Playing Catch-up Long time neighbors, out to get the mail, Stand under shade of Chinese Tallow-tree Haven’t seen you for a while, how are the kids? … [Read more...]
A Dugout in the Desert
By the time I depart for heaven, the journals I in my closet will have multiplied to over a hundred. It may hold that many now. So what will happen to the many books I’ve written over time? Will anyone ever want to read them? The dear ones in my family have listened to me for all, or most, of their lives. They pretty well know what I think, and what I’m going to … [Read more...]
Creative Life~Rituals and Routines
Rituals and routines. We all have them. What do you need to do before you can start to write? For years, I’ve needed to check and answer all my emails the minute I sat down at the computer. I love emails, especially letters from friends, but anything else is compulsive for me, as well. The easiest writing I do is by hand, in my journal, stream of consciousness and venting. I … [Read more...]
Receivers and Transmitters
Dear Onisha, I’ve just had an epiphany and I wanted to write and tell you about it. I ran into a young woman I can’t say where. I’d met her casually before. We started a conversation. We both enjoyed it, I like to listen (most of the time), and she seemed to need to talk. She was so funny that I’d love to see her as a stand-up comedian or a blogger. Do you ever meet people … [Read more...]
