– Burning Questions –

October 3, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The book rests openedBalancing his faith on scales From a lonely pew.

– The Piano Man –

October 3, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

And so the jester,Wise in the craft of oiled lies,Stole your melodies.

Open Country

October 2, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

My window keeps fogging up and I don’t understand why. It’s clear at times and then it fogs again and I can’t see where we are going. I don’t know where we are going. He’s driving and I don’t care. All I care about is that I’m in the seat next to him and I’m […]

Don’t Say His Name – Remember the Place – Remember the People

October 2, 2015.Reading time 10 minutes.

Today I am supposed to write a flash fiction post…. and perhaps later I will. But in the meantime I offer a special post – something special and close to me. Between 2011 and 2014 my husband and I lived in the Roseburg, Oregon area where we taught and worked at Umpqua Community College. My […]

– Grounding –

October 1, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Thoughts float far away…A ladybug reminds meI am earthly bound.

– Speechless –

October 1, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I know these people.It’s why I sit here dreadingThe list that will come.

– Autumn Comes –

September 30, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Dust hangs in the airOver petals turned velvetThrough Time’s fading light.

– Evening Rains –

September 29, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Lightning in a flash!Thunder that cracks like a whip;Hold close my dear child.

Banned Books Week

September 29, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Photo by Miranda L. Sober Photography I was a junior in high school sitting in an English class when I heard about the modern banning of books for the first time. Before class had started, our teacher had written a list of books at all angles across the blackboard that ran down the side of […]

– Yuri –

September 28, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hidden in the pears,Inside our kitchen window;His eyes are watching.