It is my husband’s birthday today and he would have been 85 if he had not succumbed to esophageal cancer in 2013. However, I think of him on this day and wish he was here to celebrate. A bittersweet day as I’ve read other similar posts.
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JusJoJan 9/26 – Celebrate
Xenophobia, disliking all peoples
Your belief?
Zeppelin riders do
Above all the rest they fly
Bearing false symbols of unity
Comically believing
Doing acts of destruction
Everlasting belief of superiority
Feeling triumphant in their quests
Glorious wars of self righteousness
Intentions clear
Handed down from slaving generations
Justified violence
K K K, need I explain?
Languishing leaders lurking
Managing youthful minds
Never offering reasons
Oppressing the facts
People ravaged, lost
Quandaries fade like quick silver
Rewards of cheap symbols
Severe punishing riots
Tempted teens try joining
Unrequited compensense
Varied violent actions
Wanton leadership
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HEARD ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. Allison Aubrey
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The octogenarian stood on the edge of the swamp, sporting his usual dress, worn out dungarees from his youth. The noodles were splaying out from the restaurant box thrown into the lake above. Everything drifted down into the swamp sooner or later, especially these bargain priced containers most restaurants used. Fascination sated, the man walked back to his place in the clinic line.
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Can You Tell A Story In…
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Round #72:
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Legal
I’ve seen Lou’s carvings in his blog posts, and he definitely doesn’t stumble using those dangerous tools!
Defeat
Disable hope
Dismantle proven facts
Discourage the new ideas
Destroy
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Cinquain Poetry Prompt 34: DEFEAT is your inspiration.
You know how it is, you’re already feeling old, decrepit, ready to just crawl back into the bed you’re trying to make with new sheets. So you’ve got one hand trapped between the wall and the headboard and the other hand is trying to get the corner of a fitted sheet down underneath so it will stay there when you try to put on the other three corners.
So you think maybe a little music would be fun and you turn on the music and of course there’s an ad right away and the ad says “Women – your skin doesn’t feel the same. Your body feels heavy, blah blah blah blah – I stopped listening right there. All I wanted was some upbeat music so I could make this bed and be done with it but I get an ad telling me that I’m old, my skin is sagging, I’ve gained weight and I’m a woman. I should expect this, being a woman??? but there’s something I can do about it. I only have to pay a few thousand dollars and I’ll feel great.
I just told the guy to shut up and I turned on the music I was going to listen to which was this;
I was going to choose a Neil Diamond song who I’ve always loved but apparently my daughter hates him and I think she’s coming to see me today.
The things we suffer for our children.
From the discarded, on the edge of the sea, shows us the absurd and the beautiful. A tableau of life in a vast watery ecosystem known as an ocean. I wonder if the animals swim by to observe the art created by themselves unknowingly, or from some careless human walking by. Someone, probably a child, planted a plastic stemmed spray of sparkly bubbles. It is an artful companion to the natural weed clusters and phytoplankton that add color but not brightness to the vision. Bright green mossy seaweed gathering in clumps adds drama. I see such beauty in natural things.
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9 January 2026
red beacon
the day has begun
welcome sun
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little scavengers
picking at the rocky shore
looking for treasure
not the gold or silver type
but slimy squiggly bugs
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #068
The Bag Lady 
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