A to Z Blogging Challenge · family

D is for Dog

Bimbo was the name of our dog
(Tho’ my memory is a bit of a fog)
We left her behind
When we were reassigned
[how would you finish my limerick?]


Was this dog Bimbo?
Or this dog?
Or this dog?

True story — I don’t really remember our dog, Bimbo. I do, however, remember that Bimbo turned up in Ft. Devens after we had to leave her behind in Ethiopia. I mean, we found another home for her before we returned, and my parents had told us that we couldn’t take her back to the states, and yet, somehow, her new family had solved that problem.

Is it really a tragedy? I don’t know. I can’t even remember what Bimbo looked like.


A few years ago I did the A-to-Z Challenge using collages I had made alongside unfinished limericks. I especially enjoyed the unfinished limerick part. It was very audience-participation-ish.

This year I thought I would try using old photographs and unfinished limericks. Can you finish this limerick?


A to Z Blogging Challenge

C is for Corn

Do you see those cornfields in the foreground?
Where I live, I’ll tell you, they are all around
Rural, bucolic
So lovely to frolic
[how would you finish my limerick?]


A few years ago I did the A-to-Z Challenge using collages I had made alongside unfinished limericks. I especially enjoyed the unfinished limerick part. It was very audience-participation-ish.

This year I thought I would try using old photographs and unfinished limericks. Can you finish this limerick?


That house in the distance across the valley? That’s the house where I grew up.

A to Z Blogging Challenge · family

B is for Bird

She wanted to touch the wee bird
Which, to me, seemed a little absurd
But she reached out her hand
When the bird came to land
[how would you finish my limerick?]


A few years ago I did the A-to-Z Challenge using collages I had made alongside unfinished limericks. I especially enjoyed the unfinished limerick part. It was very audience-participation-ish.

This year I thought I would try using old photographs and unfinished limericks. Can you finish this limerick?


I think this picture was taken in Cooperstown, where my father did his internship and residency. That’s my sister and my oldest brother.