A lot of time in my youth
was spent trying to please others
with age I changed my druthers
and to completely tell the truth
I don’t really try being couth.
Continue readingA lot of time in my youth
was spent trying to please others
with age I changed my druthers
and to completely tell the truth
I don’t really try being couth.
Continue readingIn 1985, I went to the movie house with my friends and watched The Goonies. Actually, I’m just assuming I did because I’m from a small town and on Friday nights my friends and I were usually either at the Family Recreation Center or we were at the movies. I don’t actually remember my first time watching The Goonies. It has become one of those I have watched so much that I can’t really remember a time before I knew Mikey and the gang. I will say that from the first watch I felt like an honorary Goonie. Thankfully, it wasn’t until many years later that I discovered otherwise.
Continue readingThe day the dreamer woke up
is not a sad tale for all.
For some out there,
it’s part of life’s call. Continue reading
I used to think, gee
I’m as smart as smart can be.
But now I see
I’m a lot less of a smarty
and even the smarts that used to be inside me
Nearly ten years past thirty
and I’m feeling so hurty
after running with the cubs all day long.
“Climb the hill,” they said to me –
“you can do it, it’s easy.”
I gone and done it –
I done something dumb.
Trying to get fit –
I’m now hurting more than some.