June 13, 2025
Today and Yesteryear
What Are the Odds
whatd’ya wanna bet
there’s a woman just like me somewhere
maybe just around the corner here in town
maybe a few states away
but for sure born in new jersey
wearing a second-hand short-sleeved stretch-cotton scoop-neck tee
reveling in today’s almost-summer wind gusts sweeping her skin
feet in flip flops
two toes taped because of a tight tendon
egg salad in the fridge for a picnic tonight
counting the days till she sees her kids and grandkids in july
putting off vacuuming the bedroom
heard hey jude this morning in the car and cranked it up full blast
could do with a haircut and good shaping
but’ll wait for her appointment in two weeks
has two books going concurrently, one a novel, the other a memoir,
wishes her feet wouldn’t swell in warm weather
watches the phases of the moon with awe—
yet doesn’t have
one single political belief
in common with me
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Wanderlust
6×6″, acrylic on gessobord
abstract
2015
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Notes about poem and art:
• What Are the Odds is the exploration of a thought that popped up as I emptied the dishwasher today.
• I painted Wanderlust while on vacation in Jonesport, Maine, ten years ago today.
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12 responses to “Today and Yesteryear”
YOUR POETRY IS MARVELOUS and right on spot these times. with love, Simone
Carol, thanks! Writing that poem gave me a way to keep exploring commonality and divisiveness in the current circumstances of living in the USA.
Posting my 2015 painting was a breath of uncomplicated fresh air—I still remember painting it. We were packing up to leave a vacation rental, and the constraints on my time together with my eagerness to paint one more memento from that location made for perfect conditions under which to paint quickly and loosely. Pure delight!
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oh goodness, now you’ve got my multi-verse brain wondering the same! Do my doppelgängers across all the parallel universes share my beliefs? If not, let me jump across space-time and kick some butt! ha ha!
What a beautiful painting…it makes me want to sit with a glass of cold lemonade and smell the blossoms…xoxoxo
Dotty! What a hook!
I’ve had similar meandering thoughts at different times, especially leading up to the last election. This is such an important concept to hold in our consciousness.
I know I’ve said this before, but this may be one of my favorite paintings of yours. The color palette, the energy = all good. ♥️Roseanne! What a gift to have your reflections—I’m touched that you’ve had meandering thoughts at various times similar to mine as expressed in What Are the Odds. Thank you for letting me know.
AND the color palette and energy of Wanderlust hit a sweet spot for you. ALL GOOD is right!!!
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