Taxman

Taxes due today

Unaffordable living

Pay now or later 

 

Key of C Mindfulness

 

Hearing jumbled words

Aloof all alone in thought

Constant tinnitus

Trying mindfulness outdoor meditation

Fleeting active presence

Mind wandering 

Concentrating on sounds

Chickadee singing her song

Chick a dee dee dee

Wind whispering through the pines

Waves 

Gently 

Lapping upon rocky shores

Crinkling cellophane being pulled from a cigar

Ping

Zippo lighter opens

A flickering soft flame

Crackling cigar tobacco igniting

Retrohale 

Three smoke rings in the wind

Rhythmic outboard motor putting 

Fishermen trolling by

Raven croaking high above

Huginn and Muninn

Messaging thoughts of memories

Outdoor sounds 

Locked deep within mind

Sounds now muted with aged ears

Diminished hearing fading away

Muted jumbled sounds

Remembering sounds by

Visual presence

Are outdoor sounds real

Or just memories

Memories of sound

Alone 

In silent thought

Deep in silent mindful presence 

Silence shattered by

Ringing

Constant Ringing

Tinnitus ringing

In the Key of C

Tax Pirates

 Nine billion stolen

Minnesota Tax fraud scheme

Walz the tax pirate

Stuntz Bay boathouses

 Rusty boathouses

Stuntz Bay Lake Vermilion

Historic relics

Bikini Shape

 

Aurora Ribbon

Aurora ribbon

Pulsing green and pink neon

Combing the heavens

Chainsaw Sisters Saloon

 Wilderness oasis

Canoe country refreshments

Past forest echos

Noisy World

Social media

Manufactured division

Noisy world gone mad

Corporate media generating fear

Government cults generating division 

the powers that be

waging war for control

rage baiting controlled ideological thought

virtue signaling 

us vs them

are we truly masters of our own minds

or are our minds controlled by our masters

Marooned in this noisy irrational world

Delicate Baubles

Fragile glass baubles

Colorful delicate orbs

A gently packed pipe 

Rossi 8673

 

Rossi eight six seven three

Notte Rubino Antico

Daycare implements

Briarwood Daycare

 Wife running errands

Home alone retired old man

Briarwood daycare

eReader Adventures

Old Tom Bombadil
New electronic reading
English or Burley

It’s been well over 40 years since I’ve read Tolkien.  My ratty paperback copies stuffed in my back pocket to read on the bus to school. The paperbacks are long gone, subjected to abuse between readings.  I think it’s time to rediscover Tolkien on this old Kindle eReader; easier to hold and read with arthritis.  While reading, Earl Grey or Oolong tea?  Or bourbon or rye, English blend or Burley blend?

 

Morning Smoke

 

Early morning mist

Walleyes over island reef

Exhausted Rooster

Koi Pond

Koi fish indoor pond

Warm humid sanctuary

Outdoor snowy squalls

 

Tropical Conservatory

 Damp tropical warmth

Wintry Conservatory

Foggy spectacles

Driveway Snowscape

 Clearing driveway snowscape

The dance of the snowblowers

Smokey Old Joe Krantz

Aurora

Vibrant night colors

Aurora Borealis

Live Technicolor

 

October Sunset

 October sunset

Lake Vermilion sun glow

Soon snowflakes will fall

Autumn Glory

 Glory of autumn

Bright colors during blue hour

Cigar ash in lap

Orion

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Orion shines bright

Hunting across the heavens

Swatting mosquitos