Weather in the Tries: We are due for partly sunny all week, with lows from 39F to 47F, and highs from 61 to 71F (that one will be today, Monday!). A chance of showers tonight, and breezes Tuesday night.
Yaaaaayyyy Me! I submitted a ‘suite’ of 5 short poems to Quill and Parchment for National Poetry Month. They accepted the entire suite! I would have mentioned way back when accepted but this little thing called a move got in the way. To see all the poems (mine is down about 3/5 of the way) go here; to just read mine (and miss some great poetry!) go here. My poem is Black Water Suite. If you like poetry, check out Quill and Parchment. It’s a great ezine with some very good poetry, and now and then short stories, and always a couple of yummy recipes. And no, they do NOT take everything I send them, which shows me they really do go for quality.
Spring is Sprung:
We are getting warmer weather. I can actually walk the dog now and then without my jacket (it’s a wind-breaker). We are getting in a lot more walking than we got at the other place. Almost daily (rain skews the walks) we do at least three trips around the complex. One trip equals .6 miles. I’m getting at least my 5,000 steps per day, and frequently more.
Dan had a friend of ours help him a few days ago in the moving of stuff. Dan decided to move in, so he has his desk and bed, and is mostly here. Not totally, but he’s now living here and going back to the other apartment for stuff. So far office sharing works fine.
Kind of nice having him for a housemate. He makes killer salads. His salads compete with the memories I have of my mom’s salads. Her salads not only tasted marvelous, but they could have graced the cover of Bon Appetit magazine! Of course, they would have to be photos, otherwise the salad dressing would drip all over the other mail. (a little early morning humor, such as it is.)
Got my cubbies built on Saturday. Not difficult, but I had to get the dresser moved two inches to the left, so I had room for them. Anyhow, they’re now together, and the cubbies now have my sweaters, etc. and I was able to finally get the boxes in my room emptied, and my room together. Dan & I had the maintenance guy remove the sliding doors on our closets, which gives us more room, both physically and visually.
Our closets are not quite 5’ wide, and I’m sure those of you who know me are wondering how I’m ever going to get my clothes in such a tiny space—two/three blocks away is my ‘Shed 54,’ with a double clothes rack that is totally packed with my hanging clothes. I am finally going to have to learn to live with seasonal clothes only in my apartment. The office closet is considerably larger, and we can use some of it for overflow clothing. I know I have too much, but so many things were gifts or bought on trips and have memories. Meh! Favorite Daughter can deal with all of it eventually. Bwahahahahahaha!
Photo of the Week:
Netflix:
Yes, I sat down in front of the TV on Saturday and started a new Korean drama—Tomorrow. It is, at least at the time the Wikepedia told about it, an on-going drama. We follow a young man who tries to save a life and ends up in a coma—he is given a choice, he can take a job with the Grim Reapers and only spend six months in a coma, wake, and get the job of his dreams, or he can refuse the Grim Reapers offer, and spend three years in a coma. This show tackles some interesting and tough topics, suicide being the primary one. There is a disclosure at the beginning that I didn’t catch all of it. I believe it said the subject deals with suicide, and may not be suitable for everyone, and if you have thoughts of suicide contact your local suicide prevention or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. To be honest, I’m glad I didn’t catch the whole of it, I might have been turned off and found something else to watch. I’m glad I didn’t. Yes, it gets heavy at times, but there is a lot of humor in it, too. Death as a corporate entity? Sure, why not? And it has all the SNAFUs a corporation would have. 😉
Books: Remember, if I finish a book, I review it at Rainy Day Reads
I am still reading the ARC and loving it. I attended the New Mexico State Poetry Society’s convention and heard a poet read from his newest book and almost before he had finished reading, I had it ordered. It’s a chapbook that is chock a block full of fascinating poems. Giveth and Taketh by Rota is one man’s view of today’s Jewish diaspora. Rota is the part of his name that he writes under. Go here for my review.
I am also reading the complete collection of Federico Garcia Lorca’s poems. Fascinating. I’ve quit the poetry part to read the Introduction which tells about his life and the poems from it.
Earworm of the Week:
Walk this Way by Aerosmith and Run DMC. Not sure, but think that was my introduction to rap. I already knew I loved Aerosmith, so of course, when MTV played Walk this Way, I watched, and continued watching. I’m not fond of Gangsta Rap, but I’ve read enough about Rap, to have a high level of respect for it. And I just read an article about how this recording was made, and there I was, with my earphones on and the volume turned down a smidge, and suddenly I was 40-something again! And until I read the article (there are several about the collaboration online) I had no idea it was first recorded by Aerosmith, or I forgot, and that when the two groups got together to do it again, they literally changed our music. Fascinating read. Look it up.
Quotes of the Week from Brainy Quote and Joseph Simmons Quotations:
“Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.” —Steven Tylker
“I don’t think anything is forever, but when my kids tell me they love me, that’s forever.” —Steven Tyler
“STOP looking back!!!! When your past calls do NOT pick up!! it has nothing new to say.” —Run DMC
“If you’re going through hell…keep going! You always grow through what you go through.” —Run DMC
And there you have it, Auntie Lenora’s week. Getting somewhat back to normal, whatever that means. Run DMC’s admonition to stop looking back is a good one as far as it goes. I think it’s okay to look back as long as you learn from the memories, and don’t just listen to the bad stuff over and over again. Actually, episode 2 of Tomorrow deals with that quite well.
Sammy says he’s getting so much walking and exercise now that pretty soon he’ll be able to challenge Arnold Schwarzenegger to a throw-down. If I were you, I’d put my money on Sammy the Ripped 😉 I’m not sure what a throw-down is, but Sammy is thinking seriously about the challenge. Can you handle it, Mr. S??.