A Dream
On the first night, Nicole stood by the kitchen window washing the last of the dishes, procrastinating. The expanse before her was dark but for star- and moonlight bouncing off the fields. It was one of the most beautiful things Nicole had ever seen. Just as she thought, maybe the dark here isn’t so bad, the tiniest, almost imperceptible dust up at the side of the house caught her attention. Nicole felt her face warm, and her throat tighten.
A Beast Dressed as Josephine
ripe petal perfume swells in his nose congests his course ambushed silver aura imprisoned by her ashy trance
Golden Kiwi Tea from Greenfield: A Teatime with Rita Review
The Golden Kiwi tea is a black tea with dehydrated fruit added, and golden kiwi flavoring added. The tea has an almost spicy edge to it when you sip. It’s a moderate to mild edge, though. And the actual fruit used in the tea is pineapple, not kiwi, which is where the edge comes from.
Hail to the Chief
Once a week she’d take the medals out of the top drawer of the mahogany bureau in the room we shared. She’d carefully polish the silver and bronze bars and the ebony stars with a special soft cloth as she held each one up for me to admire.
Faith and Dandelion Seeds
Her eyes were heavy as she drifted… So where was she now? She dared not open her eyes as she could feel the sun behind them and that was impossible.
March 11, 2023
Time rules the universe but we’ve boycotted It And it doesn’t rule us, I didn’t mean lord over us, we’ve chosen our ruler and our own planet, another version of the universe I didn’t mean continent
March 9, 2023
This mystery-thriller kept me guessing. It is set in England and, in part, at an old family estate in the country, both of which lend to the movie's mystery. From the beginning, I could feel the tension that proved to weave throughout the story.
March 1, 2023
[You] assumed for sure you were one day going
to wear a crown, reigning puffed-up, beloved…
February 28, 2023
Again and again, loss has taught me to slow down. To run lightly through this world of impermanence.
February 22, 2023
o the body, white is like peaceful waters flowing
The orange glow of twilight twinkles that the world may rest…
February 20, 2023
February 18, 2023
Is there an edge of the world? Idon’t know, but if there is, we saton it, tossed pebbles into the foamhundreds of feet below us.The few […]
February 16, 2023
More than a decade ago, I had the privilege of accompanying my daughter, Rita, on a unique journey. She rode her bicycle or walked from the southernmost tip of Florida, all the way to Canada.
February 15, 2023
Save a chair, the room
is empty, even of dust.
The picture is small, little
detail, but the chair
would seem to be black walnut…
February 11, 2023
Gone is the sphere to deal with conflict and joy. All interactions moving along the cyber world. They need to learn to maintain eye contact or participate in meaningful conversation.
February 8, 2023
February 7, 2023
Despite being an old dog, he never seemed to tire of the winter. The more snow, the better. Bobalou’s celebration of each inaugural snowfall taught me to welcome the winter, to appreciate it as a season of renewal, to breathe in that cold, familiar midwestern chill as if it were a regenerative elixir.
February 6, 2023
The rich, dark liquid warms my hands as well as my soul
As I take a sip, I feel my worries and stress starting to unfurl
February 4, 2023
I wish we were perpetually happy.
I wish there's always love to share.
I wish there’s a better way to say this.
I wish. I wish. I wish…