Sometimes, anytime’s the right time …

Sometimes, anytime’s the right time. A moment grabbed, taken. Whole moments savored, easy goal. Held tight-tightly to your soul.* Oh, don’t ask me. It just fell in there. I’m not sure what I think about it, but there it is. Great afternoon with my family after a really excellent Spanish lesson in which I was [...]

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Love inspires.

Today my niece is 13.  That shocks and amazes me.  Isn’t she still two and a half?  Isn’t she 30?  I’ve written a poem for her birthday each of the last three years, each year that I’ve pushed myself to explore a form for the month of April.  So now she has a tanka, a Rhyme [...]

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Fox in the Henhouse

(Not really. I just wanted a title with”fox” in it.) Today is my sister’s birthday. “Fox” is what I call her here. She’s my kid sister, my baby sister. She is, of course  neither kid nor baby. She  is my touchstone, the one I trust to tell me the truth even when I don’t want [...]

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The Cosmos Blows Me a Kiss

I was running late.  I’d left work late.  The quick errand I was going to run before jumping on the train wasn’t quick at all.  The train got stuck in the tunnel for a little while.  I was late, late, late. I was going to 23rd Street.  I was going somewheree I’ve gone over and [...]

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Take Love. Make Love. Rinse. Repeat.*

The lovely and talented Raivenne has done me the honor of giving me, in all my struggling-with-my-blog-ness, a blogging award. Liebster is German for “dearest,” for the one you love beyond borders. In accepting this award, the recipient agrees to: 1. Show thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to [...]

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