Posted on January 31, 2013 in
lifestyle
In a few short weeks the frozen ground will thaw and green-thumbed
gardeners will pull on boots and overalls and till the soil to plant
seeds. They'll be aiming to fill their dinner table...
Posted on January 31, 2013 in
lifestyle
I love receiving flowers. Let me say that again with more feeling, I
LOVE RECEIVING FLOWERS! There, let’s hope Hubby got the message...
Posted on January 31, 2013 in
lifestyle, arts
I choose to forget the end,/the end of your story./You didn't write it, it came from elsewhere./And you, if you could, would say the same.
Posted on December 31, 2012 in
lifestyle
Kevin Jones, thirty-eight, sits at Sweet Bay Coffee Shop by Creekmore Park in Fort Smith. It’s a place I’ve been probably a hundred times, and today seems like any other. But then Kevin says...
Posted on December 31, 2012 in
lifestyle
Calico County’s Lance LaRoche was fast asleep in the wee hours of
November 26, 2012. In the days prior, he’d been commiserating with his
business partner, Scott Blair, about the coming rush...
Posted on December 31, 2012 in
lifestyle, arts
Tangerine sunsets/and cicada symphonies/end the days as we sprawl/upon the brittle lawn,/legs and arms splayed wide/to catch a wayward breeze...
Posted on December 31, 2012 in
lifestyle
Since our son was born, I’ve tried to keep a daily journal of our family life. Funny things he would say or do, or just something I didn’t want to forget. Something I’d always want him to...
Posted on December 31, 2012 in
lifestyle
I was reading Barbara Kingsolver’s newest book, Flight Behavior, a novel
I highly recommend. By the final page I had something akin to a
religious experience over the way we’re treating our planet...
Posted on November 30, 2012 in
lifestyle, arts
I am upright in your chair/Your final evening appointment/While evening lurks outside./You laugh and tell me stories/In your German accent/thick as cake...