Love, not “like,” this!
Beautiful Broken Things
Published January 5, 2018 by Nan MykelLove, not “like,” this!
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Did You Think I Was Old? Not Me!
Published January 5, 2018 by Nan Mykel
When did an old person ever collect puppets for amusement and magic?
When did an old person get so self-absorbed playing that her son disowned her? (Hope I’m smarter than that when I get old).
When did an old person collect pieces of lightning and pretend they were dog turds? (I should hope not).
When did
an old person ever sneak in the cookie jar and empty it? (Surely not!)
When did an old person pout because it was raining, and sing Rain Rain Go Away?
When did an old person ever hang up their stocking on Christmas Eve? And GET something!
When did an old person ever go chasing rainbows?
When did an old person ever prefer Raggedy Ann to Barbie?
When did an old person avoid looking in the mirror?
When did an old person who wouldn’t look in he mirror say “I’m not old?” SEE? I’m NOT!
Stream of consciousness brought to you by a PTSD smell moment – Special re-blog
Published January 4, 2018 by Nan MykelI am clapping. Bravo! You said you didn’t want suggestions but it will trouble me if I don’t suggest one. I can’t believe a neurologist could not destroy your sense of smell. It sounds like the total loss of smell would be more than worth it. Surely your family must grieve the loss of you, brave woman, nature woman!
Read on for re-blog by Bethany
Brief Reblog
Published January 3, 2018 by Nan Mykel
Re-blogged from Fear to Freedom
PIFFLE DINGER – An earlier ode
Published January 3, 2018 by Nan MykelMONDAY NIGHT’S POEM
With all the boo boos and yoo hoos,
to-do’s, who-are-you’s, e-mail news.
Poetry Month and broken hips,
cherry blossoms and weather dips,
serve up a poem, slightly rare
with metaphors, if you should dare.
Oh, there’ll be some deep; otherwise
we’ll aim for paucity of lies.
This ev’ry Tuesday writing thing
plays bonkers with the yan of ying.
Should you want me to be quiet now
I’ll heed your wishes with a bow.
Pumpkim carving:
Ray Villafane, http://villafanestudios.co
(Obviously written earlier)
The Trolley Ride – a haibun
Published January 3, 2018 by Nan Mykel
If you ride a trolley long enough you’ll come to the end of the line. You can then remember the sights and stops, the riders that come and go. Maybe trouble on the line, cross words or banter, perchance the frozen grim look of out-of-sorts folks. Perhaps that little girl with lollipop all over her face. But search the faces–all of them–whose do you want to see?
poppinjays alight
the limb too weak to support
night slides into day
IF WE LIVE LONG ENOUGH
Published January 3, 2018 by Nan Mykel| If we live long enough
it’s gonna be rough. Tell-tale signs of age spoken off the cuff betray us and oh how long and how sad will it get to be before…until…we write bad verse and yet don’t hesitate to remember to meditate on what’s gone before, not what lies ahead instead.? Hey nonny nonny,  COmmons.wikimedia.org honey, if it’s not funny why do we laugh at our forget-me-nots? When will we touch base and head for home? Not funny, dammit, unless you’re like me easier to laugh than it is to pee. Ha ha got you there You expected “cry.” I know poor taste when ‘ere I try and will until my looney runs dry. Ouch! Tell me I didn’t write this.…. Nan |
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Timely Re-Blog
Published January 1, 2018 by Nan MykelDon’t call yourself pro-life… Reblog
George is crystal clear. Who can argue with this?
Don’t even think about calling yourself pro-life if…
- You support taking health insurance away from low income, sick, and disabled people.
- You support abolishing or cutting Medicaid (which covers HALF of all pregnant women and 45 million children).
- You support privatizing or cutting Medicare and Social Security.
- You want to abolish Planned Parenthood, which is NOT an abortion clinic (only 2% of their services are abortion-related) but provides healthcare (including pregnancy care) and birth control information to low income women.
- You’re OK with a president who allowed CHIP (a health insurance program for low income children who do not qualify for Medicaid) to expire, leaving millions of children uninsured.
- You support dismantling public schools.
- You think programs like Meals on Wheels and school lunches are a waste of taxpayer money.
- You think climate change is a hoax.
- You support fracking, drilling, and mining on our public lands.
- You believe in…
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Is Trump a Christian?
Published December 29, 2017 by Nan MykelBilly Graham’s granddaughter Jerushah Armfield doesn’t think so,
Trump “has not shown” himself to be a Christian, Armfield said, and has exh
ibited qualities that are the opposite of Christlike.
“My Jesus that I follow was really somebody who fought for the outliers,” she concluded, “and I think that Trump has actually done the opposite in kind of ostracizing them.”
Noor Al-Sibai, Raw Story via Alternet
SAY WHAT?!
Published December 28, 2017 by Nan Mykel“I have the greatest stuff and you know what? I love golf. But if I were in the White House, I don’t think I’d ever see Turnberry again. I don’t think I’d ever see Doral again. I own 
Doral in Miami. I don’t think I’d ever see many of the places I have. I don’t think I’d ever see anything, I just want to stay in the White House and work my ass off and make great deals, right? Who’s gonna leave?”
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