Category Archives: Observations

Check out this humorous and instructive post from Tony Single (https://unbolt.me/2022/06/06/read-the-fucking-manual)

read the fucking manual

first time users
don’t know what they’re doing
fidgeting fingers over knobs
pressing red buttons
yanking their cranks
inserting things in slots
they can’t comprehend
the message on the screen
it says: ‘you’re too shitty for this shit’
so they take a baseball bat
and make a few essential modifications
last time users

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2022

High Coo – June 5 – World Environment Day

Today is World Environment Day. The UN has celebrated this day since 1974 to raise awareness to on environmental issues such as marine pollution, human overpopulationglobal warmingsustainable consumption and wildlife crime.

Here is today’s haiku:

Eco Day! Let’s not

overshoot capacity.

Hug a tree instead.

For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Environment_Day

High Coo – June 4 – Audacity to Hope Day

Today is Audacity to Hope Day and here is today’s haiku:

Optimistic view

eight-fold path and glory too –

appreciate YOU

Interesting note: Obama’s famous speech and book are titled Audacity of Hope. Find more information about the book and the holiday here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope and https://nationaltoday.com/audacity-to-hope-day/

High Coo – May 30 – National Creativity Day

However, you choose to express your creativity, today is a great day to do so.

Interesting, to me at least, is the ancient Greeks did not have a specific word for creativity. But they did have the word ‘poiein’ ( which means ‘to make’) applied specifically to ‘poiesis’ (‘poetry’) and the ‘poietes’ (‘poet’ or ‘maker’). 

Today there are many synonyms for poet including versifier, rhymester, lyricist, sonneteer and troubadour. Do you have a favorite term for poet?

Here’s today’s haiku:

National Creativity Day

using words to share

Beauty, Truth or Love may help

liberate others

Thank you, readers for motivating me with your words.