Early Sunday morning meetings and a poem

Seagulls meeting on the sand

Another group about a mile north

Quit Procrastinating

There are just too many distractions

To tempt me away from my work

It’s like having

A devil on my shoulder

Saying, just a minute longer,

What harm could another minute do?

Early on when I first retired

I thought I’d spend hours

In front of the TV

Eating bad-for-me snacks

And I’d blow up like

A bird on pasta.

But it’s not TV

And the chocolate bon-bons,

It’s not curling up on the sofa

With the latest romance

That turn my head.

It’s email,

It’s Facebook

It’s the blog world

That stop me

from completing my daily writing tasks.

Who would have thunk an old lady like me

Could have her head turned

By technology? 

Music is here now for you listening pleasure

A few days ago my computer guy – and I kid you not, his name is Guy – and I spent a couple of hours figuring out how to add a music player on this site so that I can showcase my son Paul’s music. And Voila! The music player is now here. Just go to the second tab above, the one titled In Memory of Paul Sharples, open the page, scroll down to the bottom, and click the little triangle on the box to play. Unfortunately I can only showcase one piece at a time, but I promise to change the tunes often.

I’ve also created two more tabs. The next tab has endorsements for my memoir, Leaving the Hall Light On. Hopefully after you’ve read the book, you’ll write one that I can post. The next tab is for the book trailer, but since that is still under construction, you’ll have to keep checking back to see if it’s posted yet.

Please enjoy Paul’s tune – composed and performed by him.

Paul playing piano at Grandma's house