What’s your favorite time of day?
I love all times of the day.
Morning with the promise of a day and all that will happen.
Afternoon with a break and the second wind of the workday.
Evening with the warm nights and relaxation and unwinding.
-aaa
What’s your favorite time of day?
I love all times of the day.
Morning with the promise of a day and all that will happen.
Afternoon with a break and the second wind of the workday.
Evening with the warm nights and relaxation and unwinding.
-aaa

All no tell motels have a lot to say
Given the forbidden lovers visiting each day.
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Passions quenched and desires thrilled
At cost of jilted whose needs aren’t fulfilled.
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Paid in cash checked in as “smith”
Anonymity is all they can work with.
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Dreams come true or nightmares
Depending on who really cares.
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Cheap linens and rubber sheets
Make this atmosphere complete.
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Finger size bottles of liquor litter the rooms
Along with a stale scent of spent perfumes.
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All of the bedding is filthy too
With all the nasties these people do.
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So after you check in and before resting your head
Place thick plastic on the pillows and bed…
-AAA 08/24/2024

Only the bravest
Strongest hearts on the earth will love
All other people
So Indiscriminately
Without it being returned…
-AAA 08/24/2024

What does love taste like?
It tastes like banana bread
smells while it is baking…
-AAA 08/25/2024

Three very different songs with Happiness in the title.
This is my response to Linda’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday
The Beatles: Happiness is a Warm Gun
Quasi: Our Happiness is Guaranteed
Al Green: Love and Happiness
Thank you for reading and listening…
-aaa

A very late rise
Morning is nearly all gone
Isn’t it lovely,
on a lazy Saturday
Or even on a Sunday…
-AAA 08/24/2024
A magical new weekly writing opportunity from Jenne Gray and C. E. Ayr.
The rules are:
Maximum of 250 words.
Inspired by photo prompt below.
That’s it.

One Lone Goalie Stands Fast
Standing alone on the damp green turf.
Nighttime arrives as the steady darkness is abated only by the stadiums lights.
A large crowd situated around these proceedings.
The dampness makes the warm evening humid, adding to the tension of the spectacle unfolding.
Near the lights, thousands of small dancing things are drawn and strewn about.
Oddly (for the figure standing on the field) the strong scent of popcorn, nachos, and hotdogs fills the air.
The spectators enjoy a veritable orgy of outrageously priced junk food.
Consumed with an almost fierce desperation as they root for their favorite team.
Athletes kick and chase a hexagonal patterned ball up and down the field.
For the moment, he lets out a sigh of relief as his counterpart defends a small patch of earth.
This respite will be short lived as already the ball has passed midfield and is heading towards his goal.
Nothing will get through.
He will dive and land horribly to assure a nil score for his opponents.
A night in the life of a goalie…
-AAA 08/23/2024
176 words:


infinulator
-AAA 08/22/2024

Your final three words for this week are:
POTATO
TOMATO
PATCH
Douglas Potato

Douglas Potato wanted a tomato for lunch
Desiring something without a crunch.
He tried other foods
To patch up his moods.
For dessert he eats bananas by the bunch..
-AAA 08/23/2024
What’s your favorite recipe?
ANT’S DAILY BRUNCH

I eat this nearly every day, it’s a very hearty breakfast that helps me start out my day right. It’s a pretty large meal and serves as breakfast and lunch for me. Definitely, you can adjust the ingredients for a larger or smaller serving size or for multiple people.
INGREDIENTS:
One cup of cremini mushrooms
1/4 cup of diced white or red onions
1/4 cup of pickled jalapeños
3 large eggs
2 tbs of sriracha
2 tsp’s of parmigiana cheese
1 tsp of ricotta cheese
4 dashes of Tabasco
One handful of finely graded Italian cheese blend.
3 tbs of course black pepper
3 tbs of garlic powder
3 tbs of umami seasoning
2 slices of cracked wheat sourdough
6 ounces of V8 spicy
1 slightly ripened medium banana
16 oz white monster energy zero carb
1 2 Oz orange EmergenC packet
2 tsp of salted butter
2 tsp of European style butter
Veggies:

Combine the mushrooms, jalapeños, and diced onions in a bowl and set aside.
Eggs (scramble):

Break three large eggs in a bowl, add 1 tsp’s of: course black pepper, umami seasoning, and garlic powder. Next add 2tbs of sriracha (or more). Finally add, 1 tsp of ricotta cheese. Whip mixture with a fork until all ingredients are combined well, then set aside.
Toast:

Cut a large slice of cracked wheat sourdough bread in half and place in toaster, do not toast until the eggs are nearly done!!
Beverages:
One 6 oz glass of f V8 spicy
To a 16 Oz glass of white monster energy zero carb, one EmergenC packet.
Note: you can have any beverage you like instead of mine.
Fruit:
Peel one medium sized banana and place on small plate.
PREPARATION
Place 2 tsp’s of salted butter in a medium skillet, under high then medium heat.
When butter is melted, add the bowl of veggies you prepared earlier.
Make sure everything is coated in the butter and sauté everything.
Add seasonings to the vegetables, assuring you mix them a lot (1 tsp of: course black pepper, umami seasoning, and garlic powder).
Add 3-4 dashes of Tabasco sauce to the veggies and keto mixing.
When the onions become translucent and caramelized, add the egg mixture and stir it in with the veggies.
Then add one handful of Italian cheese blend and spread it over the top of the veggie/egg mixture.
Turn up the stove to high heat.
Put the toast in the toaster.
Stir cheese/egg/veggie mixture until all eggs are cooked and the cheese melted.
Then transfer to a plate.
Take out toast and liberally butter with 2 tsp’s of European style butter and place on small plate along with peeled banana.
Lastly enjoy!!! if you don’t like spicy food, you can always take out the Sriracha jalapeños and Tabasco and you can definitely add more veggies if you like like bell peppers or tomatoes or anything else. I do the cleanup as I make this meal so as I’m finished and ready to eat it, everything is put away and cleaned up and I have nothing to do but enjoy, and you hope you do as well.
-aaa

Steady warmness, here.
Fending off the nighttime cold.
Along with darkness…
-AAA

Erica was an elk taller than most
So much so she’d never boast.
Ducking through doors
Or she’ll end up on all fours.
Her ears surpass a light post…
-AAA 08/22/2024

Yasmine yapped all day and night
Giving the nearby apartments a fright.
She’d yip and she’d moan
Until her owner came home.
Though, her bark is far greater than her bite.
-AAA 08/22/2024

Willie the Walrus got his kicks
At the beach by doing tricks.
Making many an otter disappear
Bringing them back from there to here.
With secret words and a magic wand flick…
-AAA 08/22/2024

Tony as tigers go was shy
Though, he was the nicest guy.
He’s nervous in a crowd
And is silent, not loud.
If he had wings, away he’d fly…
-AAA 08/22/2024

Tilted towards an end
Inclined by nature’s design
Predisposed to sway
If contortion can create
Then a strong will can shape things…
-MAD/AAA 08/22/2024

Learning on the job
Growth through experience gained
Internship’s steep climb
As you pay all of your dues
Moving slowly, surely, up…
-MAD/AAA 08/22/2024

Drowning in sorrow
Wrapped in self-indulgent woe
Self-pity’s dark hold
Brings me down even lower
As I try to stay afloat…
-MAD/AAA 08/22/2024
Tell us about the last thing you got excited about.
There are many things that qualify as exciting to me.
Discovering music I haven’t heard before that may not even be new, but it’s new to me. That’s always exciting.
My girlfriend will be in town next Wednesday to join me in Vegas. I’m very excited about that.
I never know what I’m gonna write until I write it and that is also very exciting.
I’m very excited about my blog as well, it continues to grow bigger and bigger and I love that.
I couldn’t do it without all of my readers, as always thank you for reading. 😊
-aaa

Stretched to the limit
Pressure pulling tight and taut
Strained and stressed within,
Pressed as hard as one can be
Any further, and I’ll snap…
-MAD/AAA 08/22/2024

Your three words today are:
CLOTH
FABRIC
JUTE
Fabric Of Truth

The fabric of truth
Isn’t a delicate cloth
It’s, strong, just like jute…
-AAA 08/22/2024

Hello and happy timezones, kind friends! I have greatly enjoyed your responses to my Get to Know You posts! So, it’s time. Come sit on my porch for a…
Get to Know You #31
Here is round #31:
As always, thank you for reading…
-aaa
Originally Published 08/28/2024

Sugar sugar please don’t be high
But if it’s low, ill never cry
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A sip of Apple or orange juice
Always lets my numbers loose
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Candy cookies yummy things
Fresh French fries and onion rings
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Kettle chips and puffs of cheese
Never ever fail to please
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Sickly sweet and honey taste
I’ll never let it go to waste
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Soda Pop drinks and punch
Always raise my sugar much
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Prick a finger stick and touch
Hoping the digits won’t be much
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When it’s low I feel complete
Because I get to eat and cheat
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If too low an alarm will sound
Or I’ll face plant it on the ground
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Too high of sugar is a goal that’s missed
And Never fails to make me pissed
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Just give some space and I’ll be fine
And raise my sugar from 69
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Diabetes it’s really the worst
Sugar, it’s my cure and curse
-aaa

Quincy smiled as the quokkas play
Each day for her is a holiday.
Games and fun
Until nightfall comes.
Her happiness always on display…
-AAA 08/21/2024

Priscilla dabbles in drawing and art
The other panthers find her very smart.
From art nouveau
To Rococo
She always follows her heart…
-AAA 08/21/2024

Olivia’s behavior will knock you for a loop
As her favorite pastime is throwing poop.
No matter the species
Avoid their feces.
I’d stand far back if I were you..
-AAA 08/21/2024

Karen loves to sing in her shower or car
This singing koala will go very far.
Performing winter, summer, or fall
Maybe one day, Grand Koala Hall.
She also can play the guitar…
-AAA 08/21/2024
How would you design the city of the future?
I humbly apologize to all of my readers and subscribers, but this really is not in my wheelhouse. I’m not a city planner designer, so I must abstain from this particular question of the day.
-aaa

Jerome loved jazz from straight to bebop
As he played the drums, he’d never stop.
Other jellyfish enjoyed the treat
As he laid down every beat.
His band played the Sargasso Sock Hop…
-AAA 08/21/2024

Lisa laughed all the time
So much it was like a crime.
The other llamas jumped the fence
Thinking her jokes were at their expense.
Maybe she should’ve been a mime…
-AAA 08/21/2024

Edward went easy, he never had stress
Keeping together while others were a mess.
As emus go he was quite chill
Getting meditation to his fill.
His favorite way to decompress.
-AAA 08/21/2024

David was such a powder Dalmatian
Chasing the likes of all creation.
So very hyper and fast
From the first to the last.
Excitement, his motivation…
-AAA 08/21/2024

Some lovers dreamt
Whilst others wept.
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Some share their love
While others push or shove.
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Some grow stronger
While others take longer.
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Some find peace in each other
While some are still under cover.
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Some live their very best lives
While others are ex husbands and wives.
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Some linger and grow
Others lose all control.
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Some have fun all day
While others are far away.
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Its feast or famine
In the rules of love
People must examine
Who fits them like a glove…
-AAA 08/21/2024

Your three words today are:
ACCEPTANCE
REJECTION
DISAPPOINTED
Rejection Central

Acceptance approved
We’re in “Rejection Central”
Where disappointed
People share all their stories
In a mutual disdain…
-AAA 08/21/2022
Originally Published 04/28/2024

Recollecting the pasts loves of my life
I mediate and I close my eyes
I can see myself through their eyes
All the love that wasn’t reciprocated
All the deceit and manipulation
And then it hits me like a ton of bricks
They never saw me at all
They never truly knew me we or wanted to
They only knew what they needed and saw me as a means to get there
Knowing is empowerment
I’ll choose better, smarter next time…
-aaa ❤️
Originally Published 04/26/2024

My thoughts don’t leave me.
They are always very close.
Ready to Create…
-aaa
Where did your name come from?

This is an identical question to what was asked in June 07, 2024, so I’m pasting my answer from then and here…
This is an intriguing question. I have a very straightforward answer. My name comes from my father, grandfather, and great grandfather.
Anthony Andrew Aquino Jr.
I will share a quick tidbit about the origins of my shortened first name as my Great Grandfather told me years ago.
When many of the Italian immigrants came to Ellis Island long ago, since they didn’t speak English they sported a tag that read “TONY” short for “To New York”.
Thank you as always for reading.
-aaa
Originally Published 04/28/2024

I can taste your color
And it appeals to me
You are like no other
That I have ever seen
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My heart flutters
When you are near
I’m melting butter
Each time you appear
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Come closer to me
So I can see your face
An endless sea
Of beauty in place
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Beautiful hair that’s heaven sent
And stunning eyes that stop my heart
Knowing now what the ‘others’ meant
Truly sets your uniqueness apart
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I pinch myself am I awake
Or maybe you are just a dream
Feeling you makes my insides ache
Perhaps it’s somewhere in between…
-aaa ❤️🔥

N agging
A mbivelant
R eve he
C old hearted
I nnocent of everything, in their mind
S iren luring you into the rocks
S ullen
I gnonymous
S anctimonious
T yrannical
-AAA 08/20/2024

A task is assigned
So you get to work
Everything entwined
As challenges lurk.
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Ideas flow out
Of your busy mind
They are all about
To become refined.
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So you jot them down
Organizing thoughts
As you go to town
Creatively wrought.
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Don’t mince any words
Your mind takes over
Nothing looks absurd
Don’t run for cover.
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All comes together
Faster than it seems
Light as a feather
Almost like your dreams.
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Then the finish line
Is within your sight
It’s all going fine
Dark tunnels, yield light.
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No need to meddle
Or shuffle your feet
Tap the brake pedal
The project’s complete…
-AAA 08/20/2024

Precise, holding fast,
Stitching fabric and story,
Securing our world
Making some sense of it all
Can seem like a fool’s errand…
-MAD/AAA 08/20/2024

Nature’s sharp embrace,
Talons grasp with fierce control,
Survival’s strong hold
Grips quite tightly as they hunt
All hinges in their success…
-MAD/AAA 08/20/2024

Balancing act, light,
Softly touching the earth’s floor,
Dancers’ silent grace
Like swans in a glassy lake
Gentle movements as they glide…
-MAD/AAA 08/20/2024

Crawl and I claw for every inch
This lifetime hasn’t been a cinch
Learning from mistakes
And all my heartbreaks
With those fakes
Makes me flinch…
-AAA 08/20/2024

Swift motion, sure aim,
Grasping time and dreams with ease,
Victory in hand
In every step I take
Dreams become realities…
-MAD/AAA 08/20/2024

Notes intertwined tight,
Harmony in every strum,
Heartstrings resonate
Forming fragile melodies
And many delicate chords…
-MAD/AAA 08/20/2024
Originally Published 04/26/2024

The music and artistry of Joni Mitchell have long been appreciated by the world (and yours truly) at large since she started out in the Kate 1960s.
My favorite song by hers is Big Yellow Taxi. This piece seems very apropos in today’s society and climate.
Check it out yourself:
https://youtu.be/2595abcvh2M?si=_sDXeNaPUyULMx8HBig Yellow Taxi
-aaa

The sun reaches me
With all its great intentions
Of warmth, and of life…
AAA 08/20/2024
What motivates you?
There are many things that move me in this life.
Love
Love moves me to do anything and everything for all I care for and even strangers. I’m an altruistic, empathetic soul, to the core.
Music
Music is truly everything to me. I love listing to it, playing it, and seeing it live. I love many forms and always have something playing in the background.
Literature
I love reading as much as I do writing. It provides: knowledge, and escape, answers, and adventure. I love many forms of literature in fiction.
Art
I love art in many forms: painting, architecture, theatre, music (see above), sculpture, and of course writing. I love most forms of art from classical to art nouveau.
Nature
The beauty in nature always amazes and touches my heart. All living things and just being outside really helps recharge my batteries.
As always thank you for reading…
-aaa

Digits reach and touch,
Graceful in their delicate dance,
Embracing life’s path.
Tracing the entire journey
From the start to the present…
-MAD/AAA 08/20/2024