Tag: Whimsy
Kinisi 22
playful / frisky / risky
Maybe I’ve been reading too much speculative fiction
What’s the difference between a zombie and a vampire, really?
Especially in a time of Covid?
The villain and the muse
After watching their interplay in “The Tales of Hoffmann,” I’m wondering:
Is a muse also a guardian spirit?
One way to summarize Ipswich, on the North Shore
Northeast of Boston, before you get to New Hampshire, is the Colonial town of Ipswich. Though it’s one of many, it still has a distinct flavor. Consider this, from the street signs:
Labor in Vain takes off from Turkey Shore Road.
How much more Puritan can you get? I just picture the blunderbuss in hand as someone in a big black hat and buckle goes out looking to bag a bird for dinner.
Or, the memories, back when we could travel …
Somewhere in the depth of the night
I’m awakened by a flash of white light in my eye.
Realize it’s not a dream but my wife’s Fitbit, still on her wrist, as she rolls over in her sleep it’s monitoring.
And then everything’s dark again.
This came to me while emptying bags from the grocery
Q: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
A: Depends on the hour, like whether we’re looking at breakfast or dinner.
~*~
Q: Let’s make that “sandwich first.” What’s your pick?
Another true fact
Not even duck tape can fix stupid.
Kinisi 21
the darkness of Europa
a scroll of asparagus
Note from another walk around Harvard Square
Everyone in Cambridge looks straight from Central Casting, no matter how frumpy they’re dressed.
(And you overhear a world of languages, too.)
Or, the memories …
