Author Archives: Robert Hubbard

I am holed up in the house with a fresh batch of home-made bagels. That could be a dangerous thing. With such bitter wind and the snow, I don’t have motivation to do more than stare out the window and eat. I suppose I could on-line shop but that sounds expensive. I have piano toContinue reading “February 5, 2021”

It is payday. Social Security gets deposited to my account and I will have resources again! I had bad dreams but woke to a small Covid cheque, a warm place, a little breakfast, a nice Facetime chat with a friend and a sunny day. You and I have survived the night. Maybe that is whyContinue reading “February 3, 2021”

Oh, my goodness! I have wasted a good portion of the day getting only Facebook scrolling done… I have a really good idea for a poem that I am dragging my feet on writing…so many more interesting things to not do. I should not be so concerned…only St. Peter is keeping score and assembling theContinue reading “February 2, 2021”

One of the most marvelous things about the people I know as friends is that they know things. Little bits of information about interesting topics makes for great conversations. Everyone I know is fun to talk to, I always learn something. This extends to my Facebook family of friends. It is extremely rare that ourContinue reading “January 31, 2021”

Nearly at January’s end…the days are spinning quickly by. It hardly seems a moment ago that I was sanding drywall and already here we are again, avoiding the doing. There is little visible progress toward the goals I have set myself and time is fleeting. What seems to work for me is to set asideContinue reading “January 30, 2021”

“Yer not gonna die!” – Hazel Lindberg, circa 1958 That was my mom’s initial reaction to the bleeding stumps or the askew angled limbs of her five children as they paraded before her, each in turn. It was a statement intended to stop the damn screaming long enough for an assessment of damage. It sometimesContinue reading “January 27, 2021”

More changes but more steady as she goes, too. The covid landscape is barren as tundra yet the stock market is hitting new highs again. Curious, to me. People are grinding down to a halt financially and the housing market is still booming? Who is buying the houses? Who has that kind of money whenContinue reading “January 26, 2021”

Yeah. I do have some random thoughts and some observations about the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States. “Bully for you..” I hear. Yeah. “Take a number and have a seat.” On Poetry: For a little while (week? ten days?) poetry will be all over the place. CNN will regurgitate one orContinue reading “January 22, 2021”

Jesus or Charlie Manson “Hello?” she swore she heard,then,almost in smirk,came the word, “Hello?” again.Elizabeth looked up from the work.She was knitting sweatersand nearly done one,ready for a little break.She rose from her expensive chair,which relieved back-ache andwent to the diamond shaped windowwheredaylight peeked in.Elizabeth peeked out. There is magic enough aboutany single day tocauseContinue reading “January 20, 2021”

When Memory Becomes Fact I am in an odd mood today or possibly I am aware of my consistent odd mood. I have to do some running to catch up with myself and verify which is which. Ha. I am prepared, I have my requisite bagel and tea at the ready while my fingers flyContinue reading “January 18, 2021”