To Travel or Not To Travel?

April 22, 2026.Reading time 1 minute.

Friends are talking about summer plans for travel. It’s that time of the year. Ric and I exchange knowing glances. Travel is likely not in our future. The Winter seems to have taken a toll on my mobility. I’ve been doing restorative yoga, and taking small walks to encourage my legs but every effort is […]

Life As An Obstacle

April 1, 2026.Reading time 1 minute.

I am that slow moving old woman that everyone dreads getting behind in line. I block the sidewalk with my slow gait and mobility stroller. I take extra long sorting out my money and purse. Nothing I do is done is haste. It’s not a position I ever aspired to. I was always that fast […]

Focus

September 17, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

We measure our days by appointments – his and mine. At a recent appointment, the doctor asks me if I’m prepared to do more tests or need a break. I appreciate his empathy but decide to go ahead with testing. Soon Winter will be upon us and getting around will be difficult. Maybe in Winter, […]

Making Space

June 4, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Multi-tasking becomes a compulsion. I escape quietude at all costs. The urgency that underlies my actions wants me to believe that time and opportunity are running out. Until I catch myself spinning and stop. Question the motivation. Realize the old pattern repeating. Breathe. Now making space for the universe to fill in the blanks.

Money Talks

May 21, 2025.Reading time 2 minutes.

“What’s this?” My husband slides the sheet of paper onto my keyboard just as I’m shutting down and preparing to leave the house. “Our current budget based on static expenses only.” I don’t look at it for a few days. Procrastination? Maybe. Financial issues always exhaust me. I think it stems from all those years […]

Call the Home

May 7, 2025.Reading time 3 minutes.

“What do you have planned for when you’re older and less able, Mom? It would be good to have a plan documented…” This from a family group chat when I mentioned that my 95 year-old aunt had fallen and broken both legs. Although I’m 66, the addition of a disabling disease makes this question more […]

Golden

November 24, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Life cycles ensurewhat once was green now golden –tribute to aging. (For Cee’s Flower of the Day)

“Are You Brother and Sister?”

August 21, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

“Are you guys brother and sister?” the question came from our soon-to-be five-year-old granddaughter. Dropped off by her mother for an overnight stay, we had a day of cousins and uncles and aunts, and of course, Grandma and Grandpa. I brushed off her comment with a: “No, we’re married”, but the innocent observation shook me. […]

Hawk Inspired

March 10, 2016.Reading time 13 minutes.

(A short story; fiction.) The grey days are the hardest; you know the ones, when the clouds, so full of tears, are working themselves up to a full-blown cry. My projection, I know, but I prefer to think that the weather mirrors my own inner gloom. I am less alone that way. This winter has […]

Peaceful Adieu

As night falls, the sunserenades my soul –Beauty wraps my heartin somnolent ecstacypaints my moodwith shades of love reality out of focus –imagination floats, full sailinto a dreamy mist,delightful course,a symphony of huescoaxing welcome slumber. (Image my own)

The Quest

Strive (a quotation)

I love this quotation. I feel as if ‘cynicism’ has long been a companion of mine. She creeps into my writing and undermines my sleep. She is overridden, however, by my desire to make a difference. As a teacher, I had plenty of opportunities to offer hope and substance to my students, but that has […]