This is one shelf. Out of six in this case. Out of four cases of six. Of that style. It doesn’t include the shelves in my office, a wall of built-in shelves in one room, a half-wall of built-in shelves in the basement, a metal cupboard of shelves in the garage. Full of books. Not […]
A Window on My Morning
Today I want to be still. All day. Today I want to write. All day. Today I want to read. All day. Today I want to work on my lesson. All day. Today I want to exercise. Not all day. But stuff pulls at me. Today. Things like this messy desk. Cluttered with books, a […]
Chicken House or Shed?
I see it out my penthouse window. When did my husband paint the whole west side white? I see it every day. I just realized that it’s white. It looks dumb. I wish it was all gray or all white. Preferably all gray. The white door is okay. And the paint job’s pretty sloppy. No […]
Goodnight Moon
Today was one of those days when day runs into night, and you’re still running–and not sure if you’re coming or going. I spent a lot of the day looking through a windshield. And tonight, for a moment, day and night saluted at the changing of the guard in a pink-edged blue bowl. The sun […]
Outside Inside
This is the penthouse. Where I do most of my study and writing these days. From here I can look out over yard and field and woods. It used to be my husband’s room. He remembers oven summers and freezer winters. He remembers lying on his bed and peeling away layers of wallpaper, vaguely remembers […]
Seasons and Changes
I’m fascinated by the corn this year. I watched as the rich brown mother earth opened its womb and embraced the seeds, protecting them and nourishing them. I saw the tender shoots peek out and grow into little green toddlers, then teens, and now towering mature adults. They are time tanned, dried and brittle, and […]
