Entries from November 2024 ↓

He learned to paint just yesterday This un-artistic friend of mine, He sought to paint the rising sun When it began to shine. The scene he picked for such as he, Could have been a bit more subtle, It seems that he has now become An artistic puddle.

My ditsy blonde-haired neighbor called, This morning on the telephone; She had bought a jigsaw puzzle That was too hard to do alone. She told me the puzzle pieces Were too irregular and small, She had tried for several hours Before she’d given me a call. I enjoyed jigsaw puzzles So I was glad that […]

Although ninety years old, Jack played golf every day, So he was unhappy, His sight was slipping away. He could still hit the ball A good country mile, But not seeing its flight Was cramping his style. His wife said, “Take Herby, He has perfect eyesight. He’s a hundred and two But he’s still very […]

My wife’s getting hard of hearing, I really have to let her know. When you are getting old, like her, Your hearing’s often first to go. She also mumbles when she talks Just like that deaf girl on TV. But when I try to let her know, She says the one that’s deaf is me. […]

Oh it was to be such a lovely cruise, We could hardly wait since we got the news. The letter had come several weeks before, When the mailman had left it stuck on our door. We didn’t have glasses to read the small print But the brochure with pictures sure gave us a hint. It […]