Tag Archives: pandemic of 2020

Masks Away!

I’m not embarrassed to say my pandemic journey followed this graph right to the letter.  The lowest point “Disillusionment” hit me about August 2020. My general communication weaknesses, spelling and pronunciation, were magnified. 

Pinkie Crack

When the Lockdown began I tried writing on my website every day to…well, I’m not sure why. Perhaps I was trying to document the experience first hand or maybe connect with my neighbors or contribute something to the whole event. After about a month and a half I had to rest. We all did really,Continue reading “Pinkie Crack”

TY TAEM!

I’m very excited to have a small collection of my poems published in The Abstract Elephant Magazine this month. It’s such a beautiful magazine with an ideal mission. Please visit it sometime soon. “The Abstract Elephant Magazine is an interdisciplinary, digital publication dedicated to understanding the issues of the human condition through the arts, the sciences,Continue reading “TY TAEM!”

Day 230: No Place to Lament

No Place to Lament —August 20, 2020, day 157 of the U.S. Pandemic Yesterday I thought I was going to have a meltdownan honest to goodness meltdownI needed to cryto have a good cry Every so often I need to do this There are times when the weight of my world is feltWhen the lackContinue reading “Day 230: No Place to Lament”

Poem: The 27th Day

The 27th DayMost of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.-T.S. Eliot Getting out of my car today I noticed a bee.A large and fuzzy bumblebee slowly moving its legson the parking lot blacktop of my apartment building. I saw a video once where a person found a honey beeContinue reading “Poem: The 27th Day”

Hello Again & Election Predictions

Hello, I’m back.  Did I miss anything? On August 8th I took my blog down while I submitted a collection of poems to publishers for a chapbook publication.  I’m happy to report a lovely digital magazine picked it up.  Well, not the whole collection as submitted.  They selected 6 of the 23 poems in theContinue reading “Hello Again & Election Predictions”