New Year's Customs!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 566

            New Year’s Customs!

 

              Here We Greet New Years with Champagne!

              Most Seem to Like It!  Few Complain!

              Diff’rent Country, Diff’rent Custom!

              C’mon, What Say We Check Out Some?

 

              Italians Wear Red Underwear!

              Now Don’t Rush Out & Buy a Pair

              Unless You Know the Thought’s, Maybe,

              Red Helps You Make a New Baby!

 

              A Russian Gathers Hopeful Thoughts

              Then On Paper, Those Thoughts She Jots

              Then Burns the Page!   Collects the Ash!

              Drinks It With Champagne From Her Glass!

 

              Irish Lass Gathers Mistletoe!

              Sleeps With It Under Her Pillow!

              She Sleeps Well, Recalls All It Seems!

              That Year Hunts the Man of Her Dreams!

              Bowls of Soba Noodles are Dear!

              Japanese Draw Their Strength from There!

              World Wide It's Hope That We Chime In

              This Year, As Always, While Rhymin’!

 

                   Happy New Year One & All!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Three Cheers 4 Two Doses!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 565

         Three Cheers 4 Two Doses!

 

          Here’s How My Christmas Carol Goes,

          “All I Want is My Two Shot Dose!”

          Til Then I’ll Stand Back from the Crowd

          Soak In the Progress and Be Wowed!

 

          A Dozen Years Before the Great

          Salk Vaccine Could Eradicate

          The Pandemic of Polio!

          Our Feat Took Just Months, Don’t Ya Know?

 

          Still For Some, This Arrives Too Late!

          For Most Two Doses Will Abate

          The Scourge Symbolic of This Year!

          Soon We’ll Live with No Covid Fear!

 

          The Next Obstacle That I See

          Is How to Get to You and Me

          This Serum Meant to Save Us All!

          Humbly, I Say, We Place a Call

 

          Up to The North Pole, to Santa!

          He’s Our Answer!   You See!   Can’t Ya?

          His Reindeer’ve Been to Your Abode!

          Most Are Still In Deliv’ry Mode!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

A Shot In the Arm!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 564

               A Shot In the Arm!

 

 

 

            After What Seemed Eternity

            When We Had No Immunity

            To This Accursed, Deadly Plague!

            We’ll Soon Re~Shelve Each Body Bag!

 

            The Process Will Still Take Some Time

            We Can’t Stop This Plague On a Dime!

            Both Lights You See at Tunnel’s End

            Are Not Oncoming Trains, My Friend!

 

            Not One, But Two Vaccines Have Made

            It Through the Trials Like We All Prayed!

            On the Horizon Now We See

            A Safer Time for You and Me!

 

            It Seems the Next Step’s Up To You

            Since We’ve Had This New, Huge Breakthrough!

            Please Do Your Part!   Don’t Hesitate!

            For All Our Sakes, Please Vaccinate!

            A Shot For Our Economy!

            A Shot For All Humanity!

            We’ve Needed This Shot In the Arm!

            Step Up!   Put an End to the Harm!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

What Our Daphne Sees!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 563

           What Our Daphne Sees!

 

      I Wonder What Our Daphne Sees,

      If She Picks Up On Little Keys

      And Tries to Draw From Them What’s True!

      I Wonder What She Sees!   Don’t You?

 

      ‘Twas Back In Elementary

      Daphne Became Bella’s Sentry!

      True, She’s Guardian to Us All

      But First, She’ll Rush Toward Bella’s Call!

 

      Here, Under Covid House Arrest

      I Maybe Haven’t Been the Best

      Friend to This Dog!   I Know I’m Stressed!

      I Also Know, With Her, I’m Blessed!

 

      When Mom’s Stressed, She’ll Drop at Mom’s Feet

      Her Running Leash!   I Think That’s Sweet!

      Mom Can’t Always Head Toward the Trail

      But That Move Makes Our Mom’s Stress Pale!

 

      I Wonder, Does Our Daphne See

      That Isabelle and Mom and Me

      Love This Brave, Smart, Kooky K-9

      Member of This Gal~Clan of Mine?

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Covid Night Sweats!

Vol. 1  Chap. 562 

    Covid Night Sweats!

 

I Woke Up Like I Hadn’t Slept!

Last Night’s Anxieties I’d Kept

Right In the Forefront of My Mind!

My Mind’s Unkind, I am Resigned!

 

In Dreams I’d Lost My Last Good Mask!

No One Had Answers When I’d Ask,

“My Mask?  You Seen It Anywhere?

“That Was My Last!  I’ve Got No Spare!”

 

That’s When I Saw My Audrey’s Face!

She’d Disappeared!  Girl In Her Place

Wore My Mask and Took My Dog For

A Walk!  They Left Straight Out My Door!

 

Of Course I Started to Give Chase!

You Can’t Take Daphne From My Place

And Expect I’ll Just Let That Be!

Hey Girl, You’ve Got to Deal With Me!

 

Just Outside, Standing, Blocking Me

Is My Old Teacher From Grade Three!

A Voice Like Mom’s Speaks Soft It Seems,

“Bella, You’re Having More Bad Dreams!”

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

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