Obliter@ted

On my 70^th birthday,

I suppress my tears

@ our Sun's implosion 

in only 5 billion years,
@ all I see & know

o  b  l    i    t   e    r   a      t        e          d

(21 MAY 12, Santa Clara CA)v9

the JESUS-app.

THE JESUS-app.

How deeply is the Jesus-app.

embedded if, when, & once 

you’ve been raised a Christian?

The Roman Catholic church

has always held that baptism

leaves an indelible mark.

Is long/wet exposure as deep

as earnest conversion? 

(16 MAY 12, Santa Clara CA)v7

AMISH COOKIN'

PL@INLY AMISH

You work thru the 1987 AMISH COOKIN’

cookbook of Clark-Madison MO.

(compiled by Mrs.Henry L. Yoder)

w/ a yellow highlighter

highlighting recipes

you can reduce for 2

by dividing them as written,

sometimes by 4, 8, 12, 16, 20.

Contributors to every section include

women of the Gingerich family:

Mrs. Chrissie J. Sr., Mrs. Jacob N.

Mrs. Jonas C., Mrs. Joni D.
Mrs. Mose C.,  Mrs. Noah J.,
Mrs. Paul D., Mrs. Sammie E., etc.

.

(10 MAY 12, Santa Clara CA)v5

'Supermoon' g@zing

Like a Moon devotee, I sat outdoors last nite outside Dr. Ginny's 'semi-detached 'cottage' here in Santa Clara watching it from 8:30-9:30+pm PST with Ginny & Tom Friedrich, wrapped in blankets, sharing a small S.F.-style sourdough bread boule
  

MITT MOCKS "FORWARD"

MITT MOCKS “FORWARD”
PONDERS “PROGRESS”
(AP - newspoem)

Speaking to a group of high-dollar
donors @ Arlington VA’s Ritz-Carlton,
Mitt poked fun at President Obama's
newly-unveiled campaign slogan:

"Forward" -  "Forward, what?
over the cliff?" Mitt muddled
Obama’s campaign slogan:
"His new slogan is: Progress?

No, forward. Forward! That's it!
Progress would be better; I might
even use that one myself, actually.”

Donors paid $2,500 - $10,000
depending on access wanted.

This is the first the Romney campaign
allowed any kind of access to the media:

2 print-pool reporters were allowed inside
on behalf of all national print journalists,

but only to hear Romney's remarks
at the general reception, not
several smaller meetings.

(03 MAY 12, Santa Clara CA)v5

Y FRANZEN?

Why Jonathan Franzen?

Well, in my case, serendipity, size, slip-cover art, etc.

Months ago: I found two hardbound copies of FREEDOM: A Novel (Farrar, Straus Giroux, NYC. 2010) donated to the Santa Clara Senior Center, & its cover so intrigued me that I took both home. It’s that (Minnesota) lake; blue-jay on the cover;  heft (562pp), that make me wonder if he’s got something going inside. Well, he has, but for me it drags; I’ve lost interest at various points; just put it aside, notifying others on The Well  in the Books Franzen discussion group that I have. None of them have commented on that (yet.) 

Today: I’m reading "Voice of Moderation" a review by Craig Fehrman in the Sunday 30 APR 12 SF Chron. that begins: “Jonathan Franzen’s novels keep getting bigger and bigger. In 2010, FREEDOM did it again, - and added a TIME cover for its author and a thumbs-up from the president."Exactly my point. Such is the mainstream literary company I appear to be keeping at the moment. A BIG read by BIG names. Maybe a beach-book once it’s in a BIG paperback 

Inside: there’s the story of two friends, musicians, one of whom seems to be a take on Bob Dylan from Hibbing MN, who both sleep with Patty (originally from L.I.) the dominant figure of the book (so far.) Again, I’ve stalled out - this time at p.114 of 562). Somebody I tried to gave a copy to told me that a professor of his sees it as the current HOW WE LIVE NOW of Anthony Trollope. Now that’s a thot. In [flashback:] Gerald Warner Brace’s MFA Fiction class at B.U. (1968)  we were amazed that we found Trollope much more enjoyable reading than Joseph Conrad. Note: Franzen was a buddy of David Foster Wallace R.I.P.). Neither's enjoyable reading for me. Yet I slog on…

MITT, SPINNING

“I may look thin, but I’m 

so, so thick,” quips Mitt,

“Thick against socialism

which Obama espouses.”

He waits for the cheers

from the invited crowd

to abate. “I don’t care if

Obamacare=Romneycare;

I left it behind years ago

in Massachusetts; 2012

calls for the dismantling

of Socialism-care. Obama

thinks he’s got you fooled!

But he can’t pull black wool

over your heads. White wool

is what I’m all about! White!”

Romney looks & talks thinly,

spinning smartly in a white suit

blinding us all in the sunlight.

30 APR 12 (Santa Clara CA);
03 MAY 12 on The New Verse News
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