Happy Valentine’s Day! For this poem I used a one word prompt from a random word I selected in a book, Eyes. I also thought it would be fun to incorporate lyrics from songs about eyes I listened to over the years. Music stirs memories. Each song included here is a memory about a time … [Read more…]
I started to write Water Over Time in 2010 after a trip my husband, Dave, and I took to Guam. I wanted to record a memoir of poems, short prose, and pictures of my time there. Below is a description taken from the back of … [Read more…]
THE NUT LADY A few years ago, most of my holiday shopping was canceled due to an accident involving my left foot and the backdoor step. The diagnosis: a fracture. Wrapped in a temporary splint, I was sent home from the hospital on crutches to wait six days for my doctor’s appointment. There would be … [Read more…]
On Valentine’s Day my husband and I were in downtown Napa, and since we had some time on our hands we decided to visit our old neighborhood. This is the house where we met (as it looks today) and lived in for a few years before moving upvalley back in the 80s. The color of … [Read more…]
Although my mother died at the age of 50 from ALS, I’d like to think I am still learning from the lessons she taught me in her short life. In Singing Star, the poem below, I am speaking only to the sadness of missing her when I was a child. Because of her work she traveled … [Read more…]
When my son, Jim, was ten years old he begged my husband, Dave, and me for a dog. I wasn’t in love with the idea, but Jim and his older brother, Chase, made up for my lack of enthusiasm. It had been five years since the death of Dave’s golden Lab, Nugget, and I was sure I never wanted another dog, but … [Read more…]
Original cover painting by Elaine Lewis Water Over Time All I know now is what I remember Forty years have swallowed my house Mold on concrete is hard to remove easier to build anew In the mom and pop across the street I bought cigarettes for 35 cents A proud clerk tells me this was … [Read more…]
Original cover painting by Elaine Lewis Water Over Time All I know now is what I remember Forty years have swallowed my house Mold on concrete is hard to remove easier to build anew In the mom and pop across the street I bought cigarettes for 35 cents A proud clerk tells me this … [Read more…]