May 27, 2022

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I Hereby Beckon the Magnetic Pull of Needless Problems to Keep Coming My Way!!!

It’s a crazy crazy world…every day we are all bombarded with stuff that is increasingly embedded in technological and other processes beyond our control! And then, we are expected to just absorb it all…with stoic calmness…lol…. It’s been a humdinger of a week…actually in the past month I’ve probably lost at least a good solid forty hours (in small and large increments, of course…) on a seemingly senseless (and seemingly endless) stringed series of…um…mistakes and…um… “complications.” Here’s to…a four day...

Banana Days

Now I know That I knew nothing back then All I thought I knew Was another day where we might take a walk Around the mobile home park Where I might vacuum the rug Throw in some laundry Turn on the TV We might sit on the couch With the morning sun peeking through some lace curtains Maybe you would like a banana and I would hand you one and sit and watch you eat it Maybe we would chat...

Guest Writing: I See You, by Erin Lokken

I see you. Yes, you. No, you! The little child trying so hard to be perfect. Take a breath. It’s okay to not be perfect. I know, I know, I know. Your parents keep telling you to strive for perfection. I also see them not telling you that nobody on this planet can be perfect. They didn’t tell you, so I am! I see you trying so hard to be the peacemaker. That’s your role as eldest child. But stop!...

A Crisis of the FAKE

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet“ William Shakespeare That is, if it wasn’t a fake rose. Does calling something that is fake by another name make it any less fake? Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you noticed something but you are afraid to point it out? Kind of like the situation of the Emperor’s New Clothes. Plot “Two swindlers arrive at the capital city of an emperor who spends lavishly on clothing...