Today, I opened my spring/summer suitcase,
pulled out a pair of sandals and shorts,
and painted my toenails red.
The season is changing.
Hot cocoas, stews and blankets are going into hibernation.
Mojitos, salads, and light sheets will replace them.
I’m not ready for the heat of summer
But I am ready for the…
If you see my car strolling through your neighborhood, please don't be alarmed - I'm not there for you. I am only there for the trees.
Trees have a way of feeding me.
I think about climbing their limbs, sitting a while and falling asleep under its shade. When there is canopy - each tree…
I was visiting my sister in New Jersey when I noted two small birdhouses hanging in her backyard. She told me Sav made them for the kids, and I would get to meet him that afternoon. He came over to fix some stepping stones in the yard, my sister introduced us, and I commented on…
How long can you live in the fluff -
asking how are you's,
saying I'm well's, and see you later's?
I am standing on the edge,
you're standing on another
and there is a void between us.
I am safe here, but yet I am alone.
I desire to swim to you
to sit with you and listen to the words your heart…
A wild dog attacked me when I was eight years old.
It bit me in the belly and scratched my legs as I tried to escape.
That moment, almost thirty years ago, birthed within me a fear of dogs.
When dogs are off their leashes, I secretly panic.
When people tell me how cute and well-behaved their dogs are…
On my way to church to make ten gallons of chili for a cookoff, Markolee asked to stop at this little library.
He didn't find anything he wanted but I found The Inner Voice of Love by Henri J.M. Nouwen. In one of the spiritual imperatives - Give Gratuitously - he wrote,
"Often love is…