The woman walking toward me leaned forward and lobbed a fresh bag of dog poo at me. Okay, maybe not AT me, but in my general direction. And maybe it wasn’t so much that, as she was just a terrible shot and missed the trash can located next to me. Either way, I thought to myself, “Day 1 in the books… dog poo thrown at … Continue reading Despite
Somewhere under a Houston moon, Freddy is roaming free. And while he had a little scare, he’s fine now. You see, Freddy came inside (or maybe he was born there) and found himself in a cozy corner. Out of reach, but not out of sight. He was causing no trouble. In fact, he was helping. Doing his job. And while he may have been happy … Continue reading Freddy
I pulled into the parking lot as the skies opened up. I decided to check my email and social media and wait a bit for the rain to subside before I went into the grocery store. A vehicle pulled into the spot next to mine, and I glanced over to see a truck that had probably witnessed 40 years of farm life. A tiny woman … Continue reading Texas Love
Hummmmm…Bumpity bump bumpSqueak squeakBUMP!Just hard enough for me to open my eyes and squint out the picture windowBlue skyWhite puffy cloudsSun making interesting patterns on the shade screenIn my dream, I was flyingBut awake I am connected to a long stretch of highwayAs Texas as if it had been pulled from a picture book about TexasIn late MayThe first sunny day after weeks of rainMud … Continue reading The Bus
Awake at 1:30 in the morning because of storms. Crept into another room to watch a Marco Polo (recorded video chat) from my Dad. Earlier, we had been discussing a particularly hard-to-open bottle of Pepsi he had been wrestling with. He was blaming old age, but laughing at himself. I responded before heading to bed, telling him about a case of water we had at … Continue reading En-lightning and Thunder
I write constantly. But sometimes, the words never make it from my head to the laptop keys. It’s been like that for the last few months. It is 4 am and I wake up from another dream. Not a nightmare exactly, but a continuation of a situation that is not in my control. I grab the cats and move to another room, trying to shake … Continue reading 4 am
So I took a break from stress today and decided to look for a long-forgotten memory. I pulled an old metal box hand-marked “Recipes” off the top shelf in my pantry, and began to work my way through them. As I pulled out recipe after recipe, I got lost in the notes… memories of family-meals-past, handwritten by my paternal grandparents “Missy” and“Sto”. I can still … Continue reading Flour, Sugar, Love and Memories
I spent three years of my childhood in Great Falls, Montana. Prior to that, I had lived mostly in Texas and California. So for me, snow was a treat! When we lived in California, my Dad bundled us up and drove into the mountains for the day just so we could see snow. He made sure we had boots and mittens and a sled, and … Continue reading Let It Snow!
Once there was a girl who woke up and smiled. And in that smile lived her heart. And she handed that heart to him as he kissed her goodbye and headed to work. Once there was a boy who kept her heart in his pocket as he drove through the rain. It was cold, but he didn’t notice because her heart kept him warm. And … Continue reading Once Upon A Smile
As the pandemic progresses, and the reality of no traveling sets in, I find myself using up the travel-size products that I’ve kept neatly in my “to go” bag for all of my cross-country adventures. Might as well, right? I mean, let’s save some money on shampoo and conditioner, etc. One of the products I found in my bag was an unopened package of Cucumber-Sage-scented … Continue reading Cucumber Melon-choly
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