Creative disc golfing typographic design with silhouette of player putting disc into the chains of a basket – where it belongs! You can find cool stuff in each of the following shops…
If you’d like to learn more about the growing sport of disc golf, then please visit the Professional Disc Golf Association.
Enjoy this colorful watercolor tie dye design with silhouette of a disc golf basket. It’s a fun sport, and you can find many cool gift-giving ideas available in the following shops…
When once we played in fields of green Grand meadows and summer sun In Chuck Taylors with torn blue jeans Climbing trees and having fun Street hockey on a vacant lot Sailing frisbees through the air Building sand castles near the lake Living life without a care Now, days are short and time precious Yet the child inside still plays Drifting on dreams of yesteryear To the spring of happy days
© 2022 Phil Perkins
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Reelin’ In The Years by Steely Dan (1972) – see lyrics here.
NOTE: this poem uses the Preformatted Block, which allows for indentation of text exactly as pasted. However, in so doing, a monospace font is used.
It’s Halloween, again…the time to eat candy, don a scary costume, carve pumpkins & enjoy the festivities. Oh, and remember to brush your teeth – especially vampires!
I built a fort
High in a tree
A place to chill
Relax, carefree
Of wood and nails
With steps and rails
An oasis off the grid
All pieces found
– scattered around
On the budget of a kid
Now, times have changed
That space seems small
Yet the dream remains full-scale
And so I drift
To yesteryear
Chasing mountains on a trail
© 2022 Phil Perkins
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
Rocky Mountain High – by John Denver (1972) – see lyrics here
I think I've got something! What is it? A haiku. God bless you! No, it's a poem. Have you had it long...is it contagious?
Like the common cold
It is nothing to sneeze at
– words may serve to heal
© 2022 Phil Perkins
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
See lyrics here → On the Road to Find Out, by Cat Stevens (1970)
It was 5:20 a.m. and I was finishing my second cup of coffee when it dawned on me – the question:
How many birthdays have I had on the same day of the week as my date of birth?
In resolution, using this weekday calendar, I laboriously set about to record the years in which I had a birthday on the Sabbath, being born on a Sunday.
Granted, this number of same days of the week may be of minimal interest, yet I did observe a pattern. So, I checked a few other sample birthdates to substantiate the following conclusion:
With the exception of February 29th, every birthdate, on any given day of the week, recurs on that day of the week in accordance with the following pattern of years…
↱ 6 · 11 · 6 · 5 ↲
So, if your birthday on the same day of the week as your date of birth initially occurs at age 11, it then recurs at intervals of 6, 5, 6 and 11 years, as a repeating loop.
Also, if by chance you happened to be born in a leap year on February 29th, your next calendar birthday of February 29th – on the same day of the week as your birthdate – will occur in a cycle every 28 years.
You may say that I’ve got too much time on my hands, but cut me some slack – and cake – as today is my birthday. Happy birthday, me!
It’s like I’m outside at a circus, looking through a dirty glass window, watching all the kids having fun inside…
Climbing tall ladders to reach high wires. Pulling a lion’s tail. Stepping on the oversized shoes of clowns.
In time, I turned back to pass between bended fence posts and begin my journey home – 10,000 steps.
© 2021 Phil Perkins
This creative writing was originally posted February 21, 2021. Today, I’ve reposted it to open the comments and also include a musical selection. Thanks for reading!
PHOTO CREDIT: this is a modified photo from unsplash.com.
In the mid-1990’s, I took a road trip with a friend from Kalamazoo, Michigan, to visit another friend living in Amherst, Massachusetts. While canoeing, we happened upon a rock face at waters edge. Two of us jumped at the same time from a 30-foot cliff, my friend (top) appearing to defy gravity having used a rope swing, while I simply dropped like a rock. Geronimo!
As astronauts pressed on to explore unmapped regions of Mars, they were shocked beyond belief to discover that the planet was in fact alive! The moral of this story is: look where you step, and if where you step looks back, step away. Better yet, step into these shops to uncover great gift ideas for the holidays…
Have a Look Around
It may be night, but there’s still so much to see – simply have a look around. However, if you happen upon several giant eyeballs defying gravity while attached to golden chains, you might want to turn the boat around and paddle as fast as possible! And, when you have a chance, drift into my galleries to discover some very cool items available for sale…
Silhouette of a disc golfer putting towards the chains of a basket, with a sunset on the horizon. This design is available for purchase on a wide variety of cool products in my shops at Redbubble & Cafepress.
Check it out…
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