Why would I choose to let my bones be scored, like boulders ground beneath the heel of a massive, slow-moving glacier? Because beneath the layers … Read More ›
Last night, you came to me. We lay, foreheads, noses, knees touching With our spines tracing The gently curving interior of The same shell. Last … Read More ›
Our firstborn took Joel and I out to breakfast this morning and we took a walk while we waited for a table to be available. … Read More ›
I tilt my head, bare my throat – to a kiss or a dagger? Watch the slowly wheeling sky tick away the seconds: A countdown? … Read More ›
Any sense of ambition has evaporated in the searing heat and I simply sit, surrendered, and watch versions of reality pass before me like actors … Read More ›
Joel and I visited Parsons Reserve a few weeks ago. Beautiful place! I wanted to save a photo here for inspiration. I wouldn’t be able … Read More ›
I saw him first, sitting on the neighbor’s fence with a beakful of goodies. I didn’t spy her until he fluttered up to feed her … Read More ›
Geranium leaf earrings, hoops, rose-gold. Dancing, dangling, sometimes playing peek-a-boo between strands of hair, sometimes on full peacock display. I don’t know this part well … Read More ›
A lot has changed in my life in the past couple of years. Some things have been happy, like letting go of twenty extra pounds … Read More ›
I am stripped bare of defenses, because what defense can there be against love that’s uncomplicated and pure? I cannot move. I cannot speak. It … Read More ›