knife, gun, pills, balcony, suffocation, jump, run, stop, hit,

split second.

which way to run or not to run at all.

stop, start, hesitate, return to position, aim, shoot,

never stall.

have a nice meal, don't hold back,

pick any stranger to get in the… Read full post »

"Gramma!"  There was no pilot in the plane that crashed!"

Seeing, hearing and feeling the horror of this tragedy through the eyes of your grandchildren, is heart pounding, gut wrenching and the making of our most feared nightmares.

My four and a half year old grandson declared the above.  F… Read full post »

I could barely get to sleep last night.  I felt hyper vigilent over the eve of September 11th and surely, all the New Yorkers who layed wide awake during the night and wee hours of the morning of...

Finally, I turned off the TV in the early PST… Read full post »

Fulfillment is a very subjective term.   Not only a mouthful, it is a paradox of what ifs.  The mere thought of it is daunting to me, as it is a word that over-shadows everything in life that is supposed to be.  Or so I think, from time to random time.… Read full post »

You know when the bar tender's had a bad day when she walks behind the bar at the beginning of her shift and fixes herself two double shots, while staring at the customers in front of her, from one end to the other.

In this very moment, the piercing scan with… Read full post »

I was twelve years old.

My mom told me I was being allowed to go on a ten day camping trip with our neighbors, to a well known national park.

I was confused.  Why and how did this come up?  I had to go with them in three days?

They had… Read full post »

It was 1969.

9 hours to Greece.

My first time going to Athens.

It was my first working flight.

Fresh out of training.

Excited for the prospects.

Sat in the cockpit.

The views were intense and blue.

And then they turned white.

Everything so warm and… Read full post »

Laying on the deck.

Sun's rising penetration.

Misting bottle near.  

Shifting for comfort.

Hardness lies underneath me.

Thoughts drifting toward you.

Standing so high above me.

Glaring down in heat.

Dare to stay so motionless.

Thoughts rise from within.

T… Read full post »

Gotta make it quick...

Can you follow me this way? 

No one is looking..

Please, please hurry up!

We are running out of time. 

Close the door slowly.

Do not say a word.

We cannot risk being heard.

So, so quietly...

Just keep your clothes… Read full post »

Could it be any hotter?  I doubt it.  Reaching 100 degrees any minute. No AC and household fans asserting next to nothing in this vacuous, stifling heat.  Where's my swamp cooler when I need one!  Big Box stores all sold out!

Could be worse.  The refrigerator c… Read full post »

So, I pretty much think most "creature comforts" are summed up in the possible tags provided here by the Good Ship OS.  But we all know that those can be expanded upon...upon which this post is aimed.

I am finding myself thinking about (not too much), the economy, state of the… Read full post »

Hot, hot, hot!!!

Are you naughty or not?

Tomorrow's the first day of summer...

Hottest day of the year...

Longest day of the year.

Summer solstice. 

Sizzling in your ear.

All you wanna hear

Is heat.

Hot burning heat under your feet.

Run to the waves; feel the… Read full post »

(puppies are such attention getters) 

Sandra no longer Miller - Honey!  Where are you?!?  Miss you!

Monte Canfield - Your spiritual guidance and wisdom are par none.

Professor Emeritus - Dude!  Come back to us!  The flock is flailing!

Ric Teresa - So hop/… Read full post »

I miss his laugh.

I miss his cooking on weekends.

I miss his German temper.

I miss the tears in his eyes when he listened to us sing.

I miss his crazy eye brows.

I miss the way he loved our mom.

I miss his love for life, for work, for… Read full post »

The most skilled of us may find it difficult to describe.

The daily grind, the joys, the let downs, the ever afters.

The lesses, the mores.

The not enough.

A known staging ground where we start each of our days.

A first glimpse of light in an… Read full post »