Eternal Rest, Margaret. On this date, October 22nd, for forty-four years I pause to remember one of the greatest gifts in my Life. My Mom. My brother and I lost one of the greatest examples of love and tolerance there ever was. Whatever small amount of grace and compassion I possess, came directly from her. … More Memorial
Friday Blog This is an unplanned bonus! For those of you who have dogs, you know there’s a difference between the bark for announcement: “mom,there might be a strange dog running through the front yard” and “uh oh, something in the driveway I don’t recognize”. Since my office is at the far end of the … More Extra! Friday funnies
Short story by request number four… “I can’t see out the window. You’ll have to turn my chair the other way… No. Turn it this way.” Even from the desk at the nurses’ station, I could hear her voice. Grating, familiar, carping. We believed the stroke would be fatal, but once again, my mother surprised … More “Serenity Acres”
…Doesn’t that sound like a great literary treatise? In actuality, not so much. Blog request number three: Michelle Brooks: My creative monkeys* want to hear about what you think about when you first wake up in the morning and/or what you think about as you drift off to sleep at night. *** Since my muse … More First thoughts on Waking
Another one of the blog topic suggestions came from Jane Devin. Since she already knows something about New Mexico, she thought I should write something about sex. Yes, SEX. She even suggested it twice, so I have to assume she thinks that’s an important topic, or she believes that I’m some kind of expert. [insert: cackling … More Everything you wanted… 😉
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