Off-Season . . .

 

https://www.cortlandstandard.com/stories/yaman-

beach-closed-for-fear-of-contamination,11807

So I turned off the light, closed the door and retired.
From excitement and wonder, I had simply expired. 
That episode done, I started to ponder 
My environment's changes since no tourists did wander.
I've seen space on the beaches, lots of room to spread out.
And the parking lots too seem a pleasure. No doubt. 
The boxes that formerly housed umbrellas and chairs,
Were all vertical in lots by the passthrough in pairs.
Lots of restaurants shelving utensils and vessels,
As the year-rounds prepare all their off-season specials. 

(more to come) 

 

It's Over
- Roy Orbison
 

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                   Chromatose

Deluded . . .

 

https://www.istockphoto.com/illustrations/delusional-cartoons

So you tried to exercise your right.
Choose someone who actually would fight
For the things you actually believed
We need to do.
Then, he proved to lack just what it takes
To advance, no matter what the stakes.
All within the rules and regulations;
Protocol.

 
 

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Still More . . .

https://bugunderglass.com/luna-moth-natural-history/

 

Now luna, you're going to get a concussion.
If you've hit that screen once, must've hit it a dozen.
Perhaps to your eyes that light is attractive.
If you really got in, you would feel like a captive.
Should I turn off the lights, or turn the television off?
Should we be mouse-ly quiet, cease to talk, even cough?
So back into the woods, our poor luna friend flew.
Left our door screen alone.  Left our deck and house too.
But in some way I felt we had seen something great.
I was fortunate; lucky to have this be my fate.

(to be continued)

Moon
- Lund



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                         No Frills

Amen . . .

 

https://www.cbcofe.org/services.php

(from https://www.salon.com/2022/09/18/i-voted-for--twice-i-was-a-right-wing-pundit-i-was-about-all-of-it/ by Rich Louis)

". . . Alexander Hamilton convinced his fellow Federalists to vote for Thomas Jefferson over Federalist Aaron Burr in the disputed 1800 presidential election — a  decision that cost Hamilton his life; 

Abraham Lincoln decided to crush the Confederacy with four years of gruesome bloodshed, although he desperately wanted to preserve the Union at any cost. That agonizing decision to wage total war against fellow Americans brought the slavery era to an end, saved America from irreparable damage — and also resulted in Lincoln's assassination; 

The U.S. joined forces with the Soviet Union in World War II — an almost impossible alliance between opposed ideological forces that was necessary to  conquer the Nazis; 

Many Republicans in the House and Senate supported President Lyndon Johnson's signature achievements, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting  Rights Act of 1965, over the objections of many racist Southern Democrats; 

Bipartisan support for the resignation of President Nixon: Ultimately it was his fellow Republicans, led by Sen. Barry Goldwater, a conservative hero, who made clear that if Nixon did not resign, he would be impeached and removed in a Senate trial; 

Many Democrats rallied around President George W. Bush in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks — even if some of them would like to deny or forget that now.

. . . our current epoch presents us with a moment similar to the aforementioned historic events — a moment in which America faces yet another existential  challenge. . . 

. . . the Democratic Party is relatively healthy, although it has two major blind spots: It takes for granted many historically Democratic voting blocs — such as religious minorities, LGBTQ citizens and Black and Latino voters — and it almost entirely ignores rural America. In contrast, the Republican Party is terminally ill, and its leadership knows that; that's why they have staked a path forward that is, well, backward, with increased emphasis on everything male/Caucasian/Christian and heterosexual. . ."

It Won't Be Easy
- Vonciel Myers



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Expressing . . .

https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/stick-figure-of-a-psychiatrist-

and-a-patient-in-a-therapy-session-gm871185844-145448009

 

It's hard to describe

My new feelings of late

Regarding the stance

Some have taken to date.

Succumbing to 

The wiles of one,

Humanity possessed, seems is virtually none.

But defend, they will,

To the end they say,

Because some enemy

Wants his way, 

Whose perception of which

Has misguidedly strayed.

Their blindness,

Self-administered, 

Is to proclivities

Very sinister.

Now, apparently and accepted,

These misguided thoughts 

Have been directed

To innocent others to whom they should not.

The worry I'm having, after this short respite,

Is that this wrong-headed person,

Reprises the drumbeat

And our situation worsens.

 
Don't You Worry About A Thing
- Stevie Wonder

    

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Circling . . .

https://picsart.com/i/277528329001201

When You Wish Upon A Star
- Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards)



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            Ambience & Wine

Fate . . .

https://www.papercards.com/products/cd2635-chimp-

fortune-teller-birthday-card-avanti.asp?

. . . Now luna, you're going to get a concussion.

If you've hit that screen once, must've hit it a dozen.

Perhaps to your eyes that light is attractive.

If you really got in, you would feel like a captive.

Should I turn off the lights, or turn the television off?

Should we be mouse-ly quiet, cease to talk, even cough?

So back into the woods, our poor luna friend flew.

Left our door screen alone.  Left our deck and house too.

But in some way I felt we had seen something great.

I was fortunate; lucky to have this be my fate.

(to be continued)

Seal My Fate
- Belly

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            Another Shot

Twas More . . .

https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/cross-legged

Leaning forward, now abandoned my yoga position,

I directed my attention with quite some suspicion 

The summer night air was unusually cool

In the break from the swelter August gave as a rule.

During one of his thuds on the screen to break in,

We saw the huge luna moth that was making the din.

He had beautiful colors, circles tail and antennae.

Either angel from heaven. Maybe ghoul from Gehenna.

He bashed and he battered towards the light from inside.

Must have knocked himself silly. Would have made me cross-eyed.

(to be continued)

Blinkded By The Light
- Bruce Springstein

 

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                               Put A Finger On It

Music . . .

 

You're a star.

Where you wanted to be,

You now are.

From afar

You appear not too different

Than me.

But the scars

You've acquired 

Did not come free.

Had I tried;

Had I done all I could

With all my might

Would the ride

Give return on the price

Which was required?

Cast aside

Any thoughts of security.

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For The Ride

Afterward . . .

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/291819250826780538/

Twas one night after season, when all through the condo,
Not a creature was dancing, not even the quando.
The spiderwebs hung from the decking with care
When the foot traffic ebbed and the tourists weren't there.
The children all visited when the weather was warm.
They'll come back in the winter if their schedules conform.
And mamma in bermudas and I in gym shorts,
Settled down for a movie and after-dinner snort,
When outside, in back, something whipped on the screen,
I uncrossed my legs to take in the strange scene.
(to be continued)

Quando, Quando, Quando
- Tony Renis

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                 Critic’s Choice

Saturday . . .

 

https://www.yelp.com/biz/elk-run-vineyards-mt-airy

Join OHO at Elk Run Vineyards 

Saturday, September 24

2:00PM

15113 Liberty Road,

Mount Airy, MD, 21771

https://elkrun.com

(410) 775-2513

for our last Elk Run performance of the season

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Very Little . . .

https://www.shutterstock.com/search/little

. . . of note on this day in history

 

(source https://www.onthisday.com/date/1957/september/19)

September 19, 1957 Birthdays

Dennis Cowan, British rocker (The Bonzo Dog Band), born in London, England

Richard M. Linnehan, American astronaut (STS 78, sk: 90), born in Lowell, Massachusetts

Rusty Egan, British new wave drummer (Rich Kids; Midge Ure; Visage), born in London, England

September 19, 1957 Deaths

Reginald Aldworth Daly, Canadian-American Geologist who independently developed the theory of magmatic stopping, dies at 86

Just Another Day
- Paul McCarney



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        Black & White Then Back

Assessment . . .

. . . by whom??? 

https://www.resso.com/artist/Ray-Jozwiak-6578788953745266696

Sometimes I feel 

Like I'm doing this thing

Which I love and I'm good at,

But what does it bring?  

Satisfaction, is one thing,

For a job that's well done.

Entertainment is another,

For it really is fun.

Intellectual stimulation,

Very wordy, but true,

When it's honestly good

to the critic that's you. 

So the tally adds up 

To much more than I thought.

Now I find I'm producing

So much more than I've bought.

Less Than Zero
- Elvis Costello

     

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Call . . .

https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/old-telephone.html

We got along famously so.

No indication of discord.

Then like a bolt from the blue 

Or beyond without warning, 

Silence.

Why don’t you call me Margarita?

I’ve tried so hard to get in touch.

All in good faith I want to see you

Cause a mutually beneficial

Prospect’s here.

Comfortable fit, shoes hat or glove.

Almost my own epidermis.

My own right arm, the very

Sustenance that I require;

Desire.

Professed undying devotion to

Each other then. Back in the past.

No single trace of dissatisfaction.

Mystery one not to be solved. 

All circumstances still suspect.

No rocket scientist 

Needed to read all the writing

On the wall. 

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                         No Frills

About . . .

 . . . 'Grains'

https://www1.cbn.com/devotions/grains-of-sand

My newest album Grains, was released June 7, 2022. It is an 'eclectic yet approachable' collection of songs available for digital download only, via the worldwide web.  'Grains' is an amalgamation of jazz influences and chops, Brill Building pop-writing,  (and diametrically opposed to 2016's release- No Frills, a strictly solo piano, instrumental album) and colors from a life well-lived and loved. The album title denotes the grains of sand that fall through the hourglass and their representation of time, for as we all know, as a great (yet anonymous) frog once said, ‘Time’s sure fun when you’re having flies.’ Songs includes 'Broken'- a former tyrant expressing his regrets, 'Thinking'- a pure love-song, 'Otherwise' and 'Elephants'- reflections on recent events and 'Baggage'- the frustration with the everyday grind; something we can all appreciate at one time or another. You can find it at most online music retailers, including music.apple.com and amazon.com. 

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Convenience . . .

https://www.evexpert.eu/eshop1/knowledge-center/ac-dc-

charging-electromobil-current-alternating-direct

Devices are fun.

Devices are helpful.

They occupy, mesmerize,

Help entertain you.

They facilitate ease

Of our communication.

They provide many games.

They've got radio stations. 

You can calculate, document,

Arrival, departure.

But you curse their arrival

When you can't find the charger.


Electric Aunt Jemima
- Frank Zappa

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Wheels . . .

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/unique-everybody-

else/201211/can-turning-wheel-open-your-mind

Wheels keep on turning

Even when you go to sleep.

The day's events, and even your life's,

Lurk in the back determined to peek.

Unfortunately, there's no lesson there.

It's presented neither factually nor fair.


Watching The Wheels
- John Lennon

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                          2014