10.11.2012

10.04.2012

[ moo cow moo ]

























Moo Cow Moo - Edmund Vance Cook

My papa held me up to the Moo Cow Moo
So close I could almost touch,
And I fed him a couple of times or so,
And I wasn't a fraidy-cat, much.

But if my papa goes in the house,
And my mamma she goes in too,
I keep still like a little mouse
For the Moo Cow Moo might Moo.

The Moo Cow's tail is a piece of rope
All ravelled out where it grows;
And it's just like feeling a piece of soap
All over the Moo Cow's nose.

And the Moo Cow Moo has lots of fun
Just switching his tail about,
But if he opens his mouth, why then I run,
For that's where the Moo comes out.

The Moo Cow Moo has deers on his head,
And his eyes stick out of their place,
And the nose of the Moo Cow Moo is spread
All over the Moo Cow's face.

And his feet are nothing but fingernails,
And his mamma don't keep them cut,
And he gives folks milk in water pails,
When he don't keep his handles shut.

But if you or I pull his handles, why
The Moo Cow Moo says it hurts,
But the hired man sits down close by
And squirts, and squirts, and squirts.

8.17.2012

[ something about the rain ]

"Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense."                                                                                               - E.E. Cummings

I don't know what it is about rainy weather, but it makes me miss my family whom I am oh so fond of. Maybe it's because I have fond memories of being a kid and having quiet rainy days at home - listening to old records on rainy Saturday afternoons with my Mom's soft alto harmonies drifting around the room and sitting around in a half-lit room talking about random nothings. But when it's dark all day and it rains, I miss home and family.Being together with the ones you love is always something to cherish, whether it's raining or not. After all, at the end of the day, they're the ones that are still there, just patiently waiting for you. 

xoxo

8.16.2012