…I thought I’d post this picture of the seitan I made and wrote about a couple of weeks ago.
I wanted to show that delicious, healthy food can look just as unappetizing as the artery-clogger I posted on Friday. This is my seitan, right before getting sliced and tossed into a yummy stir-fry. Sorta [Continue reading]
Wow, talk about Signs. I’ve had a bunch of them in the last couple of days. First, my brother called and started talking about The Situation forty – forty! – years ago. I don’t want to get too far into it here, but I did something selfless back then to help my family. It radically [Continue reading]
Friday is our first morning without him. The house feels impossibly large, empty. The big tulip poplar outside the window stands barren and leafless against the grey clouds.
Suddenly the sky moves and I wait. Robins, dozens of them, land on the branches.
The tide rises. The tide falls.
A. pointed to the orange ball of fluff hanging from the enclosure ceiling at PetSmart. “Let’s take that one. It has the most energy.”
We picked up some kitten food, wrote a check to Adopt-an-Angel and headed for home. We set the carrier in the middle of the living room, held the dogs [Continue reading]
Furry friends matter. Patch was my best friend for 14 years. She died three years ago this week.
To my soft sweet friend
Your soft ears lie quiet now,
your eyes closed.
I stretch across your still body and my
tears slide [Continue reading]
So I woke up in the middle of the night with this great dialogue flashing between two of my characters. Did I get up to write any of it down? Nah, it was so vivid I knew I’d remember it….
Where am I this morning? Sitting here with a cup of coffee, [Continue reading]