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Personal

Faith

Three months of lockdown. The world is waiting, drawing a breath, taking its time. It isn’t over yet. For the

Support

Do you know that scene in a movie when a person lies on a hospital bed or operating table, surrounded

Condemnation

You are beautiful perfect entitled. You have come from a funeral of a fifteen year old. You talk about the

Report Card

From the ages of six to nineteen, averaging three times a year, my father would take out his fountain pen

Lyric

Each time there is a rush of anger swamped by sorrow. Each time the fucking helplessness is enough to drown

Virtue

A young woman comes to my home for the first time today. We are meeting in a professional capacity. Very

Possession

The time has come to distribute her things. Leaving no will, only vaguely indicating her desires, she has left us

Anniversary

My number crunching brain insists I acknowledge it. I started posting on this blog turned website a year ago today.

My Mother’s Roses

A post on my facebook cross-stitch group and the tea roses blooming at my kitchen window were the catalysts for

Moment

When they both lay asleep, separated for the first time in fifty five years. She on a state of the