Dreams
Walking down the sidewalk
Plastic cup of whisky in my hand
“This is illegal,” I think
I’m a good girl
I don’t do things like this…
Woman on a Journey
The ups and downs of aging and the changes life brings on.. Topics include divorce, loneliness, loss, spirituality, and more.
A Bubble Bath of Clouds
Lord: it is time. The huge summer has gone by. Now overlap the sundials with your shadows, and on the meadows let the wind go free. from “Autumn Day” by Rainer Maria Rilke
Photography Workshop with Wing Hung Huie
I went to a photography workshop last Saturday called “Get Outside of Your Bubble with Your Camera.” It was put on by the Anoka County library and taught by Wing Hung Huie. There are two more workshop offerings if you’re in the Twin Cities area. Only about twenty minutes were spent running loose on our own…
Life Goes A Buzzing Bye
I’m working a lot And thinking and worrying about work a lot And trying to figure out how to stop stressing about work a lot Many visits to a financial planner later Walla! There’s a retirement plan I say, “I’ll work for five more years.” “Eight would be better,” he says. “I’ll tighten my budget,”…
Trying, Doing, and Repeating
“The pure joy of daily living becomes impacted with the blood of fate and battles. There’s no turning back the man says, the one waiting to take tickets at the top of the gangplank. Still, in the past we could always wait a little. Indeed, we are waiting now.” ~ John Ashbery, “More Feedback” There…
Sweet Solitude
Solitude is quiet But not silent There may be music Or bird song Or crashing waves Or rain beating at the window Like the tapping claws of a wolf A thought that wouldn’t occur to me If I wasn’t alone Solitude has a sound that doesn’t require white noise to cover it up Sometimes the…