I just realized this is National Poetry Month.
Favorite poets, anyone? My favorite is Mary Oliver. She captures the essence of nature and life so beautifully, so simply. I could stick one of her poems here (like anything from Why I Wake Early for example), but decided instead to share one of my [Continue reading]
Oh, Wordle is so much fun! Check it out and try it yourself. Wordle — beautiful word clouds.
“Oh, you’re a good bleeder!” She smiled approvingly as she said it.
Yeah, well, maybe – but I was glad I was reclining in one of those comfy chairs at the Red Cross on Friday squeezing a little squooshy ball instead of lying in the back of an ambulance where being a “good bleeder” would [Continue reading]
I want to thank Dayner and her thought-provoking post for getting my brain rolling this morning. This post was initially a response (okay, it’s not actually a response; I don’t answer anything) to some of her excellent questions, including these: What if I don’t want to be miserable? What if I don’t [Continue reading]
(Picture by amazing North Carolina artist Kristin Gibson; poem by me…)
Pomegranate
Ruby juice splashes out on the kitchen wallpaper and
the peppermint-striped candles set on the countertop.
Red dots hit [Continue reading]
WINTER SOLSTICE
Perhaps
for a moment
the typewriters will stop clicking,
the wheels stop rolling
the computers desist from computing,
and a hush will fall over the city.
For an [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]