I always loved you
posted over 3 years ago | 6 comments
Thomas- I didn’t give birth to your mother, but I mothered her for twenty years. I am your grandmother. Oh, not the ‘real’ one.
The ‘real’ one wasn’t there to be a mother, involved in her own world. It was too demanding for her to be a mother, s...
The ‘real’ one wasn’t there to be a mother, involved in her own world. It was too demanding for her to be a mother, s...
The Far Hills
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
It occurred to me not long ago that I need something. I need to look out a window and see hills and mountains. I need to use them as anchors to cling to, something solid upon which to tether my soul.
I have lived many places in this land of ours...
I have lived many places in this land of ours...
"It's no big deal, it doesn't matter"
posted over 3 years ago | 3 comments
For Informational Purposes: The following is the account of my personal experience, my feelings, my opinions. A recounting of how my life was changed, forever, by the actions of another in my life. The subject is adult in nature, but there is no g...
I took without asking
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
On the third of December 2003, I took. I got a call to the office. You had fallen. Lain on a cold parking lot until someone had called help.
You were in such pain you could not answer the questions posed to you. Broken bones will do that to a pe...
You were in such pain you could not answer the questions posed to you. Broken bones will do that to a pe...
Cookin With C-Rats
posted over 3 years ago | 3 comments
Compact, all inclusive, non perishable, attractively packaged.
Priced just right. Nourishing, probably. Tasty, not so much.
Once upon a time, in early 1973, my husband came in the door from work. His field jacket flying through the air to land ...
Priced just right. Nourishing, probably. Tasty, not so much.
Once upon a time, in early 1973, my husband came in the door from work. His field jacket flying through the air to land ...
Midnight Requisitions
posted over 3 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 5 comments
I want new furniture. Never been used by anybody else, brand new. Not one dent, scrape, scratch, rip, tear, stain or spot. Something that only traveled from the factory or workshop where it was created; rather than something that has traveled a hu...
VIC
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
They sat by the kitchen door, on the floor, every house we lived in from my earliest memory. Heavy thick leather, long rawhide laces, thick stacked leather heel, the toes re-enforced with steel. A fancy shaped flap of leather that covered the lace...
North Sea
posted over 3 years ago, updated 8 minutes later | 2 comments
North Ulst, South Ulst, Skye, Lewis, Harris, Mull. Inverness, Culloden, Dunrobin Castle, the Firth of Moray. The blood of my ancestors flowed on the Highlands.
The North Sea. Cold, unforgiving. Powerful and wily and quick to take and slow to giv...
The North Sea. Cold, unforgiving. Powerful and wily and quick to take and slow to giv...
Jack Daniels and Janitor In A Drum Clean Up
posted over 3 years ago | 3 comments
If you think this title is long- let me tell you what it was going to be originally: “How to pass an Inspector General evaluation in ten easy lessons using five gallons of Janitor in a Drum and two bottles of Jack Daniels.” See?
A very good frien...
A very good frien...
"Lady-step away from the Vermin"
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
I took a breath. I looked at his face. He wasn’t smiling. I’d answered his questions about having any fresh fruit or vegetables in the car. I’d told the truth.
“I need to get my daughter out of her car seat.” No reaction. “I’ll do that Ma’am. Pl...
“I need to get my daughter out of her car seat.” No reaction. “I’ll do that Ma’am. Pl...
