You’re  the Cream in My Coffee

by | Oct 8, 2025 | Writing

When I mentioned my anniversary idea at our writing group, we discovered several other writers celebrated anniversaries in October too.   Over our 36 years of marriage my sweetheart and I have learned a lot about partnerships. In the early stages of developing our...

Mother’s Day Reminiscing

by | May 13, 2023 | Writing

My mother was a beacon of right and wrong, love and anger long before I knew the words. When I find myself honing habits of nutrition, organizing, tidying up, grooming, anger and forgiveness, I realize the first teacher for many of these habits was my mother.  She was...

My Mother’s Beauty

by | May 3, 2022 | Writing

Thinking of Mom and mothers … My Mother’s Beauty I don’t think anyone ever said of my mother that she was “a beauty.” A childhood photo when she was nine shows a slender and almost delicate girl on pointe in a perfect ballet tutu and pose. Her face is serious. Photos...

Car Talk

by | Jun 4, 2021 | Writing

Pegasus In the last year of my mother’s life, our hospice angels recommended bringing in photo albums to assist my mother in her “life review.” Some pictures brought a smile, some a short sniff of dismissal. Some elicited a story.  The black-and-white photo was...