For men I have heard it said
now let's get real
You are only as young
as the woman you feel
Chronologically I am almost seventy eight
biologically I am only thirty four
Am aiming to live way past
this so called "old' age of four score
Pretend I am Methuselah who reputedly reached
the age of nine hundred and sixty nine
Disputation, were they solar years or lunar months
a pristine environment no doubt reduced the ageing rate of decline
No matter how long I'm here
it's quality of life I'll always seek
Live in the moment there is no future or no past
quantity we have some choice I'll always strive to reach my peak
( author of: "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" + "Lila")
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Love is the engine of "Ingenuity". Robert Pirsig's "Quality Metaphysics" begins with the 'Moral Imperative' as art and engineering translates from psyche to laboratory - from the artistic Heart to hand.
This is the blindness of modern science (Subject/Object Metaphysics) when asked what "Dynamic Quality" is. it is The Perception Of Quality As Translated Between Those Two Mediums.
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It's All In
The Resistance
To The Resistance
To Change That
Has Changed...
(Slow Down.)
It Might Get AWAY!
That Resistance To
CHANGE!!!
It Might Go Wild (Hooray! HOORAY!)
And Be Hilarious
Ironically...
(LASTLY)
Because You'll Be
Laughing AT
You, (Whatever THAT Is.)
Contentedly (!)
(You Tried So Hard...)
-Gray Squirrel
05-08-2026
We only have a few years if that. I'll be damned if I'm just going to coast through the rest of my life.
so much to do
so much to see
~ make it happen
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Relationships come in all shapes and sizes.
Many will be shortlived, others longlasting.
Some will remain superficial, others be deep.
Human connections can be complex
but in the end we all have the need
for kindness, respect and a smile.
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Quality time being the ultimum.
Joy, love and togetherness wrapped into one.
Creating valued memories to cherish.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 3rd place 2026
Winter has an indoor charm
Nothing like a crackling fireplace
As we watch snow fall
Hot chocolate and a blanket
The best of quality time
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Written: December 23, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud
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A quiet sigh as snow covers time
Candlelight dances quietly
No rush, we sit and enjoy calmness,
Your carol blends into the night
Time stands still when you're around
Stories are spun as threads near fire
Even shadows draw near to hear
Time itself is like an unopened gift
Season's charm lies in being both linked.
In twenty-fourteen, on a Yule Christmas
Holiday at school in a young lady's
Life, she shares a few moments with her loved
Grandparents. Embracing, showing the deep
And enduring bond they shared together.
It has been seven years since Grandpa passed.
On Christmas Day those moments privately
With her grandmother are spent silently,
Shedding tears at the head of his headstone.
The cadence of carol melody floats
in the air with heavenly flair.
Our minds flitter like butterfly,
collect the colors and scents from flowers,
fill up our minds’ vase to the brim,
we offer Him with soul full of joy.
The darkness is melted by candles,
glittering in the quality time,
when our hearts pulsate with festive rhyme.
Cheerful yuletide to appear soon :
Waiting eagerly for visit
of my daughter and granddaughter,
staying abroad : My sweetest guests !
Only charm and attraction left
in last phase of my lone life.
My time is up with long past, short future.
Their quality time will boost me up.
What is time but a thing we cannot see,
but it is everywhere.
Time comes and goes before we know it,
good times and bad times.
The question is what is quality time?
Everyone's answer will be different,
grandkids to fishing to volunteering.
The quality of the time,
is what we make it.
I thought of you stranded on that shelf,
your plastic hands curled around empty air.
I woke dad; he didn’t say just a doll.
put boots over bare feet, keys jangling.
truck's headlights cut through frozen dark~
yellow eyes leading us to silent school.
dad lifted me on his shoulders. I’m here!
he wrenched window open; cold rushed in;
you awoke; we brought you home!
Just as important as how you do a job – is how you leave it.
Wanting to develop a
line of sandwiches
he labored with freinds
to get the right taste
and combinations
that with flavor
would intensify folks
need to be satisfied.
quality ingredeints
with concern to the
freshness and a detail
to perfection. He baked his own
rolls
made his own sauces
gground his own meats
and found the perfect deli to
buy cheeses and deli meats
the condiments were from suppliers
who loved to make great items.
The first food carts he took out
daily. With coffees and teas and water.
He sold Cuban porc sandwiches.
All American Burgers
Great sage and fennel sausages sandwiches
with relishes that were
savory-sweet and tangy.
When I'd go out with him
I'd say "Aye- Mista, toast my bread
and put the garlic spread
on it with swiss and chedda"
he'd tell me "you know me better
then that we gotta make it specail"
And he did, once I got a hot roast beef with
swiss and chedder with carmelized onions and garlic
on a toasted bun, it was so great" The fries
and the soda.
Perfecto, aint that right Catchey?
Catchey say's it's right.
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