In Adoration of Art
“Sirens of Rutino” by Adrian Arleo I’m at the halfway point of my month-long stay on Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico. The landscape is stunning and ever-changing and the […]
I am a Dweller on the Threshold
It has taken four days to settle, to draw inward for a month-long stay at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico to compose stories…write this life….and it has taken four whole days, just
The Girls of 1019 S. Main Street Have Turned 60
RANDOM NOTES ON A COLLEGE GIRL’S REUNION How I met Suse for the first time: We were sitting on the floor of the dorm room, playing guitar. I turned to Suse
No One Thing (a poem)
No One Thing I am searching for no one thing Nothing. Not the next best thing Not the last great place. Oh, I peruse around for the best chocolate
Anniversary
As of this Friday, I have been married to the same man for 33 years…and here’s what cinched the deal over a quarter of a century ago: In the
Find What You Love
Yesterday the leaves on the trees were clapping for you the wind all reckless and wild-fresh gusting with imaginings of us, of memories sloughed off with time yet lingering in
Poetry of the Earth
We circum-navigate an island hemmed in by the sea Whisked to shore in a frenzy of exploration kelp beds squish and pop underfoot. Old mining camps and lodges left
Thought Bubbles, Random Squiggles
While hiking in the mountains with friends, I began to take notice of how much my mind jumps around from subject to subject on those steep, uphill climbs to the
We Are Stardust, We Are Golden
My brother sent me a cryptic email for my 60th birthday; all it said was: “Arrival On Earth” and my immediate response was: “I Have Landed”