Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

"Grouchy Grinches, rhyming foxes in socks, the cat in the hat and old Mr. Knox!
Nooks that can't cook, a pink ink drinking Yink, Jiboos, Gump's Wump... oh, the thinks you can think!
Green eggs and ham, a hopping Yop, Mr. Sam I Am... you probably want me to stop!
One fish, two fish, a goo chewing goose! Red fish, blue fish, Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!"
~By Karen Thead

Pretty much everyone is familiar with a certain trouble-causing, top hat-wearing cat. Everyone grew up with a grumpy, grouchy Grinch who's home is at the top of Mount Crumpit. Everyone's tongue has been twisted trying to keep up with a talkative fox who wears socks. And how about tasting some green eggs and ham? Yep, it's a big part of almost everyone's childhood. HUGE thank you to Theodor Seuss Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) for being such a big part of my childhood! Happy (108th) Birthday! :)

Rhapsody of Rain

As I listen to the sound of soft, steady rain falling…
I lightly brush my fingertips over the keys.
I sit and I feel my heart’s true calling…
And play almost anything that I do please.

Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart and more…
The rain and my music so beautifully blend.
As the thunder sounds, I begin my encore…
Oh, I never… never want it to end.

The lightning crashes—my fingertips fly…
As everything around me fades in a blur.
I see a bright flash illuminate the sky…
I fermata, I pause for the thunder to occur.

As the little hammers hit the tight strings…
The rain patters down on my sill.
My mind begins wondering a great many things…
And my right hand starts doing a trill.

As I hear the rain slowly begin to subside…
I silently thank the storm for its show.
The piano now silent—keys closed up inside…
My fingertips skim across the top as I go.