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All Show and No Chew!!!!

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Yesterday I bought 96 pouches of cat food in 4 different flavors.  I then sorted them into boxes so the kitties would have a different meal every meal for 2 days. But, guess what the very last pouch I pulled out of the bag looked like?

No problem. Mom will handle it for us!

It was totally empty. All sealed up like the others, but totally empty.  Wonder how often this happens? I threw away the receipt so sure Walmart won’t trade it for a full one so guess I’ll just keep it as a souvenir.

Babies (Almost) All Grown Up!

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Remember my post about the hungry nest of just-hatched swallows in my neighbors’ garage? HERE is a link to it if you didn’t see it. Well, above are four current photos of the hatchlings, who have now flown the nest. Photos taken on their terrace by my neighbor David Bershad.

Here are the same birdies before in a photo taken by me in their garage:

So Sorry to Read this Post by ForgottenMan about Jimmy Buffett

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See his post here:
 
https://okcforgottenman.wordpress.com/2023/09/02/some-people-claim-that-theres-a-woman-to-blame/

After the Earthquake: Still Life with Cat (Last on the Card, Aug 31, 2023)

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After the Earthquake: Still Life with Cat

Kukla and Ollie’s usual resting place on the garage counter has been taken over by Jesus and Eduardo who are repainting the murals on my rebuilt walls. As usual, this cat knows the perfect pose for every situation and scene.

For Bushboy’s Last on the Card prompt.

Travel Confusion for Cee’s WWC

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I don’t know how this shot came about. I used no editing or tricks, but of the thousands of road shots I sifted through to find a photo for Cee’s reinaugural Which Way challenge, this was the most intriguing. A very good depiction of too many days on the road!  Even my camera seems to have been confused. Welcome back, Cee.

For Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Hibiscus, FOTD Aug 31, 2023

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For Cee’s FOTD

The Look!!!

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A friend sent me this. Thanks, Joan. Had to share it with you. Spooky!!!!

Free Link to View or Download My Retablos Book

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Forgottenman just informed me that although I uploaded my entire Retablos book to my Webpage in February, that I didn’t ever do a blog giving the link! If you would like to either download it or view it for free, here is the Link: https://judydykstrabrown.com/retablos/

You can also find the link at the top of my Webpage just before “Why Grieflessons?”

Most of these retablos are still available to purchase. I must say I love to create but I’m terrible at marketing.  Thanks, Forgottenman!!

Please note that although several of the photos are very small, you can increase their size on the downloaded version.

For the Sunday Whirl Wordle 617

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True Confessions

Drag your dreams to paper.
Slam them on the page.
Let loose your bones of worry.
Release your screams of rage.

With all your senses humming,
drive away each care
by sharing it with all the world.
Be truthful if you dare.

Nonsensical or rational,
each fresh fear that you share
will drive your worries all away,
so tell us if you dare,

what secrets you have left to tell.
Run every dread fear by us.
If you need an audience
take a chance and try us!

For Wordle 617 the words are: nonsensical drive left humming fresh loose bones slam run paper dream drag

Ode to Avolition

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Image by Kenny Zhang on Unsplash.

 

Ode to Avolition

Those lacking in expedition
are victims of avolition.
Opposite of blind ambition,
slingshot with no ammunition,
no task brought to its fruition.

Old stories with no new edition,
goals lacking ample nutrition
sink into utter perdition,
prompting purpose’s sedition,
birthing lethargy’s tradition.

What prompted this poem written at 4 a.m.this morning?  This Skype conversation with Forgottenman.  I woke up at 1 a.m. after 4 hours sleep.  He was still awake, thus a three hour conversation that included these lines:

Judy: Are you ever playing your guitar?
Forgottenman,03:19 AM
No. Still haven’t replaced the broken string.
Judy: 03:19 AM
Do you have a set of strings or need to buy them?
Forgottenman, 03:20 AM
I have 2 sets of new strings. Just … I don’t know.
03:21 AM
Judy: You don’t know where they are or don’t know why you don’t restring it?
Forgottenman, 03:22 AM

The new strings are right there. I just can’t. I might be this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avolition

Avolition, as a symptom of various forms of psychopathology, is the decrease in the ability to initiate and persist in self-directed purposeful activities.[1] Such activities that appear to be neglected usually include routine activities, including hobbies, going to work and/or school, and most notably, engaging in social activities. A person experiencing avolition may stay at home for long periods of time, rather than seeking out work or peer relations.

Thanks for the prompt, Forgottenman, unintentional as it was. Couldn’t fall asleep until I practiced the opposite of avolition, resulting in this poem.

And, why not just link with dVerse Poets??? HI, Guys. Missed the live reading, but…just a case of avolition!!!

And here is the regular link to dVerse Poets.