Stay gentle, keep the eyes of a child Don’t harden your heart or your hands Know to find joy in the darkness is wise Although they will think you don’t understand Don’t let the world make you callous Be ready to laugh No one’s forgotten about us There is light… Read More »Stay Gentle
“Don’t go borrowing trouble” That’s what you used to say But we don’t keep in touch The way we used to nowadays Your eyes are not as bright As I remember them to be The light inside’s grown dim And that’s hard for me to see The creases on your… Read More »When You’re Wrong
Your mama is a werewolf With long sharp teeth I’m up all night When the world should sleep I curse the darkness When it’s killing time I got a river of fear Running through my mind When the moon shines through Those parting clouds I hear the cold And I… Read More »Mama Werewolf
It’s a game Baby, it’s just a game And nobody loses When you learn to love the one Who finally wins sometimes You’ll be wrong ‘Cause sometimes, we get it wrong But nobody leaves here alive And nothin’ holy comes from bein’ right So don’t hold your breath like that… Read More »Letter to the Past
I have worn the jester’s bells and I have vanished with the fools I have worshiped at the altar of the puppet master’s rules I have held my tongue too many scenes before the final act With my children in the cheap seats and a zipper on my back Thanks… Read More »Broken Horses
When the fire inside that burns so bright Begins to grow faded It can be hard to see the ground on which you stand Though you may not be afraid of walkin’ in the darkness You will feel like a stranger in this land When the hope that you hold… Read More »This Time Tomorrow
They build wooden houses on frozen ponds In the summertime when the water’s gone Diagonal lines in their rolled-out lawns And the sage always smells so pretty But nobody cares where the birds have gone When the rain comes down on Babylon The stonemason’s phone rings all day long And… Read More »You and Me on the Rock
NOTES: 1 – THE THEME FOR THIS WEEK HAS A SPECIAL RULE. MAKE SURE YOU READ THAT SPECIAL RULE DURING THE THEME REVEAL PART OF THIS HERE JOURNAL ENTRY. 2 – AT THE END OF THE MONTH I WILL BE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR’S THEMES. THE LAST MONDAY… Read More »WPC – WEEK 421 – RELIGION
Seems like a good time to hit the backlog again. I took these pictures around my yard back on January 8 after a frost had made everything into a bit of a winter wonderland. It seemed like it was a good time to go out and take some pictures. Actually… Read More »I Just Want Myself Back
Today is Johnathan’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday! Happy birthday!! I hope your day is filled with all the joy you can handle and I hope you win your battle with the robot vacuum cleaner! +++++++ Come back now, even if you call me out… Read More »Right on Time
Today is Elizabeth’s birthday, so I have to wish her a happy birthday! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you can handle! Filled with breakfast burritos without hashbrowns and/or Happy Joe’s Pizza! +++++++ Today I’m going to share a collection of images I took last Friday for last… Read More »I’d Say You Broke My Heart
This collection of alternate images for last week’s theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE will include pictures I took on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Most of them I took on my lunch break from the computer mine on Wednesday. I went to downtown Ames to talk to Derrick… Read More »About Someone Who Loved You More
Time to start firing away on the 2023 backlog. This is a collection of pictures I took in January that really didn’t fit into any other posts. Some were pictures of my beard before I shaved. Some are from Madrid. Some are of elk in Jester Park. Some might be… Read More »As the Girls You Had Before
One, two, three, four… Out in the middle of nowhere With nothing much else to do Oh, the night brought us together And I lent my heart to you Maybe you were running way from something Without so much as a plan Not a living soul to guide you Jesus… Read More »Fulton County Jane Doe
If I don’t owe you a favor, you don’t know me I don’t believe we’ve ever even met If there’s a God in heaven you can show me Then I guess I should admit I lost the bet There are moments I could hold you forever There are moments that… Read More »Whatever You Do
Today is Teresa’s birthday. So Happy birthday Teresa! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ Welcome to the end of being alone inside your mind You tethered to another, and you’re worried all the time You always knew the melody, but you never… Read More »The Mother
I run a lot of miles of life and crime And mountain climbs and quittin’ times Packing that load of lyin’ rhymes And tired jokes and wooden dimes I’ve been everybody’s friend, everybody’s friend I could lose my house, I could steal a car I could serve two masters, living… Read More »Hold Out Your Hand
You’re feeling nervous, aren’t you, boy? With your quiet voice and impeccable style Don’t ever let them steal your joy And your gentle ways To keep ’em from running wild They can kick dirt in your face Dress you down, and tell you that your place Is in the middle,… Read More »The Joke
A love song was playing on the radio It made me kind of sad because it made me think of you And I wonder how you’re doing but I wish I didn’t care Because I gave you all I had and got the worst of you Didn’t it break your… Read More »Every Time I Hear That Song
Some rights and some wrongs Some heroes and songs Are much better left unsung Between fiction and fact Illusion and pact Where we’ve been into what we’ve become Although we have changed We’re never estranged And there’s nothing I’d trade from before I’ll never ally Although this is goodbye To… Read More »Heroes and Songs
I have seen the fire watcher’s daughter Watching fires burn from smoke to black There’s nothing she won’t burn From Styrofoam to urns, to someone else’s ashes in a sack You can scorch the metal, you can even melt the glass You can pass the time here, fire lives into… Read More »The Stranger At My Door