The inquisitive vine
must find out
what each bottle
is all about.
It must in tendril’d
curl and twist
make sure that nothing
has been missed.
It knows the truth
herein applied:
nothing’s learned
if nothing’s tried.
Happy birthday to D.J. Berg, who can grow anything,
even bottles,
and whose inquisitive vine is a lot like her.
And thanks to photographer S.W. Berg.
A kid with a cone
in raspberry shoes
teaches a lesson
we can all use:
know your priorities
focus, be serious
(a chinload of ice cream
is not deleterious);
practice makes perfect
as life goes along —
if you’re not getting sticky,
you’re doing something wrong.
I don’t know who took this picture, but I know that’s Emmy braving the hard work
of learning how to eat an ice cream cone. Sometimes work is indeed its own reward.
Happy Labor Day, dear reader!
