Belly Button Cleaning Day
“I can’t go with you!”
Belly button cleaning day:
Introvert’s excuse.
Belly Button Cleaning Day
Dinner Placeholder
A Placeholder Haiku
He doesn’t love her.
She’s a dinner placeholder
so he’s not lonely.
A Vaccine Haiku
A Vaccine Haiku
I got my vaccine
I’m ready to breathe again,
to give up this mask!
Reasons
Still inspired by Kevin’s one-sentence slice!
Reasons
Do our dogs get all tail-waggy and lose their minds when we start loading the camper because they enjoy a crackling fire pit, or is their joy – like mine of a picnic basket – not the grapes and cheese but the thrill of spending cherished time together, of turning our eyes toward each other instead of our screens?
Back to the Grind
Back to the Grind
And just like that, we slid in our slide-outs, hitched up the Outback, and abandoned our tranquil campsite haven to slip back through the wardrobe to a world of work and deadlines……until next weekend!
Springtime Smiles
Things that Made me Happy on the First Day of Spring
a hawk swooping into a tree on our campsite
a long walk with the dogs
a picnic at the top of the falls at High Falls State Park
a family playing colorful parachute ball
turtles sunning themselves on the rocks at the bottom of the falls just beyond the rapids
a son and his dad flying a kite
baby fingers on the pine trees
reading in the sun with my sherpa-slippered feet propped up
the Lionel Richie weekend radio songs
a grilled salmon dinner with my husband
Welcome Spring 2021!
A Star Haiku
A Star Haiku ⭐️
a twinkling pinhole
in the liner between earth
and heaven: Mom winks
Churros
I tried a Random Word poem, inspired by Margaret Simon. I chose the book That sounds like Fun : the Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why you Need a Hobby by Annie F. Downs. My five random words are in bold.
Churros
Hangriness put me at one
with the sizzling churros –
my heretical answer
to workday stress comfort food,
deep-fried flavor
flourishing in the heat
a hilarious irony of contrast.
Storm Haiku
Storm Haiku
Threats of tornadoes
Sweeping through middle Georgia
Keep us home today
Thanks, I Think
A Schnoodle Haikoodle
Dad has a Schnoodle.
We found him a sweet rescue.
He said, “Thanks, I think.”
Common Threads 