Cosmic shifts

2014-07-17

In the realm of symbolism, I can understand meanings. Usually.If I'm paying attention. A delicate weaving of threads so light that they catch the morning...

2014-07-15

There is only so much rain that a girl from the desert can handle. This is rain nearly every day, every afternoon, "because it's Florida." Ugh. Enough...

2014-07-11

Did you not hear me when I asked to hold your hand? I asked so loudly, without a sound, long trembling fingers stretched out, waiting for yours to wrap...

2014-07-07

She was innocent at 16. Innocent of the crime the accused her of. Innocent of the accusations against morality they all suddenly held so dear. She had...

2014-07-04

For one beautiful, intense week back at the end of April/beginning of May, I spent a lot of hours with a fascinating group of writers in North Carolina...

2014-07-01

I'm a book lover. There I admitted it. It's the first step, right? I worked in the school library to get out of other classes. I once upon a time knew...

2014-06-27

It's the small things that set me on edge. Feeling the wood footboard when I try to sleep face down, it just doesn't work until I turn sideways and am...

2014-02-24

My life is in boxes, most of which are in storage. For how long? I don't know. It's frustrating and scary and upsetting. Moving three, or four, not even...

2013-12-31

She pleaded with me, burning into my core, reprimanding me for being so selfish. "We need to know. Let us know." It was almost the same talk from several...

2013-10-01

... running out of ink in my pen 22 pages into hand written notes in the middle of the next to last workshop at a writer's conference. My fingers had...