the a recent
post about
Sunday…
beginning/end…
then why do
the calendars
have Sunday
as the first
day of the
week…
and so
woke up this
morning…not
knowing what
day it was…
a causation
of not enough
sleep…ugh
remember
the testing
of the emergency
air raid sirens
Sunday Evening
currently reading
Nobody’s Fool by
Richard Russo
so far…
so good…
so
is Sunday
the end
of the
week…
or is it
the beginning
just asking
“I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.” ~ William S. Burroughs
Clouds
Taken during an early evening walk.
Clouds: nature’s painted sky…its a work of art…and its free for all to see….
“Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.” ~ Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot, Philosopher, 1713 – 1784
saturday 4:45 p.m.
July is soon
coming to the end
then the calendar
turns the page
to begin the new
month of August…
four months left…
merci
remember
when hamburgers cost 15 cents
3:55 p.m.
the mind is
working just
fine…
That Was Then
The elderly widow is having her morning tea, and is going through the following week’s supermarket ad circular. She sees all this save 20 cents on an item, 40 cents on another…etc etc. She still has a good memory on what different things use to cost, which was back in the days when she was married with kids to feed. She can tell you the cost of a daily newspaper was a nickel…loaf of bread for a quarter…a six pack of 12 ounce glass bottles of soda for 35-40 cents, plus deposit. And she could go on, but she figured you would get the picture.
Nothing is constant. Always changing she says, with a sigh.
Independent Thinkers
“A society with too few independent thinkers is vulnerable to control by disturbed and opportunistic leaders. A society which wants to create and maintain a free and democratic social system must create responsible independence of thought among its young.”
~ John Dewey, Philosopher, 1859 – 1952
Tuesday Afternoon 4:51 p.m.
kicking back
relaxing…
enjoying the
moment
Tuesday morning 7:48 a.m.
another hot day
in store…humid
too…the smell
of the wildfires
smoke should be
slowly going away
as the day goes
by with the help
of a cold front
moving through later
in the day
Monday Evening 8:54 p.m.
the smoke from
the west coast
wildfires is
really bad
here in my
part of the
state…wore
a mask while
I took a walk…
you can actually
smell it too…
shortly after
7:00..the sun was
a ball of red
as it was behind
the smoke…its
supposed to be
a little better
tomorrow…as
I’ve had enough
of this shit…
Monday Morning 9:13 a.m.
the air stinks
from the wildfires
out west…cut my
walk short…can
see the smoke on
the horizon
sunday afternoon 4:44 p.m.
since its Sunday
not much if anything
is happening in my
neck of the woods
…that’s fine with me
sunday morning 10:07 a.m.
while spinning using
the in stride cycle xl
…i started a new book….
Invisible by Paul Auster…
one of my favorite writers
11:54 a.m.
approaching noontime
on the east coast
the day is about
to begin the
second half
Six Words
wearing a mask again. staying safe.
morning ritual
glucose reading
morning meds
banana
shower
coffee
book reading
while cycling
then more
coffee…
then breakfast…
Life Is Too Short
“I don’t care what people think about me. Never did, never will. Life is too short to be worrying about that shit.”
~ Amy Winehouse, Singer-songwriter, Born: September 14, 1983 – Died: July 23, 2011
thursday 3:41 p.m.
what to think…say…write…will it make sense…what to make of it…it looks and sounds daft to me
trifecta
coffee…couch…resting
thursday 1:28 p.m.
busy busy busy
all day long
feel like a
chicken with its
head cut off…
still a couple
of more things
to do…no rest
for the weary…
not complaining
about it…its
the stuff i do
and feel good
about doing it
Noble And Beautiful
“When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.”
~ John Lennon
and so
the billionaires have their new toys to play with
supposedly going up into space, when actually
neither one of the did.
talk about burning money on wasteful endeavor
when they could of use the money to help the
poor and the disadvantage people…the homeless
…the ones that don’t have enough to eat
they could give their employees raises…more
vacation time…but that will never happen
as long as the billionaires have their
silly ideas of space travel and whatever
fucking nutty idea they dream up…everyone
else will live day by day…hopefully it
doesn’t get any worse for them…
so
another day gone by
making me a day older
so…a repeat
performance
come tomorrow
and the next day
and…on and on
till the cycle
comes to an end
10:38 a.m.
all is well
in the
neighborhood
love it
early morning
in the early
morning hour
of 4:30… its
still dark and
yet the early
birds are
chirping and
tweeting…
no other sounds
are heard
its a thing
of beauty listening
and also relaxing
Wake Up, America
“Wake up, America. The insurance companies took over health care. Wake up, America. The pharmaceutical companies took over drug pricing. Wake up, America. The speculators took over Wall Street. Wake up, America. They want to take your Social Security. Wake up, America. Multinational corporations took over our trade policies, factories are closing, good paying jobs lost. Wake up, America. We went into Iraq for oil.”
~ Dennis Kucinich
Dreaming
“Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.”
~ Petrarch, Poet, 1304 – 1374
Helping Others
“It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.”
~ Honore de Balzac
Dedication To A Friend
A few months back, I contemplated whether to continue blogging, or throw in the towel and call it a day. One of the first to email me, to say she would miss the things I post, and what not. Another follower from my local area, more or less said the same thing.
Anyways, after a couple of weeks passed by, I decided to ease back into it. So I’m sure I made the right decision. With that said, I dedicate this post to Georgiann and her blog is https://gigisrantsandraves.wordpress.com She has a wonderful blog, love her writing, and tells it like it is, as she doesn’t hold back. Please check out her blog, and tell her Don at a pondering mind sent you.
Six Words
more rain later. bring it on.
yup
morning coffee will make the lousy weather a bit more tolerable
6:39 a.m.
dark. dreary. rainy. lightning. thundering start to the morning
so
went to the store as I needed to get a few things…when it was time for me to do what shoppers normally do at the register…the cashier had the personality of a sloth… when I was done, I was just shaking my head in wonder as to why they hire people like her…yikes
question
why don’t houses of worship
have bedroom and living room sets
wondering
do single unattached people
have love seats in their abodes
4:37 p.m.
i’m a human not a potato sitting on the couch…ho-hum
4:34 p.m.
just a lazy saturday afternoon being spent on the couch
7:44 a.m.
its a new day
but the
same old
same old
and
did i say
i sometimes
write utter
nonsense…
at least
i admit it
and it gives
me pleasure
writing it
okay
so i’m an
unofficial
member of
the…
there’s a
method to
my madness
club
“Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.” ~ Janis Joplin
Voting
9:09 p.m.
so i survived
the hot, humid
weather today
be glad when
the high humidity
is done…gone…
adios
me
an easy going guy
get along well with others
but generally keep to
myself as I don’t
like to get caught up
in someone else’s bullshit
religion is not my thing
and politics…well that’s
a subject that can get you
into a lot of trouble…
so tend to stay away from
the subject
what keeps me going
or should sane
doing crosswords
on a daily basis
books…also
subscribed to
three online newspapers…
the Boston Globe
the New York Times
the Washington Post
the local newspaper
in my area is an
utter joke…
childish in my opinion
as some stories they
print are a day late
and a buck short…
plus to much silly stuff
there’s more…another
time…another day
hmm
friday will be hot and humid
have things to do
so i’ll pace myself
also have plenty
of bottled water
7:24 p.m.
took a walk this evening
the air…sticky as all hell
felt like i was in a sauna
so my pace was a bit
slower than normal
…it sucks is all i can say
time
the times are changing
along with the climate
nothing stays the same
7:57 p.m.
approaching the hour of 8:00 p.m.
soon it will be getting
a public service announcement
from your friendly blogger
you know
wake up in the morning
enjoying the first cup of
coffee
open the laptop
to read and view
the latest news
lo and behold
come to realize
nothing has changed
everything is the same
not really surprised
but…you never know
a morning in the future
may stun the mind
saying that it is to
good to be true
that there is
a change…maybe
good
bad…or
in between
you never know
PSST…HEY BUDDY, YOU WANNA BUY AN EXPENSIVE SEAT TO SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU CAN’T ACTUALLY BREATHE?
A great read, by a great writer…
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nice
rain or shine
the birds still sing
7:16 a.m.
pouring rain
a mug of coffee
a book to read
makes for
a perfect
start of
the day
a thought redux
what I don’t see, hear and/or know about doesn’t bother me, and I am fine with that. so with that said, all is well and good and I will leave it like that.
a thought
working people seem to dread manic mondays
while a retired person like me looks at it as mild-mannered mondays
its a fair assumption
Gouache: Little foxy
Check out her drawings. I’ve been following her for some time, and she does some fantastic art work.
yup
72 years.. 5 months 5 days i’ve been circling the sun and it never gets old…and i don’t feel old…as age is only a number… so with that said…i plan on sticking around for quite some time
“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” ~W. H. Auden
11:22 a.m.
took a walk in the rain
to the neighborhood store
bought a some scratch tickets
and played a some lottery numbers
now wishing myself some luck
bummer
the table is all laid out with chef salad, a wedge of cheddar cheese, a plate of expensive cold cuts, and a bottle of red wine. with all the time she spent getting the food ready, the candles ready to be lit, her date nevertheless was a total slob… knocking stuff over, and … the evening turned into a bummer of night … she vowed never again … never
12:34 p.m.
raining by the buckets, many buckets it is. .. can add some wind into the mix
8:47 a.m.
Elsa is making
its move across
the state
doing its thing
rain rain rain
11:35 a.m.
today is a day to do as i please
no harm … no foul
aah no
this sticky humid weather
is in no way my friend
far from it
1:49 p.m.
humid as hell
shirt plastered
on skin
not a good
feeling
Morning Quote
“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.”
~ William James
Nothing Is Absolute
“Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.”
~ Frida Kahlo, Painter, Born: July 6, 1907 – Died: July 13, 1954
Morning Quote
“My birth sign is Scorpio and they eat themselves up and burn themselves out. I swing between happiness and misery. I am part prude and part nonconformist. I say what I think and I don’t pretend and I am prepared to accept the consequences of my actions.” ~ Vivien Leigh
one sentence fiction
grouchy bastard drives the good humor ice cream truck and bitches about everything under the sun
Question
never hear July 4th or 4th of July or just the 4th, but never by its real name Independence Day. I wonder why that is?
A Good Novel
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
~ Jane Austen
Good Riddance
I finally got rid of Twitter, as I had no use for it. This is second time I have done this. The first time was early last year. Then this past fall, I started a new account. At first it was going well, but then it seemed like Twitter was on this suspension kick, which happened to me twice. Finally, I had at it with all the bullshit and what have you, that I let it dormant for awhile, and last night I finally ended it. Twitter isn’t what use to be, so I say good riddance!
Six Word Saturday
dark. gloomy. overcast. blah, Saturday morning.
Six Words
can’t believe its july already. unbelievable!
yeah
it sucks waking up
at 3:30 in the morning
because the bladder
was getting antsy
and then can’t get
back to sleep
I repeat: it sucks
A Higher Revelation
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soils in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.
Ludwig van Beethoven
4:59 p.m.
the dark clouds are
moving in and can
hear low rumblings of
thunder
Six Words
question everything… rebut if you want
9:32 a.m.
so I managed to take a walk, and I didn’t let the sun or the heat get to me. I managed to block it out, and it does help.
now come Friday & Saturday, both days will only be in the 60s, with on and off rain. I can deal with that.
6:04 a.m.
another day
of 90 plus degrees
in store for today
ugh!
6:57 p.m.
cut my evening walk
its nasty hot and humid
which is not to my liking
10:10 a.m.
went for an earlier walk
shortly after nine
not much shade
damn…I could feel
the sun…and it felt
like being in a
400 degrees oven
so I managed to
cut the distance
as it was too hot
Direction
A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going in the opposite direction in this too-big world.
~ Jack Kerouac
so
as the hot, humid weather is here
it still hasn’t stopped me from
venturing outside and do my walks
I try to stay on the streets with
the most shade
and also try to block my mind
from how bad it is…most
of the time it works
it does keep me in shape
even though the tshirt
is plastered on my back
so…with this weather
I’ll just have to grin
and bare it
Details are the Life of Prose. ~Jack Kerouac
The Queens English
You know, I do speak the Queens English. It’s just the wrong Queens that’s all. It’s over the 59th Street Bridge. It’s not over the Atlantic Ocean.
~ Cyndi Lauper
11:18 a.m.
89 degrees with a feel of 98
humid as all hell too
glad I got things done early
rest of the day
will be a kick back and relax
The Shadowy Tip Of Reality
“This highway leads to the shadowy tip of reality: you’re on a through route to the land of the different, the bizarre, the unexplainable…Go as far as you like on this road. Its limits are only those of mind itself. Ladies and Gentlemen, you’re entering the wondrous dimension of imagination. . . Next stop The Twilight Zone.”
~ Rod Serling, Screenwriter, Born: December 25, 1924 – Died: June 28, 1975
The Key Of Imagination
“You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You’ve just crossed over into… the Twilight Zone.”
~ Rod Serling
The Twilight Zone (television series), opening narration (1961)
8:49 p.m.
its been a long day
especially since
i’ve been
awake shortly
after 5:00 a.m.
not complaining
just saying
Six Words
outside it’s hot…and that’s that
1:37 p.m.
a day to
do nothing
and just
relax
and
chill
9:05 a.m.
completed the Sunday crossword
a couple more to tackle
later on in the
Washington Post
they can be head bangers
no harm in trying
“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.” ~Fyodor Dostoevsky
9:14 p.m.
it is evening
which means it is dark
the streetlamps are on
me…sitting on the couch
trying to think of what to
write along with the useless
drivel that i’ve been coming up with
maybe come tomorrow the brain
may produce something useful to
put into words
we’ll see what happens
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