I want to write the book my kids want to keep
My bookshelves are piled high with titles from the past. Books I purchased because they were assigned. Books I used for reference. Books I consulted. Books that taught me how. Books that showed me where. Books, books, books, books! So many, in fact, that I couldn’t read many of the spines, because we were long […]
The View
Mesmerizing, this small, sprightly sparrow, as he (or she) hops, perches, steps, sidles, then leaps, flaps, lands. Exploring twig to twig branch to branch, bridging tree to tree. A car approaches, hesitating at the intersection. “Doesn’t she have something better to do with her time?” I can imagine its driver is saying of me. This is […]
Sticky Fingers Don’t Leave Prints
It’s terrible having sticky fingers. No, not the kind that pull what doesn’t belong to you off the department store shelves. I’m no thief. I don’t steal stuff. I feel stuff. Everything I touch has a sense, a texture, a tone, a pinch, a puff, a cuddle, a rebuff. It’s slippery or slimy, it’s sticky […]
Sneak Attacks of Joy
You sneaky Joy You wait just ’round the corner poised to … leap just as soon as I come your way. There you are across the street as I open the door to the new day. Is that you who tickled me as I watched the children playing and the teens jostling and the white-haired […]
Scaring Away the Dark with my Glow in the Dark-ness
Not looking for monsters under my bed or skeletons in my closet. I’m looking around. Trying to make my deposit. Bring the light over here. There’s darkness all around, Being loud, Being bold, Shouting down, I can’t be told. No need to raise my voice, The darkness nearest me Is within whispering distance, It can […]
A Monkey Bar Faith
We let go of Mommy’s hand to enter pre-school.We let go of Daddy’s hug to board the bus.We let go of our beloved teacher’s smileonly to do it again next year because we must. We let go of the hand of the principalas she wishes us well on our way.We let go of our first […]
Seasons Past, Seasons Passed
Back to school shopping cool weather, shorter days, acorns plop, tinted leaves crunch under my feet. yellow. orange. red and brown. Christmas shopping bundle up, day gives way, a dusting of white, hollow, whistling wind stings my face. black. white. gray. Easter shopping warm sunshine, moist buds, dampened earth encourages its blooms merry pitches delight […]
Rainbow: the Original Snapchat
Dropped my last off to start college. Driving home to my empty I became a bit sad until I saw out my window. It was so lovely I had to pull over in the rest area to snap a photo (safely). How kind of God to send me a sign. And then it was gone. […]
in so many words
Where do the words come from? the ones in the dark not the ones from the darkness but the writing on the page that is mine though I can’t see the hand writing or the words as they shape. A whole thought, no, many, scribbled on a page because I must catch them. Catch them […]
Permission to Come Aboard
You don’t just buy a ticket to come in. Reaching out is not enough, Lending a hand is nice, but no, Easy come, easy go. No, you have to ask to come aboard, Ready to step onto the ship and go for a ride. But to do that, they must lower their shields, and disarm their weaponry […]