When you have reached the end of times there may well be a friend who says “When God closes a door, He opens a window.” They will say...

The adjective 'exquisite' has several meanings. The most common "very beautiful and delicate" might be said about a piece of sculpture,...

If I put my mind to it, I could give you directions to the country store. It is, after all, just half a mile away – a right at the end of...

There are some who say you were bat shit crazy, but I cannot speak to that.   What I know is that on a morning of great sadness, as I sat...

Eat when it is offered. Sleep in the sun. If you itch, scratch. Greet people joyously.   My four-legged teacher cannot read, but if she...

30 plus years ago we had this house built. The cupboards and floors, windows, bricks even the sofa are all showing their age. Spots,...

It was our mantra… the way we made it through the days when it was just you and me alone in the house with the death that stalked us at...

Dearest Daughter, I am right beside you. Can’t you see me? Yes, I can see you, but you are not here. Your eyes and your self are far away...

Dear ____________, I am the other side of your equation. You worry for those you will leave behind. But me? I am the one who has been...

you were right. We are all gathered in the kitchen. Your mom is cooking, your dad is sneaking meatballs to all the family dogs lurking...

Do you remember that night? Lucy bought us tickets. In NYC at Symphony Hall. To an all men’s chorus – an all men’s Russian chorus. She...

My dearest dear, you were never the person who I wanted to ask do these pants make me look fat? Because you would tell me exactly how...

The tree outside my kitchen door has become a symphony of liquid notes from golden throats. They chirp and flutter, voicing the joy of a...

A sharp new point on a dull pencil. Hot coffee after a restless night. Watching the branches wave hello to the morning sky. The whistling...

A deep sigh of contentment as the old hound dog settles deeper into her dreams, close to the cooling wood stove. The flakes of the last...

I get these hot flashes – ladies of a certain age will know what I mean – when blood sings through my body like molten copper and I must...

The basement is the coolest spot in my house. I hide there sometimes from the heat, imagining myself a jar of peaches on a dark shelf or...

The day had been co-opted by human concerns so it was not until late that the dog and I took our walk. It was that funny time between...

There is a sense of air rushing past, of acceleration. A thought might flash by even as the scenery does OH  SH-T! There isn’t time to...

I’m not sure there is anything I can tell you, for my life is my own and not yours. But, if pressed, I might say... Listen to the words...