Fall Trimmings

Fall Trimmings

Our festive trimmings to welcome autumn days made their debut when a little someone who adores the extras decided it was time for swathing our nest in seasonal drapings. Talk of such things occurred well before time of harvest for … Continue reading

A Cheery Bunch

A Cheery Bunch

I ran into a cheery bunch…I don’t always have it in me to be chirpy, though it’s out of character for me to dig too deep for it, some days it’s neat to greet a cheering squad. These bright and … Continue reading

Asphalt Wonders

Asphalt Wonders

Imagine working this hard every time you return home? I’m glad I don’t have to do so, nothing against stairs but when carrying hefty groceries or accruements of forsaken items from the car back into their domicile places, well it’s … Continue reading

Fresh Coat

Fresh Coat

What’s gone is gone…spending your precious time now focusing on what happened back then is making absolute certainty the future will be the same. It’s time for a fresh coat of paint; it’s time to move forward with certainty and … Continue reading

Love

Love

It makes the world go round…will we ever allow for this life-altering experience? It’s steadfast one, indeed worth the devotion that palpates us at the cellular level. I am all for a fiesta to celebrate love just because.  I suppose … Continue reading

Built to Perform

The key is to not stay in fear of being lost and confused. Pressure is not a bad thing, it’s the power you give it. Pressure is when you don’t feel confident…I may not know how the game may unfold … Continue reading

Let Her Be Shorn

Let Her Be Shorn

You asked where was I going. “How far you wanna go?” I replied with motionless lips, eyes fixated on the horizon, and legs driven for the long road. I can’t be holding on to what you got no more. Should … Continue reading

Sweet Little Truths

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CVx8EbMFFP_/?utm_medium=copy_link The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one. – Hitler He may well be blown away by how far his system has come along since his waning … Continue reading

The Uses of Sorrow

The Uses of Sorrow

(In my sleep I dreamed this poem) Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too was a gift.  – Mary Oliver from Thirst (Beacon Press, 2006)

An Unhaunted House

An Unhaunted House

Sweetest trimmings of the night. Even I would stand on these steps singing for sweets. No one startling or repelling anyone here, Only verdant windowsills, strung with cheerful mini lanterns to admire.