I don’t write in a journal everyday, but I have accumulated many entries over the past 50+ years beginning in 1966. Some items evolved into longer works. Among the leftovers little pieces survived. I thought a collection of these with a piece culled from the same date in a past year would make an interesting yearbook. The consistencies and inconsistencies of mind, skipping back and forth across time, provide varied perspectives. It is difficult to remember the context of the past we’ve lived; we also make suppositions about times that predate ourselves.

The few alterations from original drafts were to improve clarity. The worst of my work is not included. There remains enough mediocrity and immaturity to make me feel humble and you feel smart. There are also moments of accidental insight and incidental humor.

Author Stephen Crane referred to his little pieces as pills…apparently they were small and somewhat hard to swallow, but good for you.


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Sunday, October 28, 2018

Because I was never stuck in the woods


10/28/17   (I was 72)

Because I was never stuck in the woods
I never thought I was lost nor found
Because I didn’t know what to do next
I thought I hadn’t paid attention to directions
Because I had some physical competence
I thought my brain would catch up
Because I wanted to please someone
I thought someone would eventually be pleased
Because I thought the game wasn’t over ‘til the end
I thought I’d make a helluva comeback


HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT? 
johnkallio.com Go to AUDIO page,
Listen to my rendition of
Aquainted With The Night  by Robert Frost 

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