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Beedlicious

Beed⋅li⋅cious
/bɪdˈlɪʃəs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [beed-lish-uhs] Show IPA
–adjective
1. highly pleasing to the senses, esp. to taste or smell: a beedlicious dinner; a beedlicious aroma.
2. very pleasing; delightful: a beedlicious sense of humor.
–noun
3. (initial capital letter) a red or yellow variety of apple, cultivated in the U.S.
So, I’m on the phone the other day with my daughter. [...]

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Life’s a beach 2

On one level, everything has a point of reference. Every thought comes from another. An instance, a pinprick in time.
Then there are sea gulls. They are like watching toddlers at the beach. I know it is their instinct that fuels their movement. This appears to make them even more human.
They wait on the beach, first [...]

Life is a beach…1

Earnest Hemingway just ran by. He looked like some Greek Neptune – Chiseled. Granite. Solid. Even his features were mythic. He skated across my canvas.
Behind him, gentle swells rise and fall. Sea air charges him.
He’s tethered to a mystical animal by some sort of umbilicus.
This odd vision of a God tethered to a dog [...]

It’s too darn hot….(snap) (snap) (snap)

Sung to the tune of “It’s too Darn Hot” from Kiss Me Kate (yes, Bur and Red – an homage for you). Just flew in from Arizona and boy are my arms tired.
The grass seems greener on the other side of the hill. I can remember standing in the shivering cold of a number of [...]