Pondering.......

Slow progress...

2026-08-08T09:26:27.918-04:00

Still in the hospital but doing better.
Waiting on info to get her in rehab.

Think good thoughts...

2026-08-03T18:00:00.000-04:00

Sister Ann is having knee replacement surgery Tuesday morning.
Therefore, there will probably be a hiatus for me from here for a
couple/few days while I tend to her needs the best I can.
The hospital is keeping her for one day before sending her home.
Depending how quickly this knee heals, they are planning on doing
the other knee in 2-3 months.

I love a happy ending...

2026-08-01T00:00:00.000-04:00

Knock-Knock
What?-What?
Are you there?
Who cares?
I do.
Since when?
Since now.
Too late.

Untitled...

2026-07-29T21:00:00.000-04:00

when birds fly
is it always
in search of
or sometimes
just because
they can?

tiny birds flit from
here to there looking for who
knows what...ooooh look. bugs!

She did what she wanted to and succeeded...

2026-07-28T01:28:00.000-04:00

Georgia O'Keeffe-"I've been absolutely
terrified every moment of my life-
and I've never let it keep me from
doing a single thing that I wanted to do."

What's the question?...

2026-07-25T17:00:00.000-04:00

Can you tell me...
well, of course you 'can'...
I guess the question is
more rightly...'would' you or...
'will' you tell me
if I asked
or would you look away
and blush...
Would you say 'No'
or 'Maybe' or tell me
to come back later
so you can think about it
hoping I'd forget.
You know I won't-
won't forget that is.
Whaddaya say?
I'm waiting...

Where...

2026-07-23T00:00:56.668-04:00

I want
to go
where I've never been.
New beautiful places
with no people
no agenda
no reason to be
just breathe
and see.

checking for a pulse...

2026-07-20T14:53:02.687-04:00

yesterday
you were sad.
Is that
still true
today?

Sometimes
once in a while
now and then
off and on.

What do you call it...

2026-07-18T01:30:00.000-04:00

"And when nobody wakes you up in the morning,

and when nobody waits for you at night,

and when you can do whatever you want.

What do you call it, Freedom or loneliness?"

Charles Bukowski

What does it take?...

2026-07-17T00:42:53.840-04:00

Not hated. Not even disliked.
Just not loved enough
to spend a lifetime
every day forever.
Not expecting more because
it simply isn't there.
Caress whatever is had
then put it back
on the shelf for later.
Dust it off once in a while,
smile,
and tuck it in for the night.

It's too friggin' hot to think...

2026-07-16T00:11:59.039-04:00

And, now, we're getting air quality warnings because
Canada is on fire and the smoke is on its way to Ohio
and Michigan. Like soon. Today. And, it's extra crappy
smoke that we are supposed to avoid by staying inside.
That's great for those who have a/c. We do not.

I want summer to go away.

Saying good-bye can take a long time...

2026-07-15T00:30:00.000-04:00

close your eyes,
think of me.

when does
the missing
go away?

Albert Camus-who you live with...

2026-07-13T02:00:00.000-04:00

Reveal...

2026-07-11T01:00:00.000-04:00

what poems do
is tell about
you.
the you
who writes.
the you
who reads.
like it or not
we see
who you are.
like it
or not.

Haiku for you...

2026-07-09T00:30:20.201-04:00

summer swelter is
heavy on the leaves, almost
as if raindrops fell.

sweet peonies fill
my eyes with beautiful pink
feathers of petals.

the sun is shining
somewhere every day. Be glad
when it blesses you.

Love letters...

2026-07-07T00:30:00.000-04:00

Your name is Love.
my Love,
don't die before me.
that's selfish, I know.
but I don't want to miss you
before I go.

********************

I can feel you breathe
from far away.
It's all I need
to know you are
with me.

Afternoon on a Hill...

2026-07-05T00:30:00.000-04:00

I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.

I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.

And when lights begin to show
Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down!

Edna St. Vincent Millay

found at https://tail-feathers.tumblr.com/

Where did the time go?...

2026-07-04T00:46:00.000-04:00

I know a guy...

2026-07-03T00:30:00.000-04:00

Miserably, terribly, suffocatingly hot...

2026-07-01T12:13:35.482-04:00

Are you crying
or sweating
silly human?
Get up and
open my tuna.

Your future needs you...

2026-06-30T01:30:00.000-04:00

Some
anonymous
somebodies
may have
already said
"it" better than
the rest of us
who've been
trying to be
the next
brilliant
someone to
amaze us all.

Advice from Jack London...

2026-06-28T12:00:00.000-04:00

https://thehammockpapers.blogspot.com/2026/06/keep.html

Via the generous mind of Rob F.

Selective understanding...

2026-06-28T02:00:00.000-04:00

pick and choose
easy, hard
here, gone
today, yesterday
loud, quiet
solo, with
mine, yours
give, take
growing, old
build, destroy
disrupt, contribute
satisfied, not
begin, end
tomorrow

Just because...

2026-06-26T05:00:00.000-04:00

Be your
own kind
of
beautiful.

Make a liar outta me...

2026-06-24T08:00:00.000-04:00

I say
you don't love
me.
I say
it doesn't matter.
not
now or ever.