My journal of big words and pretty pictures
She looked uncomfortable. The pillows stacked under her head and not her body put her at an odd angle but she was high enough to see her television. Her family gathered around her bed watching an old black and white movie featuring her when she was a young dancer during the Harlem Renaissance. At age … Continue reading All that jazz
My oldest child began the last year of her twenties earlier this month, and she and I had a little adventure to celebrate this week. On Tuesday night, she and I attended a concert together at an outdoor venue with nearly 10,000 of our closest friends. She and I sang at the top of our … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Dance
It wasn’t my dark, bogeyman-filled nighttime closet, nor the monster netherworld beneath my bed, that filled my preadolescent heart with dread. It was the furtive bleurs living under our roof. Every shadow, every flash of movement just outside of my field of vision, could be one of the child-abducting spirits waiting to snatch me from … Continue reading Raising the roof
It’s been raining around here for the last week or so. It’s raining today and forecasts call for rain the rest of this week and well into next. With a smattering of thunder and lightning thrown in for added ambience, all I want to do is wrap up in a warm blanket and be lulled … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Roof
It was stifling hot. Her hair, wet with sweat, was pulled into a severe ponytail. Her skin glistened with baby oil and iodine, giving it a rusty sheen. Her legs stuck to the plastic webbing of her lounge chair. The red indentations left by the webbing mimicked the small weave on individual straps and would … Continue reading Well-done
Of my two children, it’s my son who has a flair for the culinary arts. He loves to cook and has created some delicious dishes. He is adventurous with his ingredients, which sometimes result in interesting flavors. Recently he was ruminating about one of his favorite childhood treats - 7-Layer/Magic Bars. He mused on how the … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Cook
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