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…]
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…]
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…]
In Suzzane’s Garden there is an infestation of flowers Roses tea roses wild roses magenta orange red pink red leaking yellow hints of yellow tints and fades and mutes and much iris! purple beards deep purple tongues climbing honeysuckle sweet! and trellises of lovely white roses more roses! braces holding buds peonies! leaves fluttering dots … [Read more…]