My mother- in- law was recently diagnosed with cancer. We’ve been through the one inch gash across her back that was supposedly going to be a few inches long. We have dealt with removing lymph nodes. And now we are begining to move through the phase of 20 days of meds in a port [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on August 9th, 2009 | No Comments »
I am trying to once again plant my writing feet. Times of crisis kind of kill creativity. It takes energy to create like it takes energy to give birth. There was little energy in me. There still is a rather limited supply. I know that there are people concerned and moved deeply because of [...]
Filed under: life, relationships, writing on August 7th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
She thinks I’m not watching
But I never miss a movement
Graceful as she stoops to dip her brush
Finishing some joke or story
Entrancing me with her gently focused stroke
Raising her head half smiling
She has caught me watching
Smirks in the knowing
Blushing I turn back to painting
But I never miss a movement
She doesn’t think I’m listening
Silently I’m puttering
Words seeming [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, poetry on August 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
