Harbor Pilots

So here I am on the live stream. Hi everybody. I'm Speak Wonder and my go to topic is harbor pilots and I love to come on the lives on Thursdays usually at 11am eastern standard. It is past 11:30 which is when I rescheduled this. And thanks for joining joining me, Andy Joyful. So this is going to be kind of a short live because my morning did not go as planned. I was overly ambitious thinking I could attend a minor toe surgery and still be on my life. I'm supposed to be sitting down with my foot elevated.

I'm standing in my living room because I quickly discovered at the medical center where I had this procedure done and I verified it with one of the employees. Their WI fi stinks and so does their cell service. It's a great big metal building and I thought maybe I could stand in the hallway after my procedure and talk to you guys. So I'm going to. In lieu of my normal content. Oh, that's my corgi. That's my, my little girl Gracie. Yeah. When I say normal content, I know that's a relative term. What I usually bring to the table is something about harbors and harbor pilots and assisting each other as we navigate different waters.

Today some since I'm have a kind of a poet's heart. I would like to read a poem. C. and Betsy Hodges. She talked about the importance of fun and having fun. So I think part of having fun is reading from one of my favorite poetry books, where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. It's just a matter of finding one of my favorites. And by the way, my toe is fine. I had an ingrown toenail and a young man, he looked like he was 14 did the procedure. Nice, nice young man. His name is Mark and he's probably in his late 20s in reality, but when you reach a certain age Everybody looks about 14.

These youngins. So he's an intern and he did a fabulous job. He had to put two numbing shots nerve blocks in my toe. That was the worst part. And then the doctor came in and checked everything out and got this big blue bandage on and can resume life as per normal. Hi junk food junkie and hello Jules. Thank you for Your greetings to Ms. Gracie. Appreciate you all. You know, Stephanie this morning on her live said that we need to call out our neighborhood. You're my neighborhood. I'm calling on you because it hurt to have my toe done and it's just good to have the comfort of friends around me okay, so I could read Sarah Cynthia, Sylvia Stout, who would not take the garbage out.

That's fun, but it's kind of long, so instead I'll read. Bear with me, folks. I literally just came in the door. How about. Oh, they're all so good, you guys. If you don't have where the sidewalk ends or any of the Shield Silverstein poetry collections, I invite you to get them. If you have littles to read to. That's really fun. I have a couple little grandkids and they're wonderful. How about. Okay, since. Since I love lakes and all things lakes and harbor pilots, I'm going to read to you Pirate Captain Jim.

And here's the illustration. Shel Silverstein did his own illustrations as well. Pirate Captain Jim, you ready? You're like, what is going on with her? Walk the plank, says Pirate Jim. But Captain Jim, I cannot swim. Then you must steer us through the gale. But Captain Jim, I cannot sail. Then down with the galley slaves you go. But Captain Jim, I cannot row. Then you must be the pirate's clerk. But Captain Jim, I cannot work. Then a pirate captain you must be. Thank you, Jim, says Captain me. That turned around, didn't it?

He was disqualified for all the other jobs except for being the captain. Well, we never know what a day will bring. I two days ago, I didn't know I'd be having this procedure, and suddenly they had an opening on the schedule, so I grabbed it, and again I thought, oh, I can do this. I can get my toe fixed and do Cadre. We are human. We are made of clay, and we can't do it all. Same goes with the caregiving picture. And, you know, just the art of being human is so organic, and it's so different every day.

Anyway, what a fun poem. And I invite you to have some fun today. And if you have to do something that takes a bit of bravery, like having a needle put into your person. How about a needle in your toe? Yeah. And you live to tell about it. Then reward yourself. I'm gonna go get a Starbucks. Yeah, and if you didn't catch Dr. Shareese on her live this morning, go do the replay. Powerful stuff. I mean, I can say that about every Cadre. Computer, Computer contributor is that the content is just. It always hits me where I need to hear it.

So I appreciate you all, appreciate the content providers and the community of people who gather around for discussions. You know, it's like we're leaning over the fence just having a discussion with our neighbors. You're the best. Have some fun. Read a poem and come back and visit the Cadre, because there's lots of good stuff here. Ah, Speak Wonder. You just did a poem. I just read this the other day. Go read the lyrics to songs. They are a form of poetry also. Yes, absolutely. I think that's what I'll do.

While I'm elevating and putting ice on and sipping my Starbies, I'm going to cue up some of my favorite songs and I'll ask for the lyrics so I can look at them. Poetry. Poetry is everywhere. I'll see you next week and it'll be at my normal time. 11 o'clock eastern standard. Bye for now.