Things I Already Have Done.

5. July 2008 | Category Thoughts | 0 Comments »

In follow-up to my blog of Things I have to do Before I die, here are a list of things that I have done, that people should do before they die. I have done a lot of wonderful things! I am so lucky to have such a GREAT life!

  • Fall truly and deeply in love
  • write a poem
  • cry
  • be vulnerable
  • try new foods
  • hike Yosemite
  • Walk on the beach
  • Watch a sunset
  • Drink wine in the bath tub
  • Travel Out of the Country
  • Go on a Road Trip
  • Gamble in Vegas — Gamble on Black in Vegas
  • Have a Pet
  • Go to Prom
  • Graduate from College
  • Read Plato and Socrates
  • Challenge your beliefs
  • Ride a Roller Coaster
  • Volunteer
  • Drink Margaritas in Cabo
  • Go on a Cruise
  • Visit Napa and go Wine Tasting
  • Dance on the table tops
  • Dance on the top of a bar
  • Play in the Rain
  • Snorkel with sharks
  • Go to Hawaii
  • Read by the Fireplace
  • Read outside on a Lake
  • Ride a motocycle
  • Go to a Rock concert
  • Slow dance by Candle light
  • Act in a play
  • Sleep Outside
  • Read a book over 9,000 pages
  • Walk barefoot in the sand
  • Pierce Something
  • Learn to drive a stick
  • Build a snowman
  • Swing Dance
  • Ride in a Cable Car in San Francisco
  • Visit the Bayou of Louisiana
  • Visit the Capital
  • New York
  • Visit a Rain forest
  • Jump off a cliff
  • Ride Bareback
  • Kiss at a Red light
  • Jump on the bed
  • Fly first class
  • Ride in a Limo
  • Eat Chocolate Cake
  • Take pictures in a photo booth
  • Get a Henna Tatto
  • Ride on a Ferry
  • Travel alone
  • Eat a half gallon of ice cream in one sitting
  • Dance the Disco
  • Watch an Episode of Sesame Street
  • Watch Star Wars
  • Write Love Letters
  • Play Monopoly
  • Stay Up all night Talking to someone
  • Get Lost (and then found)
  • Conquer a fear
  • Overcome Tragedy
  • Play Tug of War
  • Sit on a Tree Swing
  • Build a Tree House
  • Build a fort
  • Kiss a Frog
  • See a Comet
  • Sleep in a Hammock
  • Drink Hot Chocolate under the stars
  • Get flowers at work
  • Get a massage
  • Write in a journal
  • Snowboard
  • Sing in the Rain
  • Sing in the Shower
  • Ride a bike on the Beach
  • Go to a Drive in
  • Run along Misson Bay
  • Go to Sea World
  • Drink a Corona on a secluded beach
  • Back Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Sing Karaoke (Let me see that Thong)…
  • Go to a Costume Party
  • Explore your Family Tree
  • Write a blog
  • Ride an ATV on the beach
  • Eat Pizza by the Ocean under a full moon
  • Have a birthday party
  • Have a picnic in a park
  • Go to a really really fancy dinner
  • Watch a show on Broadway
  • Watch an Elvis movie
  • Watch an old movie in Balboa Park
  • Go to a Professional Sporting Event
  • Have great seats for a concert
  • buy a new car
  • Ride in a Cigarette Boat
  • live on your own
  • be vulnerable in front of a room full of strangers
  • play spin the bottle
  • play a drinking game
  • Have great friends
  • own a beagle/get a puppy
  • Rescue a cat out of a tree
  • Read a book in a day
  • Camp in an RV
  • Go to the Opera
  • Watch a John Wayne Movie
  • Go Sailing
  • Have a Season Finale party for a show you love
  • Catch Snow on your tongue
  • See the Status of Liberty
  • write a letter to your politician
  • Open an Oyster and get a pearl
  • Have a water balloon fight
  • Make smores in front of a fire

Wow! I can keep writing and writing!

Let America be America Again

4. July 2008 | Category General, Poetry, Thoughts | 0 Comments »
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free.  (America never was America to me.)  Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love

From “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes

The Hippopotamus

3. July 2008 | Category Poetry | 0 Comments »

My wonderful friend Ed, is one of the few Dizzy Thoughts enthusiasts.  After my poems the other week he told me that I needed to lighten up…  Here is a suggestion from Ed.  I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do!

The Hippopotamus
 

Behold the hippopotamus!
We laugh at how he looks to us,
And yet in moments dank and grim,
I wonder how we look to him.

Peace, peace, thou hippopotamus!
We really look all right to us,
As you no doubt delight the eye
Of other hippopotami.

Ogden Nash

Elizabeth Fellows

2. July 2008 | Category Poetry | 0 Comments »

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away I use to be part of an on-line poetry community. No one and I mean no one inspired me like this lady. I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting her at a open-mike in the OC, you could not ask for a nicer person. On line, she used to help me with my poems. I wish her all the best and I expect very very great things!

She has poetry posted in Tide Pools: An Anthology of Orange County Poetry.

You can read a review a Poetix.

Here is one of my favorites:

Powerless

This
ocean

attached to the
Ventura coastline

talks to me

tells me things…

Universal truths
from the beginning.

I am listening
to the exact phrases
that these waves spoke
four billion years
and some change ago,

trying to break free

detach from gravity’s grasp

four billion years
and still
they are slaves
to the Moon

knowing nothing
but to follow
their calling

rise and break
rise and break

mauling strong,
they are powerless
to Universal attraction…

How silly I am
to think
that I could
let you go

when waves
cannot even
leave the shore.