Over Time!

 Vol. 1  Chap.  561

         Over Time!

 

 

“Don’t Eat Things Bigger Than Your Head!”

Is Just One Pearl My Grampa Said!

“And When Your Life’s Not Going Right,

“Go Left to Get You Through the Night!”

 

“Look at Me In That Tone of Voice

“And I Just Might Not Have a Choice

“But March Up to Your Too~Cute Mug

“And Give You One Warm, Welcomed Hug!”

 

“Present Your Face Up to the Sky!

“First Let That Flock of Birds Fly By!”

No Wiser Words Were Ever Spoke!

Bird Poop on Your Face Ain’t No Joke!

 

Over Time, I’ve Grown to Believe

That Grampas Exist to Relieve

The Stress, the Mess That Could Depress

A Tween or Teen Who’s Grampa~Less!

 

Grampa’s Words Flow Like He’s Praying!

“Spring is Nature’s Way of Saying,

“Party Hardy, My Granddaughter!”

I Do!  Grampa Says I Aught’a!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Such is Life!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 560

       Such is Life!

 

 

 

I’m Up Pre~Dawn!  Nowhere to Go!

Such is Life in San Diego!

Its Sad That Ev’ry Day’s the Same!

This Whole Pandemic Thing’s So Lame!

 

“Want Cheese With That Wine?”, Says Mama!

She’s Not a Huge Fan of Drama!

I’d Forgot Today’s Saturday!

“Get Dressed!  Let’s Go!”, I Hear Her Say!

 

Aud and Daphne Sleep In the Back!

Mom Lays Out Her Plans of Attack!

"We Can’t Hang With People Today!

Let’s See What God’s Got On Display!"

 

So Not Too Far From Our Driveway

We Watch Sunrise Get Underway!

Next Stop Was the Mighty Ocean!

Mesmerized By Its Grand Motion!

 

Aud Wakes Up, Questions Where She’s At!

That Gets a Laugh!  Then I See That

Mom Knows How to Make Ennui Go ...

See God's Best Work ... San Diego!

 

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

 

Love~Grampa

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 559

    What Kind of Person?

What Kind of Person Volunteers

To Leave Behind Her Kin, Her Peers?

To Act as if She Had No Fears?

To Sign Up to Serve All Those Years?

What Sort of Boy Would Leave Behind

A World Where People Treat You Kind?

With Comfort Foods For Home Cooked Meals?

Where Girls Like Both You and Your Wheels?

They Swipe Your Wardrobe!  Shave Your Head!

Obsess ‘Bout How You Make Your Bed!

First Time You See the Food, No Guess!

It’s Clear Now Why They Call This Mess!

They Push You to the Breaking Point!

Then Push Beyond, ‘Fore They Anoint

You to the Lowest Rank There Is

Your Sleep Starved Self is Thrilled with This!

 

What Kind of Person, Need You Ask?

The Kind Who’ll Preform Any Task

A Humble, Unsung Hero, Yet

One Damn Proud America Vet!

Thank You Lisa Campbell, USCG Capt. (Ret),

    Michael Ewen, USMC MSgt (Ret.)   

    And All Who Do or Have Served!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 558

                           Our Spot!

 

            Sometimes When I Feel My World Shrink,
            I Find a Spot to Sit and Think!
            It Doesn’t Take Me Long to Give
            My Jumbled Self Some Perspective!

 

            There’s Forces In This World, Unseen
            That Prey on the Mind of a 'Tween!
            That’s When I Need to Concentrate
            On What It Is That Makes Life Great!

 

            I Like That I’m Kid Number Two!
            You Would, If You Had Audrey To
            Signal You When You Need a Clue
            And Silently Shepherd You Through

 

            What Could Have Been a Huge Faux Pas!
            She’s Saved My Butt Each Time, So Far!
            Soon She’ll Find Her College I Fear!
            Next Year’s Senior!  Then Out of Here!

 

            My Mind Knows That’s the Best For Her!
            This Future Doc Will Find The Cure
            For Pre~Teen Insecurities!
            ‘Til Then We’ll Chill On Old Dead Trees!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Chillin'!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 557

        Chillin’!

As Walls Closed In, I Got Away!

Now I’m Chillin’ In Our Driveway,

Just Sittin’, List’nin’ to Each Tune

In the Car I’ll be Drivin’ Soon!

Ev’ry Day I Hear Someone Say,

They Just Can’t Wait Until the Day

When This Pandemic’s History!

But That Date’s Far Off, You Ask Me!

 

It's Not That This Girl’s Not Ready!

Cue the Balloons and Confetti!

Whose Gunna Be Our Jonas Salk?

More Action Researchers!  Less Talk!

 

This Plague’s Taken an Awful Toll!

Just Count Up the Lives It Has Stole!

Add to All That Humanity

The Creeping Loss of Sanity!

 

Car Radio Plays, “Can’t Touch This!”

Can’t Touch, Can’t Hold Hands, Sure Can’t Kiss!

Next Up, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me!”

The Anthem of Twenty~Twenty!

https://youtu.be/KNIZofPB8ZM

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

 

G'Day Mate!

Vol. 1  Chapter 556 

                   G’Day Mate!

            I Feel Myself Stretchin’, Yawnin’!

            Birds Announce a New Day Dawnin’!

            In Our House We Have One Strict Rule:

            No Morning Mom Pics, Or Else You’ll

            Watch Your Phone Dive Into the Pool!

            Aud Loves Her Phone!   And She’s No Fool!

            This Next Part Starts a Mystery,

            That Perplexes and Baffles Me!

            Mom Needs Time to Put On Her Face!

            So She Can Join the Human Race!

            But If Mom is an Alien,

            Does That Make Me Australian?

            I Seek Koalas, Kangaroos,

            When We Head Off to Any Zoos!

            I’ve Been Known to Call My Friends, “Mate!”

            Shrimp on the Barbie?   That Sounds Great!

            Few Pics Exist of Pre~Dawn Mom!

            I Hope U.S. is Where I’m From!

            But If Australia, That’s Cool, Mate!

            Give Mom an Hour … She Cleans Up Great!

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

Love~Grampa

Seeds!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 555

           Seeds!

 

That Sermon ‘bout the Mustard Seed

Makes Lots of Sense Out Here Indeed!

How Small and Insignificant

Seeds Can Sprout Up To Be Giant!

 

Our Modern Church Can Find a Match!

Just Join Us In the Pumpkin Patch!

Seeds the Size of My Fingernails

Grow Into Gourds That Break the Scales!

 

‘Fore We Launched Our Gourd Safari,

Pouring Out of Our Hot Car We

Heard Mom Exclaim, “Hey Look, Ice Cream!”

Part of Our Mother’s Master Scheme! 

 

Kids Holding Ice Cream Cannot Try

To Lift a Pumpkin Toward the Ski!

Mom Hates to Pay for Gourds We Drop!

And Hates the Screams When Back Discs Pop!

 

If Your Kids Love to Show They’re Strong,

We’re Telling You, You Can’t Go Wrong

Let Them Stroll Through This Fall Harvest

With Ice Cream Flavors They Love Best!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Nature's Child!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 554

     Nature's Child!

 

 

Fair to Say, I Am Nature’s Child!

I Find My Comforts In the Wild!

Outdoors Near Mountains or the Sea,

That Stirs the Very Soul of Me!

 

Though My Home’s in San Diego

Anywhere I Find Snow, I’ll Go!

Stick Me Atop Some Mountain Side,

Then Watch Me Schuss!  This Gal Can Glide!

 

While Hiking on Some Back~Woods Trails,

The Noblest Creatures All Have Tails!

The Smell of Horses is to Me

My True Aroma Therapy!

 

I’m Drawn to the Gentle Motion

Of the Waves!  I Love the Ocean!

Even at Night It’s My Desire

To Bask Under Stars, By the Fire!

 

What’s That You Say?  “A Girl Can’t Stay

Outdoors Flittering Life Away?”

That’s Sadly True, So I’ll Relent!

“Welcome to My Living~Room Tent!”

 

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

In All the Years!

 Vol. 1  Chap. 553

     In All The Years!

In All the Years Since I’ve Been Born

I’ve Yet to See a Unicorn!

Not Any Flying Elephants

Have Flittered Past with Eloquence!

Fire Breathing Dragons Must Be Shy!

Never Once Do My Keen Eyes Spy

These Odd Reptilian Creatures

With Their Arsonistic Features!

 

But Certain Facts May Surprise Us!

That’s What My Teachers Advise Us!

J'ou Know What Critter Has Three Hearts?

The Octopus!  How’s That for Starts?

 

Who Plants More Oak Trees In the Wood

Than Human Beings Ever Could?

Acorns Buried By the Squirrel

Help to Keep the Forests Fertile!

 

In Sixth Grade There’s a Plethora

Of Facts ‘Bout Fauna and Flora!

I’m Absorbing Them Remotely!

Not Ideal … But It Works for Me!

 

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa