River By Elaine Webster River chewed her tongue—a childhood habit that comforted her in some basic way. Ari would be unlocking the door to their apartment just about now. It would take him awhile to unearth the note she left on the bar next to the scotch bottle. She could hear the click of the […]
The Magic behind Spiced Shrimp Divine Intervention, Celestial Alignment, Karma, whatever, are writers’ friends. We sit for hours, days, weeks even months contemplating, researching, editing, struggling and then one day a miniscule grain of brain itches and we have to scratch. I’m not sure this is one of those days, but I’ll give it my […]
Flip Flops and Time In the beginning–only flip flops and time. Crude sandals to protect and preserve. Long days: sandy beaches, gravelly river banks or deserts— grow tribes, families, towns, countries. In the beginning—only flip flops and time. Youthful love; splashed with the wet of creation. Long years: children, migrations, settlements and peace— grow […]
Project Unconditional Wikipedia puts it like this: Unconditional love is known as affection without any limitations, it can also be love without conditions. This term is sometimes associated with other terms such as true altruism, or complete love. Each area of expertise has a certain way of describing unconditional love, but most will agree that […]
Sew What? Carole King’s blockbuster album, “Tapestry” accompanied me home from work today. I rocked to “I Feel the Earth Move” and soon after teared-up with “You’ve Got a Friend”. When Carol wrote these songs, she was in transition. Her marriage had broken up with Gerry Goffin and friends were hard to come by. In […]