Some of my recent pictures from Spring Grove Cemetery: Enjoy!
Posts Tagged ‘#life’
Happy Halloween
Posted: October 31, 2018 in HolidayTags: #blog, #Halloween, #life, #personal, #photography, #travel, Art, Camera, Cemetery, Fall colors, pictures, Tombstones
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“What Will We Be Like?”
Posted: October 29, 2018 in PoetryTags: #blog, #conversation, #inspiration, #life, #opinion, #people, #personal, #photography, #poetry, #question, #questions, #science, #truth, #writing
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MSK 10-29-2018
Wise as an owl
And sly as a fox.
Hungry as a bear
Majestic as a whale
Strong as an ox
Hung like a horse.
Fast as a cheetah
And quiet as a mouse……..
What will we be like
When none of them are around?
Loyal as a dog
But finicky like a cat.
Soaring like an eagle
And happy as a clam.
Nutty as a squirrel
Still playin’ possum
Silent like a snake
Climb like a goat
And sing like a bird.
What will we be like
When none of them are around?
Tall as a tree
Bright as a star
Deep as the ocean
And flow like the river.
Whisper like the wind
And sing like a bird.
What will we be like?
What will we be like?
What will we be like?
What will we be like ?
When none of them are alive?
Deep Inside
Posted: October 8, 2018 in My TunesTags: #audio, #blog, #conversation, #creativity, #friends, #inspiration, #life, #media, #music, #opinion, #people, #personal, #poetry, #truth, #writing
© MSK 10-2017
This song has taken a while to finalize the arrangement. It is only part of the song it started out as. Diced, sliced, edited and rewritten, I hope this first mix sounds like it belongs! Sometimes you are guided.
I will play other sections in the future.
Please enjoy “Deep Inside”
Deep Inside me, Deep inside the eye of the storm
Deep Inside you. Deep Inside the eye of the storm.
Deep Inside me, Deep Inside.
Sometimes you are guided
And sometimes you are not.
The road is long; it never ends
No matter what you thought.
The place you are standing
Was never meant to be.
Lost when your memories
Created what you see.
Pound after pound
Life gets laid upon you hard.
Sound after sound
As the dealer plays his cards.
Sometimes you are guided
And sometimes you are not.
The road is long; it never ends
No matter what you thought.
Deep Inside me, Deep Inside the eye of the storm
Deep Inside you. Deep Inside.
For This
Posted: October 1, 2018 in PoetryTags: #conversation, #creativity, #friends, #inspiration, #life, #notes, #opinion, #people, #personal, #photography, #poetry, #politics, #question, #truth, #work, #writing
(C) MSK 9-14-2018
She looks so happy
From the outside, many of us do.
Sure and in control
Man, I wish that were true.
For every question
So sure we have all the answers.
Act as if we’re immune
To weakness, disease and cancers.
He stands there so calm.
No sign that he’s ready to explode.
Sleeves rolled up: digs in
This close to just running down the road.
There is no training for this.
Won’t find it on utube or Internet search.
There is no training for this.
No help from lawyers, police or church.
For every question
So sure we have all the answers.
Talk as if we’re not human
Just crazy, drugged up dancers.
You Gotta Dress Right
Posted: September 24, 2018 in PoetryTags: #inspiration, #life, #opinion, #personal, #poetry, #questions, #truth, #work, #writing
MSK © 9-12-2018
Faded jeans and worn-out shoes
You gotta dress right when you sing the Blues.
Down trodden with a broken heart
Don’t even try unless you look the part.
You Gotta Dress Right
Gotta-haves that go on forever.
You Gotta Dress Right
Come in every size, shape and flavor.
You Gotta Dress Right
No place for losers kid; be all you can be.
You Gotta Dress Right
If you want to sing the Blues like me.
Million dollar suit and ties
On thousands of rehearsed handshakes and smiles.
Each one willing to beat the rest
No excuses, no failure: this is no test.
You Gotta Dress Right
Gotta-haves that go on forever
You Gotta Dress Right
Come in every size, shape and flavor.
You Gotta Dress Right
No place for losers kid; be all you can be
You Gotta Dress Right
If you want to sing the Blues like me.
“Hint of Truth”
Posted: September 17, 2018 in PoetryTags: #inspiration, #life, #personal, #photography, #poetry, #question, #truth, #writing
© MSK 6-13-11 from notes on 3-7-93
From the middle, each end is far away
Somewhere in-between, we learn how to pray.
In every story there is a hint of truth
Behind every lie is a mountain of proof.
It’s always during the cold lonely nights
That you find out what you’re missing.
I am missing you.
If you think of leaving or sticking around
It’s better to know what lives underground.
How Many?
Posted: September 10, 2018 in PoetryTags: #inspiration, #life, #opinion, #personal, #photography, #poetry, #questions, #travel, #truth, #writing
© MSK 8/31/2018
How many faces can you see every day
Before you start forgetting their names?
When do the streets you drive all look the same?
Who can remember all the great people you’ve met
And still function throughout the day?
Do the songs you keep writing all sound the same?
It’s not that things aren’t fun
But it gets a little old.
Looking for a rainbow won’t help you find gold
No matter what you were told.
How many repetitions can one person perform
Without their thoughts wandering everywhere else?
When do we notice we’re not even there?
It’s not that things aren’t fun
But it gets a little old.
There is no rainbow and no pot of gold
No matter what you were told.
“Following The Flood “
Posted: September 3, 2018 in PoetryTags: #family, #inspiration, #life, #personal, #poetry, #truth, #writing
“(Waves of Alcohol)” © MSK 5-23-2018
In a refreshing wave of alcohol
Warmth flowing down my throat.
The glow continues on
While the tension seems to float.
It’s a wave of alcohol
Regret and guilt jump in
Reflections fade with each sip
It’s a game I never win.
The next wave of alcohol
Life feels pretty silly
The tallest wave of alcohol
Begins to numb the senses
The tsunami of alcohol
Puts depression on a hi boil
After an ocean of alcohol
The angry man just comes out
It will all be better
If I have another drink
I can handle it
Doesn’t matter what you think.
Following the flood of alcohol
Awake but not aware
Doesn’t matter who gets hurt
Long past the point I care
Wake in a desert with a driving thirst
Never again, never again
Can’t remember what I did
Friends look away and pretend.
It will all be better
If I have another drink
I deserve it
No matter what you think.
Letter To City Planner Series #3
Posted: August 21, 2018 in Opinions and ObservationsTags: #conversation, #driving, #family, #life, #notes, #opinion, #people, #personal, #photography, #politics, #question, #travel, #truth, #work, #writing
Letter 307
On-street-parking. I know I will get a lot of kick-back for this one but I think we should end on-street-parking. Even in residential and business districts. Safety issues, snow clearance, traffic flow, and maintenance costs come to mind immediately. I know many areas do not have much parking space for residents and there are more multiple car families than in the past. Businesses also benefit if customers can park right in front of their stores. But I am not sure this is worth blocking local traffic including emergency vehicles, utility companies, snow plows and the like in areas easily affected by weather, accidents, building fires and a host of other challenges.
Still, if we are planning a city or community, let’s plan on eliminating this practice entirely. Just think how much this would ease congestion, improve safety, reduce city road maintenance costs, allow for emergency vehicles and unexpected weather or unusual events and improve the look and health of our streets and neighborhoods.
Let me know what you think. What would you suggest to your city planners?
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Letter To City Planner Series #2
Posted: August 15, 2018 in Opinions and Observations, UncategorizedTags: #conversation, #driving, #life, #opinion, #personal, #politics, #question, #questions, #science, #travel, #work
Letter 306
Here are two little things that bug me about traffic patterns and planning. Maybe it is just me, but if I am driving in residential or even business areas where there are a lot of intersections, I think it is weird and dangerous when you come to an intersection but the traffic coming from a dead-end street does not have to stop. This seems to happen a lot where a main road ends in cul de sacs where the “dead-end” is only one block long. Not much traffic comes from there and it is easy to miss the fact that on-coming traffic has no stop sign.
The second minor thing is when you have multiple lanes of road or entry ramps to a highway where the lanes merge and signs say the left lane ends! Again this does not make logical sense. Merging traffic in the US comes in from the right lane the vast majority of the time. The right lane is the slow or merge/exit lane. Faster traffic is encouraged to use the left lanes, implying they have priority. Why tell a priority lane that the lane ends…… merge into the right lane……. and sometimes when you reach the end of the entry ramp you have to merge left again? These little things just bug me from time to time.
MidiMike 