Monthly Archives: January 2017

Ecuador Oct. 2000 I awake to a savage- sounding, “whoo . . . whoo . . . whoo”, reverberating from the top of the rainforest canopy where I’m perched inside a thatched roof hut. Kind villagers have given me their … Continue reading →

The pundits are reeling.  The “know it all” media vipers have struck their fangs upon the rock of the American voter.  And their teeth got broken.  Through the social media, now so prevalent and pervasive, like our vascular and lymphatic … Continue reading →

Windy day today Waves wack, wash, and splatter rocks Convulsing the shore   I don’t see just clouds Faces morphing with the wind A free show daily!   I chat with flowers, Whisper to lizards and birds, Listen to my … Continue reading →

Haikus (Variation 1) Look to azure skies For inspirational heights Or take flight yourself (Variation 2) Look to azure skies For inspirational flights Or soar on your own Limerick There was a pelican from Preserve That possessed a deceiving serve. … Continue reading →

Thoughts on a Stormy Weekend tropical winds blow forcing fronds horizontal, taxing the tree’s strength rains pound the terrain forming puddles and channels cleaning, nourishing storm clouds dissipate; creatures emerge from shelters getting on with life sunlight reappears dry heat performs … Continue reading →

The nightingale sings sweet, sorrowful, swampy sounds. A glorious voice!

Wind blows where it pleases Meeting, Touching, caressing, warm skin Wind pleases where it blows Lee   Lee

I have a new friend named George He said he is up from the gorge Now he writes prose from his heart to his nose And tells everyone just what he knows. Another new friend named Judy Arrived in the … Continue reading →

A President-Elect who likes to twitter You shock the world with tweets so very bitter Insulting all those who disagree Please stop those tweets and hear our plea Or else we will get you a babysitter   I like going … Continue reading →

OK, first attempt.  Still thinking… There once was a bevy of writers Planning a week of all-nighters To write a screen play With plenty to say. They’re Pelican Pen screenwriters. A John and a Mary were named As leads in … Continue reading →

Love is sharing celebrations of life with family and friends. Love is raising young into adulthood. Love is showing compassion to others. Love is savoring the warmth of a lover’s embrace. Love is promising “till death do us part”. Love … Continue reading →

What is love? Companionship? Petting? Lapping? Before you get the wrong idea, I am talking about a dog, specifically one named Ernie. Ernie’s owner was my brother, Jack who has Alzheimer’s. Jack had been living in the independent unit of … Continue reading →

To hold your hand or caress your cheek To look at your lovely lips when you speak    To watch you walk with such a feminine flair To hunt for a gray one in your still brown hair   To … Continue reading →

Being allowed to be born and live is the fullest expression of love.  Without life there is no love.  God created us or at the very least allowed us to be created.  If one believes that God created heaven and … Continue reading →

TIBET Years ago, my wife and I took a trip to Tibet, visiting China first. The trip to China from New York took 10,000 hours – 950 in the air and the rest in waiting rooms. Flight attendants served about … Continue reading →

  Are there mosquitoes? Maybe not as many as the Congo, but mosquitoes nevertheless, some of them the size of a small aircraft. Is it muggy? It is damn muggy, not as damp as a steam bath, not all the … Continue reading →

Whereas words have been abused in the public, political and personal spheres of our life,   Whereas words have been characterized as meaningless by various news media and publications, ironically by using words,   Whereas words are the central difference … Continue reading →

At a time long, long, ago and in a place far, far, away The Force of the then known universe was loosed upon the infinity; Whereas; Darth Vader pummeled, vaporized, and beamed away the youth, vigor, and future of the … Continue reading →

Whereas, I, Norman F. Estrin, am: Increasingly bored with work; Sure that 52 years is enough work for a lifetime: Satisfied, that I can provide our for future needs; Happy to have met wonderful, supportive people, at Pelican Preserve; Excited to … Continue reading →