Category Archives: Ripped from the headlines
May the Sixth
Feeling a little jet-lagged but I only lost sleep because Mom and I got up to start watching the coronation. Coverage started at 5 am. It was worth doing from a historical-I-might-not-get-to=see-this-again point of view. By the time it was … Continue reading
NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 4
#NaPoWriMo #haiku #poetry #garden #daffodils #poetry #news #food #watercolor #landscape #dothework #process
Sat in the front yard
watching the daffodils blooming
rather than the news Continue reading
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Charles Simic, 1938-2023
When you read a nice poem, somebody else’s poem, you become attuned to the words on the page. The language seems so rich, so beautiful, imagination making connections. You do need the reader as a collaborator. There could be other … Continue reading
January 6, 2023
Two years ago, I sat, like many, watching the insurrection unfold on live television. I’d started out with the intention, like many, to watch this thing called the electoral college do its supposedly boring task and accomplish its part in … Continue reading
Day 14 NaPoWriMo 2022
Quick trip to the grocery store and swing by Mom’s. She was out pruning back perennials in her front yard in the odd eighty degree April day. I stopped on the way home to see a movie (going around a … Continue reading
