You know what someone said to me today? Happy Holidays. I thought to myself… Happy-Mother-Freaking-Holidays? It’s November 12th. I just started wearing a heavier coat.. and socks. It’s even early for me to wear socks. How is it the holiday season? I haven’t even gotten Ave’s 3-year-pictures done yet. There’s no way Christmas …
Read more »Swap the genders. “Breakfast After Ten” White kitchen walls with a thousand windows Turn on Winston in the den And I’m still asleep but I can hear the piano When you make breakfast after 10 And I smell the coffee on your fingers I still smell the perfume in the bed The crushed linen roses …
Read more »Do you remember the first time you heard something so fresh, that it was almost like water to your thirsty soul? Many people talk about those moments in their lives where they’ve had a moment of inspiration, of asking, ‘what-if’s’ and of realizing that sometimes, something bigger than we could ever imagine is …
Read more »When I moved into the Norwood house, there were flies, everywhere. I look back now and wonder if they were just there as the carcasses of what we used to be- his intentions, fell like pieces of himself- rotting to the floor. The flies never quite went away, although they became less in number, and …
Read more »Slow down, you crazy child you’re so ambitious for a juvenile But then if you’re so smart, tell me Why are you still so afraid? Where’s the fire, what’s the hurry about? You’d better cool it off before you burn it out You’ve got so much to do and Only so many hours in a …
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