We love dogs, but sometimes they embarrass and shame us, just for doing what comes naturally.
Inktober 2022, day 21: Bad Dog
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Inktober 2022, day 20: Bluff
There are poker bluffs, there are rowdy fellows with bluff exteriors, and there is Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bluff almost rhymes with L’oeuf, which means both Egg and Zero. A Goose Egg may be a zero score, or a bump on the noggin from a blunt object, or an egg produced by a goose. Goose the Noun may honk. Goose the Verb may be a rude assault. If you comment, dear Friendly Reader, you will be Calling My Bluff, and Earning My Gratitude. 🙂
Inktober 2022, day 19: Ponytail
Li Po, who went by other names, was a Chinese poet who died by drowning in the Yangtze River. He was drunk and was trying to grab the reflection of the moon. He did not have the ponytail I have drawn here, but I mean no disrespect.
Inktober 2022, day 15: Armadillo
Arm Mad Dill Lo
A hide of Armor Plating does so well•Archenemies steam-thwarted by a shell
Roll-up-in-ball achieves this modest goal•Regrouping and then frisking to and fro
Meandering through days–no squall–nor moo•Make good & goods: no-frilly things to do
Inktober 2022, day 14: Empty
It tickled me to use the “Empty” prompt to clutter up an index card with ways of being empty.The scatterbrained are called empty-headed. If you want something and don’t get it, you walk away empty-handed. And if you throw curses and threats at someone and you have not the means to implement them, they are empty curses, empty threats.
empty
an empty head
an empty hand
an empty curse none understand
an empty hole
an empty bum
an empty bag on tip of thumb
head hand hole bum bag & curse
in this
UNempty
Universe.
Inktober 2022, day 13: Kind
Today’s prompt, “Kind,” brought to mind one of my favorite scenes from Kurt Vonnegut’s magic/real God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Eliot Rosewater, head of the Rosewater Foundation and active alcoholic, is so revered by the denizens of Rosewater, Indiana that a new mom has asked him to baptize her newborn twins. So Eliot is imagining what he will say to them, and he comes up with this: “Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies–God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
Inktober 2022, day 12: Forget
For today’s prompt, “Forget,” I was almost lazy and drew a thought balloon with nothing in it. Done! But then a question mark demanded occupancy of the thought balloon, and then a word balloon advised necessity of itself as something the thought balloon was responding to, and then, well, the whole thing ballooned.
Inktober 2022, day 11: Eagle
Today’s prompt is Eagle. The only eagles I’ve ever drawn were bald eagles and golden eagles. I thought I’d expand my horizons a little and present two types of eagle we don’t usually see, one a Brown Snake Eagle and the other the first-ever female Eagle Scout, Isabella Tunney, who achieved her distinction a mere two years ago. Eagle Scout is the highest rank in Scouting and it involves the acquisition of many Merit Badges, some mandatory (like Swimming, the hurdle I never got over), and some elective.Hearty congratulations to Ms. Tunney!
Inktober 2022, day 10: Crabby
To be Crabby is to be complaintful or a bit angry or both. But Crabs themselves are for the most part looking for food or a good time or a place where they will not be bothered. We do like to eat their legs.
Inktober 2022, day 10: Crabby
To be Crabby is to be complaintful or a bit angry or both. But Crabs themselves are for the most part looking for food or a good time or a place where they will not be bothered. Many of us do like to eat their legs.
One with Clay, Image and Text 