Are there no potatoes?
flatulence and a stinky house
Art by Inocente Izucar
To wake from a dream into another dream, and in the second dream to feel compelled to explain the first one, to define a moment that wasn’t real in another moment that also isn’t real. That’s what I like about sleeping.
-jobe
Flatulence isn't so bad if the house stinks anyway.
-Wiley Post
Love and hope walk together down the same street. Sunset, sunrise, midnight; it doesn’t matter. Step by step they walk, arms linked.
Strength and faith nurture each other. People could learn from this example. There is strength in faith, and through faith, one can find immense strength.
Love. Hope. Strength. Faith. Open your heart, open your arms, open your eyes. We are the universe, and the universe is us. Go now, live your life.
-jobe
Every time a sock gets lost in the drier, an angel gets her wings.
-Shecky Green
The stream knows that the way to the river is downhill, and likewise does the river find the sea. It doesn’t matter if it is day or night, the journey continues. Where are you going, and how will you get there? Follow your heart.
-jobe
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Oscar Wilde
links
Sai Tells a Ghost Story, a poem by Soham Patel
I am the daughter my mother raised to confront them, a poem by Margo Tamez
Above: My Morning Coffee
So there you are, standing there with your shower shoes and your spatula, and you can't remember why you came into this room with your pants down and a surprised expression to show for yourself, and your wife is there, just back from a rummage sale or a farmers market with a polyester frock and several beets, and she doesn't understand, and the neighbors are still screaming because you forgot to forgot to gag them before turning on the electrical device, and you're confused, of course, but you were born a man, damn you, with a finger up your nose and your other hand cupping your testes, so you're going to do something, you need to say something, and the best you can come up with is, "Ah, you're back! Are there no potatoes?"
-jobe
Dig it, that’s Chester A. Arthur, our fattest President. Was he a good President? Hell, I don’t know, but they had to get him a bigger bathtub. Why am I telling you this? I don’t really know that either, but I know a lot of people are upset about the election. Well, Campers, it wasn’t what I wanted either, but I’m not going to let it get me down. I have a nice wife who is smart and fun, a good dog, a friendly conure who is smarter than all three of us, an old house, and stacks of books. Don’t let it get you down either. Life is short, and for some it’s shorter. Check in with the people and things that you love.
-jobe