*****The Academic Team I am coaching won two and tied one out of 3 matches at our scrimmage last night. We played West Marion, Glasscock, and Lebanon Elementary. We did not have time to play Campbellsville. *****I think that the Santa Fe salad at Sonic wins over the Blue Zalad at Zaxby’s,although both are very […]

Evening Whip-poor-will. . . . . .whip-poor-will. . . The sun has already descended below the valleyside, But I sit in my mother’s lawn chair rocker Strips of vinyl green then white supporting me Just waiting and absorbing. Rawww-ket. . . . .Rawww-ket. . . . The breeze has already cooled As it does upon […]

We have all been surviving he effects of an ice storm. cold temperatures, and a snowstorm which came almost two weeks ago. I was without power for twelve days. Luckily I got trapped at Kelley Ridge so that I could keep the woodstove going. This insured that my pipes would not freeze. Jim B., Michele, […]

On ALL THINGS CONSIDERED today. You have to hear her read it to get the full effect. Click on the title to do so. Loved this! Let’s all pray for him! U Being U Mr. President-Elect Makes me wanna get MY stuff correct I feel like starting with something RADICAL Like, Love my Neighbor Like […]

“I Wish I Were in Love Again” by Lorenz Hart The sleepless nights, The daily fights, The quick toboggan when you reach the heights— I miss the kisses and I miss the bites. I wish I were in love again! The broken dates, The endless waits, The lovely loving and the hateful hates, The conversation […]

Brendan had sent me an email that he got from a past acquaintance of Joe’s. Upon hearing of his death, she Googled him and found Brendan’s blog. I reread both Brendan’s blog entries and Anacrusis about him. It was a fine way to commemorate our anniversary, Brendan. Thanks for the gift. If he had been […]

New Horizons By Reginald Holmes Farewell to the old year. The last page is written, With each deed recorded. The record now stands. Were they evil or good, There are no retractions, For yesterday’s chapters Are now in God’s hands. We only can hope Our successes and failures Will evenly balance On life’s mighty scale; […]

“Sonnet 64” by William Shakespeare When I have seen by time’s fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age, When sometime lofty towers I see down razed, And brass eternal slave to mortal rage, When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm […]

I met Alcie, Kyle, and KK after I got off work in the children’s department at Barnes and Noble. It was eight o’clock and I had a gift certificate for Johnny Carino’s so we ate there. It was good! Then back to Deb’s to take care of her dogs and sleep well before attacking 4th […]

Joseph Brodsky was arrested for “social parasitism” and sentenced to five years’ hard labor in Siberia. In 1972 he left Russia for America, where he translated English poetry, but it took several years before he began writing poems primarily in English. He said he wrote in English as a form protest against the Soviet Union, […]