Do you remember our trip to Kauai?
…sipping soft drinks on the cool lanai?
No “have-to”, “must”, or ‘should” or “ought-er”.
Just the clear blue sky
and the ocean water.
Just the shore birds circling
through the ocean air…..
Just a taste of paradise
far . far out there.
May you walk with purpose, joy, and grace.
May happy thoughts invade your space.
May winter sunshine light your eyes.
May your day erupt with glad surprise.
My kitties like their supper
and they like it on the dot.
They don’t like to wait for eating.
A delay they like-eth not.
My kitties hope I’ll plan ahead…
that’ll I’ll anticipate
their wish for food and comfort
and I’ll never make them wait.
It’s a beautiful planet,
this Planet Earth.
It’s the place where Man
was given birth.
It’s a beautiful planet.
I hope we’ll stay.
I hope that we will
keep it that way.
The killing’s in St. Louis today.
Tomorrow? We don’t know.
Perhaps the killer’s loading now
and getting set to go.
Now I’ve got the COVID booster.
Feeling frisky as a rooster!
This is COVID Number Five.
I think I’ll make it through alive.
I made it through
our Smoke Attack!
Our rainy, drizzly
days are back.
I made it through
the Smoke from Fire!
Once again,
I can in-spire!
The Uvalde children haunt me.
Blurry shadows in my mind.
Always seeking resolution.
Seeing answers they won’t find.
A ship’s in the harbor.
Blazing with light.
Swinging at anchor.
Passing the night.
The Uvalde children haunt me
with their poignant, silent cry.
A nation’s lost its bearings
when it lets its children die.
Living the Aging Life 