Fires across MN and Canadasend smoke to blanket MI.Hazy heavy heat holds usand every lifehealth hostage.Through A/C it cools home airas it enters, but particulates invade.Tired Trees work overtime,guzzling aerial CO2 residueof distant dying brethren,pumping out respitemana for our lungs. written July 12, 2026
Busy-ness today
I attended a local rally for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for US Senator. We waited outside in beautiful weather and it started an hour late but it was well worth the wait. There was only one person who tried to disrupt the gathering and Dr. El-Sayed used it as a teaching moment for the gentleman. Eventually…
POPO 2026 Day 11
At a friend’s annual work evalher supervisor gave her a “5”and sent the eval to adminfor signature. Admin sent itback, unsigned, and saidnobody’s perfect. Always roomfor improvement. That sentimentmost certainly applies to admin.
#SLS — (girls) “Boys” by The Shirelles and The Beatles
“Boys” is a song written by Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell, originally recorded by the Shirelles at Bell Sound Studios in New York City and released as the B-side of their “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” single in November, 1960. The single is from their album, Tonight’s the Night. Tonight’s the Night is the debut…
POPO 2026 Day 10
Nettle tea brings deep sleepwith vivid, detailed dreamsbetter than any chamomile,melatonin, or valerian root.Almost too good, as I findmy sleeping life’s much moreexciting than my waking one.
OLN 417 — Vent Session (haibun)
Vent Session I know that you are, like I am, ripping your hair out with frustration at the saturated poisonous begging streams of political ads, emails, texts, billboards, etc. I can turn the tv ads off. I can turn my head from the billboards. The spam-catcher flips email into spam folder which can be mass-deleted…
#FFF 79 — nature’s beauty
Happy Friday! Another weekend approaches. These weeks are flying by. I’ve been working in the yard while the weather is good and making a dent in larger projects one day at a time. The next image was taken at a park in Grand Rapids. I couldn’t believe how healthy this oak tree was. It was…
