"The Poem Unwritten"
It's sometimes hard,
To think in Rhyme,
And write the words,
That beat the tyme,
Of poetry.
Those moments that,
The pen won't flow,
The eyes just stare,
The mind is slow,
Awandering.
To grope the muse,
And shake and moan,
One might as well,
Just leave the poem,
Unwritten!
By Mark Worden
2003
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Bubbles--a poem
"Bubbles"
Bubbles come from everywhere,
Lightly float up in the air,
Soar like Monarch Butterflies,
Gentle wings upon the skies.
Bubbles fly up to the moon,
Orbit round, and then to soon,
Float of to race,
Far off in space.
Bubbles fall down to the Earth,
And with decent, a cause of mirth,
They tickle worst,
Just when they burst!
Bubbles are a gift of joy,
Are blown by every little boy,
With soap and water and a ring,
A small soft breath exhaling.
Bubbles can be used to dance,
Champange music, in a trance,
Glitter off of candlelight,
Light the music of the night.
Bubbles seem to be the cause,
To brighten eyes, and give one pause,
To feel how great that life can be,
So long as bubbles float up free.
By Mark Worden
2002
Bubbles come from everywhere,
Lightly float up in the air,
Soar like Monarch Butterflies,
Gentle wings upon the skies.
Bubbles fly up to the moon,
Orbit round, and then to soon,
Float of to race,
Far off in space.
Bubbles fall down to the Earth,
And with decent, a cause of mirth,
They tickle worst,
Just when they burst!
Bubbles are a gift of joy,
Are blown by every little boy,
With soap and water and a ring,
A small soft breath exhaling.
Bubbles can be used to dance,
Champange music, in a trance,
Glitter off of candlelight,
Light the music of the night.
Bubbles seem to be the cause,
To brighten eyes, and give one pause,
To feel how great that life can be,
So long as bubbles float up free.
By Mark Worden
2002
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Weekend Update
Was this a busy weekend? Here it is, Sunday night and I am not sure that I really accomplished much. I did fix the water lines to the icemaker and the water in the door this week. The ice maker line was easy. It was a standard 1/4 " plastic line and the Home Depot had the line and the parts it took to "splice" it. The water line was 5/16" and I had to chase all over town to find it. So what should have been one trip to the store and about 20 minutes on the "job, took a couple of days of fooling around. Must have pulled that refrigerator away from the wall about 5 times over the 3 days I fooled around with it! Every little job is a learning experience. Seems I am into plumbing lately. Last weekend I changed out our 3 toilets to low flush, and replaced the bases on all our bathroom faucets, since they were all corroded due to the wonderful water we have here. Isn't that interesting!!!
I decided that the old Gateway computer we had just was not cutting it. It is a sad state of affairs when the computer that Nancy and I have is about 6 or 7 yrs old and our son Matt has a newer high powered desktop as well as a newer laptop his friends gave him for his birthday this year. Nice bunch of friends huh! So last week I went out to Fry's and bought a "new" refubished Compact desktop that he tells me is a lot better than his. I feel much better now. It is the dream of every male to have something bigger and better than the next guy, and certainly that goes for fathers and sons! In retailiation, he went out this weekend and bought a $600 surround sound stereo system for his 32" TV that he has in his room upstairs. I bought him that TV last year for Xmas since his old 25" inch hand me down finally had finally flickered out! (It was on sale at Best Buy Cheap!) So now he not only has a bigger TV upstairs than we have downstairs, but it also has a sub woofer that will rattle the walls! I think the only way I will be back in the primo position in this house in regards to such things is when he leaves next year to transfer to a university to finish his education! He has vowed to take all his gismos and gadgets with him.
Of course, that means that I will have no one on my "staff" to go to if I have a problem or need some direction with all this stuff that goes on somewhere on the inside of my computer. I had better sit down with him periodically and start soaking up the technical aspects of Windows XP.
I did manage to spend most of the day on Saturday out shopping with Matt for a new printer and, of course, his sound system. It is not often I get to spend most of a day with Matt. We even had a hotdog lunch at Costco. As soon as we got home his girlfriend came over and they were gone!
Garage saleing was pretty mediocre this week. Found some good golf balls cheap, and a brand new Footjoy golf glove still in the package. The neatest thing was a very nice sound system for my new computer for $15. It has picture frame speakers and a subwoofer and I think retails for around $80. I offered it to Matt, but when he tried it he said the high range on the speakers wasn't up to his standards, but the bass was very good. It was new condition and I thought it sounded great! Sooner or later, everything turns up at a garage sale! Garage Saleing sometimes seems to me like a strange thing to do fairly regularly on Saturday morning. I can't really think of anything I really "shop" for or need. Many weeks I spend $0. Some weeks maybe $2-3. Sara wants me to find her a 9 ft+ surfboard, and one of these weeks I will bump into one. New ones cost $550-650, and I will probably get a good one for $2oo-250. It gets me up about 6:30 and off to the local java joint for coffee and I am back by 9 am. I listen to a fishing show on a local radio station from 7-9 am as I drive around town. Pretty good way to start the day!
Did an open house Sunday afternoon from 1-4. Had three people show up! Quick read a James Patterson Murder mystery while I was there! Market has slowed down lately. I think people were getting fed up with pricing. Home values have gone up over 30% in the last 12 months! I have a couple clients right now who are selling and moving back to Kansas. One is selling a 1400 sq ft condo here for 438000 and buying a 2500 sq ft 4 bedroom home on a nice lot in Manhatten Kansas for about $220000. Of course it is all location! It is a long way to the beach from Manhatten, Kansas! The other has a 3100 sq ft home which will sell for about $800000, and I'm sure they will be very happy with somethng at less than $250000 as well! If one doesn't mind Kansas, seems like a pretty good move--pay cash for a house, put the rest in the bank or investments and relax. No more rat race! It appeals to me. But I think maybe Oregon/Washington. Funny thing is, everyone still wants to move to San Diego. And, they all need a place to live. Builders can't build enough new homes to keep up with demand in California, so I doubt if we will see much reduction in pricing in the future. But it will level out. Can't keep going up at a 30% a year rate for very long.
I must have been busy this weekend. Didn't even get down to the beach to do a little surf fishing.
I decided that the old Gateway computer we had just was not cutting it. It is a sad state of affairs when the computer that Nancy and I have is about 6 or 7 yrs old and our son Matt has a newer high powered desktop as well as a newer laptop his friends gave him for his birthday this year. Nice bunch of friends huh! So last week I went out to Fry's and bought a "new" refubished Compact desktop that he tells me is a lot better than his. I feel much better now. It is the dream of every male to have something bigger and better than the next guy, and certainly that goes for fathers and sons! In retailiation, he went out this weekend and bought a $600 surround sound stereo system for his 32" TV that he has in his room upstairs. I bought him that TV last year for Xmas since his old 25" inch hand me down finally had finally flickered out! (It was on sale at Best Buy Cheap!) So now he not only has a bigger TV upstairs than we have downstairs, but it also has a sub woofer that will rattle the walls! I think the only way I will be back in the primo position in this house in regards to such things is when he leaves next year to transfer to a university to finish his education! He has vowed to take all his gismos and gadgets with him.
Of course, that means that I will have no one on my "staff" to go to if I have a problem or need some direction with all this stuff that goes on somewhere on the inside of my computer. I had better sit down with him periodically and start soaking up the technical aspects of Windows XP.
I did manage to spend most of the day on Saturday out shopping with Matt for a new printer and, of course, his sound system. It is not often I get to spend most of a day with Matt. We even had a hotdog lunch at Costco. As soon as we got home his girlfriend came over and they were gone!
Garage saleing was pretty mediocre this week. Found some good golf balls cheap, and a brand new Footjoy golf glove still in the package. The neatest thing was a very nice sound system for my new computer for $15. It has picture frame speakers and a subwoofer and I think retails for around $80. I offered it to Matt, but when he tried it he said the high range on the speakers wasn't up to his standards, but the bass was very good. It was new condition and I thought it sounded great! Sooner or later, everything turns up at a garage sale! Garage Saleing sometimes seems to me like a strange thing to do fairly regularly on Saturday morning. I can't really think of anything I really "shop" for or need. Many weeks I spend $0. Some weeks maybe $2-3. Sara wants me to find her a 9 ft+ surfboard, and one of these weeks I will bump into one. New ones cost $550-650, and I will probably get a good one for $2oo-250. It gets me up about 6:30 and off to the local java joint for coffee and I am back by 9 am. I listen to a fishing show on a local radio station from 7-9 am as I drive around town. Pretty good way to start the day!
Did an open house Sunday afternoon from 1-4. Had three people show up! Quick read a James Patterson Murder mystery while I was there! Market has slowed down lately. I think people were getting fed up with pricing. Home values have gone up over 30% in the last 12 months! I have a couple clients right now who are selling and moving back to Kansas. One is selling a 1400 sq ft condo here for 438000 and buying a 2500 sq ft 4 bedroom home on a nice lot in Manhatten Kansas for about $220000. Of course it is all location! It is a long way to the beach from Manhatten, Kansas! The other has a 3100 sq ft home which will sell for about $800000, and I'm sure they will be very happy with somethng at less than $250000 as well! If one doesn't mind Kansas, seems like a pretty good move--pay cash for a house, put the rest in the bank or investments and relax. No more rat race! It appeals to me. But I think maybe Oregon/Washington. Funny thing is, everyone still wants to move to San Diego. And, they all need a place to live. Builders can't build enough new homes to keep up with demand in California, so I doubt if we will see much reduction in pricing in the future. But it will level out. Can't keep going up at a 30% a year rate for very long.
I must have been busy this weekend. Didn't even get down to the beach to do a little surf fishing.
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
STATIC
Here it is two weeks after I "hired" my Mr. fix-it/painter to rebuild my deck and paint my house. Where has he been? He came around the other day and told me that because it took me a few days to make my mind up initially, he had scheduled another job for an old lady in Escondido. Hey! I partial paid him $1200 up front for the paint job and another $950 for the deck. He has been drawing interest on my money with no sweat produced.
But he is now at work! I have actually seen him sawing and pounding! I told him that it would be nice if the job could be done by the end of August! That seemed reasonable to me. I have not seen enough progress so far this month which would lead me to expect that he will meet that target. He is also doing my neighbor's house at the same time. My wife Nancy is not enthralled with having a stranger in the back yard pounding and painting for the next few weeks, even though "Don" is a very nice guy. The backyard is piled up with lumber and "stuff". It is all a disruption to what is the normal flow of life. It's like two months of unwanted static!
Perhaps we are getting old and less flexible! Ah, I tell her. Just wait til it is all done. The house will look nice. The deck won't fall down! We can then call the termite company and have the house tented and gas all the leftover termites eating away within the bowels of the house. We can take a few days when they tent it and go somewhere for a mini vacation. Then I will buy her a new high end stove for the kitchen and all will be well in our little world again!!
But he is now at work! I have actually seen him sawing and pounding! I told him that it would be nice if the job could be done by the end of August! That seemed reasonable to me. I have not seen enough progress so far this month which would lead me to expect that he will meet that target. He is also doing my neighbor's house at the same time. My wife Nancy is not enthralled with having a stranger in the back yard pounding and painting for the next few weeks, even though "Don" is a very nice guy. The backyard is piled up with lumber and "stuff". It is all a disruption to what is the normal flow of life. It's like two months of unwanted static!
Perhaps we are getting old and less flexible! Ah, I tell her. Just wait til it is all done. The house will look nice. The deck won't fall down! We can then call the termite company and have the house tented and gas all the leftover termites eating away within the bowels of the house. We can take a few days when they tent it and go somewhere for a mini vacation. Then I will buy her a new high end stove for the kitchen and all will be well in our little world again!!
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