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 ...