i’ve begun to
think about
my costume
with
halloween
arriving
in just
a few weeks
and
i remember
the year
i dressed up
as
a weather girl
when
i wore
my yellow raincoat
a string of pearls
high heels
t.v. makeup
and
curled hair
but
people guessed
that i was
a flasher
and
that didn’t
go
exactly
as planned
—
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it knocked me
off my feet
and
attacked me
from
all sides
and
i
was
completely
left
defenseless
to
its powers
holy hell
the
only thing
worse
would be
if it said
we will
come
to your house
and
finger feed you
chips and dip
and
salted caramels
while you
lie around
on your sofa
as we walked in from recess
e muttered aloud:
why do we have to take naps?
why do we have to take them every day?
why do schools make kids take naps?
whey do we have to?
why?
do all schools take naps?
i hate naps.
i never fall asleep.
i do not like naps.
naps are dumb.
when we
got back to our room
he
got a drink of water
laid down on his cot
and
passed out cold
for 1 and 1/4 hours
and
neither of us
said a word
when he
finally woke up
—-
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when sheep herders have a sense of humor
welcome autumn, in all your glory
—
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why is it
that
i
feel the need
to
turn up
the
volume
when
watching
a
foreign film
with
subtitles
written
in
my language
and
spoken
in
a language
i don’t understand?
the five senses are the ministers of the soul. – leonardo da vinci
—
image credit: chun king express
had a nice offer
from
an
‘adult novelty catalog company’
to advertise
on my blog
and i smiled
and thanked them
when
i
turned them down
and
thought about
what
my posts
are
really
all about
nature, animals, philosophy, humor, zen, children, travel, art. life, family, love, compassion, adventure
not so much about dancing girls
and their costumes
and their toys
and their boys
not to say
they
can’t be
about
art or love or zen or adventure
too
for they are all
a part of life
and we all
share the same planet
and
i don’t judge
and
i like to dance
and
wear costumes
and
all the rest
but i figured
chances are
the company
has never really read my blog
and has no idea
who my audience
really
is
your audience gives you everything you need. they tell you.
there is no director who can direct you like an audience.
– fanny brice
—
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imagine
our surprise
when
little t
a kinder
in my class
and i
his teacher
found out
that
we
shared
a birthday
a last name
a mother’s first and last name
and
we
decided
that
we
must
be
twins
born
decades
apart
—
“a person’s a person, no matter how small.” – dr. seuss
—
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little kinder in my class
who so loves germs and viruses
he’s making a book of them
school nurse
comes in
to
talk about
hand washing
germs
staying well
not wanting
to get sick
or
catching things
like
flu
or
colds
he raises his hand
and adds
‘or, the black death’
yes
the black death
too
—
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went to the nail salon
to relax
be pampered
have a pedicure
was put
into
a hello kitty chair
with the
massage option
given water
listened
to my nail tech
who was
a
very
very
very
quiet talker
tried to answer
what she asked
in a way
that didn’t
make me seem
insane
or
off subject
lotion
massage
warm water
scrub
wrap
paint
sleepy
relaxed
drifting
watched
a
bad
made for tv movie
on the screen
with
subtitles
and lots
of hilarious
translation snafus
and ponies
and angst
and there was
candy
all around
and i
read
a trashy magazine
took the quiz
found
i am
most
‘like goldie hawn’
of all
the
celeb possibilities
kept trying
to answer questions
though i had no idea
what she was asking
in her whisper voice
tried to lip read
i probably said that
i like ponies
and
cotton candy
and
my name
is goldie hawn
as i slipped into
a dreamy state
of
hello kitty consciouness
—
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