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Rambling thoughts meant to amuse. From the mind of Mike ... I have come to accept that in my brain there lives a sticky word web. Sometimes, I read a word or hear a sentence, and without warning it enters my head where it sits quietly, slowly festering, niggling away...

copyright 2017 by Michael Perry   Don’t Fold Your Feet​. Maurice was someone just like you, who grew and grew and grew and grew… but, Maurice was different. One thing stood out, or should I say two, the right foot and left foot in Maurice's two shoes. Maurice was...

      The fleur-de-lis, the flower of the lily, is said to signify perfection, light, and life.                                                         Three Fleurs-de-lis                                  1976, in the days of circus and youth, in San...

I just read 'The Secret Life of Clowns' by Jeff Raz. I enjoyed every word. It offers a near perfect segue from the closing of Ringling to the wonder of Cirque de Soleil.   Better still? It begins with a dedication to Peggy Ford and contains a wonderful story of her...

' The Japanese Method.' It was two or three minutes before he took my order. "Would you care for a drink?" he said, washing glasses, putting a few dishes away and drying his hands. "I'll be right with you." he added and he continued to clean up. Realizing that he had...

I Tumble.  Occasionally I look back through time's foggy filter at those 52 jokers; memories from four decades past. We worked in groups, rotating every few hours. We acted like animals, like statues, like furniture. We mimed. We made costumes and built props. We put...