"There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. "

~Ogden Nash

favorite words

-Apotheosis- the perfect example, elevated to devine status

-miasma-a heavy vaporous emanation or atmosphere, an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt

-muliebrity- qualities feminine, womanly

-feme covert- married woman

-peri- a fairy, attractive woman

-benighted-Intellectually, morally, or socially ignorant; unenlightened

-petrichor-the smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry period

-heteroclite- eccentric

-bibacious- Overly fond of drinking

-ebrious- inclined to excessive drinking ; tipsy

-callipygian- having a shapely buttocks

("Yet far more terrible the line that flows From ebrious passion to supine remorse.") Richard Monckton Milnes (1809-1885); The Fall of Alipius


subdolous - Sly; crafty; cunning.


dissemble - To hide true feelings, motives, or the facts.

mendacious - Telling lies, especially as a habit.

caliginous - Dark, gloomy, obscure, misty.

filemot- the color of a dead or faded leaf; dull brown, or yellowish brown

"I'll write with my camera."

"I'll write with my camera." she told me.
And I smiled at the thought that pictures can say as much or more than words when the moment is caught.

Pictures and poetry are the same-open to interpretation.
The colors, light and shadow, come together to produce an image.
The words, stanzas, and punctuation conjure up an image.
Interpretation different of each beholder
allowing their experiences to breath life into the otherwise
meaningless scene.

snow

Snow before Christmas is magical, snow after Christmas is a pain in the ass.

Lifted

in another state of mind
find it hard to type a line
thoughts come much more slowly now
but hunger quite quickly
as i know now
and then the thoughts pick up the pace
forget i was hungry in the first place
dashing dancing flashing thoughts
wicked wishing wacky thoughts
sensous salacious sexy thoughts
teasing testing tempting thoughts
naughty nasty never ending thoughts
thoughts that come quick
thoughts that burn out
thoughts that i'm thinking of thinking about
my hands too slow to write them all
some go forgotten beyond my recall
until on another smokey flight
I can remember the thoughts of that night.