Here I go again on the road. Hoping my flight is not delayed or better yet not cancelled. My son asked me, for the first time ever, if he could go with me on a business trip. I don’t know if he was looking to avoid going to […]
Whimsy in a bottle: Rock concerts, cocktails and slides Because of the nature of work lately, I was not able to go on holiday vacation this past season. I had a little bit of a staycation during December but I still somehow managed to work. Ok. Let me […]
Afternoon Delight: the varying meanings throughout the years My mom loved to listen to music. Sundays were a day for us performing her favorite tunes. I was so embedded in her musical world that I barely knew of the popular music of my time. I knew Elvis and […]
Living in a New York Oz Neighborhood: The Racer, The Smoker, The Harangued Mommy, and The Pet-Friendly Curmudgeon Daily Prompt: Good Fences A while back, Hilary Clinton noted that it takes a village to raise a child. At the time, I lived in California and wondered whether I […]
Ashes To Earth: May you Rest Peacefully in the Water Daily Prompt: Water Ashes of life, of a good humble life, glisten in the stream. The brightness of your love carries me forth through my dreams To a paradise your spirit goes, coming up against the softened rocks […]
I was once scared and vain Didn’t know what to expect Didn’t think I could make it through the pain There were no stories of lore To fully prepare for such a fiery love effect That radiantly gleams like a gold doubloon on the ocean floor Like a […]
As we surely know by now by the incessant playing on the radio of “Santa Claus is coming to town” and by the 101 daily “today only sale” emails from Macy’s Christmas is coming on fast and furiously and tons of new items are being bought. Amazon thinks […]
Smile! I cannot promise others will smile in return But I can promise you will feel a joyous burn Smile! For it will be your armor against the venom darts That the embittered will wrongly aim at your heart Smile! For in the darkest, stormiest hour You will […]
Went to sleep late last night, holding on tightly to my IPAD. Not unlike many other Americans and the technology-obsessed. Dreamt wild dreams of working underground battling bats and snakes; and those were just my co-workers. Woke up with frizzy curls and a fuzz head. Waddled over to […]
It shouldn’t be that a child wipes away the tears off his mother’s cheek It shouldn’t be that a doggie licks away his best friend’s hands covered in fallen tears The salt of the earth to be felt in the moment Nightmares of old, disturbing the daylight hours […]
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