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Anne Lamott, from Bird by Bird “The first poem I wrote that got any attention was about John Glenn. The first stanza went, ‘Colonel John Glenn went up to heaven/in his spaceship, Friendship Seven.’ There were many, many verses…The teacher read the John Glenn poem to my second-grade class. It was a great moment; the
A Bit of Shop Talk Read More »
SHOP TALK Writing is like baseball. Not every at bat is a home run. In fact, not every at bat is a hit. But just four hits in every ten at bats? You are in the Hall of Fame. SHIFTING TO OK Although I’m basically a solo act My mindset just completely shifts To like
Had a nice post-meeting chat (cat in French BTW) with my fellow WUTR board members. Terri introduced me to a term: xeriscape. Tim has been improving the chi around the farm. I mentioned that I need to start working on a new book. I want to have written as many books as Ron Howard has
Year of the Rabbit, Year of the Cat Read More »
RUNNING OUT THE CLOCK Fog hoodies the sun. Yellow school bus gone grey. It’s a long drive down Memory Lane. It starts to get dark at noon. Distracted drivers. Running out the clock. Horse drawn, it’s even worse. And the road is not always paved. ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY They raffled like ten round trips
Since it’s less crowded It’s known as more Of a hidden gem. Fast sets, Surfers and pelicans Suffering each other, Super cute. Achingly cute. Gaspingly cute. And vice versa The materials of my work Are the platitudes of the day. © 2023 Randy Stark Please visit my website at www.randystark.com. My books are available on
As I write this (November 11, 2022) the midterm elections are over, and I obviously overestimated the Democrat victory margin, but I was clearly ahead of the curve in debunking the threat of a red wave. And, in spite of the phony victory laps on the left and the desperate silver lining seekers on the
My prediction of a Democrat tsunami remains steadfast. The Democrats have not helped themselves, however, with the nonsense and fear mongering about “Democracy” being “at stake.” One Democrat pundit even said that Republicans, if they win, will “arrest your children and maybe kill them.” Huh? What happened to touting the accomplishments of the Biden Administration?
Today is Election Day Read More »
As this is being written and posted 11/1/2022, Election Day is a week away. Where I am registered there is early voting, so I have early voted. And I want to add to my post from last week that predicted a landslide Democrat victory in the midterms. First, the Democrat landslide will be greater than
As this is being written (10/19/2022) the media cacophony is about polls, specifically polls showing a Republican surge ahead of the elections in early November. A week, ten days ago, it was a Democratic surge. By the time this gets posted, there’ll probably be another surge, and maybe two more before election day. Let me
This post is over weighted on the male side, but I think there is some redeeming balance when considering the artwork of Lotte Laserstein, and the random video clip regarding Allegra Hyde. And as for the links in the music section, or any links actually: if the link has rotted, googling the subject is worth