Home on Friday, cold out, so i'm keeping inside.
Patched from kidney stones is how i am.
Got 3500 blasts of kilo voltage that scratched me up.
Thank goodness they know their work,
And lucky I’ve insurance.
Quality people working at the hospital.
Sure is comforting to see folks that
go out of their way to pay attention and do a good job.
feeling poorly i am,
the laser blasting got me good.
yet i suppose i'd feel worse
if the doctor's aim was lousy.
Easy going today, not much happening.
Saving myself for walking in Rome.
Good sunshine, and there’s coffee on the next corner.
A couple of minutes to get there.
Here is where I am actually.
Not overly crowded. The morning rush is over.
I give a hand signal and wink for a straight shot.
Keep it polite and tasty. They call it a bullet.
Then onto the bus, circle the park.
One book to read. A pad to take notes.
Taking my time, making a rhyme.
Wondering how far to go.
Walking, Nowhere.
Meri is taking me to the hospital so I can get kidney stones blasted. Is this poetry or what.
The doctor talked like six minutes and I’ll be on the way to Bob’s Big Boy breakfast shop, a place I never cared for.
He didn’t know.
I didn’t say
Scramble me some eggs
is the type of day we have.
planned in my head. I’m doing
nothing to set it underway.
So what do you say? Wanna stay?
Enough said. Toast or bread?
Have to figure when to take a pill or skip it
Or wait for another day to begin.
Scheduling big time now.
have to line stuff up,
like pills and such. Nothing much.
the sky is fine.
plants will be next to show themselves.
uncomfortable sitting, waiting.
i surely would rather read and write.
no snow at all. we are in premature spring.
Went to mercy hospital on highway 58 in Amherst.
What a drag. Sit and wait. A tv on in every waiting room.
Everyone has a device with which to read.
No one watches TV.
Many hospital workers and out-patients were around.
The week’s hours fill for us.
Seems we always have appointments.
a century past
a gentle country fellow from
Kentucky who stood tall, made a good impression, also
became the sixteenth President of the United States.
Here we are in our modern era and everyone
knows his name. He would have
been interesting to spend a Sunday with on
a picnic in the shade some sunny afternoon and
listen to what he has to say.
in both our time and in his.
if you imagine a situation imagine well.
is now three dollars.
it’s not the cost
it’s the percentage of increase.
this is the new world.
probably an action taken from the old world.
set your gauge.
bet on it.
i imagine he has had professional assistance.
Gronk didn’t kick well. He missed.
I don’t gamble and should never give advice.
On and off all night.
Not sure of the hour
Regardless, I kept checking.
Twelve, one and two something.
Finally woke to a collapsed winter.
Don’t want to call it that, however
Looking around It seems like.
It’s warmer this morning;
But don’t think spring.
That would be a trick, over the top.
The morning chimes ring. The hours come and go per usual.
Patience will carry one through the night and days.
had four or five books going.
not to confuse myself.
not in a big hurry, some are better than others.
always i’ll say. that’s why there’re favorites.
checking out one book takes time to know, to see the line.
the story line. The construction. How it is written.
non-fiction included.
then I noticed I began reading slower.
had to get out my Kindle as my eyes were going also.
a surprise to me book reading did so well, so long again
before the print became a strain.
I’m happy to plug Kindle in and go again
crusin’ down Reading River.
Getting to the job was the best when I could time it.
I took my boat from its home slip in Sausalito,
cruised across San Francisco.Bay
to a dock in downtown the San Francisco.
There were completely open areas in front of a restaurant.
I asked the man there when I pulled alongside
“Do you know who owns this dock? “
he repplied, “this is my restaurant so i Do.”
I could have searched for a month and never found him.
Instead I pulled up and there he was.
I don’t come over with my boat often
Could I tie up here for an hour or two a couple times a month? All of san Francisco is spread out there. I record commercials in a studio that is in that building over there.
He said “sure” and that was that,
Had I gone the regular way I’d have to dock
about a half mile away at pier 39 and pay commercial docking rates, i don’t want to know how much that would cost.
The man said I could tie up at his restaurant for no cost.
So now and then I came over on my boat from our home dock in Sausalito.
Docked here and walked across the street to The recording i
Ok When possible we timed it so Meri instead of taking a bus
could get a boat ride home after work.
We’ll see how crowded it will be.
The plans are for a medium gage of appointments.
Starting with exercise, light reading
And our new ideas. so, we’ll see what develops.
Long before the corn grows and greens come in.
We’re looking ahead. Can you blame us?
Summer rains will begin.
Oh lovely. Pour on the new year.
We’ll find good cheer.
Taking a small step at a time.
here I am thinking of summer.
It’ll develop; a real hummer.
Ready on a Sunday for the fellowship
and service. A longtime composer
and singer will open a new act
at over 700 us felowships he has performed.
that is a lot of experience,
i am excited to see this old man.
we’ll see if he carts me off spiritually.
i’m ready for it.
take me out there.
The result: he did a good job.
Sunny Curtis could play circles around him.
Meri saw Little after five days.
i figured so. was time.
it's got radiation or electricity or something in it
and it will get you. I know you heard that.
its got something heavy, like a magnetic field
if you get next to it.
I mean, sure, go ahead, you can touch the screen
just don't lean against it for a long time.
that's probably what happened to you know who;
stood too close to the screen all the time.
snow is gone, all of it.
well, there are tiny patches in the woods.
no cars, no walkers.
13 degrees. that’s all.
we said it quickly and easily years ago,
now there is warmth bubbling over.
Anna is Grandma and a good one.
she made my life smoother; i know she did.
i’m still sleeping under the beautiful covers she sewed so long ago.
a smile and kind words, that’s Grandma.
Thanks, Anna. You’re the best.
a bit of rock and a piece of stone
found while walking
near home.
these treasures,
pure pleasures,
set in a line on the table.
i'll cherish the moments
these remain in my home
saw the rabbit a half hour before dawn.
the day is predicted to be stinging cold.
this is one Feb.
to celebrate February we
acknowledged Lincoln’s
and Washington’s birthdays .
We did when I was a kid.
now they’re combing days, making things better.
what happened?
tension from the game.
at halftime went to bed.
recorded the game.
saw it the next day when it wasn’t so tense.
no rain. can use the break.
how are you doing?
going to the fellowship soon.
will have a thought of prayer.
later football playoffs are today.
read, write, think , Sunday.
create a warm spot
in my heart.
