HOW ABOUT 

A FEW  

JOAN BAEZ SONGS? 

August 10, 2018

LEFTOVERS

The meal last night at the Overlook Café 

wasn’t bad - but it wasn’t memorable. 

Now the leftovers - right here - right now 

for lunch - and the conversation we’re having  - 

now we’re cooking - now we’re talking - 

now we’re laughing about things we’ve 

been overlooking for too, too long a time.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

August 10, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“I  can  pardon  everyone’s  mistakes  but my  own.”  

Marcus  Porcius  Cato 

(234-149 B.C.)

August 9, 2018

VALUE

It used to be a penny, a bright copper penny,

Abe Lincoln looking at us - up from the mud ….

And any kid finding it or an old person bending

towards the ground picking it up and saying,

“Look at this: a lucky penny!” Now Abe has

been voted out from that office. So too

Alexander Hamilton on a nickel and Harry

S. Truman on the dime. They are too little

or too poor to be picked up -  but George

on the quarter or the dollar bill - he still

gets picked up and pocketed  from the

ground or from in between the pillows of

a chair or a couch. Wonder at times: How

much am I worth - muddy, hidden me?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

August 9, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“In the game of  life  it’s a good idea to have a few early loses, which relieves you of the  pressure  of trying to maintain an undefeated season.”  

Bill Vaughan

HOW ABOUT  
WATCHING 
A FEW FLASHMOBS 
ON A WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON?

IRRITABLE

Not a good family ingredient ….

To be a pain you know where ….

An itch. A bug in the salad ….

An "ooooooh" sound in the soul ....

To voice comments or words

that have sandpaper skin on them ….

To have others wish they had gone

to the other side of the family

for vacation this week.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018