Keith Buster Torkelson's 2023 Prose
Includes
Family Involvement in Engish and
Spanish
2023 Results since 2009 – Several
Wins
TM_Art_Prose_14102504_A_Pen V2023
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Back Story
Back in 2014 Buster had been
engaged working with the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA) for about
five (5) years. The County (OCHCA)
sponsored the creation of a consumer driven annual calendar. The work called A Pen was written
specifically to submit with the Calendar contest. The themes above were those areas as
prescribed by The County. This work
addresses something Buster had and has a strong position on: War. It grew around the statement: The pen is
mightier than the sword. Years ago
Buster wrote a song he called Message to Mister IRS. The message was “I think they use the money to
build weapons of war”.
You Tube Message to Mr. IRS
He published Mr. IRS on You Tube
yet a song engineer he knows indicates some remixes are in order. Buster believes one of the biggest callings
in life is pursuit of the Nobel Peace Prize.
One of his favorite musical artists is Peter Brian Gabriel. Years ago PBG was awarded: A Man of PEACE. Buster has been quite the doodler. We have included The Song is Over doodle
below. I is not date yet most likely he
drew as an upper classman at Rancho Alamitos High School in Orange County
California.
Pick-up A Pen
TheKET, PMHW
Please retire your arms
Pickup a pen
In defense of
Those that were killed today
Under sanctioning for RIGHT
The war wounded numbers have
Decreased
Is that enough?
Retire our arms
P/U a pen
For carefully disposing of our
Weapons of War
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OCHCA Themes Plus 1
TM_Art_Prose_14103001_Resilient V2023
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Resilience (Work)
KE Torkelson, MS
2014 Goings On
2 1/2
Years after Catastrophic Losses
Joan and I after Vicki Fiasco
Progressive Gains
Define Resilient
Developed as Contest Submission
Longer Version Status - None
Beliefs
Mistaken Beliefs
Distorted Thinking
Loyalty
Protective Factors
Recovery V Righting
RASR
Risk Factor
TM_Art_Prose_14103001_Resilient V2023
Resilience
KE Torkelson, MS
“For Today”
I believe
Again
I’m one you can count on
I focus
About meaningful engagements
Indicators signal
I’m doing much better
This episode
Of resilient Recovery
Exchanging risks for protections
Developing
And hopeful
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Prose_Alone_20000711_By_KE_Torkelson
V2023
Feeling Lonely?
By Keith E Torkelson (11-1-97)
1997 What’s Going On?
Working a Program of Recovery
Cocaine Use
Associate Dean – Student Services
Known since 1985sh
No I wasn’t using in 1989
1989 suffered the onset of Anxiety complicated by a sleep
disorder
A Spiritual Program
GOD Personal to Me
Elaine D. was recovering also
Mom liked Elaine for some reason
Never introduced Jodi R. to my parents
Jodi’s parents like me
Said I was the best one yet
Set-back for predicting Joan
Elaine (ERD) Slideshow
Was
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Feeling Lonely?
By Keith E Torkelson (11-1-97)
Alone again?
You could call a friend
You could go out and visit some
wild and crazy people
Or you could go to a support
group
Is it loneliness?
Or another feeling?
Have you had enough restful
sleep?
Tempted to mood alter, can you
resist?
Can you be satisfied?
Are you sad or mad?
Do you feel hurt?
Are you hungry?
Or have you eaten right?
Are you scared?
Alone in a crowd?
Is sleeping with her a viable
cure?
Making for contentment?
I think I know an answer
Powers greater than us
Of which God is just one
(11-1-97)
God indicates to me
I AM YOUR LOVING GOD
I am with you now & ALWAYS
Again
ASK ME FOR THE HELP YOU NEED
AND BE NEVER ALONE or lonely
AGAIN.
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lady V2020 prose > lady V2023 prose
Feature Photo
Back Story
Namesake Lady
Whenever Buster thinks about the
Label “Lady” he thinks first about his childhood dog “Lady”. Buster’s childhood home consisted of 10
members including the two dogs. Lady went by many names including: Pare,
Perodita, Henry and Hank. Buster called
her Pare the most often. In hindsight
the dogs were the most psycho-socially safe members of the house. This writing is about Joan the Second Lady in
Buster’s life.
The Year 2000
In the year 2000 I had been with
Joan one year or so. This poem I wrote
about Joan. When I comment on my
writings I do so with the intent of having them read as a standalone. Therefore I will repeat things. In 2000 we begin spending weekends together
at my apartment in Laguna Niguel. Joan
would come after work on Friday nights.
Even before she arrived I was making preparations to give her absolute
attention. On weekends where Monday was
a holiday she would sleep over Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Whether it was a Monday morning or Tuesday
morning she would get mad at me and not pick up (stonewalling). All in all we saw each other regularly from
1999 to 2016 or for 17 years. Joan would
say more like 22 years because last time I spoke with her she still considered
us together.
Weekends
Spirit
One of my favorite things about
Joan was her spiritual life. Joan
worshipped The Mother Mary. If Joan were
to be re-incarnated she would come back as Sersi or Circe. In 2000 I was rather emotionally challenged. I was being treated for depression. This work is part of my Codex Magnus
Botrus. Many of my works were
handwritten. Eventually I word processed
the majority. Even though this work is
about my relationship with Joan the namesake comes from our family dog that my
mom called “Lady”. Lady the Dog or the
Mom Dog was the safest association I had while growing up. Lady went to heaven around 1978. This immaturity I speak of was how I was
handing the incidents when she would not talk to me. With Joan it was hard to get and keep the
momentum of positive experiences. I
think she was a proponent of make-up sex.
Make up sex never took hold of me.
Sersi V Circe
Is Sersi the same as Circe?
Image result for sersi vs circe
The character Circe, who lived on
Aeaea, an island in the Aegean Sea, and turned Odysseus' men into pigs, was
based on Sersi. Under the name of Circe, Sersi also imprisoned the imps in
Pandora's box in ancient times.
Joan’s Take Unknown
lady V2020 prose > lady V2023 prose
A Lady
By KE Torkelson
(June 3, 2K: 11:20AM: Saturday in Laguna Niguel, CA)
I lie here pondering with care
I have tried your patience
You are still there
May Jesus be our witness
I only wish love and kindness
On my ascent to emotional fitness
You’ll always be in the best of my parts, my heart
You have serendipitously moved me
To some of my wisest smarts
I ask you from deep inside
Forgive my immaturity some day
In our celestial ride
Magnus EMe
Codex Magnus Botrus
Photo of Joan the Early Days
Image of Sersi & Circe
Original
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V2020 Prose
Aeriana19921127 V2020 Prose V2023
AERIANA
By Keith Edward Torkelson
11-27-1992
Aeriana19921127 V2020 Prose V2023
AERIANA
By Keith Edward Torkelson
11-27-1992
I never know when it is good
Till it's gone
Never know it is great
Till it's great again
Sinuously she snuggles so
Nearly makes me forget
The big build up and
Mutual release,
Then she is
NOT!
"AERIANA"
1992
Wake Forest
Apartments
Transcripts
Fall 1992
Photos 1992
Leanna
Mindy
Car
Shopping
Watch Video
Microbiology
Help
Dream Girl
Prose_By_KET_14082202_Light-Dark V2023
In the Light of Darkness
In the Darkness of Light
By Keith Edward Torkelson
August 22, 2014 (Friday) – Research Only
Wondering about the partial absence of light
Twilight
Adapting to the total absence of light
Death
The stage was in darkness
“the stage was in darkness and clear"
The fourth wall
Dark blackness gives way to hope
It may be gloomy today
Yet what of tomorrow
I turn up a dimmer switch
And the murk passes giving way to shadows and shade
At dust enters a new world
Another form of twilight
Looking for lights shown
Neon lights
Plasma state of matter
Surrendering the night shift
23 hour days replaced by 16
1 Friday Night per month
As a reward
.
Making camp before darkness falls
Sleep hygiene a priority
And again like so many nights before
Night time, hopefully with adequate darkness
Dark falls only to be picked up by natural light
What is darkness without light?
Twilight
“I only meant to stay awhile”
Those sodium lights that PBG speaks of
Two rules in the dark
No wickedness
Nothing evil
"lights shone in the darkness"
"the forces of darkness"
Evil & wickedness
Sin & iniquity
Immorality
Dark
Illumination
Brightness & sparkles
Blaze & flash
Glow & Shine
Light
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Prose V2023
Notes
1981
Transition from Bell
& Howell to Medata
Human Autotrophs
Prepare for Davis
Computer Science V Biological Science
1982
Pre-Biology
Hatchetman
Lumber Jacks
Photosynthesis
TorkBase search
“power”
Power Plants
By Keith Torkelson
September 26, 1981
Plants, flowers,
trees
Amazing in their own
right
From the little
parts that make the whole
I find traces of new
in the old
Clues of distinction
Relics of extinction
About when did the green
ones bargain for the solar force?
In my mind’s eye,
I’ve seen a world
without sun
Chlorophyll
reactions that sums equal none
High, old trees
Do you need this
light?
Not in a world I see
without sight
Is it rather
peaceful without son or sun?
Adaptation you may
have going
They are simply
Complex
Enough to protect
you from the hatchet man?
Please, let the tree
live
To grow and be big
and tall
Let us plan for a
fall, not our fall
Right, all
For I need these
power plants
The good they do,
…is for me
and good for you to…
Strokes20020318_Prose_V2023
Strokes
By:
Keith Edward Torkelson, MS
March
18, 2002
What was going on in 2002
Self-talk
Positivism
287 ALN
Strokes
By:
Keith Edward Torkelson, MS
March
18, 2002
You
are safe
Not
a thing you do is a failure
You
are where you want to be
God
gives you nothing you cannot handle
Take
setback as learning opportunities
You
are loved
You
are not perfect
Everybody
makes mistakes
A
battle lost only makes you stronger for the
war
You
are a success
Survival
first
No
one can know your journey
Time
is on your side
There
is another
A
handful of friends are better than a pool of
discontents
Expect
and offer dignity
Accept
yourself and others
Take
baby steps the majority of your life
You
are special
Pursue
your needs with courage
Fight
against injustice
Love
those easy to love
Take
time to heal
Acknowledge
and revere you freedoms
You
are and will continue to be bless
Start
over with courage
You
want to minimize your vices
Redistribute
your material
Pass
on your knowledge
Favor
net order
Discover
and move to your own drum
Love
all
In
God you trust
Have
faith in others before judgement
Acknowledge
Jesus Christ
Seek
pleasure
Your
are healing
Persevere
through the hard times
Reduce
sacrifices
Communicate
and compromise
Be
honest, open-minded, and willing
The
truth is you are over half way yet only
just beginning to live
Take
care of business
Work
hard and long
Sleep
heals when in proportion to your
labors
Minimize
pain
Life
and all sub-components are processes
not events
Value
and spent time with friends
Make
new friends
You
are a life-long learner
Keep
reading and writing
Keep
up on your math
Carefully
monitor the portion of your
imagination you pursue
Set
and continually revise you own missions
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@SOSPoem20000502ByKET V2023 Prose
ANTI-S.O.S. (No Help Needed)
Notes
This work was written circa 2000
a good period in Buster’s life. His
mother had passed away in 1998 followed by his father in 1999. He was with his Most Significant Other
Ever. The text has a spiritual tone to
it. In academia after this date Buster’s
GPA is 4.0. In order to be done with
Buster’s writings we will not edit them (Unplugged). If we hadn’t committed to Unplugged we would
tweak it a bit to make it read better.
Some of the writings have been edited over time.
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revise our prose (poems). In some
instances revisions cannot be avoided.
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ANTI-S.O.S. (No Help Needed)
By Keith Torkelson
May 2, 2000
Life at last!
Independent from the security machine (our mother)
By mistake I constructed a sign for my neck
This said “No Help Needed”
How narrow-minded
A wise man (Dr. Donald D) said “don’t try to do all things
superbly as ^you go”
I need little help in academia
Yet, I need much help on the arts of active listening and
social sciences
I thought that I had life down pat
Then, God possibly saw it fitting to straighten me out
He took my all, my energy, my mind and more
I couldn’t survive alone anymore
Now I wear a sign “Help Wanted”
Ministers, teachers, friends, relatives, women as well as the
spirits,
God will you help me please
I now ask this on a daily basis
I met too many erroneous conclusions
with which to navigate this life on my own
Errors about substances and sex
Errors about dependency in general
Conclusion: I had to be a nut to think I did not need help
Now I need divine assistance more than ever
In aligning my ^skewed trajectory
While maintaining that quality that I have in
overabundance...
Individuality
TM_Art_Prose_14102303_World-Peace V2023
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Initial: 20141023: Updates: 20141030:
Brought Forward: 20160621-TU: Brought Forward: 20230813-SUN:
Man of World Peace
KE Torkelson, MS
Gone
It’s gone!
Our Earth
Have you ever envisioned that?
When you close both?
Eyes?
They say it’s an
Illusion
Space up for lease
Previous renters
Life
Biologically
Imbalanced
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