Self-Improvement
I can magnify with optics or reduce with diet pills,
but there is no solution to another of my ills.
When I’m feeling challenged by a flurry of activity,
overwhelmed and harried due to my proclivity
to stave off any tedium by means of overbooking,
with one too many bubbling pots on my stovetop cooking,
there is one solution that is valid and concrete.
I need to find a method to turn down the heat!
Prompt words today are magnify, optics, flurry, tedium, concrete and when.
I was not alone in falling in love with these one-of-a-kind huggable monsters made by Jean Mullenaux and had a hard time choosing, but by the end of the day at last weekend’s Ajijic Society of Artists show, nearly all of her loveable creatures had found a home, as is evidenced by these photos of just a few of their new Moms.
At the rate of two per day, she gives birth to each, then sells them and gives all of the proceeds to Operation Feed, a local charity that supports 600 needy citizens of the town I live in—San Juan Cosala, Jalisco, Mexico.
Jean is the last person pictured and the picture before hers is the picture of the huggable creature that went home with me, seen decorating one of my tables at the Ajijic Society of Artists show last weekend. Bless you, Jean, a truly remarkable artist with a more remarkable heart!!!
Wayward Duck
A wayward duck up on a hill.
He don’t come down and never will.
He invents reasons to stay up.
Comes down to buy his food to sup.
Recharges rum, then up he goes
to computerize and then to doze.
Seeks neither censure nor promotion.
Tries to fend off gross emotion.
Keeps himself up on a shelf.
Communes with no one but himself
except online where he comports
with on-air folks of different sorts.
For though he might seem misbegotten,
here on air he’s not forgotten.
Prompt words today are recharge, promote, wayward, invent, duck and hill.
Vitiligo*
Mighty sol’s ubiquitous in regions that are tropical,
but when it comes to sunlight, I have news that is more topical.
I’m evidence empirical that all folks aren’t created
to lie out in the sun’s rays until their lust is sated
for skin transposed to honey brown from a whitish hue.
For folks like me, such practices simply will not do.
Unlike my lucky college chums, my best friends and my sister,
when I’m exposed to sunlight, I am more prone to blister.
I see them put their swimsuits on and take turns rubbing oil on,
anxious to go greet the sun to get their bake and boil on,
but once they’re spread out on their towels with all adjustments made,
I’ll be covered up instead, sitting in the shade.
Prompt words today are empirical, topical, ubiquitous, mighty, cover and sol, Image by Hanan Boubahri on Unsplash.
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Drove to Quinta San Carlos for the afternoon with friends Xill and Bethany. Beautiful setting. Couldn’t show the water lilies without their surroundings.
For Cee’s FOTD
Finicky Lovers
Finicky lovers inspect water glasses,
ask if you’re vaxed before they make passes.
Chuckle at jokes, but only the funny ones,
eat hard-boiled eggs, but balk at the runny ones.
They run the gamut of each picky habit.
See every spot and are certain to dab it.
Do not buy on clearance, for things are picked over.
Will lie in the grass, but only in clover.
They sweep off your driveway before they can park,
but first cover their tires so they’ll leave no mark.
If you think this is odd, when they remove their pants,
they must make a crisp fold before they advance!
Prompt words today are chuckle, sweep, finicky, gamut, clearance and advance. Image by Jonathan Cosens on Unsplash.
For the past 5 years or so, these bougainvillea bushes I planted on my side of my wall 21 years ago have extended far above the wall and bloomed primarily on my neighbor’s side of the wall. Although they enjoy them immensely, and I welcome them to the view, finally this year the blooms on my side of the wall are profuse as well!!!! Thanks, nature, for finally taking my needs into account.
For Cee’s FOTD
