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Monday, May 24, 2010

The Royals

The King and Queen come to visit; they are obviously pleased with themselves! They stay just long enough to make pithy conversation. The Royals do not sit, however, and do not establish eye contact at my level. It's my job to look up and I think they enjoy looking down on their subject! The Royals... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star - Dare I Wonder Who I Are?

As an adoptee, I think it's better not to search for your biological parents. The greatest part of one's future does not lie in one's biological past! Twinkle, twinkle little star - dare I wonder who I are? Just who are my mom and pop? Who did mate and let me drop? Twinkle, twinkle little star -... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Man Borrowed the Circle

Man borrowed the circle from the moon and used it to shape the wheel; to shape the compass; to shape the stoplight; to shape the porthole. Man borrowed the circle from the moon and used it to shape the rotunda; to shape the kiva; to shape the round temple; to shape the hogan. Man borrowed the circle... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Be Just Like Jack

There was a smart girl who lived in a box, lived in a box, lived in a box. There was a smart girl who lived in a box, four walls of old ideas. Most of the world grew up in square boxes, grew up in square boxes, grew up in square boxes. Most of the world grew up in square boxes until the big day of... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Practicing the Art of Saying Farewell

As I write this piece my husband gets weaker in spirit, weaker in determination, weaker in bone and muscle mass, but not weaker in substance. My Mister Right is a man of creative ideas, frustrated at times by his inability to find others who can understand and implement them, and yet he manages to... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Snow Job

It snowed today! From my window I am surprised, and delighted, to see that the narrow field of drab, brown grass has been transformed into a glistening runway. At any moment I half expect to see a large, white bird swoop in to land there. The bare, brown tree branches that I rely on to gauge how... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Blame it on your Mama!

We make friends, make families, and make believe we are not alone. ENOLA We go to school, move into the workplace, take marriage vows, worship, and leave the workplace to join senior groups. ENOLA Woven into this fabric of life are graduations, weddings, showers, birthday parties, and gatherings for... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Twisted Rhymes

Little Bo Peep didn't lose her sheep; she was a carnivore, silly! There was a young woman who lived in a shoe. She had fourteen children and thought that was too few! So she went to the doctor, with money in hand, and now she's got kiddies all over the land. Jackie be nimble; Jackie be quick. Jackie... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Where's the Super Hero When You Really Need One?

When I was a kid I knew I lived on the earth, but I thought that the earth was tucked into a glass globe. Grab the Windex! I pictured a giant looming over the sphere and watching every move I made. I also imagined that he could wipe out suffering anywhere in the world. Super Hero to the Rescue! In... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The Housewives of Crap Cake County

As the story unfolds we are left to imagine that new money has fallen off a truck and into the hands of six greedy and aimless housewives living in Crap Cake County. The six greedy and aimless housewives are filmed spending money on anything big, bigger, biggest... with wine in hand to fortify their... Sign in to see full entry.

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