Monthly Archives: November 2016

November 25, 2016

Schlockmeister – Friday’s Word of the Day Haiku

Happy Friday! Black Friday to be exact, and whooo-boy do I have a deal, I mean word for you! Actually dictionary.com has a word and a very timely one at that! Today’s word of the day…it’s a word you didn’t even know you needed until now…in fact it will change your life and you’re gong to want to say it every chance you get. The word…here for a limited time only, is none other than Schlockmeister!

Schlockmeister is called an Americanism, originating around 1960-65. It’s a combination of schlock, a Yiddish word meaning cheap or trashy and mayster or German Meister which means master craftsman.

I’m sure you will agree this is the perfect word for today as bargain hunters flood the shopping centers and malls in search of the latest, greatest next big, must have thing that will likely be collecting dust when next year’s Black Friday rolls around!

Happy Holidays!

schlockmeisters don’t care
if you need what they’re selling
they will convince you

people who must have
the latest, greatest new things
are schlockmeister’s tools

the internet is full
of schlockmeisters in disguise
with perfect selfies

kat – 25 November 2016

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November 24, 2016

Liberated – A Three Line Tale

By Kat Myrman

Photo by Sandis Helvigs via Unplash

“Of course you are welcome, you are always welcome to join us for the holidays, but as always, we ask that you abide by our rules, namely, no discussion of politics, religion and social issues allowed.”

I understood the rules because I had smiled silently invisible at their table many times before, politely passing stuffing, turkey and congealed salad to the right, always to the right, but this year for the the first time in years, I liberated myself from this annual masochistic ritual and declined their veiled invitation.

In response they feigned their disappointment, relieved, I imagined, that they would be free to spew their misinformed, caustic blabber, unfettered by my silent winces from across the room, saying simply, “We will miss your face.”

kat ~ 24 November 2016

A Three Line Tale based on the photo above. More along the theme this week of letting go and nurturing my soul as I enjoy a peaceful Thanksgiving with my significant other at the Chinese Buffet. I am thankful, so thankful this year for the freedom of choice, for love and friendship and for family in small managed doses. May you find peace and harmony in simple pleasures this most unusual holiday season.

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November 23, 2016

Season of Letting Go

By Kat Myrman

Each year, this particular tree clings tightly to a leaf that mystically takes on the shape of a bird. Of course having a vivid imagination helps, but before you dismiss me as completely looney, I’d like to point out that this year there are at least two leaf-birds. Can you see them?

I watch them as Winter comes, waiting for the inevitable … the day when the leaf can no longer hang on, only to be swept away on the wind for her first and final flight in complete surrender.

And each year I am reminded, in this season of letting go, to consider the things, people and thoughts that I may be clinging too tightly to, that no longer bring life and light into my life. Like my friend the tree, I am good at creating the illusion, even if only in my own mind, that I need these things in my life. But ultimately I know I must consider letting it all go. Just like the bird-shaped leaves on my tree, the fading, muted, useless “stuff” of my life is just a reflection of what could be if I make room for it by letting go.

Thanks for the reminder old friend, you and your shape-shifting bird-leaves! I’ll let go when you do. ❤️