Travel broadens the mind
and the belly — do calories
count on vacation?
(Last night’s dinner was haggis pizza!)
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
Not a typical US pizza topping.
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But it should be!
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🤔🤯🙄
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🤤🤤🤤 Yummy!!!
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Nothing better than fresh hot pizza.
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🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
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😁
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Glad that made you smile, CB.
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The calories don’t know how to count, but they sure know how to multiply …
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Good line, Ivor.
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haha Consider them a souvenir. Enjoy!
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I like the way you think, Michele!
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🙌🏻 Thanks, Bart! I pack light, but there’s always room for one more bite. 😁
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Well written!
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and bitten. 😁 🙏🏻
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“….do calories
count on vacation?”
Definitely not! Enjoy!
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Can’t resist posting …my ‘Travel Broadens The Mind’ offering….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2019/06/10/people/
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Excellent. Thanks for sharing, Bernie.
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excellent use of the em dash
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Thanks, JM! And thanks to Emily Dickinson for the dash.
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Good one!! Too funny!!!
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Thanks, Laura! Glad you liked it.
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Really brilliant!
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You flatter me. Thanks, Luisa!
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You’re more than welcome, dear Bartholomew ❣️
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Yes! But so do all those calorie-burning steps you take between sites and meals and more sites and lodging. Enjoy!
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Yeah, that’s why I’m not feeling too bad about what I’m having for dinner. I’m getting a lot of exercise wandering around.
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