Easter Today I have dusted and vacuumed, and cleared up the clutter. Eggs were cooked and colored, and the leg of lamb waits to play its part in the festivities….
What does the future hold? It used to be exciting to ponder the possibilities. Maybe I would travel the world and meet a handsome prince who would sweep me away…
April is here—finally! And you know what that means. Poetry month and the PAD challenge. As always, I’ll do my best to write 30 poems in 30 days. I doubt…
I am the daughter of a mother whose American roots were planted with the Mayflower and an immigrant father, who wanted to live where all men were free; I am…
The soda machine at work has always been my friend. While others crave their break time coffee, I like my caffeine cold and bubbly. It’s an older machine, but it…
When I was a little girl and lived in the city I was excited by the squirrels that would run along my mother’s clothesline from the apartment windows to the…
She was a normal young woman. Normal as strawberries in June. Normal as grass is green, eight balls being black, chopsticks in China, and umbrellas in the rain. Neither her…