January  28,  2023 

MATCHES

 

I hope nobody is out there planning

to do away with matches ….

wooden or cardboard matches.

They better not. There are still

times we’re looking for a match –

to light a candle – to find a flashlight

when the electricity has gone out.

Isn’t it great when we find a book

of matches from Jack’s Bar and Grill

in Winston Salem, North Carolina?

“Honey when were we there?”

And memories are lit from way

back when – when we were young –

when we realized we were a match –

and yeah – we better never miss out on

a chance to make a pun and be punny.

 

 

© Reflections,  Andy Costello

 January 28, 2023

Quote for today

"If the highest aim of a captain is to preserve his ship,   he would keep it in port forever."

 

Thomas Aquinas. [1225-1274]

January 27, 2023

              FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

 

Apples, oranges, peaches, pears, plums,

melons, grapes, bananas, and hundreds

and hundreds and hundreds of tangerines ….

 

Potatoes, lettuce and tomatoes,

beans, peas,  cucumbers and hundreds

and hundreds and hundreds ears of corn ….

 

I can’t paint canvas paintings of fruits

and vegetables – but I can picture plates

filled with delicious slices of both ….

 

I can't eat paintings ,

but I can bite into bananas, tangerines

and savor corn on the cob....

© Reflections,  Andy Costello

 

 January 27, 2023

Quote for Today

"Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie."

John Milton [1608-1674]

"Arcades"  [1643], 68

 January 26,  2023

TAKE GOOD CARE

OF MY DARLING DAUGHTER

 

Father-Daughter relationships

are so, so different than mother-son

or mother-daughter or father-son

relationships– in fact, all 4 are an

experience to take a good look at.

To walk down the aisle at a daughter’s

wedding,  it’s a gift every father

cherishes for the rest of his life.

Warning to son-in-laws: cherish

my daughter more than I do! Take

good care of my darling daughter.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 January 26, 2023

Quote for Today

"I have been told that Wagner's music is better than it sounds."

Bill Nye [1922 - }

Mark Twain Auobiography (1924), Vol. 1

January 25, 2023

 

IT  RAINED

 

It rained and too many people

complained. Some people don’t

take the time to think about

what they are saying.

 

Let it rain. Let it rain. Let it rain.

Or let the sun or shadows touch

my back porch and I love looking

at the sun setting in the west.

 

Maybe it will rain tomorrow.

Maybe the sun will shine.

Or maybe it will do both.

Let it be. Let it be. Let it be. 

 

© Reflections Andy Costello