Part 3 Out the Door I stayed put for a few moments after Claudia ran out on me. I shifted my gaze back to the ball. Encapsulated clouds swirled and became dark and threatening. The rock rolled off its stand to the floor, across the room, down the hallway to my bedroom. I followed and […]
Part 2 Crystal Clarity “Psychic power is a bunch of hooey” Claudia said nonchalantly as she took another bite of her pastrami on rye. I pushed back from the pink Formica kitchen table and set my empty plate in the sink. “I’m sure I feel something when I tune in, especially if my crystal ball […]
Crystal Ball Now smooth and round, I was once the center of a rough and un-tumbled rocky crag. For centuries I lived in darkness deep in a cavernous earthly vein. No light flowed to meet my gorgeous essence so I sat accepting all that was me. I don’t remember my Jurassic birthday, but I remember […]
Datura Beautiful poison Inspired by love and death Irresistible. Illustrations add pizazz to poetry collections, cookbooks and children’s books. Many writers don’t include original artwork because of the expense involved. Today’s technology, however, can create sketches from photographs. I took the original photo of a Datura flower at Fort Ross in Sonoma County. Mercedes Call, […]
Pan I had lunch today with Pan. –A birthday party; he comes each year, to eat oats and honey. –Life’s nectar, and to tell me that all is okay, all right, blessed. Though reassuring, I don’t believe his devilish lies. “It could be better,” I say. He takes a sip of orange tea. –Nibbles a […]