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I have noticed,
this old mind,
is trying to escape,
to a much happier time.

How else can I explain,
my interest in Netflix's
Korean/Asian melodramas
and my recent Tattoo tricks.

A run and hit mentality,
tempered with much remorse,
as I see my love,
continuing Life's course.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

What excites the Heart Nebula? First, the large emission nebula on the left, catalogued as IC 1805, looks somewhat like a human heart. The nebula glows brightly in red light emitted by its most prominent element, hydrogen, but this long-exposure image was also blended with light emitted by silicon (yellow) and oxygen (blue). In the center of the Heart Nebula are young stars from the open star cluster Melotte 15 that are eroding away several picturesque dust pillars with their atom-exciting energetic light and winds. The Heart Nebula is located about 7,500 light years away toward the constellation of Cassiopeia. At the bottom right of the Heart Nebula is the companion Fishhead Nebula. This wide and deep image clearly shows, though, that glowing gas surrounds the Heart Nebula in all directions. Tonight watch: The Geminids

Photo by William Ostling, Telescope Live

Alone in the airport,
no place to sleep,
except on a bench,
or an airport chair.

I was in Portland,
to San Diego I fly,
except for the weather
and being on standby.

I think of many friends,
from the past.
How some friendships wane,
while others last.

I'm thinking of her now,
as memories flow.
How lucky I've been
during this life's show.

What more can I write
about love and joy,
when I think about her,
my great friend Loy.

You inspire me to
begin writing again.
I thank you for that,
my very best friend.

It's getting close to the time,
when I must shed
words from my mind.
Words Pasay or Dead.

Words of old,
like Thee and Thou,
which I love to use
today, even now.

Why do words
stick in our head,
when thinking of others,
in this life we've led.

I pray for an answer,
although somehow,
it may not matter
if Thee is Thou

The Sun sank
into the Sea.
I could hear,
Hawaii calling me.

Come back to here,
where you belong.
Enjoy this life,
while singing your song.

Sweet Leilani,
Heavenly flower,
come back to me,
come back to me.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

What are these two giant arches across the sky? Perhaps the more familiar one, on the left, is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. This grand disk of stars and nebulas here appears to encircle much of the southern sky. Visible below the stellar arch is the rusty-orange planet Mars and the extended Andromeda galaxy. But this night had more! For a few minutes during this cold arctic night, a second giant arch appeared encircling part of the northern sky: an aurora. Auroras are much closer than stars as they are composed of glowing air high in Earth's atmosphere. Visible outside the green auroral arch is the group of stars popularly known as the Big Dipper. The featured digital composite of 20 images was captured in mid-November 2022 over the Lofoten Islands in Norway. APOD Year in Review (2023): RJN's Night Sky Network Lecture

Photo by Giulio Cobianchi

Winter winds blow,
icey cold.
Leave are flying,
most gold.

Here am I,
now alone,
no one to visit,
or phone.

When the Sun,
at last,
daylights going,
was fast.

It is when,
I contemplate,
about getting old.
Too late.

I love hearing
the old songs
of Holidays sung
by a choir.

Tales of those
being sung near a fire
where chestnuts roast,
as we hear Jingle Bells,

old refrains of I'm
Dreaming of a White Christmas,
knowing Santa Claus is coming.
God Bless Yee Merry Gentlemen.

He was born upon a Midnight Clear,
as we heard the Angels sing
on high. Oh, Come All
Yee Faithful to Bethlehem.

Frosty the Snowman, rings true,
with All I Want For Christmas,
is You or My Two Front Teeth,
while Mommy was Kissing Santa Claus.

Then Sadly, "Grandmas Got
Run Over by a Reindeer.
Silent Night, Holy Night.
Noel, Noel, Noel.