The Whistle When It Blows

Posted on January 17, 2015January 17, 2015 by Kurt Brindley

we know the meaning
of the whistle when it blows
yet still we wonder

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19 thoughts on “The Whistle When It Blows”

J Hardy Carroll January 17, 20159:01 am Reply

Whistle while you work.
My old man always sang that
sitting on the couch.

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1. Kurt Brindley January 17, 20159:13 am Reply
  
  Good one, JHC…
  
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Mark Kelley January 17, 20159:42 am Reply

Nice. you always manage to say so much in so few words.

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1. Kurt Brindley January 17, 20159:53 am Reply
  
  Thank you, Mark. Such is the beauty and relevance of the haiku…
  
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Rajiv January 17, 201511:53 am Reply

We do wonder…

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1. Kurt Brindley January 17, 20154:46 pm Reply
  
  Every time…
  
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the dune mouse January 17, 20151:25 pm Reply

few words but a thousand stories came to mind!!

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1. Kurt Brindley January 17, 20154:47 pm Reply
  
  That makes me very happy, tdm.
  
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Guidance Fitness Personal Training January 17, 20154:43 pm Reply

For whom the bell tolls, so does the whistle?

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1. Kurt Brindley January 17, 20154:48 pm Reply
  
  Perhaps in New Orleans…
  
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  1. Guidance Fitness Personal Training January 17, 20154:53 pm Reply
    
    That has more meaning than I could express to you. My brother was a tugboat engineer. He loved the river and lost his life in it, in New Orleans. Funny I didn’t even see it that way when I wrote it, but it makes perfect sense. A very good fit.
    
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    1. Kurt Brindley January 17, 20155:04 pm Reply
      
      Hardly could there be a life as romantic sounding as one lived as a tugboat engineer on the Ol’ Miss… I’m sorry for your loss.
      
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      1. Guidance Fitness Personal Training January 17, 20155:12 pm
        
        Thank you. Being a Navy man, I’m sure the appeal hits you head on. He would run the Three Rivers area, up into the Ohio Valley as well. He died doing what he loved, does it get any better? Some would say he had it all. His life was a helluva story, most of it not for children though. Oh well, even in death life goes on…..
        
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      2. Kurt Brindley January 17, 20156:30 pm
        
        Well said, and beautifully so…
        
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      3. Guidance Fitness Personal Training January 17, 20158:23 pm
        
        Thank you.
        
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bee love January 17, 20157:00 pm Reply

love the photography and love this post!

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1. Kurt Brindley January 17, 20158:50 pm Reply
  
  I’m happy you do, bee love. Thank you for saying so. I really appreciate it.
  
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tt4r January 18, 20152:18 am Reply

Funny that. We need to sight the source of sound – seeing is believing.

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1. Kurt Brindley January 18, 20157:34 am Reply
  
  Funny, indeed, we humans are…
  
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