That Thermometer Thing! There's something about returningTo routine oh so familiarIt's comforting yet a tad wearyFor it means a holiday's over I know I sound mansplainingBut listen and hear me outHolidays should be fun and sunshineNot rain or fog or a kiddy pout Not falling ill on the flight backOr losing items left and rightJust … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #291
Today, I am grateful to return to myย guest post series,ย especially after a long break! (If you are keen to be a guest writer on my blog, please check out my guidelines for guest posts by scrolling to the bottom of myย About pageย and share your ideas with me) For more than two years now, I've been … Continue reading Guest Post: Why I am โtech optimisticโโฆ but not in the way you might think
Six Nights In Jeju We go to see an island far away,Its cliffs and seas, its mountains crowned with cloud;Yet what I hope to hold from every dayIs not the sights that draw the traveller crowd. For years have slipped like waves upon the sand;Two boys once small now walk with longer stride.The little hands … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #290 – Powered By AI
Now 17 years on, it's finally happened. I've nothing to say for this year's Fathers Day! (Or so I thought when I began writing this a few days ago) Regardless, the "fun" is seeing if I can still wrangle a blog post out of thin air. After all, having blogged faithfully for over seven years, … Continue reading This Fathers Day, Let’s Declare Dads Who Are Present As “True Men”!
Pause & Try Of late I've been thinkingI needTime to pause and figure Things outTo meetMyself again becauseI'm losing me People ask and demandMore of meThan I'm actually readyTo give. Or even have (to give)But because I've been So willingMy plate is swiftlyFilling (like a buffet!) Learning to say noWas never easy for meThough as … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #289
Last week, I talked about my experience building a community. It ended with me on the verge of detailing the "hits", after talking about the "highs". So allow me now to pick up from where I left off. Forming A Core Community Of Six "Leaders" Photo by Mikhail Nilov on Pexels.com I distinctly recalled that … Continue reading Building A Community #2 — Taking The Highs and The Hits
Audition He drowns in his dreamAn exquisite extremeI'm singing in the rainAnd happy again Those are feelings I desire to invokeAs I take part once moreIn an audition Once every decadeThat's my recordWondering if againI'll be so fortunate this decade To get up on a stageAnd release my inner thespianIn an all-male musical audition callThat … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #288
After some three years, I think I've enough experience now to talk about life as a community builder. To be honest, I didn't start off right away knowing I was "building community" from the ground up. Back when it started in 2023, I was just an early recruit into a fledgling community of mostly stay-home … Continue reading Building A Community #1 — Taking The Highs and The Hits
The Voice Inside Says STOP Rhyming! I know I knowYou who have stayed with me this longCan see all my rhymes in all my songsOops I mean poems(Or are they? Maybe not!) Despite what many may deem as whimsyRhyming in poetry means everything to me (see?)I know I know it's more than sounding similarPoetry's more … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #287
In the blink of an eye, I've spent nine months carewatching my spouse since her cancer diagnosis and surgery back in August 2025. What's that? Don't I mean caregiving? Well, no. Not really. There are many moments I feel not just inadequate, but downright helpless whenever she's in bodily discomfort and even pain. As much … Continue reading “Carewatching” My Spouse. And Myself
