SENSE AND NONSENSE

  • Haikus Fall & Winter 2024

    Half the cookie isHalf the calories – unlessYou eat the other half too The language of agingLearned in small steps as a childThis time it’s backwards I watched the green grassGrow before it was mowed Down to the marrow When doctors and nursesLet us into their sanctuaryWe are humbled When your car breaks downDo you…

  • What are you curious about? What am I curious about? Right at the moment I am wondering which store in the town of Vanderhoof, BC  Canada carries TruEarth Laundry Detergent Strips? The store I originally shopped for them has now closed. I do not want to go back to lugging jugs of water, laden with…

  • The  Real Me

    Although I am ancient (86) I still have some life left in me. My husband describes me as beautiful (he’s 88). His brain works better than mine, although I can out-run (out-walk) him. On a good day. My short term memory is such, that if I turn on a burner in my kitchen stove, I…

  • Video : My Mother Found A Quarter

  • My Mother Found A Quarter

  • FAITH

    FAITH Have faith that things can get better even if you can’t see it now. This is Faith by Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum To walk where there is no pathTo breathe where there is no airTo see where there is no light –This is Faith.To cry out in the silence,The silence of the night,And hearing…

  • Daily Haikus

    Pale skies are bluer nowShades of spring setting inBut where is the green You and me at CostcoCosto card saves moneyWe buy twice as much. Broaden our horizonsBook flights, a car, room, toursToo tired to travel. “If I get through March…”My brother was born in MarchAnd he died in March. A purple bug’s outsideIt has…

  • Haikus: spring & summer 2024

    “If I get through March…”My brother was born in MarchAnd he died in March. Winds of March blow cold Weatherman’s predicting snow Bring on April. .’Twas a “springy” kind of daySnow level down to the stubbleAnd a yellow fox stopped by Snowflakes coming down Cat looks out the window Be fun to catch them. A…

  • We Are All A Part Of The Same Thing

    A few days after my husband died, I was contemplating about whether I would receive some kind of message from him. Other people had said their loved one had done so. I did not hear his voice, which was good because that would have been scary. My message was more in the form of a…

  • More May Haikus

    Colours in night skiesWhat may they signify?We are one on Earth Human brain pausesWaits for the emergenceOf kindness and trust Old songs old memories“Autumn Leaves” “Sincerely”Each song had a story Water from on high should quench the thirsty soilDouse the forest fire Those living long agoHelped shape the world we knowWe may do the same…