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Special Club Invitations

   MyDG and I are often invited to Kiwonary events and fundraisers.   A former DG gave us great advice.  “If I go on my own, I pay.  If they want me to attend/invite me, they pay.”    We… more →

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Special Club Invitations

Wry wrote 2 months ago:    MyDG and I are often invited to Kiwonary events and fundraisers.   A former DG gave us great advi … more →

Tags: Meetings, , tradition, Advice, Protocol, Speech, Visits

Ode to Rush Limbaugh in Honor of His Inane Remarks Regarding President Obama and the Taliban

poietes wrote 2 months ago: Sympathy for the Devil   Nuff said. More later. Peace. … more →

Tags: Life or Something Similar, What Aggravates Us, There Has to Be Humor or We'd All Be Dead, Writing Blogs, Politics and Strange Bedfellows, Just keep Breathing, I Just Hurt All Over, POIETES, And there was music . . .

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~ Plato — 4 comments

poietes wrote 2 months ago: Another photograph from Janson Jones’s blog: Floridana Alaskiana: University of Alaska Campus, … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Life or Something Similar, What Aggravates Us, Writing Blogs, the small things, Just keep Breathing, POIETES, And there was music . . ., All In The Family...

"Simplicity, carried to the extreme, becomes elegance." ~ Jon Franklin — 2 comments

poietes wrote 2 months ago: Cyberspace   “It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achiev … more →

Tags: Life or Something Similar, There Has to Be Humor or We'd All Be Dead, Writing Blogs, the small things, POIETES, And there was music . . ., Mixed media, i read the news today, oh boy, blogsurfer.us

Perchance . . . to dream? — 4 comments

poietes wrote 2 months ago: Stream of Unconsciousness Disclaimer:  The following is brought to you in living color, so there wil … more →

Tags: All In The Family..., blogsurfer.us, Friends and Family, In Dreams, Life or Something Similar, Our Writing Selves, POIETES, the small things, There Has to Be Humor or We'd All Be Dead

"Hello, good evening and welcome to another edition of "Blood, Devastation, Death, War & Horror." And later we'll be talking to a man who DOES gardening." ~ Monty Python's Flying Circus — 2 comments

poietes wrote 4 months ago: Monty Python’s Flying Circus    “We interrupt this program to annoy you and make things … more →

Tags: All In The Family..., Cinema and Theatre, From the Vault, I Just Hurt All Over, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, Our Writing Selves, POIETES, The BIG things!

"Gloom, despair, and agony on me, deep dark depression, excessive misery . . . if it weren't for bad luck, we'd have no luck at all . . ." ~ Hee Haw — 3 comments

poietes wrote 4 months ago: Walking on Broken Glass, by L. Liwag   What happens if you break a mirror while walking under a ladd … more →

Tags: All In The Family..., I Just Hurt All Over, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, Our Writing Selves, POIETES, Stormy Weather, Tasting Emptiness, The BIG things!

"Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness." ~ Ray Bradbury — 2 comments

poietes wrote 4 months ago: Kayaking at First Landing State Park by Karen Roberts “When preparing to travel, lay out all y … more →

Tags: All In The Family..., Being Brutally Honest, Curmudgeonly comments, Friends and Family, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, Our House is a Very, Very Fine House, Our Writing Selves, POIETES

"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." ~ Albert Einstein — 6 comments

poietes wrote 5 months ago:   “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then what are we to think of an empty desk?” ~ … more →

Tags: Life or Something Similar, What Aggravates Us, There Has to Be Humor or We'd All Be Dead, Writing Blogs, the small things, Just keep Breathing, POIETES, All In The Family..., Upon Reflection

"I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface." ~ Stephen Sondheim

poietes wrote 5 months ago:   Andrew Wyeth, “Master Bedroom” “Neurotics are sure that no one understands them, … more →

Tags: All In The Family..., I Just Hurt All Over, i read the news today, oh boy, Just keep Breathing, Let There Be Lists, Life or Something Similar, POIETES, The Reading List, There Has to Be Humor or We'd All Be Dead

Quelle Surprise! — 8 comments

poietes wrote 5 months ago:   “You must stick to your convictions, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.” ~ Deni … more →

Tags: Being Brutally Honest, Curmudgeonly comments, Friends and Family, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, Maybe I'm Amazed, Our Writing Selves, POIETES, the small things

Stress: The Gift That Keeps On Giving — 7 comments

poietes wrote 6 months ago: This is called “An Overworked Mind.” I can definitely relate.   “Politicians are t … more →

Tags: All In The Family..., Friends and Family, I Just Hurt All Over, i read the news today, oh boy, Just keep Breathing, Let There Be Lists, Life or Something Similar, Our House is a Very, Very Fine House, Our Writing Selves

Lola's Terrible, Horrible, Bad Two Weeks in June (okay, not so poetic) — 5 comments

poietes wrote 6 months ago:   My Take on Munch’s Scream Mea Culpa I’ve been terrible about posting lately. Perhaps i … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Life or Something Similar, Writing Blogs, Friends and Family, Just keep Breathing, I Just Hurt All Over, POIETES, The Reading List, And there was music . . .

Lola's Etiquette Rules: A Few Gentle Reminders — 4 comments

poietes wrote 7 months ago: “Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.” … more →

Tags: Friends and Family, I Just Hurt All Over, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, Lola's Rants, POIETES, The BIG things!, the small things, There Has to Be Humor or We'd All Be Dead

District Kiwonary Conference Critique

Wry wrote 7 months ago:     Remember how I laughed at some of the DG Spouse training?  Part of it was protocol-how to introd … more →

Tags: Meetings, tradition, MyDG, Kiwonary, mess, Protocol

"Someday you'll grow up and realize that everything that you think you know, I already know." ~ Lola to son — 10 comments

poietes wrote 7 months ago: Cover from The Furies by John Bolton (This is how I felt after my confrontation with Eamonn: vicious … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Life or Something Similar, What Aggravates Us, There Has to Be Humor or We'd All Be Dead, Writing Blogs, Friends and Family, the small things, Just keep Breathing, I Just Hurt All Over

"When you feel dog tired at night, it may be because you've growled all day long." ~ Unknown — 9 comments

poietes wrote 7 months ago:    Alfie’s Big Adventure  ”Every dog must have his day.” – Jonathan Swift Al … more →

Tags: Friends and Family, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, POIETES, The BIG things!, the small things, There Has to Be Humor or We'd All Be Dead, Writing Blogs, Alexis

"The 700 Club and The Weather Channel" — 7 comments

poietes wrote 7 months ago:   Stephen Colbert Takes on the National Organization for Marriage National Organization of Fear-Mong … more →

Tags: Friends and Family, I Just Hurt All Over, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, Lola's Rants, Our Writing Selves, POIETES, Politics and Strange Bedfellows, The BIG things!

"Truth is not determined by majority vote." ~ Doug Gwyn — 4 comments

poietes wrote 8 months ago: Black Hole (picture by NASA/Dana Berry/SkyWorks Digital): Where Political-Speak Goes to Die “I … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Life or Something Similar, Writing Blogs, Friends and Family, Lola's Rants, Politics and Strange Bedfellows, The BIG things!, Just keep Breathing, I Just Hurt All Over


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