As a teen in the great state of Texas, there was never a football game to be enjoyed without a concession stand offering of Frito Pie. At the ballgame, it was simply a bag of corn chips slit down the side with chili and cheese and a spoon, pickled jalepenos were… Read full post »

As a perpetual procrastinator, each year has at least one resolution that involves losing weight, getting in shape or eating better, or all three. Then there are excuses for when it doesn't end up better at the end of the year than it was at the beginning.

Now I am… Read full post »

Will I make a list?

Will I stand by it, refer to it, follow it?

Will I share or keep it to myself as to what I want the new year to hold?

For weeks contemplation of a fresh start, a new year, danced in my thoughts, especially during half-conscious moments… Read full post »

When the world seems to be falling apart around you, hope is as difficult to grasp as the stars. A few weeks ago, while on a journey to recapture my composure and self-assuredness, I found myself in most unusual place among the stars.  `

Trees, bodies of water and taverns are… Read full post »

I am

like an M&M

~tough on the outside to protect my gooey middle

I am

like a firecracker

calm, inconsipicuous until you light my fuse

I am

flexible like a twig

until you push me and I bend farther than is humanly possible

I am

Yes, I am

until… Read full post »

While watching Evening, a movie about a mother dying, the matriarch of the family explains why she didn't have a lasting relationship with a man. 

I had already seen the movie, having not recognized it or the premise by the title and blurb. Watching while finishing up some office work while… Read full post »

Two nights in a row it has been

all about him.

No long deep passionate kisses

just hard, digging pushes from his mouth on mine.

No "I Love You" s with sweet low whispers

just the quickness of breath and his hands moving me where he wants me.

No… Read full post »

This meme is a familiar one. I always wanted to be asked it, if I was a movie star... 

1. What is your favorite word?

Plethora, it rolls off the tongue and can speak of numerable things in a fun way.    

2. What is your least favorite word? 

Hate  … Read full post »

It was a long line. People from all different backgrounds lined up like a cattle call or the animals ready to get on Noah’s Ark. Two by two, they stand side by side, waiting patiently in line holding their baggage with a weary, nervous faces. Some have large… Read full post »

Catalina met her man in a bar on a tropical island. She was there to escape reality during Valentine's Day weekend and mourn the death of her mother five months earlier. She was drunk when a friend who frequents said bar introduced them. His hair was intriguing, the line that got… Read full post »

In the middle of a tiff  with a friend over what to do during spring break, I confided in my new boyfriend. My friend thought I should pack up my house and put it in storage due to my plans to move this summer to a more tropical climate. I opted… Read full post »

I have tried to buy
really good gifts
for my mom
and the last few years
I have found
it difficult to buy her anything
she needs
and it is no longer
a good idea to buy
things of frivolry
that are dust catchers
or sun catchers
she has enough of those

so this year
at Thanksgiving
I tried… Read full post »

Playing Games
This post is a tribute to my oldest son

When he was 4 years old, his daddy,
newly divorced from me,
bought him the newest electronic game system for Christmas
Super Ninetendo
and the game  with it
Super Mario World

My mother, for his birthday,
in January
bought him the book
You know,
The Insid… Read full post »

The fabulously full moon
lit up the chilly winter night



It smiled down at me
as I sat in the big lounge chair



mind wandering
heart hurting


wishing upon a star
and wondering
where you are


you? you know
the man that is to love me
all of me

each part of me
equally and with vigor


recently met a new prospect
who was so… Read full post »

I have lost a friend
one I was hoping to hold onto
and for reasons
I don't fully comprehend

oh I know
what made her mad
but I honestly didn't think
it was worth the cost
of the entire friendship

and she,
well,
she didn't ask me
she took what others told her
and made assumptions

Then she attacked

of course I am not… Read full post »