Saturday, December 2, 2023

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I like prompting biochemical 'feel good' bubbles for myself and others.

I like demonstrating that such acts might be within your reach.





Thursday, November 16, 2023

Bejewled Chess

 When the bejeweled people required my birthdate in order to continue playing, I went to the AppStore and almost cried, looking for some other way to waste my time.

I had not played chess since I was 12 or 13 years old. I downloaded a game and won the very first match at level one in less than a half hour.


White wins.


So much winning.




Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Ultra-processed people

 It's a food science book. I will not finish it. I will look for
quotes, reviews, and youtube of Chris Van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People.

I spit these mashed potatoes out after the first forking. Glack. AND THEN I found the big label on the bottom of the package.


Mashed potatoes ... right!




Thursday, November 2, 2023

This Gift of Presence

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Just be here with me

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Who's to say?

 Who’s to say?


In a cut glass jar 

high on a shelf, 

this poem acts as a 

powdered panacea

you mix with holy water 

on special occasions.


It might be the water, 

the occasion, the amount 

mixed, the ritual, the weight 

of your heart mind, the cumulative 

effect, the level of your measure,

a remarkable phase of moon, but

(and it could simply be a placebo)

it seems to do the trick.


Who’s to say?


© DLWhite

10/29/23

11:59 pm

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

All of me nearly

 ________________

All of me nearly


We meet for a little while on a bench at yacht club just north of the South Shore Park Pavilion between the the boat launch ramp and yacht club. The gulls are squawking away. It’s surprisingly comfortable. 


Or …. you pick a favored spot and give me three guesses.


Otherwise, we sit facing the same direction, east to Michigan, watching the clouds. It’s quiet. You know I have something to say. I appreciate your time. Thank you.


And, now with this breath, I hope with all my hoping, that you are not uncomfortable with me thinking of you, and sharing my thoughts, my ruminations, my rumpled paper poetry.


I feel it’s my best gift.

All of me nearly




for Katie

(c) DLWhite

October 11, 2023

2:49 am

Ambassador Hallmark

I like prompting biochemical 'feel good' bubbles for myself and others. I like demonstrating that such acts might be within your reach.