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An Invitation

Uncategorized / September 21, 2018 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

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The Other Well

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Capacity, Communication, Generosity / May 31, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

for Kim Heinrich

No need to ask
the depth of their well

What they say
is not how you'll tell

The Well

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Capacity, Generosity, Giving, Need / May 30, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

There is no need to tell
the depth of your well

Just let each drink
according to their thirst

Timmy’s Down the Well

Audio Recordings / tagged Charity, Compassion, Generosity, Need / May 29, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Timmy's down the well
or in the words of Lassie
Woof woof woof arf arf woof
Timmy's down the well

Lay down your tools
set aside your quarrels
everyone come running
Timmy's down the well

There's nothing like
a big-bellied Biafra baby
to open hearts and wallets

Nothing like a crooked grin
to get us on the Smile Train

It's happening again in Haiti
the smallest with the least
are calling for our largest best

Sometimes it takes a child
to raise a village

Smile Train The world’s largest cleft-focused organization has a sustainable and local model of supporting surgery and other forms of essential care.

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GOD / DOG / MIRROR

Audio Recordings / tagged Afterlife, Companionship, Connection, Death, pets / May 28, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

For Kenny Wirges

God is Dog in a mirrror
Dog is God in a mirror

Kenny had always
a dog at his side

Now he lives in that space
between mirrors
with one on either side

For Victor

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Aging, Dogs, Learning, Love, pets, Wisdom / May 27, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The only trick an old dog can learn
is how to be an old dog

The minimum of turns one has to take
before lying down for that nap

That a bark is as good as a chace
for keeping squirrels off the deck

And that after all these years
of standing up for your standing friends
you've likely earned their kneeling by you now

Dog Whistlers

Audio Recordings, Haiku / tagged Country Music, Dogs, Humor / May 26, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Of course dogs whistle
mostly old country tunes
sad we can't hear them

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Dogs and Boys

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Companionship, Connection, Dogs, Love, pets / May 25, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Twenty thousand years
they walked the plains together

The boy did not know that
The dog did not know that

Or did they

Photo of author’s Uncle Bruce with Pepper circa 1928

Texas Ain’t Saskatchewan

Audio Recordings, Nature / tagged Spring / May 24, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Rumors of springtime
no snow melt or pasture crocus
no sure way to tell

Redbuds in the Rain

Audio Recordings, Haiku, Nature, Travel / tagged Spring / May 23, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Crab Apple Love

Audio Recordings, Family, Relationships / tagged Humor, Imperfection, Love, sensuality / May 22, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

You'd be crabby too
if you'd been through what I've been through

Yes, you might be a little crabby too
if all your relatives looked down on you

Sweet Granny Smith with her stem in the air
pretending she's green as the unmown grass
has a worm hole or two I could tell you about

And there's no living with uncle Mac
since that damn computer came out

But enough about them, let's talk you and me
how I'm so much more than an ornamental tree

About how lovely I am, and inviting you in
your teeth in my flesh and your lips on my skin

So if you're looking for love that's true to the core
I'm telling you love, you'll be looking no more

If you're looking for love that's going to stick
I've got plenty of pectin to do that old trick

And we can be jammin' all night and all day
if you'll bring some sugar, and meet me half way

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Sandi Hebley on Timmy’s Down the WellMay 29, 2026
🤗 Love this!
Barb on Dog WhistlersMay 26, 2026
That is an amazing, precious picture! So dear.
Anonymous on WisdomMay 17, 2026
🤗 Very wise and true.
Sandi Hebley on School ReunionMay 16, 2026
Live it! I’m one immune to kryptonite— not Superman,
Anonymous on School ReunionMay 16, 2026
Love it!

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