Over the ocean, three thousand miles, to Dumfries I travelled to you

With loving devotion, to the British Isles, to forge one heart from two

I came for a visit, but stayed for a life, to share our single pulse

No surprise is it, we became man and wife, forsaking everyone else

Our love has endured, for twenty-five years, so I wanted to put down in rhyme

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At the pool on a sun bed at the moment... at the Sunrise Oasis hotel in Protaras, Cyprus ... having a nice time this week. We've been here since late Tuesday...

Tomorrow is the day we are renewing our vows at Pernera Blue Waters. Paid the guy a few days ago on Friday.

My poem got written on the plane. I think it's pretty good. Not used to writing ( Read more... )

Today is the day the guinea pigs were put into their inside hutches in the shed. We are away next week and have Izzy coming to take care of them. It's been getting colder so..... done.

We fly out to Cyprus on Tuesday. I still haven't written my poem.

Writing a poem... just to clarify... won't take too long once I get into it. I didn't mean to suggest it will take hours or days.... it's just that I like to think about these things... it won't be an epic poem, but I do like to put some effort in. It's been a long time, but I've written a couple.

Linda wants me to write a poem for the ceremony. That'll be nice... I just need to find the time. Later this week, I'll be done with work for a while and maybe I can give it a go. Maybe on the plane, I can really put my mind to it. I think it's about a 5 hour flight to Cyprus. Then still about a week on a sun lounger putting the finishing touches ( Read more... )

The Top Ten Things that were in my Journal Index from 1986 to 2000 (ie subjects that were non-places and non-people):

1. Poems / Poetry... 9 lines in the index
2. Television... 8
3. Blacks / African Americans... 7
Drugs... 7
5. Iran-Contra Scandal... 6.5
6. Christmas... 5.5
Football (American)... 5.5
Marriage... 5.5
9. AIDS... 5
Republicans... 5

Amongst my favourite songs, and now inducted into my Uber Song Hall of Fame.....   Violets of Dawn by Eric Andersen ( Read more... )

Thinking of little counting rhymes we used to do when we were kids ( Read more... )

The number of songs going into my Song Hall of Fame list has ground to a slow trickle... maybe that's not a bad thing ( Read more... )

It was Burns Night a couple days ago, so I sat down to write a few poems under a picture of Robert Burns I posted in Facebook. Limericks about the impeachment... and here they are ( Read more... )