Scathed, touchable,
Daunted, flinching

Random remark
Punctures tender core

Fear bubbles up
Oily iridescent glamour

Spreading, coating,
Spoiling, choking

Vainly seeking
Solace, harmony 

Pleading tranquilo,
Tranquilo, tranquilo!… Read full post »

Once again she felt that familiar tug just under her heart and between her shoulder blades.  Only this time it was firmer. It lasted longer too. Not precisely a pain, more than a pull, that left her gasping and her heart skipping.

“Yes, yes, mother, I know,” she whispered. “It… Read full post »

Our second Christmas
“I spent a fortune!”
You exclaimed.
You a grad student
I was a secretary.
Fortunes are relative
But this I believe
It was a measure of
Your love for me.

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It gets around
Contagion, cackling

Arrows fly true
Targets, acquired

Thought flies faster
Eyes, closed

Secrets moulder
Crumbling, cache

Scarlet blossoms desert
Horrible, horrible, horrible… Read full post »

It was while I attended Jeff Lofton’s performance at UT’s Cactus Café a few weeks ago.

http://www.jefflofton.com/

 Sublime traditional jazz, I presented my rapt attentive face - the one I keep in the jar by my door –

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaRNrDaoMqw

but ski… Read full post »

cc says “Bleah!”
Blowing raspberries
At the Universe

Little surprise
When the Universe
Responds in kind

In a blue funk
Why not red funk?
Sounds more fun

Red funk
Blue funk
Green funk: Bleah

Funk, yeah!
Get… Read full post »

I've been away from OS for several weeks. Apologies to my favorites if I haven't been reading and commenting. I'm in a slump and don't feel much like writing. I'll come back one of these days. Please know I think you're all brilliant and I support you all!

Like those screen savers of pipes connecting
Popping in and out, here and there,
Purple, green, gold, scarlet,
No place and every place at once
My heart seeks yours, finds the thread
Cats cradle twisting, holding hands, intertwined

I lost it to you, you were… Read full post »

Happy Valentine's Day! Roses from my sweetie ("W"):

Being born a boomer
Formed me, informs you
But that’s not all I am

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I’m chuffed, truly buoyant,
Been described as “fun”!
Haven’t been able to affect or
Effect many people in… Read full post »

Knock, knock, knock!
I go to the front door.
No one on the porch but a bird smashing into our window.
He stops, looks, gives me New York attitude,
“Whaddaya  want, lady? I’m workin’ here!”
… Read full post »

Face the day? Let’s face the music and dance!
Stand up, chin up, cowboy up, man up,… Read full post »

Since people commonly make resolutions at the beginning of the new year about being more healthy, exercising, and eating right, I'm reposting my revised walking playlist (entitled, strangely enough, "Walking")  below, then a vegetarian (sort of) recipe. A kind soul (Faye Paxton) suggested I/… Read full post »

Hello, Goodbye: Happy New Year!

A link to the Beatles’ “Hello, Goodbye”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBZ8ulc5NTg

Well, we’ve finally seen the back of 2011. Good riddance, I say! Echoing Dickens’ Christmas Carol, “It comes from other re… Read full post »

My husband, “W”, got back into Austin safe and sound after a week and half trip visiting his parents in Rangoon, Burma (also known as Myanmar). With the news reports of over 5 million people flying today, and the number of connections he had to make (Rangoon, Taiwan, LA, Austin), I… Read full post »

Since the death of Christopher Hitchens, a lot of people, many of whom identify themselves as Christians, have commented that “Now, he knows the Truth,” or “Hitch’s burning in Hell right now.” I… Read full post »

I’m going to wear red today.

I’m not feeding the monster of negativity

Today

I say starve the beast

I’m going to wear red

And I’m going to put on red lipstick

And too much blusher

And above my eyes for shadow

Like… Read full post »

In this holiday season, it is important to be forewarned about the dangers of the ordinary suburban mall.  Where once were wide swaths of open aisles to stroll along, now there are kiosks every 8-10 feet selling gewgaws, knick-knacks, trinkets, and dog-knows-what. Where once storeowners placed t… Read full post »

“Something wonderful is about to happy.”

This was the fortune in my cookie after yesterday’s lunch at the Vietnamese restaurant. Briefly amused by the Chinglish phrasing, I went to cast it back on my plate among the leftovers and used napkin. But then I… Read full post »

Is the world nucking futs, or is it just me?

[Please forgive the coconut photo. I could not find a clipart picture of a nut that I could download, after trying for over an hour. Every time I hit “Download” on the MS Office website, the… Read full post »

On days when the chemo poisons aren't leaching out of my flesh, blood, and bones, making me feel a weary 90 years old, I put on a little travelin' music (only some ancient souls out there are going to remember Jackie Gleason) and mount the treadmill. 

Here is my playlist (entitled,… Read full post »

Poor Hamlet. Totally wigged out by his Dad's death, his mom's hasty wedding to his skeevy uncle, seeing his Dad's ghost, and his girlfriend goes too far in her spa treatments. He thinks about suicide but worries he'll have nightmares. 

I've always had big screen, Technicolor dreams, and I rememb… Read full post »

After seeing the violence used by police to quell the OWS protest in Oakland, as well as other places,  I propose that the protestors link arms and sing the Star Spangled Banner. That's right! And let's have them waving lots of American flags with their signs. Imagine the video of police… Read full post »

According to Douglas Adams, the answer to the universe is 42. I beg to disagree, because the answer for me this past year has been more eyeliner, owing to 8 months of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. The chemo stripped away my hair, my eyebrows and eyelashes, as well as body hair… Read full post »