Month: June 2021

Nature’s Church

Light shines through stained glassset in green frame — nature’s church;gentle winds sigh hymns.     Mark at Naturalist Weekly has asked for butterfly poems.

#FF — Be Mine

PHOTO PROMPT © Russell Gayer “Albert?,” says Anna. I look at Anna’s face to see an expression somewhere between confusion and fear. Albert is a name I’ve heard Anna say many times when she’s decompressing after an especially trying day. Della, her boss, keeps her cousin, Albert, on the payroll more out of guilt than…

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“Government in Action,” excerpt from Funny Times’ July 2021 issue

I’ve subscribed to the monthly newspaper, Funny Times, for at least a decade and probably longer.  Regardless of what’s going on in the world, it never fails to make me laugh while at the same time learn about current events in political cartoons and humorous essays.  It’s full of the regular cartoonists and featured collections. …

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Movies, Movies, Movies! #90 – June 29, 2021

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! There’s a good eclectic mix this week. The French Connection (1971) Starring: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcell Bozzuffi, Frederic La Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, and many more. Director: William Friedkin Genres: crime, action Synopsis: Popeye Doyle and Cloudy Russo…

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Just Wondering – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon — parallax

Paul Vincent Cannon is one of the most thoughtful and articulate poets I know. This poem really makes his readers think. Image: found at healthjade.net “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” Edward Abbey Just Wondering I couldn’t help wondering if we are sleepwalking through long days of dis-ease…

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Jackpot at the library

Eight dollars:words, pictures.Your castoff’smy jackpot. Normally I don’t take my purse in with me at the library as the bar code to check out books is on a plastic tab on my keychain. Last week I saw a sign outside saying to check out their sales area which is in a vestibule near the front…

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