Category: journal

  • 2020-11-16 The Distance is Taking a Toll

    2020-11-16 The Distance is Taking a Toll

    I can’t reach my oxygen mask. Blurry, I stretch toward yellow and white plastic dangling near me. But its A rotten banana peel hanging from an empty Wal-Mart sack. It turns brown as the tips of my fingers poke at it, trying to get a grip. I read a poem about a boy revered by…

  • Protected: 2020-11-15 There’s a Million Miles of Sunset Ahead

    Protected: 2020-11-15 There’s a Million Miles of Sunset Ahead

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  • 2020-11-14 Doing the Math ➖➗➕

    2020-11-14 Doing the Math ➖➗➕

    Broke my streak yesterday. Worked on my workshop submission both fine tuning the lines and deciding which poems were worthy of such rare attention. It’s really a confidence game at this point.  I was tired and had an unusual day that went astray from my normal routine. With my dauber down, not a poem in…

  • 2020-11-11 Streaks, Smoothies, and the Same Old-Same Old

    2020-11-11 Streaks, Smoothies, and the Same Old-Same Old

    Another productive day yesterday but no poetry. WordPress tells me I’m on a 19 day streak. That was not on my list of goals for the month, but it is evidence that when given time I gravitate to more walking which leads to more blogging. My Average step count has gone up in the last…

  • 2020-11-10 Freezing Rain, Memory, and Poetry

    2020-11-10 Freezing Rain, Memory, and Poetry

    A freezing rain greets me as I accompany the trash carts to the end of the driveway. It tears my attention away from what I don’t remember. It feels good to feel the rain on my skin and how it forces me to move faster, look forward to being back inside, strip down to dry.…

  • 2020-11-09 Advantages of Overcast Day

    2020-11-09 Advantages of Overcast Day

    Today I’m going to wear lounge clothes all day. Enjoy the darkness a rainy day brings. Sit on my couch doing all that needs done nestled with my favorite blanket and pillows. I’ve got plenty to do there, until 3PM when I need to leave to pick my son up from school. The weekend was…

  • 2020-11-08 Well Balanced Weekend

    2020-11-08 Well Balanced Weekend

    Yesterday was a good mix of exercise and conversation, messing around and getting stuff done. We worked on our budget for the household and also drove to an arboretum near our house and wandered around for a little bit exploring and being silly and taking pictures of some of the waning autumn color. I wish…

  • 2020-11-07 Schedules, Steps, and Submissions

    2020-11-07 Schedules, Steps, and Submissions

    I woke this morning just after 5am like damn. My email in-box had a message from my husband, sent after I could literally not stay awake at 10pm and had gone to bed. In the email was an itinerary for our day today. Yes.. time slots filled in with activities so we can get the…