Haiku And Other Aperçus

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Thursday, July 27, 2017

Barstool

This post goes with the previous one. A better view of the W. W. Stool (1990) by Philippe Starck for Basel. In this one you can at least see where to try to sit. If you try hard, you can picture using the little step-up helper for seating yourself. The upper pointed thing is not for your back, it is... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Wha-a-a-at?

I hope you've not had one too many when you try this on for size ($5,643.69 each) Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Keep Cool, Keep Cool

wet thy head and sip thy glass on thy couch please rest thine ass until the heat does dissipate and thou no more do'st tempt fate by going about thy business as usual 'til mind is rendered so confusional never fear the cool will come worry not whence it's from. Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 21, 2017

Good People

It must be a Kansas City dog. Yesterday was the hottest day of the year, here, so far. Today it will reach higher on the scale, and tomorrow even hotter. The Salvation Army had to put out a plea for bottled water for the homeless and for people who could not pay their water bills. The Kansas City... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Weary

there was a time my assiduity to my asphodel was quite impressive. now I can't even keep my philodendron watered Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Life's Like That

the heat of summer beats down on happy and sad, young and old, rich and poor alike, the healthy jogger, the sickly and old, making dangerously uncomfortable the homeless, the poor, those who play and those who labor in the sun's bright rays. It will not last forever. One day the temperature will... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

On The Passage Of Time

Saturday morning woke me, but it's gone, and the day hastens to night Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Soggy Fourth

soaked, drenched, water logged multiple cloudbursts raging damp celebration Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Stuck Truck

Ribcage and I have spent the morning so far watching a stuck truck trying to maneuver our narrow, twisting road through and around our facility's grounds, around the woods and fishing lake, and ditches on all sides. So far he is making no headway whatsoever in spite of our manager offering advice... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 30, 2017

Swamped--More Expected

torrential downpours thunder, lightning, hail and wind again and again So, i'm flooded. The rain was so fierce it gathered on the deck and ran over the door facing into the dining room. Maintenance men here checking. Carpet man here shop-vacuuming and sanitizing my carpet. They have pulled up the... Sign in to see full entry.

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