Category Archives: haiku

nicola

revisiting the haiku and x365… lovely nicola you speak a truth i can hear my heart whisperer

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are there language lessons for that?

recently, it’s been brought to my attention that animals speak in different tongues. and i had no idea that one country’s animal onomatopoeia isn’t the same as another.  for example, an american pig goes “oink, oink” while a japanese pig … Continue reading

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haiku friday – field trip

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ popular field trip no need for more chaperons we worked around that me and two others who couldn’t resist going are field trip crashers we’ll follow the bus observe the activities participate, too? we will sleep in beds in … Continue reading

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haiku friday – no halloween

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no costumes needed haven’t stocked up on candy no trick-r-treat plans our first halloween in the kingdom of thailand certainly diff’rent ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~bonus naplopomo haiku~~~~~ i did it last year post thirty days in a row gonna try again

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haiku friday – sick

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fever and headache these are symptoms of dengue that’s what wiki says how quickly i jump to worst case scenarios needlessly worried who knows what i had just glad i’m on the upswing i don’t do sick well

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haiku friday – eating out

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in the u.s.a. eating out was expensive no everyday thing not true in thailand twice a day for thirty days less than $400 the whole family could eat lunch and dinner out but not farang food ~~~~~~~~~~~ we haven’t … Continue reading

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haiku – lack of email

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ if i unsubscribed newsletters and mailing lists i’d get no email not exactly true ten from family and friends in the past 6 weeks i shouldn’t complain i haven’t done much better shouldn’t be surprised

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haiku – silence

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a women’s retreat it sounds like a lot of fun wonder what i’ll eat? weekend of silence i mean for you, not for me no posts while i’m gone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and a car update we’re getting a new engine … Continue reading

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haiku – yo ho ho

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ avast ye matey! for talk like a pirate day is swashbucklin’ fun september nineteenth it’s the pirate life for me land lubbers beware dirty morgan kidd that be me pirate name, arrr click here to find yours ye celebratin’? … Continue reading

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haiku – rain

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rain in the ev’ning whispers to me that God sees my melancholy i seem to have fallen into a comfortable melancholy.  my melancholy isn’t of the “gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression” variety.  it’s more … Continue reading

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