The part where the Dear Hunter saves me from starvation only to leave me hungry

I caught the Dear Hunter and a couple of other bands that I don’t care about at the State Theater last night with my beautiful daughter.
Midnight Masses from Brooklyn opened.  My thoughts were – I have no idea what they’re singing and they’re all about the drums. Besides the drummer doing his thing, the lead vocalist and the girl-pretending-to-be-a-guitar-player took [...]

she wakes

She wakes in the middle of the night, delighted that her toes feel a tiny bit cold. Slivers of moonlight come through the window and rest on the bed. She arranges herself so that the moonlight falls on her face.
She dreams of spiders. Big spiders with legs like yellow wax beans. In her dreams she kills them easily.
She [...]

Eggsistential

eggciting. eggshilirating. eggsamples.

In which I manage to mention pie several times

As an Independence Day treat I offer this silly valentine I picked up today at an antique shop.

On the back in lovely Palmer-methodish writing, it says:
Miss Golda Newton, Ewing, Illinois.
2-13-17
Golda,
Will try to see you before very long cant say what day. It was so cold I suppose you did not look for me Sun. [...]

Like a watermelon falling off the back of a truck

I’m fairly trembling with energy.
My tiny chihuahua-sized cold isn’t stopping me.  
The weekend before I got my chihuahua sized cold, I had no energy. I languished by the TV watching the Food Network all weekend. “Such amazing people. They cook. Why does my face feel like it’s melting off?” 
This week I am my own HGTV/Food Network star.
Lots of [...]

Lover, you should’ve come over

I’ve met someone.

He’s quiet, thoughtful and down to earth.
He enjoys gardening and evenings at home.
He’s cheerful and a good listener.
We’re planning an October wedding.

travel haikus may 9

Musty black coffee
Just past Valdosta, Georgia
We dip toward the sun
______________________
I try to ignore
The babbling Swedish children
Exuberance grates

Pysanky

Ukrainian people are known for their craft of  colorful and intricately decorated Easter eggs called pysanky. My mother taught my sister and I how to make these eggs when we were children and the three of us continue this tradition today.
The eggs are decorated by applying hot beeswax to an egg with a stylus. When [...]

Religious Tracts I’ve Found Why Series

This tract was in a library book. There are some mountains, clouds, the earth and a Bible.

This is the tract I found today by the side of the road.  It’s 4 pages longer and doesn’t have any pictures.
Some people find money. Some people find friendship.
I find salvation.

In my dreams I watched from the comfort of home but in reality I was at work and unable to watch at all

Before the internets broke, I watched the people arriving at the inauguration. Cheney, in a wheelchair. Moving boxes my ass. He’s just too lazy to walk.  When I saw Bush I said “bye now,” and at that moment he raised his hand and waved, like he’d heard me. If  I’d known it was that easy I would have [...]