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Space Poem A space craft floats out through space Beyond worlds yet unknown The service robot reads the menu We have individually packaged Donuts We have single cups of coffee What will you have sir? Madam? What will you have sir? Madam? With suitable pauses for reply. What will you have...

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I'll reread as I go, to check back on things I missed, but otherwise it is "ever onward!" (and BTW Nabokov is a great kick to be on.)

Lately, I'm getting Kindle editions of most books I read, so I'll frequently download free previews of several books at a time that look interesting and then pick one from the batch to buy and read. Even at that I'm still not reading as much as I used to.

Hey! SFG, Yay to hear from you! Sounds like there are 2 of us anyway. :-) Hope all goes well there with you and yours. I swing by here occasionally looking for signs of life. Here, slow and steady is still making the grade. Very best wishes peder

Just the urge to show the flag. No particular reason. Look in from time to time. Hard to imagine why. Poems get written from time to time; occasional ones posted on this site. As usual Stay well Take care Peder

Lately, I have enjoyed Tana French. Can't wait for her next one. Unhurried intricate stories, unusual settings and plots, and well written.

The Meaning What is: “The Meaning of Life” ? Well, it all depends. On what? On the Meaning. The “Meaning”? Of what? Of “Meaning,” of course. Crp 8/27/2024

8/13/2023 . . . and I can hardly believe another three years since my last last post here. The Memoir is making progress oh so slowly. (I have become engrossed in trying to solve the fourth of the Langley cryptograms, with solution now seeming nearer than the end of Memoir.) Now we shall see...

Well done!

Just finished 'Lover of Unreason: Assia Wevill, Sylvia, Plath's Rival and Ted HUghes's Doomed Love.' A necessary and absorbing biography for anyone interested in completing the ill-starred triangular love story of Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes and Assia Wevill. :star5:

Reverie: The Shroud Dark umber nearly black a cloud of smoke Glimpsed at first far off At the edge of infinite space Seen occasionally, advancing nearer Floating breeze-borne wafting growing Always erasing leaving blank Memories people thoughts knowledge careers Changing shape floating...

Just finished The Presidency of Donald J. Trump - A First Historical Assessment by Julian E Zelizer (Editor). A one-book factual narrative of what-all went on during those 4 years (a lot), plus background perspective from previous trends in American politics. Quite condensed to fit everything...

. . . and the title is? Or did I miss it somehow?

Cosimah, I'm a little late in responding, so I hope that maybe you are perhaps feeling somewhat better. Years ago, before all this covid, I had a severe case of pneumonia, which eventually cleared up and left me with asthma. I used an inhaler, as you are doing, and after a while the asthma...

Forty Aged forty, feared milestone of life’s middle, Maybe more than half-way gone Maybe all downhill from here Unless one can ski uphill And build on one’s experience, Older and wiser The future coming in view How long? How much longer? Children growing, gawky young teens. Wonder how they’ll...

Imran98, I would definitely suggest "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living," by Dale Carnegie. Although dated by now, it gets its message across through simple stories of people's experiences. But, taken to heart, its ideas can and will change your life. I speak from experience. More...

Thank you so much, KariBernadine, for a very kind reply. :) You lift my own spirits and encourage me to plug on, continuing to try to get thoughts onto the page. Most sincerely Peder

j10976m, Many thanks for reading my poem and for your thoughtful comment: "I believe that chaos cannot remain in place of Light as, Light is ever present. So despite what might seem dismal, Light always outshines!" Yes, indeed, that is the hope -- yours and mine. However, just at the moment...

I'm with you entirely on that sentiment. But I'm afraid my optimism has faded to nil. I'm resigned to the thought that maybe we are looking at what will be the 'new normal' in this sparkling Information Age which is upon us. I don't know where these people come from, or where they got their...