One of my favorite Christmas Gifts this year is a Far Side calendar. This one is today’s.
What’s particularly amusing to me: I work at a church! So, it fits, thematically, I guess.
I hope all’s well with each of you!
Today’s Far Side
Category: Personal Reflections
Lessons learned about life; pearls of wisdom I’ve gleaned through pain, failure and honest reflection
Evening Haiku
as the sunlight fades
drifts over faded rose petals
the evening air cools
Amusement for a Submariner
First, welcome to the middle of the week! And, for that matter, the middle of the month.
If you’ve read enough here, you’ll know that I served in the US Navy aboard submarines. As such, I have a penchant for sub things. Thus, this Far Side delighted me more than (I’m sure) most folks.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this one. And that your week is going well.
Tonight’s Haiku
a gentle rainfall
cooling the summer air
calmness fills my soul
A good night senryu for you
the prison of “should”
fear and insecurities
keep holding me back
Just a quick little one before I head off to sleep.
Mindset morning haiku
on the edge of dreams
garrulous crows chattering
as dawn progresses
I hope your week brings you closer to joy.
This morning’s haiku
quiet morning rain
the tranquility of clouds
this day beginning
It’s a rainy morning in greater Seattle, which I have a certain fondness for. Memories of dark, calm coffee shops with a book, or a new magazine, and time. It sometimes didn’t feel as beautiful as I can now see. Time brings wisdom, I guess.
Happy Long Weekend Friday
Happy Friday, everyone! And it’s a long weekend…Monday being Memorial Day and all.
I find this old bit from Ren and Stimpy to be joyfully nerdy and, thus, delightfully obnoxious, in a dad joke sort of way.
Anyway, I hope you have a wonderful, refreshing, and joy-inducing weekend.
A Reading Recommendation For You, Dear Readers: Intuition and Instinct by Addy Davies
The writer of the piece below is someone I’ve known a LONG time. I’ve always delighted in Addy’s creativity and thoughtfulness. She wrote this post last year, but I just found out it was published in a print version of Flaunt magazine. I’m quite proud of her!
I don’t want to give too much away, but this post is a personal look at trauma and recovery with a poetic bent.
So, without further ado, please follow my recommendation and give her a read.
Intuition and Instinct by Addy Davies
Justice for late summer, using fish to tell the future, and giving yourself permission to move on. Read on Substack
Today’s haiku: May 7, 2026
shortly after dusk
the trees embracing silence:
birdsong before dawn