At a loss for words
My mom used to say, “I’m at a loss for words.”
That cliché describes this week quite well: My sense of humor is hiding and my creativity has gone bye-bye.
However
For some reason, I know not why, I have no problem writing replies.
So today, for your entertainment, I’m going to list a few replies I’ve made over the past several weeks.
I’ll start out with a haiku written for a gorgeous picture from this website: http://photo-art.me/2016/03/18/autumn-poetry/
I highly recommend visiting his blog. Lots of gorgeous pictures, and many of them are free.
Couldn’t resist a haiku that formed by looking at this picture:
Calm the waning day,
burnished golden stillness glows
with its contentment.

Photo: Alex Markovich.
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE B WORD: If every person in the world told the truth about emotions, we would find no one immune to the bell curve between kind and the b* word.
THIS SHOULD EXPLAIN IT: To a Floridian, “cold” is anything below 70F (21c). There was actually snow in Jacksonville last month. Can you imagine? That’s temperate sacrilege 🙂
A DOSE OF REALITY: Children need to be shocked by your humanity once in a while. It’s too easy for them to think of parents as non-feeling/inhuman barriers to getting what they want. 🙂
NO, THIS ISN’T ABOUT THE TREES, IT’S ABOUT THE CATS: We live in the country, where there are more trees per square mile than there are people in Jacksonville. They rarely travel past the fence and tend to want to sleep 22 hours a day. 🙂
STATING THE OBVIOUS: No comforter is complete without cat hairs. It rounds out the bedroom ensemble. 🙂
ANOTHER WORD I HATE: The word “Empowered” was invented to make people think they need to get back something the inventor never intended them to have.
When I get my sense of humor back, I’ll let you know.
Until then, creativity is going to be as scarce as hens teeth.
I’ll await anxiously for your creativity to return. Meanwhile I’m watching SNL reruns–you know, from back when SNL was funny.
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Yes, I remember when SNL was funny, too. A long time ago on a TV far, far away. 🙂
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Yes, I remember that time too. I couldn’t have described it better. 🙂
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I bet your sense of humor and mine are on a road trip! I will alert you if I see them, or if mine returns.
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Thanks. If I see yours lugging a suitcase down the road, I’ll be sure to let you know. 🙂
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As you say, you are still managing replies. I would content that your humour is alive and well in your replies! 🙂 p.s. love the Haiku
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Odd how that seems to work, thought I know not why. 🙂
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hahaha. Don’t question it…..
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“pressed” this one on surprisinglives!
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Thanks for being there with me when life gets a bit rough.
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Always and anytime. 🙂
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hello floridaborne its dennis the vizsla dog hay i wil put saya on the kayse of trakking down yore sense of hyoomer and kreativity she has got a grayt nose and i no she kan find them for yoo!!! plus it wil git her off my spot on the kowtch wile she luks for them so see evrybuddy wins!!! tail wags!!! ok bye
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If anyone can track down my errant sense of humor, now one does it better than a doggie. 🙂
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