Send Us Spring, STAT!
I’m so sick of this snowy New York winter. And of all the fretful phone calls from my mother-in-law, warning hubby Mark about snow shoveling and heart attacks. Funny, she isn’t at all concerned about...
View ArticleA Season For Limericks (Poetry Prompt)
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this as its first line: There’s a hint of sweet spring in the air. Here’s mine: A Season For Limericks By Madeleine Begun Kane There’s a hint of sweet...
View ArticleWho Needs A Door, Anyway?
Mark and I are looking forward to the next heavy rain storm, since we don’t dare hope for a multi-day thaw. And until one or the other happens here in New York City, we won’t be able to use our back...
View ArticleNOT Hailing This Storm (Limerick)
NOT Hailing This Storm (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane A blizzard’s upon us. I’m worried, Cuz in over a foot we’ll be buried. The prelude is hail, Then snow by the bale. If only our snow flakes just...
View ArticleShoveling Duty (Limerick)
Shoveling Duty (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane It’s snowing, alas and alack, And I just finished shov’ling — can’t slack During storms this severe. But I did it. Oh dear! All the snow I removed has...
View ArticleShoveling Post (Muscle) Mortem
When I shovel, I try to obey The best shoveling way, which they say Involves using one’s thighs. So it’s not a surprise That our staircase is daunting today.
View ArticleA Snow Plow Meets Its Match (Limerick)
It’s never a good sign when a snow plow has to be rescued by a bulldozer. But that’s what things were like in Bayside, Queens on Sunday. You know that a blizzard is bad, And the prospect of cleaning up...
View ArticleTurning Mark’s Blizzard Tale Into A Limerick
Mark recently posted his tale of blizzardy absent-mindedness here on Facebook. (Yes, I know “blizzardy” isn’t a word.) And I’ve decided to sum it up in a limerick: My husband once did something whack;...
View ArticleLimerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: ICE at the end of any one line
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a...
View ArticleDisempowered (Limerick)
We lost power. It’s fixed, but I gird For another bad outage. My word! It’s a jerry-rigged mend! Will it break, or just bend If descended upon by a bird? Author’s Note: We lost power last night,...
View ArticleSeasonal Gripe (Limerick)
It’s summer. It’s winter. It’s fall; In the course of one week we’ve had all Of those seasons and more. What’s a calendar for? I once knew, but no longer recall.
View ArticleBlizzard 2018 (Limerick)
I’m bracing to walk out the door And face up to my shoveling chore. How I’d love to ignore it, Stay warm and ‘offshore’ it. But it’s war; time to even the score. Update: Last June, when I was bleeding...
View ArticleMake It Stop! (Limerick)
“I am sick of the snow! Make it stop,” I complained to a neighborhood cop. “I’m sorry, Ms. Kane. Weather’s NOT my domain. Try that guy in the sky — it’s HIS op.”
View ArticleLimerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: VEER or SEVERE or REVERE or PERSEVERE at...
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a...
View ArticleBound To Be Snowbound (Limerick)
The snow in New York has begun. We’ve been warned that the storm won’t be fun. I’ve no forecasting skill; My sci-knowledge is nil. So my snowfall prediction? A ton!
View ArticleSnow’s Afoot! (Limerick)
A Nor’easter is headed here soon. With snow we are set to be strewn; Twelve inches expected! I’m feeling dejected, As forecasters breathlessly swoon.
View ArticleEnough Already! (Limerick)
Today’s Accuweather Headline: “Powerful storm to bury interior Northeast under heavy snow” Dear Spring, I’m sure hoping you’ll shove Winter out of the way. No kid glove! I’m impatient as hell For a...
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