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Nest Made By A Beautiful Bird

EMPTY NEST–a poem on letting go

Listen to the crow, brilliant in dappled light, Outrage pulsing to and fro, With fluff and caw sharp in her eyes, and reproach a tone of deep forlorn. My Nest ...
Garage With Full of Damaged and Old Items

STUFF!

Here’s my confession: I have stuff. Lots of it.  Do you?  My garage is currently an archeology expedition undertaken to create a space in which my son can build an ...
The Beautiful Tangled Up Dancing

The Joys of Dancing after the 2-Year Pandemic

Depression is insidious. Sometimes it starts slowly, like the latest leaks under my house before I got the plumbing fixed; and fixed again. But sometimes depression gallops into one’s peripheral ...

“My Mother’s Touch”–a poem on love and dementia

She has dementia, they say, with each look of steely sorrow a poisoned arrow they did not release but see coming from a long time off. Until it is here, ...
A Large Tortoise In The Grass

From the Lighter Side: 12 Lessons from Pharaoh, a Backyard Tortoise

When life does not give you nice human-made salads of cut up old apples and oranges, just eat the grass. It’s out there, it’s free, and you don’t have to ...
A Lady With Full Of Gratitude

GRATITUDE

Today has been a hard day, so far. Should I tell you why? Share my individual troubles, describe the struggles, inner and outer—and ask for empathy and understanding and maybe ...

The Ostrich versus The News Junkie: A debate on following (or not) details of the (dismal) news

OK, picture this, if you will. Two figures at the table on the debate stage. One is Ostrich. You know: the big bird with round fluffy body and long silly ...

WHAT IF We Didn’t Need Validation?

While teaching a workshop at the Southern California Writers Conference, I heard myself say words I had not planned to say. “Your work is valuable. Your stories, your voice, your ...

The ABCs of Mental Healthier Writing: C is for Childhood Writing

Dear Childhood:  Why should I write to you or about you? Why should anyone think about it, wonder, or care?  We adults have one thing universally in common. We were ...

B is for BOREDOM Writing

You are the spiritual equivalent to 2-day old coffee. Bitter, maybe, but it’s already in the pot, and I’m exhausted and late to work and I need to wake up ...

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