poem

Close to Closing

/ Karina Pinella / 12 Comments

Solve a problem now?
Late afternoon humdinger
Just before closing.

5 ‘til 5 P.M.,
Weekend about to begin;
Leave it for Monday.

Why am I still here?
Should have left right after lunch;
I woke up too late.

Father

/ Karina Pinella / 4 Comments

Image: Pixabay

Vater, padre, pa,
Or by any other name,
You’re honored today.

Thanks for all you’ve done.
Ev’ry day is a blessing
With you in our life.

Grill man, dishwasher,
Among other roles you play;
Happy Father’s Day!

Checking out Czechia

/ Karina Pinella / 21 Comments

Started out in Prague,
I’ve so much to catalog.
Was I all agog!

[The photos that follow include Church of St. Nicholas, the Lennon Wall, St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague Castle, Powder Gate, the Astronomical Clock, Hotel Rott, Dvorák Museum, Alfons Mucha Museum, Petrin Park, The Loreto, and Konopište and Karlštejn Castle.]

Delayed Reaction

/ Karina Pinella / 12 Comments

Sweaty and winded,
Greeted with closed boarding gate,
Missed connecting flight.

Re-routing given,
This time a two-hour delay;
Murphy’s Law gone wild.

Frazzled since midnight
Checked-in carry-on is lost,
Along with my mind.

Chocolate Strawbs Forever

/ Karina Pinella / 9 Comments

Image by Hymn

Tucked between pancakes,
Chocolate-chipped strawberries,
Coconut sprinkled.

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Pancake ingredients all mixed in a bowl:

1 ¼ cups pastry flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp raw sugar
1-2 tbsp flaxseed meal
¾-1 cup leftover cooked oatmeal
1-2 cups homemade tapioca pudding
1 egg
3 tbsps cooking oil (I used safflower oil)
Enough cups of almond milk (or flaxseed milk or any milk) to make your batter not too thick or thin, whichever you prefer

Still Young

/ Karina Pinella / 3 Comments

Once alive and well,

Full of hope and a future.

Now the young are still.

(May those who perished from the Manchester bombing rest in peace and their families find comfort. My condolences to them.)