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 […]
Home Muscle testing or Kinesiology is often used by psychologists and medical professionals to receive answers hidden within our bodies. It is not yet time for spring gardening, yet as caretaker of the small piece of the world I call home; I have begun using the technique to ask questions about how to proceed. A […]
Transformation No hurries—no worries. I can sit to meditate on the sun— or the rain. Rain that cleanses And smells like spring— or summer. I walk miles alone. Crowded only by thoughts. Or I can hide with multitudes It is all the same— this feeling of now. I swim in the ocean Or a lake […]
Blake fell back and the wall became red with spaghetti and sauce. It took a few seconds for Elaine to realize that her husband’s implanted defibrillator had gone off—not once—twice. Elaine fell back and the wall became permeated with frustration and fear. It took her a few days to realize that her beyond cuckoo meter […]
Coleslaw “Why did you pick me to mix with carrot shreds?” asks the hand cut cabbage. “The sun warmed me and my roots had water before you came.” The red and black radishes cry the same, “Why were we uprooted, before we bloomed? Our future seeds yearn to spread and grow.” The cook ignores the […]