Haiku for every day of October 2023

Haiku for every day of October 2023

October 1

Church in Mahomet

Coffee, music, preaching, prayer

Saw lots of good friends

October 2

Sam says we’re ready

Oil change before we leave

Time to pack the car

 

October 3

A big trip like this

Marc and me for fifteen days

Just the two of us

 

October 4

Red ball in the east

Sunrise over Illinois

What a way to start!

October 5

Cross to Canada

Seafood in New London, ON

Niagara Falls

October 6

Great revolving meal

Atop the Skylon Tower

Midnight go-kart race

October 7

Train from Albany

Penn Station in Manhattan

Subway to ferry

October 8

Seven mile walk

McSorley’s – Washington Square

Bus up to Times Square

October 9

Follow Keillor’s path

Oysters, beer at Grand Central

They go down so smooth

October 10

Empire State at night

Metro Lounge, good food and rest

Twelve hours in New York

October 11

Corned beef hash breakfast

So many fall leaves to see

Vermont, full of rain

 

October 12

Have to stay somewhere

Dark clouds over Lewiston

Maine seascoast calls us

October 13

Route One – no more clouds

Fresh lobster Belfast seacoast

Chowder, mussels, smiles

October 14

Day is getting dark

Can we get to Canada?

Sunset pulls us on

October 15

Saint John Thanksgiving

Prime rib, head for Halifax

Protests on the bay

October 16

Meat Cove far up north

Six hours, pull in at dark

Ten million stars

October 17

Prince Edward Island

Oysters, Anne, Ceilidh dancers

Kids’ own marathon

October 18

Home through big cities

Quebec, Montreal, Toronto

Back in USA

October 19

Baseball playoff games

Every night in our motels

Looked forward to that

October 20

Oysters, lobster, crab

Haddock, scallops and chowder

And seafood pizza

October 21

Same day to reserve

Knew we had a place to stay

We used lots of points

 

October 22

Marc’s life and mine fit

Together well, day and night

For five thousand miles

October 23

John, Karen, Mary

Cameron, Ellie, Aly

Chris, Melissa, Jack

October 24

One more oil change

Then Springfield IL to Springfield MO

Blake at Krispie Kreme

October 25

Drive home to Texas

A talk again with Kathe

How we searched toward God

October 26

Take three deep breaths and

Re-enter Texas, put on

My old cowboy hat

October 27

Alone in the pool

Warm breeze, full moon in the clouds

Last time until spring

 

October 28

Food, Grace dancing

With the Alibis, s’mores

Bouncing horse races

October 29

Friends found me, hugged me

I guess I’ve been gone a month

So good to be missed!

October 30

the weather has changed

from seventy to forty

overnight, find coats!

October 31

Watching those cool kids

Share their pounds of candy bars

Happy as can be