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Russian Proverb
Posted in A quote, Just Good Food, NaPoWriMo, Photos, thoughts
Tagged Just Good Food, Photos, Thoughts
Why not?
Trying to notice stuff that affirms
rather than misdirects the mind
to messy matters that move a person
to unnecessary struggles
Posted in A Beautiful Day, Gratitude, NaPoWriMo, Photograph, Photos, Poems, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Photo, Poem, RETIREMENT, short poem, Today
The Way It Is
Feeling up, energetic, safe
I knew that I could
Also…
Feeling down, sleepy,
headed for something
that might not be good
Happens all at once
Or within moments of time
Pushing me from the absurd to sublime
Right now…
That’s how it is
A hit and a miss
Inner peace and contentment
Can be elusive like this
May you
And may me
Be happy anyway
Safe and untroubled and mostly okay
At ease, on occasion, if not everyday
Posted in Gratitude, Life, Photograph, Photos, Poems, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS
Tagged moods, NaPoWriMo, Photos, Picture, Poem, Random, RETIREMENT, Ruminations
At a Cafe
At a cafe all alone
Without a poem
Imperfectly arranged
to be
a part of living
And looking for the good stuff
And hoping that is enough
Posted in Coffee, Kalamazoo, NAPOMO 2024, NaPoWriMo, Photos, Poems, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Water color
Tagged Flowers, NaPoWriMo, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Maybe, RETIREMENT RIFFS, short poem, Yer' Art
Second Guessing
Second guessing
Once again
All my consequential inconsequential choices
Yes, I am
Spend more money?
Get a job?
Get a haircut?
Some sort of bob?
Drink coffee or let it be?
Take a vitamin B or D?
Take a trip?
Or just stay home?
Worry about health
Or leave it alone?
Today I choose
To let it be
Accept my choices
Trust myself
Inner voices
on a shelf
It all works out
until it doesn’t
No point in suffering here
over something that wasn’t
Posted in Life, NAPOMO 2024, NaPoWriMo, Photos, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Ruminating
Tagged Existential Angst, Photos, Poem, Poetry Maybe, Random, RETIREMENT RIFFS
Bereft of ideas or just bereft?
I’m not bereft
Because I’m not deprived
…feeling quite happy to be alive
Although if I weren’t alive
I never would know
and happiness and contentment
would have no place to go
But I digress…
At the moment I am in…all is well
What happens next…
You never can tell!
Posted in Coffee, Gratitude, Life, Oggi, Photos, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, thoughts
Tagged Aspiring to Art, Poem, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Today, Yer' Art
On the Brink of Summer
All the beautiful stuff
that comes alive in summer
Pulls me out of worry
and moves me into wonder
Mostly
Posted in A Beautiful Day, Garden, Gratitude, Kalamazoo, NAPOMO 2024, Photos, RETIREMENT, summer, thoughts
Snap
An agony of indecision
Befalls me from time to time
And leaves me weary, bereft
And completely out of rhyme
Then after a bit
I snap out of it
So predictable no doubt
Because it always works out
One way or another
‘Til it’s done and it’s over
In the Neighborhood
This just jumps out at me.
I like it!
Posted in A Beautiful Day, Garden, Life, Photograph, Photos, Picture This
robinbenjamin4 
Ubiquitous
So many ads EVERYWHERE!
What about this? What about that?
This? Or this? Buy it. Believe it! Act now!
How about now? Now? Now?
TV, radio, phone, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Amazon, and on and on…
Too many people claiming that only they care and only they will help you because the competition is just trying to scare you (but fair warning, if you don’t do what they tell you, terrible things will happen to you; let us scare you instead).
It is infinite and a true barrage of unrequested and usually unhelpful information.
Enough! Basta!
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Posted in Commentary, Photos, RETIREMENT, Ruminating, Thinking out loud, wondering and pondering
Tagged Commentary, Critique, Opinion, Photos, Random, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Ruminations