pale eyes watch her wash
dust and dross of day away
to night’s dark embrace
Night and day
29 Nov 2012 1 Comment
in Blog 365 Challenge, Haiku times 2, Poetry
Cats prowl
28 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
in Blog 365 Challenge, Haiku times 2, Poetry
verdant green long gone
replaced by dark caves of steel
cat prowls the rushes
distant memories
built into the DNA
stirs cats’ grass prowling
True upon the page
27 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
in Blog 365 Challenge, haiku, Poetry
some moments are true
only on fiction’s pages
spring is fleet of foot
My novel on the other hand oft has feet of clay. Edit, edit, edit. I intend to launch the eBook this coming weekend.
I’m enjoying fiction. To see words I write build lives and worlds – oh my. It’s exhilarating.
All I want for Christmas – A Material Girl Moment.
26 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
in Blog 365 Challenge, Christmas cards, Christmas tree
Christmas cards are written, addressed, stamped and ready to go; a small token 
inserted in a few of them; will mail on Friday the 30th.
Now, in the tradition of Eartha Kitt’s ‘Santa Baby’, it’s time for my annual over-the-top, material-girl-moment, Santa’s lap wish list…
All I want for Christmas is…
pearls
real pearls
real black pearls
a cameo or two or six
a long black silk nightgown
a black silk camisole or two
a pair of silk 40’s style pajamas
anything silk
another
little black dress
black high tops stilettos
black cowboy boots
a black convertible
a Mercedes convertible
a personal trainer
a male personal trainer
a diamond ring for my right hand
a magnum of Veuve Clicquot
a case of Veuve Clicquot
a diamond ring for any hand
a large cozy country house
a country house at the beach
any large cozy house at the beach
a maid
perfume
obsession perfume
Does end time loom?
25 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
in Blog 365 Challenge, Haiku times 2, Poetry, pole shift
if arguments prove
true the whole world should know it
never forget it
pole shift dread event
perpetuate the knowledge
keep us from the cave
How do we find destiny’s door?
24 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
in Blog 365 Challenge, Haiku times 2, Poetry
fresh from the shower
she walked unfamiliar streets
moistened by sea mists
at the prodding wind’s
insistent whispered promise
of destiny’s door
Do you ever feel drawn to or driven by an unseen force?
Christmas trees, holiday cards, Black Friday
23 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
in Blog 365 Challenge, Christmas cards, Christmas tree
Black Friday – The day after Thanksgiving – the single largest shopping day of the year – historically the day most retailers go well into the Black. My main purchase is always Holiday cards and a this year I picked up a small token to insert into the card.
People will be out getting their Christmas tree and decorations. Thanksgiving day, 
mom had the kids, grandkids put up the tree, I watch and take pictures.
I don’t do the tree thing, and my blue party (xmas) lights stay up year round – homage to a ritual of mine and a friend now passed, Mark Roberts. I’ searching for more of the blue icicle lights – they’re scarce this year, don’t know why.
The day after Thanksgiving is my day to write Holiday cards and letters.
pondering the end
that 2012 end of the Mayan calendar
poleshift
I love a parade
22 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
in Blog 365 Challenge, Haiku times 2, Macy's Parade, Thanksgiving
music, marching bands
themed floats and balloons on high
talking heads report
let the games begin
bowls followed by malls shoppers
armed and dangerous
Note:
I love a parade – shopping and games – not so much.
My Thanksgiving day begins with coffee in front of the TV watching the Macy’s parade and perusing the Sunday-thick holiday newspaper that came out at 9pm Wednesday night. Mainly, I love a thick newspaper, and I do need to do a little shopping, so I need to see what the deals are.
We don’t eat until 7, so there’s no rush to get anywhere until later this afternoon. I’ll spend the rest of the morning on my e-books that I’m hoping to launch by Saturday or Sunday; calling friends to wish them well; chatting on facebook; the old ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ playing in the background…
Life is good and I am grateful.
Holiday Migrations
21 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
in Blog 365 Challenge, Haiku times 2, Thanksgiving
thanksgiving eve day
the gatherings begin now
students scatter to
far flung parents’ homes
neighbors’ drives spill onto streets
christmas lights appear
Note:
Driving to the store today for last minute supplies for Mom, I notice that my young downstairs neighbors (students both) are gone. There are a lot of students living in my neighborhood. Other neighbors driveways are populated with out-of-state plates.
I’ll head out tonight for Mom’s in Hoover, 15 minutes down I 65, to help her and my sister with food prep for tomorrow.
Forks in the Road
20 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
in Blog 365 Challenge, Freelance Writing, Haiku times 2, Retirement
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose” – Dr. Suess
ah yes, but which way
even the yellow brick road
has forks and oh my
I have trouble with
opinions’ many voices
forks many choices
Notes:
I still have a day job, so I’ve no choices to make today. I’ll go to work. But 2013 is just around the corner and I’m going to retire from that ‘day job’ and oh the choices then.
I just have to remember I can’t go in all directions at one time. I need a plan and at the moment I don’t have one other than the list. More on that later.
Perle Champion 