"OH, YOU CAN'T HELP THAT," SAID THE CAT, "WE'RE ALL MAD HERE."
--Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Monday, October 30, 2023

Five Cents Worth

Toby:
Jumpy and crabby...
What is the matter with you?
Are you unhappy?

JM:
I search through my brain
My quest for calm is in vain
Black squiggles haunt me

Toby:
What happened to you?
Have you lost your brain somewhere?
Tell me about it

JM:
Big mess for four weeks
Apartment renovating 
On and on and on...

Toby:
Hmmm, interesting
You are upset by messes
Do you have a goal?

JM:
Normal is the goal
But still I can't find normal
Normal! Where are you?

Boohoo

Toby:
Normal that you chase
Is a wash machine setting
My advice is: Stop!

That will be 5¢

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Do you see what I see?
Yup!
Let's put 
behind us and do Halloween!
I'm in.



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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Goddess of Chaos


goddess of chaos
you think you have come to stay
time to think again 

your whirlwind i'll meet
to order your disorder
get ready to leave!


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Toby: I'm fed and housed, now what?
JM: Renovation. 
Toby: What's that?
JM: Our whole apartment building is being renovated. Renewed. Roofed. Painted. Carpeted. New kitchens. New windows. Fire sprinkler system. Lots. New. New. New.
Toby: So that's why you piled everything you own into the middle of our space?
JM: Yup.
Toby: Is that why all the noise?
JM: Yup.
Toby: You know the barn was lots more peaceful, don't you?
JM: Yup.
Toby: I thought this was a senior living place. You're moving stuff around like a stevedore!
JM: An old stevedore. Be strong, Toby! We'll get through this together.
Toby: I'm going back under the bed.



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Maybe if I enter something for the Art Part, Toby will come back out from under the bed. Aidan recently shared this beautiful piece from his orchestra at CCM...

Janacek, "The Cunning Little Vixen" Suite
Thank you, Aidan!

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Don't forget to visit Paula and for her latest installments on Paula Borchardt - Visual Storyteller as she celebrates a year of her Perpetual Journal.

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Susie continues her watercolors...

Thank you, Susie.


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Summer has said goodbye. This was the first real day of fall to be experienced here in PA. Special. And, special to experience it with Valerie, Elijah, Wendy, John, and, of course the denizens of the farm, the farm itself.
What's not to love.

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