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Haiku-on-the-Brain

Sometimes it’s the little things that encourage me and make me smile! Awhile back I took this photo of Mr. Lost sleeping on a stapler and I must have had Haiku-on-the-Brain. I threw this together. Listed on Etsy. Two days ago some stranger in CT found it and ordered it! It’s terribly affirming to think up weird stuff and have someone else not only follow one’s thoughts, but think it is funny and worthy of buying on a notecard...

Re-Creating the Scene of His Most Excellent Crime!

(Written November 13, 2022) Re-Creating the Scene of His Most Excellent Crime! Morning by morningI awake with a sense of dismal DespairA sense of inevitable, potentially loomingFailuresWhich might only compound theAlready looming Losses From my waking viewI see the outside blue skiesAnd creatively-formedCloudsAnd I am tempted toMake sense of some playful or ominous form And, as though nothing matters anymoreI find myself brewing coffeeCongratulating cats for anExecutionWell-performed during theNight-time One less Problem on my plateThey prance aroundAnd I noticed plants...

“God-Winks” and The Thirteen Pairs of Cat Socks

Awhile back I was telling some little story to a friend and she said it was a “God-wink.” I liked that thought and it has stuck with me. Winks are small, quick and very personal signs of affection or secret-sharing. I seem to find at least one personal “God-wink” on most days…and some days might be filled with quite a few. But maybe I’m just looking for them, I don’t know… I did think there was a funny one that...