetry) - 2/19/2016 5:44:45 AM
You are in a rare, less humorous, mood but still writing important stuff. You could add one more: "As we age, we become more sage." I plan not to become a "grumpy old man," try to keep my spirits up as I have to put up with or "get used to" things that come along with temporary existence.
Ron
Get Used To It (Poetry) - 2/18/2016 6:38:36 PM
There. Ya. Go. !!!
Love ya!
Jane
Get Used To It (Poetry) - 2/18/2016 12:35:28 PM
Ab-so-lutely!!! I sometimes forget how old I am and how my strength isn't the same as it used to be. Even though my ego suffers somewhat I just stand in front of a mirror . . . That reminds me that what I am now is nothing like the tough guy I used to be.
Get Used To It (Poetry) - 2/18/2016 11:54:04 AM
John...you have been a model for "seizing the moment!" You spread good cheer and brighten the lives you encounter.
Jon
For Valentines day. (Poetry) - 2/14/2016 10:33:02 AM
Those nose… Especially the two of them! ;-)
I love how you can strike humor of the kind that will endear your significant other forever.
Ron
For Valentines day. (Poetry) - 2/14/2016 3:24:29 AM
GOSH, THERE'S NOTHING 'MUSHY' ABOUT YOU...YOU'RE JUST HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE! FINE WORK, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Thought for Today (Poetry) - 2/13/2016 2:30:12 PM
Too funny!!!
Love ya!
Jane
For Valentines day. (Poetry) - 2/13/2016 2:21:31 PM
Short and sweet!
Love ya!
Jane
For Valentines day. (Poetry) - 2/13/2016 10:47:22 AM
"Those" nose? Nice ditty about your love, but just had to point out that one thing?
For Valentines day. (Poetry) - 2/13/2016 10:01:23 AM
So sweet, enjoyed this little expression of love, John
Thought for Today (Poetry) - 2/13/2016 8:24:29 AM
Hah! Yeah, you're right John! The prison work release program sounds good to me.
Standing on the Corner (Poetry) - 2/4/2016 8:27:13 AM
I say divert some federal spending for all the big beer companies to airlift non-stop beer drops to all the countries that are mostly sand and rocks, give em all they can drink constantly, never ending supply and they will be so drunk they want be able to shoot straight or would blow themselves up. Just like some people you know that are so uptight all the time, I go, man if they would get drunk once in a while, you might could stand em.
Dan
Standing on the Corner (Poetry) - 2/3/2016 8:48:21 AM
I was in Winslow, Arizona a year and a half ago. While I wasn't standing on the corner, I was taking it all in and thought of "Takin it easy…" Like the Eagles.
It's the same way. We see so much clearly now than we ever did before, so it's much easier to see what's wrong with the planet than it's ever been before.
She's been going away for a long time, but ain't going nowhere very soon.
Ron
Standing on the Corner (Poetry) - 2/3/2016 8:15:01 AM
Nothing else to be done but have a drink, sit at a window and watch it pass...life goes on, no matter what we do...-ed-
Standing on the Corner (Poetry) - 2/2/2016 2:29:58 PM
Yes, indeed! Thinking of it puts me into the middle of a blur.
Love ya!
Jane
Walk on the Bright Side (Poetry) - 2/2/2016 1:37:50 AM
I needed that 'uplift' ....
A real tonic!
Determined to walk on the bright side...
Every day!
Diana...
Walk on the Bright Side (Poetry) - 2/1/2016 7:38:17 AM
Now that's an uplifting piece! I've been walking on the bright side for some time and I certainly have to agree with you. However, walking on the wild side (and I don't mean venturing into homosexuality like the song and old movie) is much more fun. ;-)
Ron
Walk on the Bright Side (Poetry) - 2/1/2016 2:09:01 AM
What a beautiful way to start the day!
Jon
Walk on the Bright Side (Poetry) - 1/31/2016 3:56:54 PM
I feel like skipping around and dancing to this!
Love ya!
Jane
Walk on the Bright Side (Poetry) - 1/31/2016 2:18:33 PM
Great reminder of how to approach and live each day we are given.
Good message to heed.
Dan
Walk on the Bright Side (Poetry) - 1/31/2016 10:45:33 AM
Ahhh . . . In about thirty minutes I'll be walking "on the bright side," Mardi Gras kicking off their parades, John. And what makes it all the more easy to see them, I'll have to walk less that fifty steps to be on the street where they will be parading.
Finding Myself (Poetry) - 1/30/2016 8:06:41 AM
By chance... could that be old who's e-face?
Finding Myself (Poetry) - 1/29/2016 3:10:15 PM
I know a good investigator that can help you find yourself...by the time I remember who he is I will forget who you are...-e-
Finding Myself (Poetry) - 1/27/2016 9:23:44 AM
Boy that is a feat in itself. Some times one can travel miles and never leave home.
Finding Myself (Poetry) - 1/27/2016 7:53:13 AM
Thanks for the chuckle. I'll share it with what's his name as soon as I figure out who he is.
Ron
Finding Myself (Poetry) - 1/27/2016 6:05:21 AM
I resemble that remark.
Finding Myself (Poetry) - 1/27/2016 4:57:35 AM
You are ahead of most people, hon!
Love ya!
Jane
Oh! (Poetry) - 1/25/2016 11:25:11 AM
Great advice from someone old enough to be called wise.
I like the way you formatted it. Smooth reading.
Connie
Oh! (Poetry) - 1/23/2016 11:16:02 AM
A lot of wisdom in a short piece… By the way.
Ron
Touch of the Grape (Poetry) - 1/22/2016 9:12:24 PM
Never developed a taste for the grape, except in grape soda...-e-
