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Posted on May 22, 2012 by Jessica Dofflemyer · 2 Comments

In Terms of Searching

Still landing from my trip away from home, I come to WordPress a little groggy, not yet quite back in my writing groove.

I sip coffee and scan my WP dashboard. Site stats reveal secrets about this “For the Archives” cyber-venture I’ve been on for over a year.

Like how two people logged on in Slovenia and one person found this site from somewhere in Macedonia.

453 posts rest here, and statistics show the searches that bring browsers to my pages. People want to know about Patron, see pictures of big waves and read about the goddess Lakshmi.

And hands down, a steady, constant search: Kermit the Frog’s full body.

So here’s an encore of Kermit revealed. (Cute as a button, isn’t he?)

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Jessica Dofflemyer · 3 Comments

Vacation as a Condiment

There was a moment
no, wait
I think it was more than one
all strung together
seamlessly

a weave of ease
the calm
the nothing-to-do
nowhere-to-go
no-appointments-to-keep

just me
the Bohemian
and the definition
of vacation

Sudoku poolside
sunset wanderings
chocolate chunks and a fireplace
that French wine at midnight

whoops
no cell reception
ahhh
no internet connection
oh
well

how I felt
so much
exactly like myself
free
and unshackled
from looming have-to’s

yet even
in utopia
I could see that corner ahead
it would surely turn
me back
to all the scheduled chores

oh
how
to take that sense
of centered peace
and fullness
and bring it in
to a 5pm grocery shop
desktop bill pays
and a second grade multiplication quiz

What’s for dinner?

I’d like a giant helping
of vacationaise
please
a juicy condiment
right on top
of my main course