1. Or is it a Tidal Basin surrounded by Cherry Blossoms, which happens once a year in D.C. and is referred to as The Cherry Blossom Festival. 2. In 1912, over 3,000 cherry trees were gifted as a good will gesture to our State Capitol by Japan. These are those same trees. 3. I had […]
1. Last year at this time, I wrote: The forsythia surrounds me like warm bowls of sun. 2. This year, we have a young male cardinal in the yard that has been repeatedly banging into our living room window. 3. The fact that he likes to bang against our windows is worrisome and bothersome, but […]
1. Some universities are redesigning their courses and requiring that assignments be handwritten rather than typed due to the prevalence and use of AI to get around assignments, according to the NYT. 2. Posted on Facebook by my friend Michael: Tantra is like squeezing a tube of toothpaste. Comment reply: Karma is trying to put […]
1. Lately, writing poetry feels like putting meat on bones. 2. The framework built over the years is in place and now I’m getting to the meat of the matter. 3. Happiness is what you make it / An easy fix that’s worth it / It’s a promise you can’t keep / that’s closer than […]
1. I want to write a poem where Global and Fragile rhyme. 2. A quasar, a pulsar or a blazar. Quantum physics can be so confusing when they make up words for things practically no one understands. 3. Reality is a quantum leap / The future is a spectrum/ where entropy meets possibility / the […]
1. Her name was Lola. 2. I call these “the generals.” 3. Sunsets are a whole category of my recent vacation pictures. 4. Along with restaurants. 5. This meal did end in leftovers. 6. “Look at the rocket!’ the little boy said. 7. You’ve heard of walking on eggshells? Well walking on seashells at Sea […]
1. Joe and I are part of the Naples beach parade with our matching hats. 2. The bathrooms at the restaurant we ate at last night were marked Gulls and Buoys for Girls and Boys. 3. A crevice of crescent over the ocean slowly filled with light like an hourglass each night. 4. On Madera […]
1. Taylor Swift is the musician’s version of Meryl Streep when it comes to getting awards and the young version of Joni Mitchell when it comes to boyfriends. 2. I’ve resisted all these years, but for the first time ever, I tried to sign in for a magazine subscription because I wanted to read an […]
1. My husband juggles two phones and two laptops. “Next thing will be two wives,” I joked. “Three is ideal for juggling,” he answered. “Not an option,” I say. 2. I’m a nerd who spends hours taking and cropping pictures of frost on the window. See more HERE. 3. I’ve always felt that the world of […]
1. The boat we are all in is tipping. The billionaire’s hoard of money weighs too much. 2. Going down is the route up for me. 3. Pinned and pierced / Fear unmasked / The arrow’s tip / like a scalpel cuts / It opens the path / to a phantom bullet / and lifts […]
1. I’m not a rose-colored glasses person. I like all colors. 2. I prefer THIS kind of snow white. 3. Today I found myself singing “I wish I had a river I could skate away on’ and pining for my ice skates that I gave to our local thrift shop a few of years ago. […]
1. Now that the holiday lights have come down and celebrations have faded, winter’s reality sets in. 2. Back in the ‘90s there was a popular bumper sticker that said “Question Authority?” 3. I had one that said “Question Reality.” 4. Remember the online viral phenomenon about a dress that some saw as blue and […]
