For much of the last six months, a significant amount of my mind has gone to dealing with turbulence in our family, and more specifically, to coping with an illness and infirmities that threatened the life of my mother. In no grand and exceptional ways, this misfortune was a small gift, in that it...
Read more →I built my house under the Sorrow Moon In the season of shadows and ash Where the dell Veiled in waning willow Cloaks the cold gray earth There is no croak nor cry No bleat nor bark Where the sun has left its track And daylight idles beyond the twilight And the brooks have...
Read more →Last night, I went to bed relatively early for me, at 10:30ish, after finishing my litter box chores for the cats. I often put off the litter box chores too long, mostly because I dislike the litter box chores, despite thinking that it is not fair to the cats, until I need to take...
Read more →I met my pal and writing chum Tammie this morning, and as we settled into our semi-monthly routine of ordering some coffees, unbundling our gear at our table at the restaurant, and chatting a few about the recent events in our lives, our talk touched on current life and relationships, and my mind revisited...
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