Driving through puddles
Is not that unusual -
Unless one lives here.
Max Q
Crisp morning wool
Tea after tea after tea
Autumn renewal
Laurel
Sleeping in darkness
With the moon rising so late
Brightening my path
Rikosan
Hubbard squash reminds
It’s a science fiction world
Native folks knew first
Maeve
If you missed the show, here is a link. For some reason, the recording starts about five minutes into the broadcast. https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_251014_160000b.mp3
Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve
I am kind of proud of my haiku this morning. I think I kept up with the rest of the gang.
Abandoned pennies
Lying here-there-everywhere
Treasures to be found.
Eileen
I pick up pennies
That are lying on the ground.
Heads up, I’m lucky.
Max Q
Friend, can you hear me
Heart promising safe harbor
Again and again
Laurel
On a warm fall day
A son buried his mother
Sadly, by himself.
Bill
The man in the moon
Can observe the lunatics
Down here on the ground
Rikosan
Soros sent me cash
For new antifa ascots
My squad looks great now
Subcomandante Maeve
Yesterday I talked with Leslie Ann Grove and Laurel Newnham from the Northwest Mediation Center. October is Conflict Resolution Month which made it a great time to hear from people who resolve conflicts for a living.
We talked about how meditation worked and what were some things that the Northwest Mediation Center has helped people come to agree upon. I learned a lot.
One of things I didn’t know about was their Restorative Circles.
Do you have what it takes to be a mediator or mediator ambassador? Doing this kind of work is really needed in our current political and social upheaval. If you missed the show, you can listen to it here - https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_251007_160000b.mp3
Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve
Haiku Friday 3 October 2025
Send a get well card:
The whole wide world is ailing,
Needing words of hope.
Max Q
An heirloom morning
Shrouded, whispering stillness
Tending towards hope
Laurel
All branches silent
While the commander in chief
Calmly babbles on
Rikosan
A bright red rose hip
Part of the fall color scheme
Signals summers end
Bill
Mighty Bob Nixon
A wonderful friend to all
Miss working with him
Maeve
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Haiku Friday September 26 2025
Freedom of the breeze
Falling underwear and leaves
Autumn in The Zone
Zak
One of The Chosen -
Algorithmically, that is:
They know what I like.
Max Q
The truck stop Subway:
Where the pretty people eat
And fill up on gas.
Max Q
Overnight rainfall
Washing the coast with fresh dew
Glory in the skies
Eileen
The Labrador Coast
Sniffing, wagging, friends galore
A dog’s paradise.
Eileen
The pathway beckons
Draws us into the forest
A pine scented calm
Bill
Moisture in the clouds
Autumn arrives right on time
Contemplating change
Rikosan
Science Fiction Zen
Shrug off the Trump cult zombies
Hollow nothing spooks
Maeve
Yesterday I talked with my friend Jenny Seibert. As the United States sinks deeper into Fascism, disease and pending economic collapse, we talked about how do you decide when it is the right time to flee the country. Like many other groups: farmers, police officers, veterans, union members, the elderly, service members, small business owners, and immigrants - transgender people are definitely under attack by this anti-democratic, pro-fascist administration. Trans people are the canaries in the coal mine for those who will not join the anti-Christ Trump death cult. Is it better to stay, resist peacefully and make them do the awful things they say they are going to do to us to show the world what a danger this administration is to everyone in the United States and on the planet, or to flee and live another day?
If you missed the show, you can listen to it here - https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_2509023_160000b.mp3
Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve
Today on Out and About, I will be talking with my friend Jenny Seibert. As the United States sinks deeper into Fascism, disease and pending economic collapse, we will be talking about how does one decide when it is the right time to flee the country.
Jenny and I have served our country in different capacities. I consider myself a patriotic citizen and leaving our nation would not be a knee-jerk response or an emotional impulse. It would take a lot for me to seek asylum in another nation. I would rather the Fascists leave and, in their absence, let America fulfill its promise of freedom and justice for all. However, there may come a time when I will have no choice.
President Trump recently said that he would like to classify transgender people as “violent extremists.” The architects of his agenda, the Heritage Foundation, would like trans people to be labeled “terrorists.” As trans women, Jenny and I are definitely the canaries in the coal mine for those who will not join the anti-Christ Trump death cult. I expect this will be a spirited conversation.
Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve
Haiku friday September 19 2025
Dimpled zest safeguards
Ascerbic exchanges by
Fusiform strangers
Laurel
We have never met
Yet I have seen your impact
You deserve the best
Bill
Count them on two hands:
The authoritarians
Metastasizing.
Max Q
Old guys cavorting:
Going to the cinema
Thursday afternoon.
Max Q
I can still recall
On a dark desert highway
Cool Whip in my hair
I don’t know how it got there
And I don’t really care.
Rikosan
Grandson calls me Maeve
I asked him for “The Captain”
Still, this is perfect
Maeve
