Category: Miscellaneous

  Deep Pockets He sits cross-legged On smooth, gray granite Outside the tent, And watches the light Turn from gold to silver, Caught in that space between Daylight and dusk, When all things seem possible, And the remarkable, Ordinary. To hold his day Longer, closer, He goes through his pockets, And chooses memories To save […]

Moccasins Sneakers on, Laces tight, Crunching noisily Along the path, And wishing… Wishing for The silent tread Of the Cherokee Who walked these hills Before him. Sighing, He flings himself Down on the rock, And stares at the Campfire. I could sneak up on deer, He tells his dad, If I had moccasins. I could […]

Indian Summer He sees her standing Below the falls, Carefully balanced On the slippery rocks, And laughing In the hazy October sun. Only yesterday The ice-rimmed pool Mirrored angry gray clouds, And a wind out of the north Chilled his bones. Today, a warm yellow sun Has eaten the frost, And resurrected the ghost Of […]

Welp, yesterday went pretty easily, all things considered, if you like lying on an examination table in a darkened room, while some vampire … er, I mean total stranger … pokes around on your neck for what seems like an hour or two, listening to your arteries.  I guess I shouldn’t complain. Compared to some […]

  Just a quick note to let you know I have NOT forgotten about all my online friends and am not deliberately letting my blog sit idle. I’m still just trying to sort out all my new health issues that seem to have cropped up all at once. On the plus side, I’m still doing […]

Don’t know about you guys in the rest of the country, but I’m pretty sure those of us who live in Florida are OVER summer now, and counting the days until the first fall weather arrives. MAN, it’s been a hot one down here, but hopefully, it will start easing up a bit soon. In […]

Happily, the rain and wind have disappeared from this area, the sun is out again, and if I had the energy to get in my canoe, I could head out on the river just like this gal. (If you look close, you can see the manatee she’s watching.)  Even if I stay home, though, it’s […]

Just when I think I can breathe easy for a bit, we get more warnings. Seminole County (where we live) is now included in a TORNADO watch! Give me a hurricane over a tornado ANY day! Sure hope nothing comes of this one, but I’m looking at some stuff in the backyard that probably needs […]

We are still under a major bad weather watch, though nothing happened last night. Looks like it will get rainy later today and tomorrow will tell the tale as to how bad this storm will be. The brunt of the storm is on track to make landfall at “Big Bend” where the Florida mainland begins […]