It’s a bright and shiny
crispy-cold morning
in Kalamazoo
This moment is mine
I believe it’s yours, too
Joy arrives in the moments
that see us all through
The future is iffy
That’s always been true
So enjoy every sandwich
and the sky’s shades of blue
Given so much
it’s the least we can do
Posted in A Beautiful Day, All I Have is a Photograph, Gratitude, Joy, Kalamazoo, Life, NaPoWriMo, Poems, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Water color
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Poem, Random, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Time is running out, Today
So delicious and pretty
Not like the kinda musty carrots I find at the store
Grateful they grew
And there’s still more!
Posted in Eat to Live, Garden, Gratitude, harvest, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged Eat to Live, Garden, Gratitude, Just Good Food, Real Food, vegan
Playing with colors hit and miss
So I pretend I did it on purpose even
though that’s a reach
Because it accidentally reminds me
of the beach
A lot of life can be like that
Accidental but in a positive way
I have nothing more to say
for today
Posted in NaPoWriMo, Poems, Poetry of sorts, Practice, RETIREMENT, summer, the beach, thoughts
Tagged Aw nuthin', NaPoWriMo, Poem, Poetry Maybe, RETIREMENT RIFFS, the beach, water colors
I wonder what I was telling myself to remember?
Sometimes it’s okay to forget.
Simple mistake!
Posted in RETIREMENT, THE AGING ADVANTAGE
Used to be you’d look quite cool in sunglasses
Now you look like you might have cataracts
It’s just not the same
Used to be you’d hurry up
But now you take your time
Jumping up and down won’t work
You can’t turn on a dime
Many things are better now
In your heart and in your mind
But the ease of youth
so quickly passed
is sadly left behind
It’s something that you miss
But right now…
it’s like this
Posted in Life, NaPoWriMo, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, THE AGING ADVANTAGE
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Poem, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Time is running out
This made me smile and I totally relate to this perspective!
Someone asked me if I had plans for the fall. It took me a moment to realize that they meant autumn and not the collapse of civilization.
—from “My Therapist Says” on Instagram
Posted in A quote, autumn, Picture This, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Something Funny, Water color
Tagged Autumn, life, moods, Something Funny, Thoughts, Water color
“You can think as much as you want but you will invent nothing better than bread and salt.”
Posted in A quote, Just Good Food, NaPoWriMo, Photos, thoughts
Tagged Just Good Food, Photos, Thoughts
Morning breaks
And we awaken
Until the sun sets
The night is forsaken
We breathe in the new
And think about bacon
But we try to be vegan
So that option’s not taken
I wish bacon was a plant
Posted in NaPoWriMo, Poems, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Vegan, Water color
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Poem, Poetry, Random, Water color, Yer' Art
Trying to notice stuff that affirms
rather than misdirects the mind
to messy matters that move a person
to unnecessary struggles
Posted in A Beautiful Day, Gratitude, NaPoWriMo, Photograph, Photos, Poems, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Photo, Poem, RETIREMENT, short poem, Today
Feeling up, energetic, safe
I knew that I could
Also…
Feeling down, sleepy,
headed for something
that might not be good
Happens all at once
Or within moments of time
Pushing me from the absurd to sublime
Right now…
That’s how it is
A hit and a miss
Inner peace and contentment
Can be elusive like this
May you
And may me
Be happy anyway
Safe and untroubled and mostly okay
At ease, on occasion, if not everyday
Posted in Gratitude, Life, Photograph, Photos, Poems, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS
Tagged moods, NaPoWriMo, Photos, Picture, Poem, Random, RETIREMENT, Ruminations
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