Author: Maery Rose

Just Chilling (sort of)

Just Chilling (sort of)

A summer off from blogging, most of social media, busyness, and information overload. I’m just chilling…  Do you believe that?  Latte and I arrived at a local park early one morning to go on our usual walk. We stopped back at the van so I could have coffee and read a book, then took another…

The Up and Down of Things

The Up and Down of Things

An Ode to May messily meandering maimed and misunderstood oh you monstrosity of a month Ah, yes, written during the down-of-things. The upside of May is found in Jamaica Kincaid’s book, My Garden (Book):   “The month of May comes on suddenly and moves along swiftly, and each day pleasure after pleasure is flung before…

Earth Day: Mother Earth Life

Earth Day: Mother Earth Life

April 22 was Earth Day. It’s silly that anyone would think one day of calling attention to environmental issues is sufficient. It’s something on my mind every day—not in debilitating, overwhelming, problem ways (although it is that), but in the vein of ‘what can I do today to make things a little better?’ Or, at…

An Ode to February

An Ode to February

February was the month where my relationship with winter wore thin. All the romance evaporated. Granted, February’s days got longer. Temperatures occasionally rose above freezing. There were moments of affection, even love as the sun came out, birds sang their flirtatious songs, and the sky looked like something I might dive into. But it wasn’t…