The Little Words Mean the Most

There is a noise outside

not from wind from

trillions who knows

sodden snowflakes cheek-slapping the

hard copper undropped oak leaves

unmined from last season

 

I gather firewood outside

tonight's the Oscars so we'll burn headlines

 

headlines go up puff of smoke head of a match

easy headlines

 

Obama wants something

Lebanon's in pain: waistline explodes with Syrian refugees

Congress is "usual forgettable self"

Is this the laziest Congress ever?

 

And I know tomorrow will be

 

inch forward

 

inch back

 

I live in the country

I live in a time of extraordinary progress of sorts

I build fire from yesterday's headlines securely in my pretty home

I feel we are NOT @ the end

 

every fire is a fuse

 

beginning

I can only imagine what Seth Godin's in-box

must be like. Swoooosh! Every day. Avalanche. Buried. Where's the best air hole?

The meatloaf omelet

Best BBQ best roadside food ... 15 minutes from my house. That's Chef Mike. It's a four-free-range-egg omelet wrapped like insulation around a slab of smoked Black Angus meatloaf, smothered in fried onions, red peppers, and pulled bacon; topped with cheddar; next to a rowboat of hand-chopped home fries.

Are deadlines the apple of knowledge?

Monday, Presidents Day, projects moved forward

1. An audit of direct mail, magazine, and web for 114-year-old charity

2. Critiques of 7 direct mail appeals submitted by Kivinar attendees

3. Edited new book on donor newsletters to chapter 13

4. Figured out how to drink Fernet-Branca without making a dour face (drown it in coffee, chocolate milk if you have to)

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