Grain 1:  

This is the First Grain  

Perhaps these grains will pile up

To become a beach on which to walk    

Grain 2:  

Mountaintop Sunbathing  

Instead of going in the water to cool off

Climb the windwhipped lookout tower    

Grain 3:  

We Must Be Both Needy and Ready  

You can lead a person to thought

But you can't make 'em think    

Grain 4:  

Necessity is Also the Mother of Action  

Necessity is really its father, active

While readiness is its mother, passive    

Grain 5:    

Water is Indeed the Universal Solvent  

It melts away wicked witches, triffids,

And a winter's worth of snow on the ground

Grain 6:    

Canada Mint Sun  

Once in a blue moon, cooled through cloud

The white sun disk looks like a mint      

Grain 7:    

Things To Look Forward To  

Got to have them ‑‑

They get you through the day      

Grain 8:    

Joy in the Simplest Things  

The simple act of penning symbols on blank paper

Can suffuse the mind and heart with joy      

Grain 9:    

Spring Cleaning  

Both May It Be and When It Rains, It Pours

Mention dry cleaners and birthdays in late May      

Grain 10:    

Very  

Both of the items just mentioned also refer to an off‑stage lady‑friend,

One from Something Very Pleasant, the other "a very special someone"

Grain 11:

Schizo Sky (Black and Blue) (Only 90 Degrees)

Depending on how you look at it, the La Jolla sky today is either ominous or calm --

To the east it is a black blanket, while to the north it is clear and blue

Grain 12:

Mandel Bread

Making fractal pictures by using my computer as a mathematical microscope is like baking,

Each successive enlargement of some intriguing scene detail often taking an hour or more

Grain 13:

Night Vision

A particularly pointed cumulonimbus cloud

Is an imaginary Matterhorn in the bright moonlight on I5 near Del Mar

Grain 14:

Hot-air Bubbles

Several small dishsoap bubbles form a floating flock

Looking like a group of hot-air balloons in Del Mar near I5

Grain 15:

Absolute Zero

That's how much was accomplished talking with Melissa's sister about marketing my art

And that's about how cold she was

Grain 16:

To Mock a Mockingbird

A car alarm going through a sequence of different types of squawks and hoots

Sounds uncannily like some kind of electronic mockingbird

Grain 17:

Nice Complement

It's good to balance one's thoughts by toggling attention between

The unity of all things and the uniqueness of all things

Grain 18:

The Money Of Life

You'll grow your hair long for me?

I owe you.

Grain 19:

Raindrop Pawprints

Sometimes when raindrops splat on the windshield

They look like paw prints

Grain 20:

Good Looks Without A Good Look

Someone's looks, when we're not wearing our glasses,

Are sometimes better, like mountains when they're misty

Grain 21:

Bucking Button Bronco

Rubbing a woman's button is like riding a bucking bronco ---

It's hard to keep your finger on as she responds

Grain 22:

Dripped Script

A meadow of remnants from runny raindrops on my windowpane

Resembles some arcane writing only the elements can read