all day you bet rain

so they say and Meri said 

pouring thick without pause.

who do you believe and where’s is it now?

give me a break and wipe my paws.

cloudy upon all and get nothing wet.

Geese, it’s pouring down, you bet.

Working it out

 We patch things together.

Take the pieces we have

Move them to places they belong.

Find good fortune for all.

can I stall on the wall have a ball?

the tale is tall.

that all? don’t fall. 

last call.

Scraping

Get set now. It is off to the dentist for cleaning. Get ready.

Meridith drives us there and back. No kidding, 

Lisa does it well. The cleaning.

Tabby is the office and administrator and secretary and receptionist and organizer and bookkeeper and operator and controller and supervisor.  And she answers the phone.

Dr Tajour is the dentist. Good fellow.

I am the ever enduring patient. Meridith also.

heavy sun and cold

bright this morning.

starting in a whirl.

right, light blue sky

floating overhead.

a large red cardinal in the bush

jumping to the ground.

day starting you see.

born free.

rained last night

 heard it splatter during the wee hours.

 a pleasant wakening for me.

this morning all the puddles are gone. 

there is no green, the lawn is yellow.

winter looks over yet spring has not begun.

it is a tight tween space.

green will be here.

i see rain has splattered the windows.

good wishes came from Rosemary, Bill and Terry.

split creek

over the water run, a half mile back,

few birds fly while keeping alert for predators.

in the large oak tree all is calm on every branch.

what the birds make of the day

searching for food

guarding their area.

working out where to build a nest.

seems to be the spot. same as last year.

when spring begins they’ll be ready.

it’s fascination

spinners hanging from the trees

crooning softly through the night.

giving honor to the day.

fearless heart we love your way

Oh , my stars

 it’s a week after the hospital  blasted my kidney stone

thirty-five hundred times with audio waves to pulverize it.

i remember when my dad suffered from kidney stones in 1955.  they didn’t have audio wave blasters.

thank god and science we develop.

Deer coming around

Where are the deer? 

Haven’t seen them lately.

Beautiful animals. Strong, lean, wift, and silent.

 Not welcome by gardeners.

They eat most everything you don’t want them to.

I would prefer to have them around because it’s more natural.

Algorithemized contact to the current weather

 Currently it is 24 degrees Fahrenheit in Oberlin, Ohio.

Isn’t that a long way from the decent Climate of good old summertime. 

Imagine a group of your friends and relatives talking and laughing gathered around picnic tables. Music. That’s the season.

Now from the front window not a car, not a walker nor a dog in sight.

A light frost covers the lawn.

Nary a breath of  breeze to move a branch.

Okay, put your day together, do it well, using whatever you have to work with.

It’s a few hours later, I saw a bush branch wiggle and a car went by. 

And the mailman.  He didn’t stop here, one less thing to think about.

Dry, cold and blasted

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.

Other legs

 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 on air

 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

Top notch

 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.

Tooth and kidney stones

 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.

Thinking Lincoln

 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.

the two dollar do-it-yourself car wash

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.

Can Gronk kick a field goal During the Superboowl?

 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.

Broken down winter weather

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

 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.

Best about the job

 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.

Starting a new, full week

 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.

Carting off

 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.

don't stand too close to the screen

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.

 

Moving on

 snow is gone, all of it. 

well, there are tiny patches in the woods.

no cars, no walkers.

13 degrees.  that’s all.

Happy birthday, Anna

 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.

remain with

 

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

Very dogone cold

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?

gave up

 tension from the game.

at halftime went to bed.

recorded the game.

saw it the next day when it wasn’t so tense.

Sundaython

 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.