OCTOBER is here…
I haven’t contributed for a while…but I am still alive and enraptured by the beauty everywhere… Continue reading OCTOBER is here…
I haven’t contributed for a while…but I am still alive and enraptured by the beauty everywhere… Continue reading OCTOBER is here…
What do I know about God? I paint staring eyes for myself, but they can’t pierce the haze of my own humanity. (Or anyone else’s for that matter!) I see me everywhere in everyone. I am the old woman, the … Continue reading
Shimmering, sizzling light, My retina complains. This snow burns white hot, My little chihuahua Pees and cringes and cries. Snow pain stings His tiny paws. And yet This is God: The searing light That singes our hearts. Continue reading Snow Pain
I breathe in this morning air, inside this house. From the outside, this house is pale yellow and dwells among the last few leaves of autumn. Lavished with gold and orange and occasionally a deep scarlet, this little house sits here with pale yellow walls holding it in place. Inside this house, three small dogs sit beside me on a large red leather sofa. I speak into my phone to record these thoughts at this moment—8:48 a.m. I’m 71. I feel soft. This skin holds me together, inside some bones are breaking down from overuse. Too much firewood for the … Continue reading From One Coast to the Other
Echocardiogram or Thinking of Peggy The tech tells me to lie on the table; she explains that I won’t be able to see the sonar images she takes of my heart; (I will be on my side.) I’m disappointed. … Continue reading Echocardiogram or Thinking About Peggy