that's odd - I saw it on my edit page and it wasn't sent, so I pressed post - I agree, that's weird

Strange there are no son-in-law or daughter-in-law jokes - I wonder why that is? LOL!!

so true about accents...you can do wonders in the sound studio - make a person sound better - but can you make him sound sensible? I'm thinking of Trump here :)

ha ha, good old days indeed!

Ha ha, my favourite part was the guy being tossed out the door - nice mist effect in that scene - You're a natural, Alan - quite an interesting accent (Canadians sound like Christopher Plummer) but then

we not only get other people's mail but are constantly getting telemarketers trying to sell us on duct cleaning service over the phone even when i tell them we don't have ducts but electrical baseboard

That last one is so true...take up your bed and walk, all for a promise of a case of brew :)

ha ha, I have been burned co-signing for family - you can't take out a contract on your in-laws but it's funny how quickly they become outlaws, lol

Love the second meme - the photo taken from the iconic Home Alone :)

Words are one degree removed from reality and thereby create their own world - and once you get into allusions and subtext you can get lost with no GPS or way to navigate at all. It's a skill and an art

So . sad and true, Arthur. Even primitive man recognized that and tried to defy time and change by erecting stone monuments

Thanks

Thank you!

ha ha, I know what you mean. Of course dropping the pronoun 'she' produced an unintentional ellipsis...yeah, the perils of the daily poster :)

Thank you, Arthur, for such a gracious dedication. You are as always too humble to acknowledge your own inspiration or giftedness. I'm not sure the people who inspire or give rise to a poem are ever essential

It's funny the way that works - sometimes my poetry answers questions that arise from my stories as if my subconscious is continuing a dialogue in a different key

Your last statement is profound - I'll have to meditate on that - I tend to anesthetize myself from pain as a form of self preservation

ha ha, actually I do drink tea and occasionally Shiraz. I used to use a name generator but now I allow my characters to choose their own names - it's a mystical practice but probably closer to dreaming

Yep....hate that :)

Thank you!