Author Archives: Robert Hubbard

May 11, 2021 My first completed and printed book arrives today. How nice. I think I have just about enough copies to distribute amongst those who really would like one. I will keep one here to look at occasionally. I will keep one for the reason of vanity? No, I will keep one more toContinue reading “Book 1 Minus Zero”

May 10, 2021 Joy Each time I hear Beethoven’s musical setting of the Friedrich Schiller poem ‘Ode to Joy’, I think the same unlearned thoughts. I have the same unlearned feelings. I opine in the same unlearned way. I see the final movement, the 4th as a summation (I guess that would be correct). TheContinue reading “Joy”

April 28, 2021 Unique. Being human is an odd state. Being alive is an odd state of affairs. Eating, breathing, drinking, reproducing, pooping… and talking, dreaming, thinking, planning, understanding, confusing things. Love. Hate. Anger. Disappointment. Impatience. Eagerness. Desire… I know a bit of being human (which I am), I do not know of, must equivocateContinue reading “Attitude”

Feathered creatures work the water,while I watch.I am eager to observe their dayand have left the busy street behindto enjoy a moment’s stay. At random, sometimes in pairs,these (terns, I believe) sudden swoop and dive.A colourful kite might do the samewhen a tied on rag tail istoo short to control sway. Watching the birds, IContinue reading “My Life as a Bird”

March 19, 2021 It is Monday and the things I wait for have not arrived. I will crank the rocking chair up to 5 on the scale and will wait again Tuesday. In the time between, there is much needs doing and this day is not proving productive yet. I have already sent the bestContinue reading “A Pie-smeared Fool”

Feathered creatures work the water,while I, patient, watch.I am eager to observe their dayand have left the busy street behindto sit for a moment’s education. At random, sometimes in pairsthese (terns, I believe) sudden swoop and dive.A colourful kite might do the samewhen a tied on rag tail iseither too long or too short. WatchingContinue reading “My Life as a Bird”

April 13, 2021 It seems, most months, that the month is half gone before I even find a chance to get all of the bills paid! Sometimes, the month is half gone before I get out of bed! Wow, time sure moves quickly. Time moves so quickly now that I am able to witness theContinue reading “The Quick”

I have been away from my kitchen desk for three weeks. Today, I cleaned it up a little and sat down to start again. I have been spending my time over-indulging in food and drink but I haven’t been baking. I haven’t been cooking. I haven’t engaged in the myriad daily things I usually do.Continue reading “April 12, 2021”

March 30, 2021 While yet another of my close cousins has passed on, there has been no evidence of earth slowing it’s rotation or speed through universe. Nor has earth shown a visible lightening of it’s load. Argument, desire, life and laughter still resounds the hills. My cousin was a complex man but earth hasContinue reading “Drink Deep of the Day”

March 25, 2021 Good news for some, is disappointment for others. I am not going to die…LOL. (at least not today). I am back to feeling normal, as far as the heart palpitations go. There are only mild symptoms, the kind I have had as long as I can remember. A little extra hard lubContinue reading “Closing In On Easter”