A Visit to Byukchoji and First Garden in Paju County, Korea ‘ “파주 별초지 정원.and s “퍼스트 가든 파주카운티“1. https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2SI welcome to Yeongjong International City’ favorite places in Yeongjongdo Venice in Korea More Updates Byukchoji garden is a wonderful, beautiful botanical garden located in Paju County north of Seoul and not too far from the DMZ.  It spans over 130,000 square meters and has a mixture of Eastern and western themed gardens divided into six thematic areas – Sensational, Mythical, Mindful, Breathtaking, Adventurous, and Freedom. There is a decent coffee shop, baker ..read more

Cosmos Fitness Regime –Updates flying jakebikeexcercise equipment pull upballceregem                                     Korean Food Cosmos Fitness Regime –Updates https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2FA I have some updates to my fitness regime posting posted here with my original posting following. Weight Loss – Down to 175 pounds (79 K) First I successfully lost weight and kept it off. At the beginning of January, I was 195 lbs and now I am 175 lbs most days. Below 170 and a high of 180. How did I do it, you ask? Wel ..read more

Spillwords Publishes Charles Bukowski’s Road Not Chosen charles bukowskihttps://theworldaccordingtocosmos.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Charles-Bukowski-Path-Not-Chosen.mp3 Spillwords Published One Night In Bombay More Spillwords poems published Spillwords Publishes Gun Madness SpillWords Interview  Charles Bukowski Road Not Chosen While reading Charles Bukowski’s poetry On the metro ride home Listening to Buddha bar music On my oh too hip IPod. I begin to see myself as I was Over 30 years ago when I was merely a bit player A minor character in a Charles Bukowski poem. A wild young under ..read more

April Poetry Madness 2024 April 26 to April 30, 2024 Poems This is the fifth and final batch of my April Poetry Madness challenge poems, (for April 21 to April 25), following daily prompts supplied by Poetry Superhighway, Writer’s Digest, Writing Com Dew Drop Inn, and NaPoWriMo. I am not posting any more PSH poems, as I need to keep some unpublished for future submissions. I have included the poem, the prompt, and occasionally a bonus poem or comment or two. I am also cross-posting this on  All Poetry, Blog Lovin, Cosmos Funnel,  Facebook, Fan Story, Instagram, LinkedIn, Medium, Subs ..read more

April Poetry Madness 2024 April 7 to April 14 This is the second batch of my April Poetry Madness challenge poems, (for April 7 to April 14), following daily prompts supplied by Poetry Superhighway, Writer’s Digest, Writing Com Dew Drop Inn, and NaPoWriMo.   I have included the poem, the prompt, and occasionally a bonus poem or comment or two. I am also cross-posting this on  All Poetry, Blog lovin, Cosmos Funnel,  FaceBook, Fan Story, Instagram, Linkedin, Medium, Subtack, Wattpad, Writer’s Digest, Writing Com, and Twitter. This is probably my last time doing this.  Ju ..read more

2024 Poetry Madness – April 1 to April 6 Poems https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2P4 I am again entering the annual April Poetry Month challenge. I will update this once a week and post the updates on Blog Lovin, Facebook, Fan Story, Instagram,  Medium, Substack, Watt Pad  and X. Comments are welcomed. Index April 1 PSH Ode to Durian WD  Optimistic Laturnae WC Dew Drop Inn  Sarang pabo love fool NaPoWrMo Easter Bunny Warm up March 31 NaPoWrMo April 1 Cage April 2 PSH The Words of the Year 1955 PSH WD Sad and happy days WC Dew Drop Inn Spring Time Flowers Blooming Love NaPoWrMo ..read more

https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OY Blog Updates I just updated my blog The World According to Comos, Blog lovin. LinkedIn,  Medium, Substack, Tumblr, Wattpad, and Writing.Com with fresh content Rocking the Blues at age 68  can be found here #blues #duke #ellington #greatest #music #piano and on my blog at https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OO Cosmos Reading List 1970- 2024 can be found here https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2Ob Cosmos K Drama List can be found here https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OC Roy’s Annual Oscar Write Up can be found here https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2Oo Making Basketball Great Again can b ..read more

Cosmos Music List 2023 https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OO Rocking the Blues at Age 68 piano I am making great strides in re-learning how to play the Piano. I am playing better than I ever had in my life. In short, I am finally rocking the blues! Not bad for a 68-year-old dude.       Recently I cruised through Blues Standards, and I am working through 100 Greatest Hits and then Duke Ellington Standards before moving back to Bach and then trying Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart Sonatas later in the year.  When I am in the States, I am going to buy some more Blues and Jazz standards, perhap ..read more

https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OC   Cosmos K Drama List Themes Master Movies Seen 1970- 2024 Our Blues K Drama Review Favorite K Drama Cosmos’s Fav k Drama Cosmos’s Favorite K Drama Since 2015, when I moved to Korea I have become a big fan of K Drama.  They are perhaps the best in the world at romantic comedies. (“Crash Course in Romance” and “Crash Landing on You” a good examples).  They also excel in movies about “Rich People Behaving Badly ”( Mine is the best one)  and dark social commentary like “Parasite” (Oscar Best Picture), revenge dramas (Glory is the best example), and epi ..read more

https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2Oo More Roy Dufrain Writing Roy Dufrain Updates guest post by Roy Dufraine Master Movies Seen 1970- 2024 The 2024 Oscars According to Roy Dufrain THE OSCARS AT OUR HOUSE. For more than twenty years now, Mrs D and I have made it an annual quest to see all of the Best Picture nominees before the Oscars telecast. This year we saw 9.5 of the 10 movies nominated. It started in 2000, when there were only five nominees (instead of up to 10 like now) and we usually had to see them in a theater, because they weren’t available to rent on VHS yet. (Yes, I said VHS). And we ..read more