Daily Quote: It all depends on how we look at things,
and not how they are in themselves.
- Carl Jung
Linguist Corner-ITALIAN: regalare: to present / verb
Example sentence: Il giorno del pensionamento, i colleghi le regaleranno una collana.
Translation: On the day of her retirement, her co-workers will present her with a necklace.
Sideways picture frames,
She looks at me, doesn’t know my name.
I say, “It’s me.”
She says, “Who would that be?”
& mutters a soliloquy.
She points at the glass to clear her throat,
As I take off my woolen coat,
& pull up a wooden chair,
& look at her ancient hair.
I tell her that I’m doing good,
& Mona’d come out if she could.
& she points and looks at the sky,
& says a scarecrow just passed by,
& I didn’t know what to do,
I’m just a boy she knew.
The room became so tense
She said things that made no sense.
About a man with a broom and a flute,
Who looked real good in a suit.
& I asked her which man,
& she said it was the one
Who fades into the evening sun.
I saw Death at the bedroom door
& fell to the wooden floor,
“Do you remember anything?
The morning’s when you would sing,
In the garden with the sun,
& laugh with everyone?”
(This dream that we’re in,
Is stuck in a coffin,
It’s not one that we choose,
But it’s just the one we’re use to).
& she said, “Who are you?”
“Mama, I’m the boy you knew.”
Life today
Yesterday, when I was young,
reminds me of music I once heard
and I can imagine my life being that song.
When I was young, I had the world spread out for me.
I dreamed of being a spaceman,
a cowboy, an army man, a fighter pilot
maybe even a policeman or a firefighter
and at times I knew I could be President.
Growing a little older, those dreams changed
doctor, teacher, or businessman
started to occupy my plans as I considered my
options and decided to write.
With thoughts of scripts, novels, shorts, and poetry
it was easy to see myself doing that.
Suddenly, I was older
and what I decided turned to how I would survive.
In the end there is no lake house, or hut by the sea
where typewriters and keyboards
keep me up through nights of writing.
Kids, responsibilities, and bills have become life today.
Daily Quote: Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
- John D. Rockefeller
Linguist Corner-SPANISH: ocultar, verb /to hide, to conceal
Example:
- Se arrojó sobre la cama, y ocultó el rostro entre las almohadas.
She flung herself on the bed and hid her face in the pillows.
- El ministro mintió y ocultó información esencial en su primera rueda de prensa.
The minister lied and concealed essential information in his first press conference.
Daily Quote: "Basically, the only thing we need is a hand that rests on our own,
that wishes it well, that sometimes guides us."
~Hector Bianciott
Linguist Corner-ITALIAN: confessare / to confess / verb
- Example: Dopo poco tempo lui si è pentito e ha confessato il suo delitto.
- Translation: After a short time he repented and confessed his crime.
one should know
it will happen
one day
age creeping up
wear and tear
occupation contributes
wake from sleep
thought only
of pain
knee cries out
can't move
knifing shooting
left one aches
slowly move
careful
subsides for now
walking at work
right one starts
to click
heard by none
shrug it off
only thought
man's way
ignore it will
go away
suddenly
realized
my new world order
where is Dorothy
I need her now
oil can
oil can
squirt here
squirt there
squeak squeak
ahhh
feeling better
all better
wake up ToTo
no oil can
no relief
surprise
not in kansas
anymore
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
-Orison Swett Marden
As women, there comes a time, we
cannot dress as we did before.
As we get older, things change and what we're
wearing, isn't appropriate anymore.
Not wanting to appear ridiculous we have
to be more selective, when choosing, what to wear.
It goes without saying,the next thing to be done,
is rearrange our hair.
The color of our skin will take
on a lighter tone.
Makeup should be used sparingly and blended very carefully.
Short skirts are out and mid length, is in.
Never wear clothes too tight, or reveal a lot of skin.
Whatever you choose, the colors should be warm
and flattering, they're the best for you.
Keep away from all bright colors, they will never do.
Don't let these changes get to you or tear you apart.
Remember, you're getting better
and getting better, is an art!
Audrey Heller
"An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her."
~Agatha Christie
"Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow; But by-and-by will the deed and the plan Be judged by the motive that lieth below."
~Lewis J. Bates
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