Monthly Archives: September 2025

1298 EVEN IN MY DREAMS 09-29-25

So, as I age, it seems that even in my dreams, my soul returns to those old themes of what guilt or forgiveness means to him who faces, now, from the bottom of the hour glass, that last question, that … Continue reading

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1297 TIPPING POINT 09-20-25

Comes the moment when you know (though no one else does, yet…) that you Could do It if you wanted to but you don’t so you can’t. When you have the energy you need to do It but all around … Continue reading

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1296 RETIREMENT IS… 09-19-25

….. a companionable slumber in your hammock with your lover in the cool of your shady back porch of an Autumn afternoon. Not a worry nor reminder of long forgotten job and duty that might have plagued you in the … Continue reading

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1295 JUST, OLD 09-18-25

The halting steps… the crick in the back… the accidental doze at the desk… these are the inevitabilities, no matter the diets or regimens. We accumulate years and wipe away tears at the graves of those we love. To age, … Continue reading

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1294 DEAR SIR OR MADAM… 09-12-25

I have a quandary. I’d like to go to Heaven if I just didn’t have to die! Like ol’ Enoch and Elijah… They got a free ride to the great by ‘n by! You see, I dearly love my Wife … Continue reading

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1293 TO KEEP BALANCED… 09-03-25

…all you need is the will to sit silent and still on your back porch rocker until, as though by magic, a crow, scout for his murder, shows up on the weedy edge of the pond in your meadow. Cautious, … Continue reading

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1292 THE SITUATION EXPLAINED…I THINK 09-02-25

Situationally, I’m situated in the one situation I am meant to be situated in… That is, with you! Or, (so’s not to end either a sentence or a line of poetry – with a preposition, ie: “in”, I’ll edit the … Continue reading

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