Saturday, December 17, 2011

A VERY SMALL MODIFICATION TO MY BEHAVIOR

                              Now what would that be?  Sleeping until 9:30?   Giving up writing only in capital letters?  Not wearing my fat girl jeans?  Bowling?  Taking me my blood tests as prescribed by the doctor?  Just doing it?  Zealously supporting a cause?  Whatever it is -It's all I need to get by!

DA KINE
                       DA KINE
                                                    MAHALO
                                                                          MAHALO
                                                                                                ALOHA
BREVARD ZOO
                                                                                                         ALOHA

Friday, December 16, 2011

ODD

ODD FELLOW




                                   Even when you're odd, you're even more odd than even you're more odd than even.   Oddly enough no one cares even you.  Eventually odd overcomes even.  Unless your name is Steven.  Then you can't escape Even Steven.  Of course Todd is odd too.  One is the loneliest odd number you can ever do.  Two being even is fine but three oddly is a crowd.  What is a prime number, a radical and a hypotenuse? 

Friday, December 9, 2011

BEFORE

                                  BEFORE I DIE, I WANT TO......
                                             
                       LIVE
                               LIVE
                                        'TIL I DIE.
                        I WANT TO SHOUT HOORAY
                        KEEP SHOUTING EVERYDAY
                                   
                               I WANT TO LIVE
                                                          LIVE
                                                               LIVE
                                                                      'TIL
                                                                            I
                                                                                 DIE.
KEY WEST CAMPING TRIP
I'VE BEEN TO PARIS AND ROME.   I'VE CROSSED THE ATLANTIC ON A CRUISE SHIP.  I'VE BEEN TO ALL 50 STATES.  I CLIMBED MT. KATADHIN (EXCEPT FOR THE KNIFE EDGE).  I  HONEYMOONED IN BERMUDA.   I WORKED FOR 34 YEARS AND NOW LIVE OFF THAT RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS. 
                                   I DO WANT TO GO TO GREECE.  I PLAN TO RETURN TO PARIS THIS SPRING-APRIL IN PARIS.  IT'S VERY DO ABLE BECAUSE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.  THE ONLY THING HOLDING ME BACK FROM DOING IT ALL IS FEAR ITSELF.  IT'S A FEAR OF BLACKING OUT WHILE DRIVING.  I FEEL LIKE THAT AT HIGH SPEEDS,LONG TRIPS, OR ON BRIDGES.   I HAVE TO GET MY BLOOD TESTS DONE.  I LOST  THE PRESCRIPTION FOR THEM.  I FOUND IT RECENTLY.   I'LL DO IT MONDAY, DECEMBER 12TH.
                                      NOW THAT'S A START.  
THIS WEEKEND I PLAN TO SEE TUNA CHRISTMAS AT THE TITUSVILLE PLAYHOUSE,THE TITUSVILLE CHRISTMAS PARADE (WHERE THE SONS OF THE CONFEDERACY FLOAT SHOOTS A CANNON AT HE GOSPEL SINGERS FLOAT IN FRONT OF THEM)  AND THE LA CITA CHRISTMAS ON THE GREEN (WHERE SANTA FLIES IN ON A HELICOPTER AND LANDS ON THE 18TH GREEN).
                          I'VE GOT A LOT OF LIVING TO DO.  I HAVE PEOPLE TO MEET.  PEOPLE TO GREET.   I SAY TO THE SUN:  GOOD MORNING SUN .  HAVE A HAPPY DAY!                        

Thursday, December 8, 2011

MUM'S THE WORD

                                  MY HOROSCOPE SAYS CAN IT.  KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.  MY ANXIETY IS EASING.  WHAT ANXIETY?  I'M RICH,BEAUTIFUL,CHARMING AND MODEST.  HOW COULD I BE ANXIOUS?
                                    MAYBE THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN WRITING EACH MORNING LIKE JULIA CAMERON TELLS YOU TO DO IN"THE ARTIST'S WAY."  SHE'S MARTIN SCORSESE'S EX-WIFE.  SHE'S HAD A FEW NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS,SO MAYBE I DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW HER ADVICE RELIGIOUSLY.
                                      JULIA CAMERON WAS FRUSTRATED THAT SCORCESE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL AND CREATIVE AND SHE WASN'T.  I BET SHE LIKED "HUGO" SCORCESE'S LATEST FILM  WHICH IS AN ELEGY TO PARIS AND EARLY FRENCH FILM.  IT IS HIS MOST CREATIVE AND INVENTIVE WORK WRITTEN BY JONATHAN LOGAN.
                                      MY SOLITARY ART CAREER SEEMED TO SET ME OFF OR MAYBE IT WAS SOMETHING I ATE OR A SPIDER BITE.  SOMETHING PUT ME INTO A FUNK.  TWO DAYS AT THE BEACH HELPED ME RECOVER.   I GUESS IT WAS AGORAPHOBIA-THAT'S A FEAR OF STAYING HOME.  ANGORAPHOBIA IS A FEAR OF FUZZY SWEATERS.  WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN FLORIDA USUALLY BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS WARM.
ROOM WITH A VIEW
                                          I'M AT MY NEW WRITING DESK WITH A VIEW OF THE SIXTH FAIRWAY.  I ALWAYS WANTED A DESK BY THE WINDOW IN THE MASTER BEDROOM SO I COULD WRITE.  IT'S TAKEN ME THREE YEARS TO SET THAT UP.  MY HUSBAND SLEEPS LATE SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO WRITE UP HERE IN THE MORNING.  SO JULIA I GUESS I'LL BECOME AN AFTERNOON WRITER. 
                                        MY FRENCH STATION FROM MIMS,FLORIDA IS ON THE RADIO.  THEY PLAY THE SAME SONGS OVER AND OVER.  CHARLES AZNEVOUR'S "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY" AND "OH AFRICA"  ARE PLAYED DAILY.  BUT THE STATION HELPS ME REMEMBER MY FRENCH VOCABULARY FROM MY MASTERS DEGREE IN THE 1960'S.  OOH LA-LA CA C'EST UNE HISTOIRE ANCIENNE.