Weather in the Tries: Wahooo!!! We’ve got a week of relatively cool weather. At least in comparison to what we’ve been through. Are we going back to our ‘normal’?? Our highs will be low 80s and our lows mostly in low 50s with a couple of dips into the 40s. Wahooooooo!

Public Service Announcement #1:

NO, IT ISN’T MONDAY! YES the blog is a day early because of PSA #2. I wanted to give y’all a chance to read it and come if you’re interested. Love to see you there.

Public Service Announcement #2:

The Archetypes

A Zoom Poetry Reading 

featuring works created in Wayne Lee’s The Archetypes of Poetry workshop

Monday, August 23, 2021

7 pm MST (6pm PDT, 8pm CDT, 9pm EDT)

featured readers:

Lenora Rain-Lee Good

Lou Cimalore

Sharon Rizk

Wayne Lee      

The reading will be followed by a Q&A and short open mic. The first 8 people to reserve their spot (by replying to me by email) will be given 3 minutes to share their poems. (Spots filled.)

Click HERE on Aug. 23 to attend

I look forward to seeing you there!

Wayne

Should the Last President go to Prison?

This question in one form or another has appeared often on my Facebook page. I’ve ignored it. But I’m also sick of seeing it. I do believe the question deserves an answer, so here’s my answer.

I truly think if you or I had committed even one of the offenses he  is alleged to have committed, we’d be there, no questions asked. But, here’s the difference: you and I aren’t the ex-prez.

You or I would have a trial by jury of our peers. THEN if we be found guilty, we’d have our own chance at redecorating a corner of the selected hoosegow.

And that, I think, is what the question should be. Should our ex-prez be brought up on charges, given a trial in front of a jury of his peers (ie, American Citizens, not billionaires), and IF and ONLY IF he’s found guilty of crimes against the country, should then be sent to the hoosegow. There is the possibility that sending an ex-prez to prison is asking too much, but he could be barred from ever holding elective office again in this country.

Photo of the Week:

Hoped for a video, with sound, but, alas, the old squish-ware isn’t cooperating all that well. Maybe next week. In the meantime, we not only had smoke with which to contend, but good, old fashioned-dust and dirt from ripping up the street behind me. Fun to watch when the wind is in the right direction 😉 I don’t even want to know what chemicals are in that dust. Fun to watch the guy get the corner of the concrete with the jaw and pull it up. No more jack hammer! And it must be 6″-8” thick.

Books: Remember, if I finish a book, I review it, and post my review at Rainy Day Reads 

Finished four books. Actually, I finished Choose Me —by Tess Gerritsen and Gary Braver some time ago, and because it’s electronic, I didn’t have it on my desk to remind me to review it, and just now am doing so. Also read Nailed —by Joseph Flynn. First of another great series. And two books of poetry—Atomic Paradise —by Jules Nyquist and Still Life with two dead Peacocks and a Girl —by Diane Seuss. Two great books of poetry by two great poets.

Quote of the Week:

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall. —Denis Healey

And there you have it for this week, a day early. I know poetry isn’t everybody’s cuppa, but if it’s yours, try to make it. Lou and Sharon have some great poetry, as does Wayne. Wayne taught the class, and I can hardly wait for the next one. He’s a tremendous poet in his own right. Sammy will be sleeping in the other room. He is not an aficionado of poetry! If I was talking to him, and not the computer, well, maybe. 😉