fall is full of whim
having its way with the world
running hot and cold
JSmith 10/26/2016
Nasty women get shit done…
20 Oct 2016 2 Comments
we need a haiku
making this a better world
for nasty women
JSmith 10/20/2016
Head toward the light…
18 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
sunshine everywhere
how i want the world to be
no shadows the end
JSmith 10/18/2016
Paean to a Shower
07 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
so privileged, yo
joy of squeaky-clean chassis
water fresh and warm
JSmith 10/7/2016
Why this isn’t funny
06 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in My Thoughts
Letting Ross Murray write my blog post today, since he already did and it’s too spot on not to share.
This isn’t the post I originally wrote for this week. It was a pretty good one, too. I spent hours writing it, then more time reviewing it. And then I woke up this morning and realized I couldn’t run it.
I decided I couldn’t run the piece not because of the topics it touched on – gender identity and how confusing it all is for us older folks – and not because I feared the subject might trigger outrage from people who can’t wait to feel outrage. And it wasn’t because I made fun of people dealing with gender identity issues, that wasn’t my point at all.
And, honestly, I think it was a funny piece.
But funny at whose expense?
My good and insightful friend Annie recently shared a podcast by Malcolm Gladwell on the topic of satire. The thrust of Gladwell’s thesis (and if there’s one thing Malcolm Gladwell…
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The sleeper wakes…
03 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
Since yesterday fell on a Sunday it was all about grazing, napping, TV sports, and trying to mentally get my poop in a group for starting a new week, which happened today, actually.
There’s now a handy list of ESSENTIALS taped to my bathroom mirror, providing steady inspiration and focus for being something other than retired, because it’s so hard to stay on task. My happiest day is one where the calendar is a wasteland – a blank slate – but a never-ending string of those can become tedious and full of ennui, so a new LIST and a soupçon of discipline are called for at this point.
There are things I need to get down in words, and that happens best when the crowded house at the top of my neck has been freed from clutter. Working on it…
So for now, my list reminds me to do things like:
- Get up
- Shower
- Accomplish one thing every day
- Do other stuff
I’ll be chugging down the tracks in no time, because I THINK I can, darn it. Admonitions about writing show up three times on THE LIST, because what else is it about? Getting rid of the crap, within and without, opening blinds AND windows, bringing all fresh air onto the scene…preparing to snuggle in and put words on the page through the fall and winter months. So yeah, thanks for listening… 💋
Autumn Light
02 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
leaves turn and drift down
letting shards of light pierce limbs
autumn blazes through
JSmith 10/02/2016
Playing for Time 
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