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Hi, Monty Vern here. I’m a work-in-progress personal blogger, author/ illustrator, and fallible human being. This is the new home for Monty’s Blahg. A place for musings both written and drawn.
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Be well, Monty - Cinco de Mayo
I studied Spanish in high school. I was the only student in my school at the time who took it all four years and I had 1:1 study with Senior Jaime in the final year (in Northern Vermont, French was much more common as a language to take due to the proximity to Quebec). DespiteContinue reading “Cinco de Mayo” - Various Patterns
Be well, Monty - 五月三日May Third. It just looks cooler in Chinese characters. I was about to write that the sun is shining but a cloud just interrupted my train of thought. I got out to an early morning walk and am now sitting outside in the garden (under an intermittent sun). To state the obvious, I’m writing again.Continue reading “五月三日”
- MaydayI’m writing to the tune of modern folk music. Not paying attention to the words. Just tapping the keys along to the guitar strings strumming. Compelled to write despite lacking any specific inspiration. I feel a need for a new writing project. A focus for my creative cravings. A direction to point the figurative pen.Continue reading “Mayday”
- A Bit More Play
Be well, Monty - Scottish Stanza (Scotland)
National Poetry Month may be over, but I’m still catching up! Here is my entry for a prompt from @murisopis’ Poetry from Around the World Scavenger Hunt. This is a great poetry challenge so I encourage you to participate! Scotland: Scottish Stanza (Burns Stanza) – A single stanza of 6 lines with a rhyme schemeContinue reading “Scottish Stanza (Scotland)” - A Bit of Play
Be well, Monty - Treochair (Ireland)
National Poetry Month is back! I’ll be selectively participating in a number of poetry prompts this month. Here is my entry for a prompt from @murisopis’ Poetry from Around the World Scavenger Hunt. This is a great poetry challenge so I encourage you to participate! Ireland: Treochair – An Irish form consisting of tercets (3Continue reading “Treochair (Ireland)” - The Wayra (Peru)
National Poetry Month is back! I’ll be selectively participating in a number of poetry prompts this month. Here is my entry for a prompt from @murisopis’ Poetry from Around the World Scavenger Hunt. This is a great poetry challenge so I encourage you to participate! Peru: The Wayra – A popular form originating in Peru/BoliviaContinue reading “The Wayra (Peru)” - A Bite to Remember (NaPoWriMo #2)
National Poetry Month is back! I’ll be selectively participating in a number of poetry prompts this month. Here is my entry for the prompt from napowrimo.net. Write a platonic love poem. In other words, a poem not about a romantic partner, but some other kind of love – your love for your sister, or aContinue reading “A Bite to Remember (NaPoWriMo #2)” - The Phantom Tollbooth Misremembered (NaPoWriMo #1)
National Poetry Month is back! I’ll be selectively participating in a number of poetry prompts this month. Here is my entry for the prompt from napowrimo.net. Write – without consulting the book – a poem that recounts the plot, or some portion of the plot, of a novel that you remember having liked but thatContinue reading “The Phantom Tollbooth Misremembered (NaPoWriMo #1)” - The Lune (America)
National Poetry Month is back! I’ll be selectively participating in a number of poetry prompts this month. Here is my entry for the ‘America’ prompt from @murisopis’ Poetry from Around the World Scavenger Hunt. This is a great poetry challenge so I encourage you to participate! America: The Lune – An American form of HaikuContinue reading “The Lune (America)” - The Cedar (NaPoWriMo #0 – the early bird special)
National Poetry Month is back! I’ll be selectively participating in a number of poetry prompts this month. Here is my entry for the ‘early bird’ prompt from napowrimo.net. Pick a word from the list below and write poem titled either “A [the word]” or “The [the word]” in which you explore the meaning of theContinue reading “The Cedar (NaPoWriMo #0 – the early bird special)” - “Enlightened”
Be well, Monty - Cityscape
Be well, Monty - Mountain Lake
Be well, Monty - G.O.A.T
Be well, Monty - An Extraction of Jack
Be well, Monty - Watery Impresssion
Be well, Monty - Playing with AISo I finally found the time to explore the available AI tools and I have to admit, I’m impressed. I’m pretty favorable towards adopting new tools that enhance the way we work, even if there are potential pitfalls, but I’m a slow adopter for AI as it’s been hard to access here in China. ButContinue reading “Playing with AI”
- Mocha Splash
Be well, Monty - Dreaming, I Swim
Dreaming, I swimAgainst the currents,Crossing the sound,Beneath the stars,Between ships large,Under sharp keels,Miles beyond my abilityTo stony shores;Out of the cold waters,I arise refreshed. I have this recurring dream. I swim across the Puget Sound. The waters are too cold, but I’m not. The distance too far, yet I arrive safely to shore. I don’tContinue reading “Dreaming, I Swim” - Branches
Be well, Monty - Mountain Landscape
Be well, Monty
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