“Where am I?”
my inner voice asked.
Don’t get me wrong, friends
I know where I am physically.
I’m standing at the kitchen sink
gazing out the window.
On the right of my periphery
there is a basil plant
I carried inside a few weeks back
when close-to-freezing temp
threatened to
flash-freeze the…
A few years ago, we wrote RV Adventure at the top of our family’s New Year’s goals list.
We went RV hunting,
toured a few,
fell in love,
then the pandemic chomped two years out of our lives
and we went nowhere.
Our address for the night
Finally, last year,
we rented a Winnebago
and went…
"Buenos Dias, Buenos Dias,"
A little girl sings, waking me from sleep.
I imagine her skipping down the cobblestone streets,
rousing others with her song.
Any bed with him is where I want to be:-)
I opened my eyes and realized, last night was not a dream.
I did arrive in Seville,…
With no lover to hold
or pull me back to bed
I wake early,
drape my robe on
and walk to the living room.
I pull the shutters, gently,
trying not to wake the children.
The shutters open with a creak --
reminding me that shutters make noises
and I can’t control these…
“Good morning ladies and gentlemen
in about fifteen minutes,
we’ll be having our children’s story time,”
the woman announces over the intercom.
When Markolee couldn't get enough of Mercy Watson
Hubby and I are sitting in the magazine section of Barnes and Noble.
He is turning the pages of an Art and Design magazine…
I want take long drives with my lover—
to feel his hand on my thighs
to hear his voice joining mine,
in a duet,
as we sing along with songs that encapsulates
the soundtrack of our years together.
I want to listen
as he pulls words from his heart
and tell me about his dreads,…