She greets us at the door with shy hugs. The kids leave and return with plastic lawn chairs to supplement the tattered gold sofa. She wants us to sit. There are no windows, so we strain to see, strain to hear her heart through the rhythm of the rain as it pulses on the corrugated tin roof, crescendos and […]
Going Home
We should be eating free pancakes (pfannekuchen) under the pavilion. That was the plan. That’s Friday morning Alpenfest tradition. But Sissy and I instead pack hospital bags–contact lens solutions, glasses, toothbrush, deodorant, a change of clothes. We slip computers into cases and cell phone charges into purses. We don’t know what the next few days hold. […]
When a Plan Comes Together
Yesterday’s gray skies give way to a sea of fluffy cotton balls. Soybeans toss and churn. Cattails surrounding “Lake Abby” sway in the breeze. Hummingbirds continue to feed and fight outside the window, and I watch tiny green feathers ruffle. A Monarch flutters high while red and yellow leaves fall low, and a chickadee digs for […]
