“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 nightFinally, 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,…