Month: August 2024

QOTD: 165

Anthony12 Comments

Why do you blog?

I blog for three reasons.

First, to share my writing with a real audience. Second, so that I might receive feedback on my writing. Finally, through blogging I will (hopefully) create enough works to publish several books and reach an even larger audience.

Thank you for reading…

-aaa

QOTD: #164

Anthony3 Comments

Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses.

I am sorry, but I’m not gonna put anybody through that. Besides, I’m on vacation this weekend. 😊😊

-aaa

Imperfect Perfection 

Anthony5 Comments

Such an imperfect me 

Far from perfect as can be.

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In conformity, left out in the cold

Feeling as weird as being told.

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Based on harsh words being said 

Gaze in mirrors for a second head.

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Wanting only to belong 

Rather than being wrong.

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Trying to be a social butterfly 

Was truly just a sad little lie.

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Feeling too much is the worst 

Being both a gift and curse.

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Many lie only when their lips move 

Words of deception never soothe.

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Use your gut ditch your pride 

Then you’ll know who’s on your side.

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Be odd, out of step with the world

They’re strait-laced, while you’re curled.

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At days end, you only have you

And self love, is the best thing to do.

-AAA 08/27/2024

Drummers Feel The Beat 

Anthony10 Comments

Playing the skins is never quite easy

Much dexterity is required

That’s why drummers are never cheesy.

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They’re far more respected and admired

Despite the difficulty under which they play

At the end of the set they are often tired.

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Each time they play, it’s a different way 

That’s how we create our licks 

Practicing both night and day. 

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Crafting ad libs and other tricks

In the arsenal of skills

Using two fine wooden sticks.

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The kits aren’t cheap and fetch high bills

Why many a drummer doesn’t have a set 

Always keeping the beat with thrills.

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Leaving their best at each gig without regret

Pouring it all into every song

Strong forearms are the safest bet.

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Ask any percussionist if I’m wrong

Giving their all to preserve the beat

Sitting in back as the guitarists throng.

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Learning anew from all we meet

Ever expanding the repertoire

Until our skillsets are complete

Hauling our gear in a van or car…

-AAA 08/27/2024

QOTD: # 164 Feelings

Anthony10 Comments

How are you feeling right now?

I have mixed feelings right now. My girlfriend is here from Texas for a week. We are headed to Vegas today for fun and games. I am very very happy about that. 😊

I am also feeling frustrated with blogging. Despite my usual output of 6-8 writings a day and over 940 subscribers my numbers for views and such have been down and I don’t know why. I think my material is still good so it’s a mystery.

As always thank you for reading…

-aaa

The High Rope Walker

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The crowd watched in breathless silence as the walker made his way across.

It was a gale, twenty-five mile an hour wind which is even stronger at his locale.

As he stands tenderly on a small wire affixed between two skyscrapers more than seventy-five stories high, each.

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In his hands, a wooden stick used for balance it’s nearly twenty feet long.

This stands as his sole assistance against the wind and his minuscule walkway.

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Underneath him, nothing but a large experiment in gravity, should he fall the 800 plus feet to the cold asphalt below…

-AAA 08/27/2024

We Are ALL Enough 

Anthony5 Comments

Who cares if they stare

Just be you, and dare

As long as you’re aware

Look inside, the answer’s there 

Empathy’s, cross to bear 

Knowing life is far from fair

Alive, because you care

There’s plenty of love to spare

And generosity to share…

-AAA 08/27/2024

QOTD: #162

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What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?

I was double checking colors that start with the letter “i” as I’m creating a limerick that is for that letter.

I settled on “indigo” but then and decided to go a different direction with the limerick.

I often look up words, letters, annunciations, and other things just to be sure I’m getting things correct in my writing just double checking, really. Coming up with some interesting adjectives and words and animals that go with some of the letters, the alphabet that we don’t use as often as a common practice for me.

As always thank you for reading…

-aaa

My Mountain Stream 

Anthony2 Comments

Stand near a stream 

Watch the waters gleam.

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Rippling by 

Babbling sighs.

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Soft soil gently holds bare feet 

Along with dampness and peat.

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Here up high the scents never hurt 

I even enjoy the mountain dirt.

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Gentle breeze

Swaying pine trees.

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A mild wind suggestion

Adds to this gorgeous procession.

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The sun warms you all about 

From the inside and out.

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The waters, ice cold to the touch 

As the snowmelt does this much.

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Crisp, clear, and crystal clean

Juxtaposed to waters of home, quite obscene.

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A gull flies by, a gentle wish 

To spot the largest swimming fish.

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The sky is blue with no rain in sight 

This day, my little refuge, until a night..

-AAA 08/27/2024

QOTD: #161 Childhood TV Shows

Anthony9 Comments

What TV shows did you watch as a kid?

There are a great many shows I liked as a kid and I’m very nostalgic in my older years now, as I still love many of these shows. Some were in syndication mornings and afternoons. Others were part of prime time TV. And still others were part of daily or Saturday morning cartoons.

Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s afforded me a lot of great television.

My favorite childhood TV Shows include:

Emergency! (AKA Rescue 51)

Adam 12

F-Troop

Gillian’s Island

The Brady Bunch

That’s Incredible

The Incredible Hulk

Wonder Woman

Welcome Back Kotter

Kojack

Columbo

ABC Wide World of Sports

Star Trek (The Original Series)

Tales From The Darkside

Tales From The Crypt

The Twilight Zone

Saturday Night / Saturday Night Live

Late Night with David Letterman

Star Trek the Cartoon series

The Jetsons

Stop That Pidgin

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

Eight is Enough

The Waltons

Jabber Jaw

Starsky And Hutch

The Rockford Files

Magnum P.I.

Happy Days

Lavern And Shirley

Mork and Mindy

The White Shadow

WKRP in Cincinnati

Sesame Street

Tic-Tac-Dough

Joker’s Wild

Let’s Make a Deal

The Electric Company

Mr Roger’s Neighborhood

Cosmos (Carl Sagan)

The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson

New Zoo Review

The Super Friends

Smurfs

Alvin and the Chipmonks

Warner Brothers Cartoons

Woody Woodpecker

Popeye

Heckle and Jeckle

Nightrider

V

The Phoenix

All in The Family

Diffrn’t Strokes

Bosom Buddies

Family Ties

Soap

Benson

Sanford and Son

The Bugaloos

Land Of The Lost

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

The Secrets of Isis

The Facts of Life

In Search Of

Unsolved Mysteries

Shazam!

That’s Cat

The Flintstones

Scooby Doo

Perils of Penelope Pitstop

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Fantastic Four

Gunsmoke

Bonanza

Lassie

Chips

There’s Company

The Adventures of Superman

Tom and Jerry

St Elsewhere

Hill Street Blues

Mama’s Family

Carol Burnett Show

Sha-Na-Na

Real People

Benny Hill

Dr. Who

Faulty Towers

To name a few 😜. As always thank you for reading…

-aaa