granddaughterbliss............

me doest think
it was w.c.fields who once quipp'd
never follow a child on the stage
cos you'll always bomb & be a flop
their unintentional humor is ten times better than scripted comedy
carissa being a young dazzling damsel at 7 weeks
me being a fossilized greyhaired antique at 60+

eye have had my dazling daze
with the sun&moon&stars
with the wind&rain&clouds
eye have crawled&jumped&flown&crashed
been a pirate/poet/klown/koyote/koward&hero
time to hand over the torch to another generation
to light up the sky

it is good when you can experience your grownup children(erica&carson)
having their children
being part of that third generation
braggin' rights of having three grandchildren..........blayke&marcus&carissa
life doesn't get any better than this
then you can feel what your grandparents felt
love'swarmth heating up a worshipping heart
a worsippingheart fogging up teary eyes

&the night was made for poets & drunks & madmen
& grandfathers who have much more to zay then they have ever zaid
grey&gregarious..............lopsided&loquacious
as eye'm with the woman of my dreams
as she sleeps with the man in her dreams
both of us never very far away
from our wideawake&sleeping thoughts

if the midnight owls don't give a hoot neither do eye
see you on the flipside
where this aging tired skinned man hides a child living inside of him
that carissa can communicate with
& can keep young till its time to go

themidnightkoyotehowlsagain...........

7 Weeks Old & Happy Birthday Grandpa

pre-birthdazebliss..........

tonite eye feel like
eye'm 59.9999999999999999999999
until the big six-o tomorrow

where did all that time go
eye'm weigh over the hill
and as eye gaze back
the hill is long-time-gone

kontempating on bob dylan's lyricallyrics
from the song "my back pages"

"in a soldiers stance, i aimed my hand
at the mongrel gods who teach
fearing not that i'd become my enemy
in the instant that i preach
my pathway led by confusion boats
mutiny fromm stern to bow
ah, but i was so much older then
i'm younger than that now"

ah we art a wee bit anti-authoritorian eye surmise
& know thy self as thy own worst enemy
far to often consciously self destructin'....
ah fellow swabbies a good sailor is a bitchin' sailor'
never trust anyone who doth knot show his or her true kolors
(people aren't against you they are just for themselves)
..like a phoenix one must rise from the smokey ashes
& like the death of the zen caterpiller metamorphize
into the metaphorical butterfly

6 minutes & eye'll be 60
too many candles to blow out
all 9 l(katnip(lives already snuffed out
long in the tooth
blind in the tri-focaled i's
but a poetikal heart that sees what most others miss
my life is most likely 3/4's over......maybe 9/10
......floating unconsciously in wakantanka's holy hand

see you all on the flipside.........a hardrainisgoingtofall
a feather for your thoughts.......byebye

will you ztill needme & ztill feedme when eye'm sixty-4

firstthereisamountain-thenthereisnomoutain

been trying to find the following quotes
scribbled 'em down someplacesomewheresomehow
finally found 'em.........

"the only zen you find on top of the mountain
is the zen you bring up there"
-robert m. pinsis(hope spelling is korrect)

"if you cannot find the truth
right where you are,
where else do you expect to find it"
-dogen

often we see the universe better
with eyes closed gazing through our hearts
then with eyes open looking through our minds
when the lights go out
is the blind person the only one able to really see

a friend used to always zay
"that tomorrow isn't promised to us"
we must make the most out of today
we only have so much time to prioritize our priorities
make positive use of what we often have no control over
life is like a butterfly that lands in our open hand
and as we close it the butterfly flutters away
one day we learn to zay hello then not long after .....we must zay goodbye

oh her lips are sweet
her eyes are deep
her skin is soft

her hands heal the hidden pain
her words speak in sublime poetry
my heart belongs to only her

eye'll miss her long before eye'm gone

a-sleeping-andorf-full-of-wideawake-michael

quotablequotes of the daze..........

many years ago
bev& eye were touring a bookstore
& eye picked up "the little book of zen"
& read the following quote
....what did the zen master zay to the hog dog vender
" make me one with everything"
eye laughed so hard my belly ached for two daze

being a poet ....one enjoys reversing things to see something in new novel way
which most people never think about doing......here goes
....what did the hot dog vender zay to the zen master
can you make me one with everything.....

would a hot dog vender already be one with everything
surely wouldn't be your normal capitalist or hooked on materialism
just maintaining a lifestyle that keeps him at balance & at peace

recently eye had the chance to use this line on a hot dog vender
asking him.... first if he knew what a zen master was......... zaid "kind of"
then eye asked him........if he would make me one with everything
he zaid o.k...........
as eye lifted my arms outstretched to the sky
& then pretending to smear mustard & onions & pickle relish on a hotdog bun

then he handed me a hot dog without everything on it.........

some guys can really screw up a two car funeral................
no sojourn to any kind of earthly utopia for me

(another variation on the zenzational zen line is)

a buddhist approuches a hot dog vendor and zays
"make me one with everything"

he gives the vendor a $20 bill and waits
finally he says "where's my change"

zays the vender : "all change must come from within"

a film that kind of plays with this concept is
"ghost dog : the way of the samurai"
except ghost dog & the hotdog vendor speak different languages yet ztill kommunicate
better than most people who speak the same language but miscommunicate

how fun & bizarre & enriching & uplifting the use of words be.....till next time

heyokakommunikatingkoyoteeeeeeeeeeye

quotablequotes of the daze..........

this one is very inspiring
& makes one walk in their own worn moccasins
wondering who am i........where did i come from......where am i going
maybe why haven't i been more of a humanitarian instead of egotistical

like the ole zaying....everything we do is either a curse of a blessing
a miracle or a crime
making us either end up as criminals or miraclemakers

if you practice what you preach then you don't have to preach........a.o.k....poncho



Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between the two "wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

koyoteblogman............top iwanian film list

here goes fellow kinema kinephiles
or film list freaks
who like to eyeball & tastetest other peoples lists
...........in other of favorites

some great films have been filmed in the cornfields&prairies&bergs of ioway
from baseball to farm sales to escaped lovers to bankrupcies to a indian film
there are a lot worse places to live or be born into
best food in the world...........ripe tomatoes to sweetkorn to t-bone steaks
some awful beautiful women also smile & wave...... here in the tundra too
married to one...........created one............watching one grow into a babygirl
reminds me of the ole mom mabley line..........
"a woman's a woman until the day she dies
but a man's only a man as long as he can"

is this heaven........no it's iowa.................paraphazed from "field of dreams"



my top films about ioway iwanians

1. field of dreams ‘89
2. country ‘84
3. the bridges of madison county ‘95
4. the straight story
5. michael ‘96
6. a thousand acres ‘97
7. miles from home ‘88
8. what’s eating gilbert grape ‘93
9. sioux city ‘94
10. terms of endearment ‘83
11. sleeping with the enemy ‘91
12. troublesome creek : a midwestern. ‘95
13. rain 'oo
14. state fair ‘33
15. saving private ryan ‘98
16. the big one ‘98
17. the music man ‘62
18. out of bounds ‘86
19. friendly fire ‘79
20. the tarnished angels ‘57
21. ice castles ‘78
21. the big one ‘98
22. fraternity vacation ‘85
23. take this job and shove it ‘81
24. puppet masters ‘94
25. joe’s appartment ‘96
26. the last supper ‘95
27. cold turkey ‘71

quotablequotes of the daze..........

somedaze your hot & somedaze your icy kold
like oscar wilde zaid
(who my lifetimewife beverly likes to quote)
"only the dull are witty at breakfast"

anyway upon entering the unwideawake premises of d.o.t.land this morning
eye quipp'd quick rapidfirely to two fellow d.o.t. female workers

"eye'm pretty easy to get along with
(long pause) 10% of the time"
....for some reason they both broke out in instantaneous laughter
only way to start a state job on hump daze

one of those half-hothumid daze & half rainyday-woman daze
that bob dylan sang the following lyrics about
"everybody is either making love or expectin' rain on desolation row"

or as simon & garfunkle once uttered in a song
"when your talking about dylan that man thinks your talking about dylan thomas
the man ain't got no culture"

toiling over me top 20 movies filmed about iwanians in ioway
maybe tomorrow will fill the hayseed&sodbuster&urbanrenewal void
speaking of that...........was able to talk to an ioway indian at the meskwakie powwow
always interesting & informative.........
bought a braided twist of medicinal sweetgrass from him

a great pbs special on the ioway indians will be presented this fall

enough psychobabbling in the blog-asphere

thee ole heyokakoyoteisgetting winded&groggy

rememberalwayswhat irishmanjamesjoyce zaid..............lovelovestolovelove............lovers

quotablequotes of the daze..........

always tell the truth then you don't have to remember what you said
-mark twain
(reminds me of the ole yoke.........
what does t-o spell............to
what does t-o-o spell..........too
what is the author's last name who wrote tom sawyer...........twain
say that all together..........to-too-twain
........when you get a liddle older eye will teach you how to say locomotive)

i felt like the world was a tuxedo
and i was a pair of brown shoes
-george gobel

telling a frozen fish that it is a hot waffle
does as much good as telling a hot waffle it is a frozen fish
-carl sandberg

zenzation zen zin-ma film list

zenzational zen zin-ema top 20 film list by michael andorf

1. peaceful warrior
2. box of moonlight
3. the razor’s edge
4. forrest gump
5. patch adams
6. oh god!
7 . windrunner
8. pay it forward
9. phenomenon
10. ghost dog : the way of the samurai
11. powwow highway
12. michael
13. roadside prophets
14. harry & tonto
15. the straight story
16. the fisher king
17. shirley valentine
18. powder
19. little buddha
20. zen buddhism : in search of self

koyoteblogman............

thanxs destri for setting me up in blogkyberspace
maybe it will invigorate me poetical thoughts
have to stay one step ahead of bev & two steps behind the grandsuns&granddaughter
& their beloved parents
sure glad eye lived long enough to experience all this new technology

what an indescribable daughter-in-law dragging us along into this new wordl
with all me yokes&lists&poems"es
that will find a place to be viewed by strangers & friends & family klan

won't be long till bev wants her own personal computer
........sure would like to read her daily thoughts on a blog
oh maybe not.......speak at you later

krosseyedkounterklockwisekoyote@babbling&blissful&biographicalblog.com

weirdwordyokeoftheedaze...

A BBHQ Insta-Quote:

"The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that should be committed to memory the utmost care and forethought must be exercised; as lessons well learnt in youth are never forgotten." -- Arthur Schopenhauer

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And now, the BBHQ Joke of the Week:
Oh, how we love words. These are some... strange definitions. Read themslowly... some may take a second or two to sink in.
EYEDROPPER: A clumsy ophthalmologist.
HEROES: What a guy in a boat does.
LEFT BANK: What the robber did when his bag was full of money.
MISTY: How golfers create divots.
PARADOX: Two physicians.
PARASITES: What you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower.
PHARMACIST: A helper on the farm.
POLARIZE: What penguins see with.
PRIMATE: Removing your spouse from the couch in front of the TV.
RELIEF: What trees do in the spring.
RUBBERNECK: What you do to relax your wife.
SELFISH: What the owner of a seafood store does.
And our favorite:
SUDAFED: Litigation brought against a government official.