Carelessness
Oscar Wilde wrote in The Importance of Being Earnest, “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” Well, I have been careless. My father passed away unexpectedly on Christmas Eve. He wasRead More
Playing with patterns
My niece invited me to play a game on Sunday. She and my brother warned me that it could be very frustrating. I don’t do frustration well so I was a little concerned but how do you tell your nieceRead More
A bit of earth
For work, earlier this year, I tried out acrylic pouring to make abstract art. I liked the look of it. The people who attended the program seemed to like how their art came out. I did one painting in bluesRead More
A dream of being loved
I don’t know what I am. I wouldn’t claim to be a romantic. Too many ideas make me roll my eyes. But then I write poems like this one. I wanted to say something about who I am and whatRead More
The thing about poems
I was reading a book of poetry by Alex Dimitrov. Just picked it out of the lineup on my library’s ebook app. And, as I read, as often happens, I started hearing a poem in my head. I could useRead More
Decisions, decisions
It’s hard to know what to do at times. Sometimes it’s as simple as what you should have for dinner or what socks to wear with those pants. Sometimes the choices are a little more difficult. We’re on the edgeRead More
A hungry day
I’m having a hungry day. It’s a day when, no matter what I eat, I’m hungry. They don’t happen that often, thankfully. I’m fat, so people probably think I eat all the time every day. That’s not actually the case.Read More