The dusty caboose of my fourth decade lumbers closer, closer. Hobo instincts flutter. Pack light. Jog alongside. Jump aboard. Stow away. Still. Stillness in motion. I resist; the urge subsides. The caboose rumbles past. Silence. Solitude. (... from Midlife Crisis Averted Postponed. 40x41: Midlife Crisis Postponed) ...
Midlife Mashup
Memento Mori
Memento mori Noun me·men·to mo·ri \mə-ˈmen-tō-ˈmȯr-ē\ Definition a reminder of mortality; especially : death's-head Origin Latin, remember that you must die (via Merriam-Webster Dictionary) More Memento Mori The art world has been probing, stretching and massaging the concept of memento mori for centuries. Interested in discovering more? Google is your friend. (And you might/can ...
Witty
"A witty saying proves nothing." ~ Voltaire A fitting launch for this mobile midlife mashup, no? Onward! ...
Mission Reboot
By twenty I’d be a poet. By thirty, a novelist. By forty, a memoirist. Perhaps a decade anon I’d expire telling stories By a babbling brook With a smoldering fire And a jug of wine. At thirty nine I took inventory. The workbench was sow backed But the warehouse was bare... (Source: "Mission Reboot", 40x41: Midlife Crisis Postponed) This is an excerpt from one of the ...