My dog had surgery yesterday. I was not prepared for the long line of blue sutures running down her neck. When the vet handed me her leash and a bottle of pain pills he said, “she was a good girl.” The label on the bottle reads “2 tablets every 12 hours until gone. For pain.” […]
Month: April 2019
Sabi Saturday #5
Bought this art book at Goodwill last Saturday. So happy it has sections on architecture and photography, too. BUT there was a secret surprise inside! On page 193, a grocery receipt from February 1988. The receipt is from Gene Walters Marketplace, a now closed grocer from the Virginia Beach/Norfolk VA area, so the book traveled […]
About North
There’s something about north At the top of the rose A navigator’s star A capital N For good things like nachos, napkins and namaste There’s something about north The north pole, a giant magnet For Ross and Parry A navigator’s star A capital N For bad things like nuclear, narcissist and nausea There’s something about […]
Haibun Road weekly challenge #7
Surprise lillies produce green leaves in early spring that wither away and the flowers arrive in late July, pink on two foot tall leafless stems. These two foot stems grow overnight, hence “surprise” lilly, holding four to six pale pink flowers. In another poem from my old blog I described them as seashells on a […]
Tiny Hands (NaPoWriMo day 1)
I have twelve children Each one named for a month of the year January February March and so on Here come the girls April May and June I call my children sweetheart precious darlin’ even when they aren’t I cradle each creation like they are my own even when they aren’t I talk earnestly with […]