TOPSY-TURVY TIME I smelled a noise That hurt my nose I felt a sight That tickled my toes. I ate a plate That tasted nice, Then took a nap On a bed of rice. I woke for a walk And…
SOFT I am too soft for the world. Lacking lies, Devoid of disguise To escape the truth That I simply don’t care About an eye for an eye Or a tooth for a tooth. When the cheek turns easily, Is…
BEWARE THE IDEAS OF MARCH Winter came And winter went Like the rock-hard fruitcake Aunt Ethel sent. When at long last dear Spring arrived, Hope seemed sure to come alive. Yes, life would be a glorious rhyme With the coming…
Tragedy & Hope, by Carroll Quigley Tragedy & Hope is heavy reading, both literally and figuratively. It’s 1,311 pages of dense, detailed world history, covering events from roughly the mid-1800’s to 1965, with no graphics and only two brief footnotes.…
THE FIELDS I was playing croquet Outside the other day, With the senior league, Everyone wearing white, So elegant, limbs lithe and alive, Fending fatigue, The weight of hot and humid Sarasota air, With the sun now falling, much easier…