a soft Saturday
to soften life’s hard edges
with kindness and calm
Holding On
a soft Saturday
to soften life’s hard edges
with kindness and calm
daughters
Sludge
my life in a meal:
always trying for the pic
always missing it
(Im)permanence
this choice will break me no matter what i decide. so i should decide.
Childrearing Forwarding
parenting problems
don’t end when the kids grow up
(they can still break you)
Colorado Born and Bred
Berthoud Pass driving
sisters learn two years apart
same day, different face
Ice, Water, Steam
a cold winter walk
along the Colorado
right where it begins
a hot springs retreat
to strip the cold off our skins,
bring heat to our bones
Evergreen for Everyone
a cold, windy morn
finding our legs on the ice
that waits for winter
Christmas Roulade
rolled in this meringue:
apples, mascarpone cream,
burnt honey. ’20.
baked in this Roulade:
my student’s home-raised hen eggs
ready to be whipped
folded in this bake:
some precious moments of peace
so hard sought, well earned
masked in this meringue:
a year of bittersweet loss
melted into joy
Dirty Bingo
White Elephant win
with every Bingo chiste
bringing laughter, joy
Meeting of Planets
a solstice sunrise
followed by a Christmas star
800 years lit
the lights connect us
we live under the same skies
we live here. on Earth.
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