"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Eric Alders Photo Prompt


There once was a guy named Zaxi
Who celebrated to the maxi
One New Years Eve he couldn't see
He was in such a hurry to pee
He really shoulda called a taxi
~~~~~~~~~~

a silly limerick about a serious subject.
Have fun on New years, but call a taxi!

Monday, December 26, 2011

Magpie 97-

Photo by Bert Stern

Hidden fate
In your beautiful face and smile
Sadness waits

Monday, December 19, 2011

Eric Alders Monday Photo Prompt-

Electric lights


Dizzying spiraling neon brightness


Meters spin !




Sunday, December 18, 2011

Magpie 96




One last smile
Arms folded over the future
She will wait
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When my aunt posed for this photo she didn't realize
that she was poised for her future. Arms folded
over her growing belly her sweet husband took
one last photo of her before leaving to go overseas
to fight in Germany.
Wearing his uniform complete with his Army hat was her
last view of him until he returned safely years later.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~





Image: Lee Friedlander, 1966
Courtesy of Tess Kincaid
http://magpietales.blogspot.com

Monday, December 12, 2011

Eric Alders Monday Photo Prompt

There are limits



wood stone dirt and six feet



silly limits



Let's just be neighbors!



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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Magpie 95 Letting go.........




image by Mostafa Habibi

Future floats
In front of a buried past
Let waves erase





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Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Eric Alder's Monday Morning Photo


A fork in the road
A road less traveled?
Or is a crossroad
Leading to my future?
Rain blurs my window
While tears stream down
Indecision struggles
I know what needs to be done.
~~~~~~~~

Russell and I have struggled with our desire to
move and our reluctance to leave our wonderful
neighborhood and our house and home we have created.
However, our town has changed and we do
need to move on. Our house is up for sale
and we have made an offer on a wonderful
house on a hill with views of mountains.
More news later when I know more!

Sunday, December 04, 2011

Magpie 94 or Respite

Lunch, George Tooker, 1964, Columbus Museum of Art


Foggy silence

While feeding the hunger

Quiet respite