I expected you home by 4 PM and it is now 5; My worry alarm has gone off. Not a good thing for an 8 month pregnant woman in these days...

Would that I could turn to you, Mom, when you were just 35, and in the throes of an internal crisis, and say to you, “It’ll be okay,...

Meeting Suki My first day at the school office was daunting Everyone is so busy no time to teach me Don’t even know how to answer their...

June 7, 2021 I've always wanted to have a blog website, a place I could call home. I was determined to do this thing, and began shelling...

Normal is an illusion Which shapes our perspective that creates our perception And perception influences our decisions Normal is an...

A circling plane preparing for a landing on a frozen February runway in a deep Minnesota winter. White smoke coming from snow covered...

Attitude: With all this shit, there must be a pony in here somewhere. Perspective: “How deep is the mud?”, asked the elephant. “Depends...

We meet across space and time In those ethereal moments before sleep takes hold I enter your chamber quietly Disturb not the prayer your...

I am a lover of words Being erudite has been my milieu Curiosity alone is my driving force Not from a snobs point of view I love a big...

Sitting on the steps hidden from view, silently I would eavesdrop On the always fascinating conversations that took place Between all the...

My face is hot from the flush that courses through my veins, warming every cell in my body. I am in shock, total disbelief. I’m pregnant...

February 14th 1969 A blue suitcase is all you took coming down the stairs and I don't even have that memory. It is borrowed from my...

Up before dawn, on a cold, Minnesota morning in the dimly lit room, apron tied at her ample waist, she begins her alchemy of love....

I am that old lady, crouching down along the sidewalk gently cupping the beautiful Daisy in her hand, silently whispering, “Good job,...

And so, JoAnne advised me, when you decide to have a pity party, make sure the volume on the stereo is on mute after you plug in...

She didn't know the ground under her feet, nor the way in which the wind blew. She didn't know the day, the hour, the minute, and...

Such an ordinary Sunday Lazing around Chatting on the phone to my kid sister so young and helpless, being bounced around. My emotions...

Again, I must brace for battle just as I have done before when I am being threatened I will don the gear of war My mind is filled with...

My tapestry that I wear like a queen wears her cape, is made up of all the threads of my life. I remember the dark threads so well, they...

I don’t know where I am yet heading The storms push relentlessly on I’m point man for natures black fury Safe harbor and peace are all...