Daily tea habit
a surge of grapefruit caffeine
is my best defense
Grapefruit Tea Habit
Vegetable Soup Nonet
when my family is feeling down
when it’s rainy and cold outside
when we don’t know how to act
when the world is broken
when we want to sleep
when the wind blows
we eat a
pot of
soup
Cottonheads Tanka
wait, two venomous
snake breeds make nonvenomous
offspring? is this true?
The Weather Channel said so.
What about those cottonheads?
(update: a snake expert on the Georgia Snake ID Facebook page confirmed this is NOT true as reported on TWC)
A Moment
they took my breath away, this moment
when Kona jumped up in Dad’s lap
to show him she understands
her master isn’t well
his gentle hand of
reassurance ~
I’m going
to be
fine.
Grandparent’s Day Breakfast
it’s Grandparent’s Day Breakfast for us
with our always-reading grandson
a fourteen-year-old freshman
born only yesterday
today, he plans to
be a pastor
of a church
someday
soon
but
for now
he teaches
Sunday School class
holds Bible studies
with his youth group mid-week
and volunteers as leader
his great grandfather (and great-great)
were also called into ministry
Fall Bucket List
my fall bucket list:
cinnamon-honey butter
for breakfast bagels
next I’ll knit a warm wool hat
after that, I’ll brew clove tea
then I’ll buy a pear candle
and snuggle our dogs
just them and me
When She Comes Home
we stand upstairs in
her old bedroom watching deer
graze in the forest
empty nest feelings
come rushing strong when she’s here
happy tear visits
my youngest daughter
home with her forever love ~
a new family
Visit
extra excitement
this time on their visit home
a growing secret……
Owls
when we came home
from our camping
weekend, there he was
hanging out in the
pine trees slated for
clear cutting
in these trees he’s loved
for years, where I too
have loved watching him
soon his mate appears
and they swoop
from tree to tree
and I hope to God
there is no little
owlet tucked away
in the safety of
a doomed tree
Honeybee
a honeybee
took a liking
to my Cayman Jack
margarita
climbing into
the bottle
taking a long swig
then a dip
then a plunge
then a swirl
and died
a senseless
death as I
tried to help
her back
to a better life
but she
refused to
admit her
problem ~
she’s buried
at campsite 301
by the fire pit
a pollinator
extraordinare
her life cut
short by
the delusional
pleasures of
this world
Common Threads 