At the beginning of a marriage, the heart is a cherished reservoir bursting at its seams. Filled with love, respect and passion for another person to satisfy a lifetime. One can not imagine an echo bouncing off its walls.. Then somehow along the way, drained by neglect, conflict and the simple passage of time gazing … Continue reading At What Level?
Today's tossed newspaper slaps the end of the driveway, a robin announces the sun coming up on the horizon. Her neglected tea kettle screams into the morning calm while a tabby at an empty bowl meows for breakfast delayed. Shards of a broken mug scattered about the kitchen floor around an outstretched hand holding a … Continue reading Holler, Holler
Seaside saunters are most magnificent for discovering the extraordinary in the ordinary. Rain or dry, warmth or chill, a treasure is sure to be unearthed. So pack your imagination and align dress with clime, you never know what might catch your eye. If there is a heaven for me, I am sure it has the … Continue reading Catch Your Eye
A life other than one's own. ...paradise is expensive, the gate is narrow. Whoever visits discovers that life is beautiful, that the sun can in fact be divided into individual rays, it's no longer that boring, round ball you can't even look at. The next day, you go back to work on a train full … Continue reading Paradise
Annie pulled at strands of her mousy hair like she used to when she was in grade school as she watched Kevin cross the street away from her studio three stories below. Had that really just happened? Picking up a notebook and eucalyptus bough that had been knocked off the table when their kissing had … Continue reading May I Have This Dance
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