Decades ago In another lifetime I fell in love With a beautiful young man. We were barely adults On the brink Of becoming All kinds of things Beyond what we were In that sliver of...
When I’m driving, The things I see in my peripheral vision frighten me. More than anything I see square on, Or right in front of my face. These are the bugaboos that catch me...
This morning While I was sitting here drinking coffee In the silent stillness and stifling solitude Of my writing space My mind drifted lazily Back To when I was a young woman And...
This is a bit I wrote for my sweet daughter when she was seventeen. Last night I tried to explain First Love Heartbreak And why you hurt so much. Love is complicated Messy and not...
I have a Maple Tree in my front yard. I brought it with me from Ontario as a tiny sapling. I removed it gingerly from its mother tree the morning I left to return to BC. I wrapped...
I found this note taped to a bank of mailboxes. They are part of the scenery on the country road that I walk every day. This is how I do lunch. Take what you need, it said. So I...
At the end of November my beautiful daughter-in-law (DIL) sent an interesting Facebook message to my two daughters and me. This message was actually a challenge. It was something...
I found my voice. For many years I’ve suffered from writer’s laryngitis. My writer’s voice sounded sort of like me. But it wasn’t 100% authentic. Not really me. ...
I have bad blood. Not really bad, as in deadly. But not normal either. Just another one of those things that I came by honestly. This little doozy came compliments of Ma. She...
There’s this hill. I’ve mentioned it in my previous posts about running. It’s at the very end of my early morning run. The neighborhood is full of little hills, dips, tilts...
