Amsterdam
Athens, Greece
Bac Son Valley, Vietnam
Barcelona, Spain
Capetown, South Africa
Chicago, Illinois
Island in the Maldives
Moscow, Russia
Humor --
I OWE MY MOTHER
~ My mother taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."
~ My mother taught me about the science of
OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."
~ My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"
~ My mother taught me about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
~ My mother taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."
~ My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"
~ My mother taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."
~ My mother taught me about the science of
OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."
~ My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"
~ My mother taught me about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
~ My mother taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."
~ My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"
When I saw Chicago from that kind of vantage point, it was all twinkling lights offset by the deep darkness of the lake. Make that Lake.
ReplyDeleteI would never have imaged that's what Barcelona looks like.
ReplyDeleteAnd my mom taught me stamina, except using green beans.