I turned out sofa cushions and emptied overflowing coin jars, trying to find as many quarters as I could, cashing in any remaining change for rolls of 25¢ pieces. Dropping my coins into the slots of a pay-per-view telescope trained on the horizon, I tried focusing on faraway images floating just out of sight. Fading … Continue reading Pay-per-view
On our own
I never felt like a burden. She would tell me I could do whatever I wanted, be anything I put my mind to. Her love for me was unconditional. Can’t say the same for the Grans. Even when I was very young, it was obvious they thought she made two mistakes. First getting pregnant and … Continue reading On our own
Our world is growing too wide
While in my hometown last weekend, our timing was right to attend a mid-year reunion of my mother’s branch of the family. Knowing my mom enjoyed showing off her grown-up granddaughter, we made the drive out to the Old Home Place. Besides, how could any sane person pass up all those homemade vittles, southern comfort … Continue reading Our world is growing too wide
As charms on a bracelet
Wandering among granite and wrought iron walls Tracing epitaphs etched, dates neglected Wrapped in lingering sorrow like prayer shawls As charms on a bracelets, souls Death collected Trinkets meant to amuse and entertain No more precious than bits of bone dissected Yet each cherished in a heart, love doth sustain Relics kept secret even from … Continue reading As charms on a bracelet
Dawn of a new day
Sunday night, I returned home from my Girls Weekend with my daughter. I highly recommend celebrating any milestone birthday... 30, 40, 50 and beyond, by doing something outside of your comfort zone. While I thought it would be fun running in a 5K where I would be coated head to toe in colored powder and … Continue reading Dawn of a new day
Color me rad: Rawking 50
This weekend I had a birthday party with more than 5,000 of my best buds. To celebrate my 5oth (that's Five Zero), my daughter and I traveled to my childhood home of Knoxville, TN to participate in a Color Me Rad 5K run. Or, as the emcee said, it was more of a walk. Very … Continue reading Color me rad: Rawking 50
Thin spiral notebook 