Journal Musing's -- 8-1 to 8-20

The following are snip-its from my Journal For August 2022.

• ​​Aug 4- Tuesday was election day and being unopposed I was re-elected to my 9th Term on the Democratic Committee. There were 17 write ins against me vs 1340  which made me chuckle. 
• Aug 4 - Sometimes I feel I am adrift at sea, right now is such a time. But I do my best to maintain my calm even on the icy sea of anxiety. 
• Aug 4 - reading In the Presence of Absence, by Mahmoud Darwish. His work is astounding, dealing with such topics as home, homeland, being lonely, exile, longing, etc. "Longing is the absence chatting with the absent." -M.D. 
• Aug 5- arrived home to disaster. Desk cleaned out, stuff off my night stand. Ear ring missing. I feel sick to my stomach.
• Aug 9 - "Eternity is the insomnia of time. Did someone say that or is that my idea" - Charles Simic
• Aug 10 - Along the way the jokes became insane. The subject matter turned on its side and grabbed its belly and laughed. [MAW]
•  Aug 10 - You promised me something personal. I thought wow! I wondered what exactly lead to that but you confided the astrological charts were showing that we were in each other's love house. [MAW]
• Aug 10 - Could we emancipate ourselves from grim events and be able to establish our own world oder?
• Aug 10- I miss the days of the Czar. It was so much more authentic than the  Politburo.  [MAW]
• Aug 12 -  I spent the day collecting words/especially for you. Some I. have/not used in years. Not saying you are old fashioned.[MAW]
• Aug  14 - Sometimes I think I am on the cusp of something big in terms of writing. [MAW]
• Aug 15 - Had a very scary feeling this morning, feeling light headed and very unsteady. Thought it might be low blood sugar but it wasn't. Don't feel that great. [MAW]
• Aug 17 - Class selection for next semester is frustrating me.[MAW]
• Aug 18 - what words will you add to this day? What Will they say. What will they say about you? [MAW]
• Aug 18, - Day's word list:  Baffled, elongated, strainer, quietude, stockings, brevity, recluse, practical, branded, charming, hex, brittle, nomenclature, casting, flip-flops.  (note - write a poem with as many of these words as I can for this coming week. [MAW] 
• Aug 19, Yesterday, I got enrolled in Introduction to American Politics ( which I could teach) and Evolution of Jazz. [MAW] 
• AUG 20 - Rejection letter today of 3 poems. ​

#JournalBits #MahmoudDarwish.

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