Just when you thought all the Cauliflower had been eaten, The Challenge returns! From the mysterious guitar-plucking fingers of a man called “xourmas” comes today’s shimmering turn of the Melon wheel. It takes Jake’s sax piece which took eb’s vocal … Read on Macduff...
Pooh
My wife was reading the last few pages of Pooh to our kids the other night and it made her cry. So I took over, and yes, yes it nearly made me cry.
Flat out, Pooh is one of the … Read on Macduff...
Kennedy
He tries so hard
to look bright around the eyes
bright Kennedy eyes
kind crinkles soft
wisdom star fire big pupils with
flecks of genius
knowing, nodding
but it always
comes out
crazy.
Blog’versary
A tad over twelve months ago, I blogged my first post. It’s been a fun year, writing these poems, reading that book, collaborating on that cauliflower, making that monkey noise, and whatnot. Thanks to … Read on Macduff...
The Gravity’s Rainbow Deathmarch, Week 16
Well this is it — the last stop before the final push! Just 7 days till we receive Ultimate Wisdom! Woo!
I enjoyed the last week’s reading, packed with taffy bits, although I’ll confess to getting pretty lost during the … Read on Macduff...
Wire Act
We saw this squirrel the other night. And she’s carrying one of her kids in her mouth over a thin black power line — tree to tree, in search of better digs.
In her mouth! POWER line! Or…maybe it was … Read on Macduff...
waiting in line (a true story)
waiting
in line
for a defective roller coaster.
a waste of time.
but more than that —
just a bad idea.
Knock Knock
Here’s a joke my four-year-old told us at dinner tonight. I enjoyed it and thought you might too:
Knock knock. Who's there? You know what's broccoli made of? You know what's broccoli made of who? Peas.
Scramble
When I was in second grade my family moved to Holland. We lived in a town called Wassenaar and went to school in The Hague (Den Haag) – a big city about 20 minutes drive away.
Every morning, a bus … Read on Macduff...
The Gravity’s Rainbow Deathmarch, Week 15
At So-Called Bill’s excellent suggestion, last week turned into one final rest, reflect, and reread week before the grand finale. Now here we are, tanned and ready, primed for the big wrap and just — jinkies! — two more weeks … Read on Macduff...