Lawrence Hall

The former address, "reactionary drivel," was a P. G. Wodehouse gag that few ever understood to be a mildly self-deprecating joke. Drivel, perhaps, but not reactionary. Neither the Red Caps nor the Reds ever got it.

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Romance of the Boeing 707 - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Romance of the Boeing 707   Out on Runway Number 9 Big 707 set to go   -Gordon Lig...
Sunday, November 26, 2023

HAMAS Appears to Have Taken Control of Our Nation

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   HAMAS Appears to Have Taken Control of Our Nation   Video showed a Palestinian flag raised on...
Saturday, November 25, 2023

November 2023 Update Made a Mess of my Apple Watch - Caution

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 On the morning of 25 November I downloaded the latest Apple security update. I don't know about security, but the update made a mess of...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Like Children Dancing - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Like Children Dancing   Like children dancing, leaves form up in rows Then skitter acr...
Monday, November 20, 2023

The First Folio of...You! - mere rhyming doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The First Folio of You   On the 400 th anniversary of the First Folio Of some playwri...
Sunday, November 19, 2023

Thanksgiving as a Singleton - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Thanksgiving as a Singleton   Memories of a drive-through just won’t do Set something ...

First, Catch Your Cookbook

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   First, Catch Your Cookbook   Christmas was close at hand, in all his bluff and hearty ho...
Saturday, November 18, 2023

Decaying Orbits - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Decaying Orbits   Wild vultures swirl in distant elegance Circling gracefully in the h...
Friday, November 17, 2023

A Good Enough Leaf-Time - photograph and poem

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  We can make a little order where we are, and then the big sweep of history on which we can have no effect doesn't overwhelm us.  We do...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

A Gift of Omelettes - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   A Gift of Omelettes   For Max and Tod   We leave the comfort of a little fire And ...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

American Businesses Losing the Metaphorical Plot - a back-of-the-hand business response chopped into ten-syllable lines

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   When Your Security Code is not Your Security Code And Your Password is not Your Password ...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

At Yevna Something Happened - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   At Yevna Something Happened   The Talmud is to this day the circulating heart's bloo...
Monday, November 13, 2023

Our SSuper Dooper Ubergruppenpooper - rude, shallow doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Our SSuper Dooper Ubergruppenpooper   In every generation rises a toxic SSap This one ...
Sunday, November 12, 2023

Forty Guns to Apache Pass - movie review

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Forty Guns to Apache Pass   If you’ve never seen Forty Guns to Apache Pass , you’ve stil...
Saturday, November 11, 2023

An Old Man in the Hardware Store Considers Autumn - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   An Old Man in the Hardware Store Considers Autumn   “And He has poured down for you the ...
Thursday, November 9, 2023

Homeless Man Found Murdered - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Homeless Man Found Murdered   He had nothing And even that nothing Was stolen from h...

Armistice Day / Remembrance Day / Veterans' Day 2023

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Several years ago my old school honored me by asking me to address the students at the annual Veterans' Day program. I thought it a pret...
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Wolf-Dog-Coyote Things, Dachshunds, and a 'Possum - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Wolf-Dog-Coyote Things, Dachshunds, and a ‘Possum   “Luna! Stop it! Let go of that ‘poss...

Curbside Voting - Or Maybe Not - Photograph

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 Voting in Texas is often an adventure, especially in the game of precinct tag - the citizen who has to negotiate the highest number of loca...

Thank You, Poll Workers!

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  This morning I added a blazer to my ensemble because this is election day. The res publica - Latin for "the public matter" - is ...
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Lawrence Hall, HSG
Y'r 'umble scrivener knows how to milk cows (altho' he long ago swore to own no livestock larger than dachshunds), build fences, clear brush, and cut firewood. After 18 months in Viet-Nam and Cambodia he worked his way through university as an ambulance driver, nurses' aide, and then LVN. BA in History, University of San Diego, 1976; MEd, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1984; MA in English, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2002. He also taught school, but that makes him a class (no pun) enemy just now. He has been rejected by some of the finest publishing houses in America.
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