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True Friend Tanka

Facebook, friends so true

Not really, showcase buddies

New rules about friends

Real friends would lend you money

Those that would not, Facebook drop

Then you will see true

Friends yes, but many fewer

Then you can just talk

Because now it’s amongst friends

And you can ask for money

That street goes both ways

So...

CONCERT FOR GEORGE

The day the third Beatle died, I cried a tear for the man who would create no more

His life was so different, the quietest lad, this fourth of the fabulous four

I watched and I listened to the day long tributes, of his contribution to art

But the fact still remained, a coldness crept in, George and his...

The Old Pier

The pylons dig deep
The pounding waves relentless
Sand shifts grain by grain

The water washes
And the footings grow weaker
Inevitably

A creak and a moan
As the wind buffets the pier
Working in concert

Forces of nature
Clawing at man made structure
Going, Going, Gone.

April 18, 2013

With six good eyes in stead of eight, Brown Recluse still sees well
Two less that most arachnid brothers it gets around just swell
Genus: Loxosceles, means the brown has a venomous bite
So keep an eye out for this little guy before you turn out the light

Lactodectus is a another spider who’s known for h...

Spanish Horses of The Sands

For miles we drove along the sands that trim the eastern shore

Looking ahead then left and right.

A glimpse of equine history, a dip into the past pushed us onward

Seeking a sign of their existence.

Descendant horses from a bygone era that swam ashore in 1520

Staked a claim on these Outer Banks.

Feral hor...

I’ll See You In My Dreams

I have played this video clip a hundred times and I’ll play it a hundred more. The concert as a whole was a wonderful event with some of the music world’s best giving tribute to their friend George Harrison. But a simple old song accompanied by Ukulele and sung by George’s dear old pal Joe Brown was...

Irritable Male Syndrome

As I get older, I grow weary. Not tired of bones, but of people and things

Am I a grumpy old man?

Every day I add to the list of things that I’m just sick of and could do without

Am I an elitist?

From Beiber’s antics, to lazy folks. Picky eaters and Facebook posts

Am I an anathema?

Women who pout for the ...

Hunting for Homonyms In The Tale of a Whale

Whale hunting still occurs in parts of our world (Japan, Norway and Iceland) even though there are substitutes for every part for which they are murdered and a moratorium has been in place since 1986!. Gentle creatures, maternal and graceful, their songs can be heard for miles underwate...