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The Blog Of the "Mother" of Bandit.
Bandit is my Hairless Chinese Crested--he's the "normal" one. I, on the other hand, am unrepentantly "pet-crazy." You know the type--the spinster who lives in the haunted house three blocks over with 72 cats...okay, so I don't have 72 cats, and my house isn't haunted--but my dogs wardrobe is better than mine! Need I say more? :~)
I've never been consistant at journaling, so the timing of my blogs will be sporadic at best. I just hope they are as entertaining to you as they are to me; however, be forewarned: Most of my blogs will be about The BaldOne. In spite of his Don King "do," I think he's just as cute as any of the Brothers B!
Now, if I can just remember not to get him wet--or feed him after midnight...

About Me

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My bags are packed and I'm always ready to seek out an adventure with Bandit and Moggy in tow. Bandit is my thirteen year old Chinese Crested, who I frequently call The Bald One or The BaldOne Boy (like he was one of the Baldwin Brothers). Moggy’s full name is Pip-Moggy. He’s my two year old gansta-resuce kitty. I couldn’t decide between Pip (which are the spots on die and domino tiles) and Moggy (or Moggie when I mistakenly thought he was a she), so I combined the two. Moggy refers to the British term for "cat of unknown parentage .” So in essence, I have an almost bald dog, and I’ve named my cat “Spot.”

Fun Stuff (I'm doing now or have done)

  • Artistic Attempts weekly (alternating between Painting With A Twist, That Art Place, and Peniot's Palette).
  • Bunko with the Belton Bunko Babes monthly.
  • Participating in the A to Z Blogging Challenge.
  • Spades and Liverpool Rummy with the Spadetts weekly.
  • The Mighty Texas Dog Walk, Austin (fund raiser for Service Dogs, Inc--they train shelter dogs to be Service Dogs, then give them free of charge to people with disabilities.)

Thursday, April 9, 2015

H is for Haiku! (A to Z Blogging Challenge 2015)

I love Haiku. I don’t really know how to write it, but that doesn’t stop me from writing it—albeit badly.  Maybe I enjoy trying to form complete images in exactly 17 syllables because I’m usually too wordy.

My rudimentary understanding of Haiku is this:
Haiku is a Japanese art form made up of 17 on or morae (word symbols) which paint a sensory picture of a moment, or evoke a poignant feeling, which usually involves nature or a seasonal reference. Typically it includes a juxtaposition of two differing images which leads to a kireji (cutting word or turning point) that evokes a realization of how they relate to one another.  The break is usually after the second stanza; however, can be after the first.

The English speaking form of Haiku is a poem of 17 syllables, typically divided into three stanza composed of 5-7-5 syllables respectively.  English Haiku is frequently non-rhyming, and is not as strict at involving nature.  It uses no punctuation or capitalization, and it may or may not have a title.

I usually don’t involve nature. I also may or may not express idea juxtaposition. I frequently am happy just to have whittled the idea down to exactly 17 syllables.  In the truest sense of the word, I do not write Haiku. I write pseudo-haiku.

Just for fun, here is my pseudo-Haiku on what I take away as the composition of English Haiku…

 

juxtaposed word art
five seven five syllable
idea fusion

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