Every once in awhileI’ll have fish for breakfastand eggs for supper.I’ll give into an urgeto buck the system;the everyday ritualsimposed by the past.I’ll set out my cutlerywith forks on the rightand knives on the left.I’ll make square pizzasand round meatloafs.I’ll have tea in the morningand coffee at night.And sometimes;once in a very long time,I’ll have…

The trees are alive with tiny bodiesBobbing, flickering, flutteringPecking at dead leavesStill hanging in thereDozens more peck franticallyAmongst the moundsOf last year’s cropRotting on the ground There’s a woodpeckerLured by a free meal.Suet encased in wireHanging in the treeHe too breakfastsFrantically Why the hurry?It’s snowing.They wanna get homeBefore lunch.

Old woman sits onHer breakfast stoolContemplatingLifeShe’s outlivedTwo husbandsWho gifted herWith children.Beautiful childrenShe has photographsOf grandchildrenAnd great-grandchildrenEncased in albums. So many albums.Memories ofLove, friendship,Fun in the sun,Fun in winterAnimal encountersScenery.Life has beenGood. Now she has fallenIn love againLife is wonderful.Soon there will be More photographs In a brand new Photograph album

My feet moveAll on their ownNo brain to guide themJust me alongside themLeft foot, right footFaster now,There they goWhere to, I don’t know.Like automatons, robots,In sync, no stumblingAs they doWhen I am in control.I press the red buttonMy feet stop.Reluctantly theyFollow the rest of meOff the treadmill.

Haikus for Fast month March 2021 God’s all-embracingLove, like whipped creamOn strawberries Yesterday’s snowstormA desolate memoryToday the sun shines! A rose by any other nameIs still a rose,Something like religion The unwavering soulShines with a brillianceThat transends the night Eyes feast upon beauty.Ears absorb music.Mans’ art, gifted by God The sun rises in the east,As…

Experts believe that sugar consumption is a major cause of many chronic diseases, as well as obesity: WEIGHT GAIN INCREASE RISK OF HEART DISEASE BEEN LINKED TO ACNE RISK OF TYPE2 DIABETES RISK OF CANCER RISK OF DEPRESSION ACCELERATE SKIN AGING PROCESS INCREASE CELLULAR AGING DRAINS YOUR ENERGY CAN LEAD TO FATTY LIVER OTHER HEALTH…

In a world become impatient to possess material things And where ‘image’ is promoted for the power that it brings, Can we just pause a moment, and reflect upon the past And consider for the moment how long these things will last. For the things of real value were not built in a day But…

A pall upon the world’s a common theme Our lives are not at all as they have been A scourge has plagued the human race it seems A killer known as Covid plus nineteen We’ve hidden in our homes almost a year We’re distanced from the loved ones we hold dear We thought at first…

My son lives in Vancouver and each morning buses to the Gallery Gachet which has been relocated to Hastings Street on the Downtown Eastside. Strangely and thankfully,  amongst the addicted and mentally ill who roam and sleep upon these desolate streets, the Covid 19 virus has not appeared in proportion to the seemingly unprotected  population…

Musings from The Nineteen-eighties. [Before I Joined A Religion] I discovered these lines on yellowed scraps of paper in a bundle of musings I had typed out on an old manual typewriter back in about 1983. I had been following the writings of Charles Lindbergh, world-famous pilot, and in later years, an environmentalist. His writings…