Image credit to Kateryna Hliznitsova @ Unsplash During a conference call to discuss the ins and outs of a business model, Janet decided she needed a break from the daily grind of listening to a cast of people drone on about nothing. She excused herself, explaining that she needed to take care of an urgent... Continue Reading →
“Please, for my sake, try to persuade him not to come here,” she begged. Donna was appalled to hear from Marcus that Jeff planned to follow her home to Memphis. She had been so desperate to have a husband, that she believed any man with a job and good teeth would do. When she told... Continue Reading →
Porto, Portugal, June 2023 It seemed like a blip on the radar, No place I really wanted to see. A glade devoid of trees to enjoy, Or a copse of insignificant trees. Yet, as I walked through the clearing, The cunning but simple art spoke to me. Be courageous, not timid, in the journey, Willing... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Richard Stachmann @ Unsplash We've put up personal walls in our lives With the smartphones that are in our hands. No one can pierce through to our attention, Because of our phone's constant viewing demands. All day we digest stuff that can hurt our souls, As people scoff and mock others on social... Continue Reading →
The Rodin Museum, Paris, May, 2023 The quarrel over who would do which chores had gone on for nearly two days! Nick and Sharon wondered if the marriage had been a mistake. They disagreed on who would clean the toilet, change the newspaper in the cat's litter box, and clean up the confetti in the... Continue Reading →
What a nuisance you are, infesting the grass. Bothering us without us knowing we've been bit. Then blisters the size of a quarter appear all over, And the itching sends us into a scratching fit. You don't fight fair and square, for I cannot feel When you use my body for your meal of the... Continue Reading →
I pasted your picture on the wall, So, I don't forget the bond we shared. You were a friend most extraordinary, For more than fifty years, we were paired. Fellows wondered about our friendship, Because we were opposites in many ways. You loved to shop, and I loved to read, But we were pals for... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Jon Tyson @UNsplash You lived all nine lives, you wonderful old tomcat, And to see you memorialized is great fun. You'd take on any cat or dog who dared you, Leaving them hurt when the fight was done. The volume of the noise when you fought Let everyone know that you were for... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Marianne Smiley @Unsplash, "Thrive" by David Pooper, a sculpture in Fort Lauderdale, Florida I winced at his angry words, fueled by a wrath that frightened me. I tried to avoid the tirade I knew would come, but unsuccessfully. That he couldn't break my faith in my worth is not because I am lucky.... Continue Reading →
Image Credit Sarah Whiley I am in the liminal state of wanting to stay and needing to go. I want to hit the road and find new out-of-the-way places. There is no substitute for traveling the road less taken, To do new things and see a few unfamiliar faces. I want to go where there... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 