In this time of pandemic and confusion, I often feel helpless. And as the days and months go by, I don't know what I can do other than...

When Hollywood roses broke my back Captain Kirk asked if he could help. Connie Francis smiled and went looking for boys. A mermaid walked...

Where does the time go? Where does it run to? How can so many days And hours and seconds And years speed by When suddenly old happens....

I am always waiting on something. My friend to call, The bagel to toast, The sun to set. My weight to drop, The house to sell, The baby...

"Good fences make good neighbors." Said Robert Frost, But summers after supper in Texas Meant sitting out behind the house Where all the...

Some days are meant to be seen through the eyes of a child. Like this morning. It was a beautiful spring day in my prayer garden. The...

Years ago when I was teaching drama at a Junior High in Florida, I gave the class an assignment to observe an old person and then do a...

Life can happen in an instant. My mother dying, for example. She had just visited me for my birthday. We shopped and went to the beach....

#lostpet #cats #grief Maybe she is ok. Maybe not. The orange feral mama cat Who visited us regularly for months. Sometimes stepping...

An Afternoon with Jane Oh, to eat chocolate cake While wearing a white linen dress Sitting in the room where She wrote about life....

Long shadows creep across broken cement And old rocking chairs. And I see them as I wait for the sunset. Little dark forms Fluttering...

Grandma?   Yes, honey .   Is it true that Alexa used to be A round cylinder?   Yes, baby. Without arms, even?   Yes, and no legs either....

I remember the box of pretties at my great aunt’s house. With shells and rocks and leftover ribbon. I remember the Maxwell House coffee...

So it took six weeks. Where do cats go when They aren’t at my house Looking for food? But back she was At our door. Thinner but looking...

Maybe she is ok. Maybe not. The orange feral mama cat Who visited us regularly for months. Sometimes stepping through our front door just...

No matter what is happening it is important to remember God is good all the time. And all the time God is good. What does that mean? That...

An Afternoon with Jane   Oh, to eat chocolate cake  While wearing a white linen dress Sitting in the room where She wrote about life....

It stood in the vast front hallHot Texas sun bleaching its wood.Silent,Tall,A brassy moon face peering out fromBehind the glass.Even on...

Hopeful hopelessnessSadness caught in marble.He’s goneBut he’s hereIn my arms one last time.Let me look At his beautiful face.His perfect...

Five leaves Are all that’s leftOn the greying, knottedBranches.The last fig stolenBy the glossy black ravenAn afternoon ago.No green...