Yellow Candy

Hi Everyone! Yesterday was a very long day, running from teaching one lesson to another and then straight to a gig at The LIghthouse in Des Moines, WA with Tim Turner and Billy Spaulding. In so much as, I didn't have two seconds at home to write my poem, and I was way too brain dead at 3 am when I arrived home after my gig. Today, as in April 4th, since I haven't gone to sleep yet, is when my father passed away. I talked about him last year, but to quickly reiterate, he died at the age of 49 years young. He was an associate professor of sports medicine at Penn State and the president of the National Athletic Injuries Recording. This unrelated weird poem popped into my head this evening, and then I created this quick pastel to illustrate it. Really tired so off to bed. Nighty Night xxoo

Yellow Candy
Sucking on a piece of
yellow candy
Feeling the flavor
Coat my tongue
Wallowing in the sensation
Never wanting it to end

New York, New York

Hi Everyone. I'm feeling very tired after my gig and I have a long teaching day tomorrow. I'm going to split my blog into half tonight and then continue it tomorrow. My posting tonight is inspired by this weeks Project Runway's show where the designers were influenced by different areas of New York city. New York holds a special place in my heart and I want to talk about it more tomorrow.
My father, who died when he was 49, took me to see Broadway plays in New York when we lived in State College, PA. My first "real" boyfriend I met while attending Penn State was from Long Island, New York. And, I took a trip to New York only a few years ago which I want to write about tomorrow. It was an amazing trip. The poem will continue tomorrow too - Nighty night.

New York, New York
New York, New York,
The Bronx,
Brooklyn,
Manhattan
Queens
And Staten Island
Taking the subway by day
Flagging down a taxi at night

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