Welcome to National Zipper Day!

Modesty closure

Behold the mighty zipper

Check it every day

April 17 - National Haiku Poetry Day - Celebrate the Syllables

The humble haiku

Evocative, compact prose

Let’s sing its praises

Alone again. Naturally...

Hermetic \herr-MET-tick\ Adjective - 1: relating to or characterized by occultism or abstruseness: recondite 2a: airtight b: impervious to external influence c: recluse, solitary

Frank the Hermetic

Lived thus not by his choice

Garlic was his vice

The Wide, Open Spaces...

Adjective /PLEN-uh-ree/ Adjective – 1: complete in every respect: absolute, unqualified, 2: fully attended or constituted by all entitled to be present.

Cold, empty spaces

No plenary session here

Canceled by COVID

The Froggy Has No Clothes...

Viridity /vuh-RID-it-teet/ Noun – 1a: the quality or state of being green, b: the color of grass or foliage 2: naive innocence

Stark viridity

It’s not easy being green

Where are Kermit’s pants?

Irish for a Day...

Crwth /KROOTH/ Noun – An ancient Celtic stringed instrument that is plucked or bowed

Playing “Celtic Ray”

The crwth’s jangling strings sing out

We’re Irish today!

Ah, to feel love's sting...

Pistanthrophobia /pist-ANTH-throw-foe-bee-uh/ Noun – Fear of trusting people due to past experience and relationships gone wrong.

The sting of lost love

Sad Pistanthrophobia

True love will return