City Mouse and Country Mouse

Today I was remembering the wonderful days when I was City Mouse and Janice was Country Mouse. I was on the east coast and Janice was here in San Diego. We sent e-mails back and forth for months and we spoke on the phone for hours every single night. And I remember how scared I was when I proposed, and how relieved I was when she accepted.

And every e-mail ended with O.O.F. That was our loving secret.

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Our Pilot Licenses

Four of us got our pilot licenses together. We worked hard and we were all really proud, because this was certainly no “Mickey Mouse” accomplishment.


Our Pilot Licenses

I earned my pilot license
Along with another three
Alan, Irene and Linda
Earned theirs along with me

It’s such a great accomplishment
One we proudly hail
We all four earned our licenses
On the Disney Monorail


Steven Pein
28 July 2010
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Priorities

This is for my beloved wife, Janice. She taught me all about love.

Priorities

I could live without material things
And somehow I’d make do
There’s only one necessity
I couldn’t exist without you

Steven Pein
25 July 2010
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The Road Crew Dilemma

We’ve all seen road crews hanging around shooting the breeze when they should be working. And you wonder to yourself, “Where is their supervisor?”

The Road Crew Dilemma

The road crew got to the work site

The truck with the shovels was late

The foreman told the workers

You’re just gonna have to wait

He told them as they panicked

Here’s what you can do

Try to lean on each other

’til the shovels arrive for you

Steven Pein

23 July 2010

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They Grow So Fast

I was watching television when this verse suddenly popped into my head.

They Grow So Fast

They grow so fast it takes me by surprise
Amazingly they grow before my eyes
And I have heard from people very wise
In a flash they’ll grow to twice their size

What a sense of wonder it instills
As I watch them grow it gives me chills
Stopping them would help to cure my ills
Not the kids, I mean the cable bills


22 July 2010
Steven Pein
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The House on Thirty-Third Street (A tribute to Jake and Rose)

I wrote this verse in honor of my wonderful grandparents, Jake and Rose. I spent my first five years livng in the house on Thirty-third Street in Strawberry Mansion, and I'll always remember those days. It was an apartment house with three apartments; one on each of its three floors.

The House on Thirty-Third Street
(A tribute to Jake and Rose)

The house on Thirty-third Street
Was on my mind today
A house where many lives had first begun
Shirley, Al and Freda
All had places there
A separate floor for each and every one

Jake and Rose had purchased it
In hopes to give their kids
A helping hand to start their married lives
And now if Jake and Rose could see
How well their kids had done
Tears of joy would surely fill their eyes


Steven Pein
21 July 2010
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Poor Maxie got sheared today.

A morning at the park. And a young hawk appears out of nowhere.

We took Max to the park this morning.

He had his usual look around to make sure no cats were around.

Then he stretched out to enjoy the beautiful weather, totally oblivious to what had just landed on the cyclone fence about 100 feet from the bench.

This beautiful bird only let me get about 50 feet away before he flew off, but not before I captured this one nice shot of him.

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