Tag Archives: haiku

High Coo – July 30 – National Father-in-Law Day

2 Replies
Dick
Frank

I was fortunate to have been accepted as a son-in-law by two men. Both attended the wedding ceremonies that conferred my legal status with their daughter. Both co-signed significant bank loans to support major investments that financial institutions would not approve without their signatures. Both were avid anglers who taught me how to fish in their favorite lakes. Both were golfers who smiled as I hacked my way on their favorite courses.

Both mean more to me than I can express today. I am grateful for their time in my life.

Today’s haiku: Father-in-Law Day

Here’s to the men that

show up and support their child

and their chosen spouse.

For more information on this national holiday see: https://nationaltoday.com/national-father-in-law-day/

Are they tears of joy, laughter or sorrow?

High Coo – July 29 – Lunar, Solar and Cosmic

2 Replies
aboutislam.net

Today is the Islamic New Year. Happy New Year to the faithful!

History tells us that it was in the year 622 AD, the Prophet Muhammad chose to follow the lunar year calendar versus the solar year calendar. BTW: the lunar calendar is used across the world including the Chinese calendar, Islamic Calendar, Native American, pre-historic English, Pagan, Celtic, and Indigenous Australians amongst many others. What varies is which lunar cycle is chosen to start the new year.

So, what’s the difference between the lunar year and solar year?

The lunar year follows twelve cycles of the Earth’s Moon orbit which collectively is 354 days total or eleven to twelve days shorter than the annual solar orbit of 365 days a year. Actually, the solar year is 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 46 seconds which is why we have a leap day added every four years.

But wait a minute, doesn’t the Sun orbit the Milky Way galaxy? Yes, it does. The galactic year, also known as a cosmic year, is the duration of time required for the Sun to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. One galactic year is 230 million Earth years.

Here is today’s haiku: What Year(s) Do You Follow?

Calendars focus

on the time most important

to you and your view

Note: some people follow all three calendars: lunar, solar and cosmic.

For more information see: https://nationaltoday.com/islamic-new-year/, https://humanoriginproject.com/the-lunar-calendar-and-how-moon-phases-work/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_year

maqdam.blogspot.com

High Coo – July 28 – Happy Birthday Beatrix Potter

6 Replies
Beatrix Potter and Kep 1915

“Beatrix Potter, born on July 28, 1866, was an English children’s book writer who developed iconic animal characters such as Peter Rabbit, Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, and many more.” An accomplished artist, writer, landowner and sheep breeder. See: https://nationaltoday.com/birthday/beatrix-potter/

Today’s haiku: Happy Birthday Beatrix Potter

Beattie loved her pets

painted and shared their stories

a giving woman

For more information on her life and legacy see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

Potter at fifteen years with her springer spaniel, Spot

High Coo – July 27 – Love Is Kind Day

2 Replies

Boy_Anupong / Getty
Images https://www.verywellmind.com/domestic-abuse-types-causes-and-impact-5324104

Life is too long to accept toxic relationships. Support those who escape domestic abuse.

Today’s haiku: Love Is Kind Day

Setting boundaries …

respect and protect yourself

accept nothing less

For more information on this national holiday see: https://nationaltoday.com/national-love-is-kind-day/

Tristan Le

High Coo – July 26 – Happy Birthday Bernard Shaw

Leave a reply
George Bernard Shaw, age 80

Preferring to be called Bernard Shaw, the celebrated and controversial Irish playwright, social activist and theatre critic lived for 94 years before dying in 1950. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 and an Academy Award in 1938.

Loved and hated, Shaw has been considered second only to Shakespeare among British dramatists.

Today’s haiku: Happy Birthday Bernard Shaw

Farfetched fables from

Shaw, the man of destiny,

human lightning rod

For more information on George Bernard Shaw see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(1938_film)

High Coo – July 25 – Threading the Needle

1 Reply
https://yogarove.com/thread-the-needle-pose/

July 25 is National Thread the Needle Day. The saying “threading the needle” means different things in different contexts. Whether it’s billiards, football, golf, or politics, sewing or yoga; the general implication is the challenge required to navigating a narrow passageway.

Here is today’s haiku: Threading the Needle

Knowing the target

is not enough; achievement

takes careful action.

For more information about this national holiday see: https://nationaltoday.com/national-thread-needle-day/

blogspot.com

High Coo – July 24 – Walking in Beauty

5 Replies
Pinterest

Today is the 205th day of the year; 160 days remain until the end of the year. As the Navajo Saying above reminds us, may we walk in beauty today and in the days ahead.

Today’s haiku: Walking in Beauty

Regardless of time

temperature or the sky

let’s see the beauty

My partner who reminds me of Lord Byron’s poem: She Walks in Beauty https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43844/she-walks-in-beauty

High Coo – July 22 – A Third Body Reflection

5 Replies
thermmark.co.uk

A Third Body

A man and a woman sit near each other, and they do not long
at this moment to be older, or younger, nor born
in any other nation, or time, or place.
They are content to be where they are, talking or not-talking.
Their breaths together feed someone whom we do not know.
The man sees the way his fingers move;
he sees her hands close around a book she hands to him.
They obey a third body that they share in common.
They have made a promise to love that body.
Age may come, parting may come, death will come.
A man and a woman sit near each other;
as they breathe they feed someone we do not know,
someone we know of, whom we have never seen.
                                                     –Robert Bly

Today’s haiku is A Third Body Reflection

First it was the word

then the other senses met

now a Third Body

For more information on the poet Robert Bly see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bly

Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021)

High Coo – July 21 – Happy Birthday Ernest Hemingway

2 Replies
Ernest Hemingway born July 21, 1899 and died July 2, 1961 – photo from The Toronto Star

Ranked among the top 5 authors of the 20th Century, Ernest Hemingway was known for his terse writing style which he called his iceberg theory. Best known works include A Farewell to Arms (1929), To Have and Have Not (1937), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) and The Old Man and the Sea (1952). He received the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Here is today’s haiku In Memory of Ernest Hemingway

We cannot outrun

our family’s history.

May we learn from it.

He died from suicide in 1961 less than three weeks before his 62nd birthday. For more information on his life and death see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway

For more information about the suicide risk linked to family history see: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20021010/suicide-risk-linked-to-family-history

For more information on the new national suicide hotline see: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988