May 2008
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Flower Moon
May Moon, Milk moon, you hide in the rain. Meadows are wild with lupine, columbine and phlox. Tulips and violets open their hearts. It is time to plant the corn. Young squirrels practice mating in the garden, all four in a tumble of spring, taking turns being boy, being girl. Flower Moon, this year you… Continue reading
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At Sixty
The lilac tree should have grown over the last fifteen years, but a June snow took out a third of it, and it's just now filling out again. The birches died, and have been replaced by young saplings. Spike is slipping away from me, nothing but bones and orange fur and purrs. In this diminishing… Continue reading
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Poems & Publication
I have been lax in noting that some of my poems have been selected for publication elsewhere. Several of my poems are featured in the current issue of MatriFocus Web Magazine: The Making of Eve; the bubbling place; Fibromyalgia; and All Fall Down. I must confess that I was not familiar with this site… Continue reading
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Breaking
A dear friend — my rock — is in Rangoon. Somewhere. My once-hefty 15-year-old cat, Spike, is diminishing, diminishing, diminishing. Little Lucy is limping. I try, try to be in the moment. Only the present moment. But something inside is breaking. Continue reading
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Beta Fun & Glitches
I am participating in a TypePad beta, testing some new features. There have been a few glitches, and I hope for your patience as they appear, and disappear, and reappear… If you see something that seems wonky, please let me know. You can leave a note in comments, or — if it's commenting that's wonky,… Continue reading
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