NAPOWRIMO Day 16: NOTHING is 11 in Scrabble The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, To my JO (sweetheart) inscribed inside. Dog-eared at all the well-loved words; On the table ready to rule. The wildly romantic QUIXOTRY; and QI (chi), best Q word that doesn’t need a U. Highest score reported on any given day? 1778 for OXYPHENBUTAZONE! … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 16: NOTHING is 11 in Scrabble
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NAPOWRIMO Day 15: Agatha Trunchbull’s Secret Garden
NAPOWRIMO Day 15: Agatha Trunchbull's Secret Garden Agatha Trunchbull A large woman who wears her hair in a tight, unforgiving bun; She terrorizes children, and was glad that she was never a child or had fun. Her outfit is a bottle-green tight pantsuit adorned with a black belt with a silver buckle; She became strict … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 15: Agatha Trunchbull’s Secret Garden
NAPOWRIMO Day 14: Dream Fictionary
NAPOWRIMO Day 14: Dream Fictionary T Table (wobbly) To see a table in your dream represents stability. If the table is wobbly, then it suggests you are dysfunctional, or adding to a dysfunctional family or system. It may also refer to the fact you are a bad carpenter or cook but no one is willing … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 14: Dream Fictionary
NAPOWRIMO Day 13: I’d give a thousand dollars for you to shut up
NAPOWRIMO Day 13: I’d give a thousand dollars for you to shut up Don’t tell me what you’re thinking I don’t need to know everything About how you don’t like peas My boyfriend Or Trump Don’t tell me what you’re thinking Let me sit here peacefully Tossing coins into the pond Making wishes Or not … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 13: I’d give a thousand dollars for you to shut up
NAPOWRIMO Day 12: The Evil Tope
NAPOWRIMO Day 12: The Evil Tope (pronounced toe-pay) There are stop signs that don’t always mean stop, one-way streets that may or may not be one-way, and road signs that make little sense no matter how high your level of Spanish fluency. There are streets filled with slow-moving vehicles, sleeping street dogs, and banyan-type strangler … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 12: The Evil Tope
NAPOWRIMO Day 11: Wisdom from 100 Years of Living Out Loud
NAPOWRIMO Day 11: Wisdom from 100 Years of Living Out Loud Today, April 11, 2063 is my 100th birthday. I am a tapestry of all of the interests, interesting and not-so-interesting fragments of my 100-year journey. I love my life - God, family, friends, food, fashion, travel, music - yet, I courageously embrace the questions … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 11: Wisdom from 100 Years of Living Out Loud
NAPOWRIMO Day 10: In The Garden
NAPOWRIMO Day 10: In The Garden I sit at Our Lady of the Garden Chapel in the Vallarta Botanical Gardens watching an orange butterfly kiss an orange Zinnia as if they were meant to meet there. Two young lovers walk starcrossed among the chocolate plants and cacti, across the stone Bridge of Dreams, which was … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 10: In The Garden
NAPOWRIMO Day 9: Hidden Beach in Banderas Bay
NAPOWRIMO Day 9: Hidden Beach In Banderas Bay My daughter visited me in Puerto Vallarta today. She is 27-years-old, 5' 6", a size two, largely beautiful in every way. We sailed to the Marietta's small hidden beach in the Banderas Bay. We saw grey whales breaching and blowing their spout, and dolphins wanting to play. ~Just L … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 9: Hidden Beach in Banderas Bay
NAPOWRIMO Day 7: I Blow It Also
NAPOWRIMO Day 7: I Blow It Also I do not blame you for your emotional state. I, too, feel strongly. It is what makes me both powerful and relatable. You need not be ashamed about having a difficult time dealing with your emotions. You are not holding anyone but yourself responsible. You are so kind … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 7: I Blow It Also
NAPOWRIMO Day 5: Little Portraits of Everyday Life
NAPOWRIMO Day 5: Little Portraits of Everyday Life Give us little portraits of everyday life. Let our prayers transcend the world. Light us and the fire will rise to the heavens. We arrive at your altar. At your beckoning. We arrive at your masterful feet. At that place that is no longer of the world. … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 5: Little Portraits of Everyday Life
Just L Poetry 