Maybe it was bound to happen given time. My partner saw a posting on Facebook that she mentioned to her ex-husband because it concerned her. For what ever reason the ex sent a copy of it to the son and he up and de-friended her, his father, me and all other… Read full post »

this feels like a time for reflection

a time to turn inward and take an inventory

to be deeply grateful for all the blessings

and daily miracles that occur

 … Read full post »

I know I am hardly alone in this feeling of being stuck. I have waited for it to leave the way it came- creeping in like kudzo wrapping around my creative side and snuffing out any flicker of a creative thought. It feels like being in a place where I can't… Read full post »

there are 2 calls ahead of you

(started out with 7) 

thank you for waiting

your patience is appreciated

thank you for holding

please stay on the line

 we will back in a moment

(like they were ever there)

don't worry i have 1000 minutes

i am not worried

and… Read full post »

Thursday is my 47th birthday.  I like birthdays ok and have never been afraid of my age just fascinated that I have made it this long. For some reason when I was younger I felt I would die young.  I guess if I died today I would be considered young, unless… Read full post »

As the car speeds down the highway my eyes swallow every passing piece of beauty. I realize how long it has been since we have gone anywhere new and I have a deep hunger to see it all. The roads are all new to me and I feel like an explorer… Read full post »

you were there

i was here

now we are together again

and i am here

you are there

i ache for closeness

i long for you to touch me… Read full post »

Random thoughts after being alone for a few weeks.

remembering who i am

on my own

alone with my thoughts

unknown to me

finding… Read full post »

This is all very new to me but I am learning and I really like working with the bees. We have been checking on them and so far so good. Apparently this is the time of year that they will swarm if the hive is overcrowded. We checked ours Saturday and… Read full post »

My lovely Ms M has been off the farm for 9 days so far. There are 12 to go before she returns to the farm. 

Many things have happened. 

Some good

1. the raccoon i tried to shoot lived and hasn't been seen again

2. the invisible fence is working (for… Read full post »

Here is a picture of our puppy we got and I thought I had made a HUGE mistake. She has turned into such a love and I wouldn't know what to do without her in our lives.

Her name is Peanut. 

 (I am also learning to add photos to my… Read full post »

It happened last Sunday night and now I can't get this out of my head. It was about 8:30 or so and there he was lurking around our yard. I had seen him earlier walking out of our yard back going back across the street where he belongs. Then I saw… Read full post »

Planting Season 09 

After an incredibly long dark winter it is finally time to plant. We scurry around buying seed and seedlings and start scratching away at the dirt. We vow to keep the weeds at bay this year. We have tons of energy and… Read full post »

your eyes see through me

                        as your fingers read my skin 

our spirits mingle

lifting toward freedom 

tumbling back into each other … Read full post »

Driving this morning I saw one shoe by the road. A black leather high top kind of sneaker in good shape. It made me wonder, "How did that happen?"

I mean someone couldn't have been walking and oops my shoe came off but I'll keep walking, or oops my shoe flew… Read full post »

the burst of color can't last forever

our eyes feast on the bounty

like starved children

winters seem to offer little hope

that we will see any color other than… Read full post »

This is strictly for fun (so please leave now if fun is not your thing.)

I've had this running around in my head for a bit so I thought it might be interesting to see what others might say.

Here are my top 5 choices for what mine might say.

1.… Read full post »

just give me a pillow;

maybe a blanket

and let me sleep.

on the sofa

away.

yet you need

to get that last

ugly word

hurled,

destined for my tender heart 

you seem to despise

my very soul.

why? 

is this love?  Read full post »

There are signs in every direction that Spring may finally be here in Michigan. Daffodils, tulips, crocus's are popping out. The red breasted robins have been busy hopping around the yard gathering delicacies of the worm and insect variety. The birds start a symphony each morning shortly before dawn.… Read full post »

i feel the tingle

my finger on the trigger

rocking my own world 

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Has that ever happened?

Oh shit, I just hit "send" by accident!

or

That cool new IPhone touchpad got touched to a number you didn't mean to call just then.

or

That IPhone didn't really hang up when you thought it had.

There is beauty in technology.

and

There is just… Read full post »

Dear Dad,

You have clearly made your point to have nothing to do with my daughter or grandson. You point out that your love for me in unconditional yet you hold firm that you cannot love her and want nothing to do with him.

My sense of family has never given… Read full post »

Top 10 Reasons to get a puppy

1. You never get to sleep in again

2. You love saying "No" in a mean way

3. You love being aware of each change in the weather

4. You desire scars on your hands from teething

5. You love buying paper… Read full post »