Simply 6 Minutes in the middle of the night

Woke up at 1:30 to peeThe dog stole my spotSo I grab the new throw The one from TargetAnd sit on the sofaThe dark has never beenKind to my mind Brakesformycar,thehundredsmydaughterspendsonEtsy, theflu(whichone?)mysisterinlaw’sdementia,thedeadfishatthelake,fires,floodsandthemovieFlow At 3:36 I realizeThose farm animalsDid not get swept awayThey jumped Here is a link if you would like to participate in the […]

Frothy Monkey, Franklin, TN

Monkey Mocha, chocolatey. I am a black coffee drinker, so this was sweeeet, and because I am a black coffee drinker, I had never had one with latte art. I sat down to journal on Saturday, thinking about my Monkey Mocha experience, and this is what came out- my sincerest apologies: You’re drinking a Monkey […]

Coffee and Dragons

Anne Marie and I visited A Third Place coffee and book shop this morning. Saturday morningin Medina, Tennesseecoffee and dragons Coffee and dragonsa rainy grand openingsmall town coffee shop Small town coffee shopstrawberry chocolate chipcookies and dragons Cookies and dragonsI order a dark dragonto drink in the rain Coffee and matchaA Third Place Coffee & […]

Simply 6 Minutes

I guess I shouldn’t have eaten the salty hamOr maybe it’s my over inflated egoSure glad my pants have an elastic waistMaybe I should go to the gym to work outOr perhaps I need to exercise my heart Love to salty ham and egos and my business suitLove to sidewalks, highways and crowded elevatorsLove to […]

Simply 6 Minutes

And a song gathers her elements Earth, air and fire The back story somewhere in a country far away Sand before glass owning a secret No one cares to ask about Air only there to carry Moonlight and messages In a melody Fire turns into ashes and dance A link to participate: ttps://christinebialczak.com/2024/06/18/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challeng

Simply 6 Minutes for 3/5/24

I slept in a chair on the dock. I woke up wondering, where does our soul go? I wondered if mine had managed to wander without me. I drank two glasses of wine with dinner. Maybe I left her sitting on the toilet at three a.m. ‘Should you be down here?’ Brody’s voice came from […]

Simply 6 Minutes Challenge

What if the moon was always full and the mountainsides eternally green? Think of the thrushes and buntings their night migrations pulsing with light. Tides would be high, every sea bass and abalone distant kin to the satellites. While in my sleeping living room shines a fully lit harbinger to the new week ahead.