A book of Bad Poetry

At Least now I know I can return the book

There’s nothing in there that couldn’t be said otherwise.

Parrish

So as to feel relief
I lift my hair
above my neck.

like a painting
you say.

light
Like the brush strokes –

Like a Parrish.
You say.

Is there a lightness to bearing
fruit? Even strong boughs
Heave and groan in time.

Photo

a young mother

holding a baby

looked out to me

from the album

beautiful and fresh

pressed between the pages

for years now.

They say a part of the soul

is taken with each picture

maybe they’re right.

Nursery Rhyme

Today I wrote a nursery rhyme for my toddler who loves seeing cows on our car ride to mass:

The cows are perched up on the hill

The calves rump up and down until,

Our daddy with his trusty tack

Quickly rounds our cattle back.

The Inversion of Masculine and Feminine in Popular Culture

(3) The Inversion of Masculine and Feminine in Popular Culture | Furman College talk – YouTube

A Mary Garden

I went outside this morning to find my statue of Mary missing from our front garden. It was a mother’s day gift from my girls and was blessed. I suppose I became attached to it; not seeing it in the garden was rather a shock. My girls used to pick flowers for her throughout the summer and earlier this May they did a May Crowning. Please say a prayer for whoever stole it and for its return.

St Anthony, restorer of lost things, pray for us!

 

 

 

How’s Your House Arrest Going?

Husband: Let’s go for a walk.

Me: I don’t want to, its May and it’s snowing!

Husband: If it were Jan, you would say, “what a sunny day let’s go for a walk. ”

We go for a walk.

He was right of course, a walk is what I needed. It was good to get out and clear my head. Since house arrest has started I’ve been going down arguably too many rabbit holes: operation Paperclip, MK ultra, Monarch, former Illuminati testimonies, pizzagate, pedogate,  adrenochrome. All of it is horrific but should not disturb our peace.

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”  Ephesians 6:12

The Battle Fought In Washington

Whistle Blower x-CIA officer Kevin Shipp exposes the structure and function of the Shadow Government and Deep State.

Part 1

Part 2

 

Abolish WHO

I agree with Vox on this one. Forget defunding WHO abolish them.

April Reads. What are you reading?

Kingfishers Catch Fire by Rumer Godden

At The Back of North Wind by George MacDonald

The Language of Clothes by Alison Lurie

Last month I finished Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge. It was a wonderful book on marriage and friendship. The book is descriptive and I found  found the first 100 pages slow going but it was worth it.