Memorial Day, 2018
Dad died two years ago today. How’s that for a Memorial Day memory? The park is filled with families and friends gathered together around barbecue grills, coolers, bouquets of large…
Make That a Double
Mom had a poodle named Martini. She loved that dog but may have loved the liquid indulgence even more. I mean, she always pampered that mutt, but she could also…
Light as Air
I don't know much about butterflies. I can recognize a Monarch when I see one, but other than that, they're just nice to look at. Today a white one, with…
Inside the Gold Mine
The wooden stairs are steep, only about ten of them but steep. At the foot is Grandma’s canning pantry complete with carefully sealed Mason jars filled with applesauce, jams, jellies,…
Damn the Rituals
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” …
The Magic Kitchen
Rita says she'd like some soup. It's Christmas Eve, so my reaction is to ask her, "What kind of soup would you like?" "Oh, let me see, something vegetably, maybe a bit potato-ee. You…
No Quarter
fields of cotton . . .we sing "Amazing Grace"with the larksPine shadows rest on the flowering dogwood. Steadfast, we've marched to this place. The Southern Cross and Old Glory wave—colors…
T Minus 10
Spaceman, always looking up, a compass with no needle, lost it shooting up. Always shy half-a-moon, he's off to Heaven to file a complaint—too many burned-out stars, more every day;…
