Meet the Harrier!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 577   

 

                 Meet the Harrier

                   VTO&L Craft    

                         (Vertical Take Off & Landing)                                 

 

 

            Say You’re a SoCal Gal STEM Geek

            And It’s Adventure That You Seek,

            If You are Brave and Strong and True

            Marine Aviation’s for You!

 

            Tail Rotor Where Tail Hook Should Be!

            V.T.O. Jets Fascinate Me!

            Toughest Task Any Pilot Gets,

            Landing on Some Ship’s Rolling Decks!

 

            What Lands Best on a Carrier?

            No Doubt, We’re Talkin’ Harrier!

            Takes Off Vertical, Then Transforms

            To Fighter Jet and Off It Storms!

            Last Week at the Marine Air Base

            Saw These Jets Which They'll Soon Replace

            With Stealth Fighters!   Couldn’t Fly’m!

            Perhaps Next Year I Can Try’m!

 

            How’d We Rate This Trek?  Here is Why!

            Mom Knows a Guy Who Knows a Guy!

            Why’s Aud Dressed Like That on the Base?

            Marine’s are Cute!   So ... Just in Case!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Isabelle is Twelve!!!

 

Vol. 1 Chap. 576 

 

            Isabelle is Twelve!!!

 

          Today Celebrates One Whole Day

          Of Being Twelve!  Hooray!  Hooray!

          I’m Not Sure What Thrills Me the Most,

          My Birthday?  Or I’m Not a Ghost?

 

          Last Year I Mean Really, Who Knew

          The Sort of Year That We’d Go Through?

          Back Then, Corona was a Beer!

          Covid a Word We’re Yet to Hear!

 

          My Last Birthday Celebration

          Drew the Line of Demarcation

          Between the World That We Once Knew

          And What This World Would Put Us Through!

 

          But Now, Today, I’m Standing Here

          Hopeful That In My Thirteenth Year

          Vaccines and Herd Immunity

          And Moms Will Protect Kids Like Me!

 

          I Woke Up Twelve, Look and Feel Good!

          Cruisin’ Fast Toward Teenager~Hood!

          Firmly Believe For Me and You

          This Covid Curse is Nearly Through!

 

                Happy Birthday Sweet Bella!

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Look Deeply Into My Blue Eyes!

 

Vol. 1 Chap. 575

           Look Deeply Into My Blue Eyes!

Something You Don't Know 'Bout Me Guys,

Is I Know How to Hypnotize!

Your Life Improves, So Take a Chance

And Dare Enter a Bella Trance!

No Pocket Watch or Spinning Top

Are Needed to Help You to Stop

Building Tension! Let's Strategize!

Look Deeply Into My Blue Eyes!

If That's Too Personal for You,

I'll Show You Just What We Can Do,

Watch the Effect That My Fingers

Have on This Dog, Watch It Linger!

Whether with Fingers or with Eyes

Glare or Touch, Both Can Mesmerize!

Help You Let Go of All Your Woes

Lighten Your Load from Head to Toes!

Watch as I Gently Awaken

This Good Dog Who Thinks She's Taken

Her Best Sleep Since She's Grown Her Fur!

She's Set for Her Next Adventure!

Your Grampa Sure Love Y'All!

Love~Grampa

Zoom and Gloom!

Vol. 1  Chap. 574

        Zoom and Gloom!

            (Subtitle: The California Strain!)

 

          Now That I Live Pandemicly,

          I’ve Lost Much Academic’ly!

          I’m Not a Kid Who’s Built for Zoom!

          I Miss Being In My Classroom!

 

          We Got Kicked Out of School Last Year

          Amidst the Covid’s Wide~Spread Fear!

          They Said, “Home Learning’s Just the Same!”

          I Say, “It Will Drive Me Insane!”

 

         I Want My Teachers To Be Safe!

         I’m Not Some Heartless, Selfish Waif!

         I Just Want My School Back on Track!

         Is That So Very Much To Ask?

 

         Zoom Isn’t Like Watching Telly!

         Tall Teacher’s Cams Just Show Belly!

         Some Teachers Are a Talking Head!

         Some Days We See White Boards Instead!

 

         Audio Glitches Are Common!

         Once a Week, One’s Got the Mute On!

         I Need School Back!  I Can’t Hack It!

        It’s School!  Or It’s My Straight~Jacket!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Snow Falling on Palms

 

Vol. 1  Chap 573

            Snow Falling on Palms!

 

        Texans Endured One Cold, Sad Week,

        The Lone Star More Than Got a Peek

        At a Frozen Arctic Vortex

        It Blew In an Unwelcome Mix!

 

        Snow and Ice Took Down Tall Palm Trees,

        Downed Electric Utilities!

        Harsh Winds Replaced Our Warm Gulf Breeze!

        Days and Nights Texans Felt the Freeze!

 

        Dark Days Set Half Century Lows!

        Two Days the Weather Record Shows

        Were Coldest In One Hundred Year!

        Campbells and Grampa Persevere!

 

        Five Hundred Seventy-Two Times

        On Saturdays We’d Read Our Rhymes!

        Do You Think That No Internet

        Would Slow It Down?  Oh Yah!  You Bet!

 

        No Power Meant No Phone Charger!

        Surges Made the Problem Larger!

        One Surge Fried Our Grampa’s Modem

        Delayed This Saturday Poem!

 

 

Hope Everyone is as Safe as Our Grampa

& the Campbells!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

 

Indiana Jayne's Archeology Class!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 572

    Indiana Jayne’s Archeology Class!

 

     This Home We Call San Diego,

     So Many Million Years Ago

     Was All Part of the Ocean Floor

     That’s True for Us!  But Wait, There’s More!

     When We Drive East to See Cousins

     In Arizona, It Wasn’t

     Always That Hot, Dry, Sandy Place!

     If You Search, You’ll Still Find a Trace

 

     Of Fish Fossils from Eons Past!

     Thank God Those Oceans Didn’t Last!

     The Seas Receded!   Land Dried Out!

     Large Mammals, Reptiles Roamed About!

 

     Then Woman Made Her Grand Entrance!

     This World Hasn’t Been the Same Since!

     When Saber~Tooths Roared, She Roared Back!

     But She Tread Light!  Covered Her Track!

 

     Men Think They’re the Mighty Hunter!

     No Men Ever Dared Confront Her

     When Cave~Moms Dragged Home Bison Meat!

     That Meant the Whole Fam’ly Would Eat!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

The Brady Bunch!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 571

              The Brady Bunch!

 

         Bella and I Didn’t Jump On

         Some New Tom Brady Band Wagon!

         Most Don’t Know Our Tom Terrific

         Is Native To the Pacific!

 

         Since Birth It Seems This Family

         Have Been Brady Fans, Believe Me!

         Mom and Grampa Introduced Us

         They’re Both Like Football’s Confucius!

 

         Our Tom’s Come Home and Brought His Friends!

         The Navy’s Hospital Depends

         On Morale Trips and Time They Spend

         With Wounded Heroes On the Mend!

 

        We’ve Won Many an Ice Cream Cone

        Betting with Grampa on the Phone!

        We Choose First!   We Take Tom, of Course!

        We Love Riding the Winning Horse!

 

        Check Out Tom’s New Team, Tampa Bay!

        We Know That They’ll Go All the Way!

        Tom’s Not Just a Leader of Men!

        Would Mom Follow Him?   Oh Yah, Friend!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa