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The Piker Press features “Autumn Girl”

I am so happy today to see my poem “Autumn Girl” appear in the pages of The Piker Press!  You can find it right here.

Thanks, as always, to Managing Editor Sand Pilarski for allowing me to share my voice in this wonderful online magazine.



“A Golden Dream,” Thomas Cooper Gotch, 1893

Oil on canvas.

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Ho, ho, ho.

Facebook friend: “Fall air and ho made pumpkin/ apple butter simmering.”

Me: “Ho made what? I was wonderin’ where she was at!”



Disclaimer — yes, I know this is an old spelling joke. But I couldn’t resist invoking it when I saw the opportunity.



“Seashore by Moonlight,” Caspar David Friedrich, circa 1836

Oil on canvas.

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A plumber friend posted a picture on Facebook of a bathtub he installed.

Friend:  “Nice tub! Just another day in the life of a plumber!”

Me: “Okay, but is that Tub A or Tub B?”

Friend:

Me: “(Tub B or not Tub B — that is the question.)”

Friend:



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“The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel,” Louis Daguerre, circa 1824

Oil on canvas.

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That 70’s joe.

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“After a Rain,” Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1879

Oil on canvas.

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Thanks, Gang.

I just wanted to thank all of you guys for the nice birthday wishes — both online and off.

They came in handy.  I can’t believe how old I am.   51! At this point, there are people walking around who are A HALF-CENTURY OLD who are actually YOUNGER than me.  Egads.



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