The tree outside my kitchen door has become a symphony of liquid notes from golden throats. They chirp and flutter, voicing the joy of a...

A sharp new point on a dull pencil. Hot coffee after a restless night. Watching the branches wave hello to the morning sky. The whistling...

A deep sigh of contentment as the old hound dog settles deeper into her dreams, close to the cooling wood stove. The flakes of the last...

I get these hot flashes – ladies of a certain age will know what I mean – when blood sings through my body like molten copper and I must...

The basement is the coolest spot in my house. I hide there sometimes from the heat, imagining myself a jar of peaches on a dark shelf or...

The day had been co-opted by human concerns so it was not until late that the dog and I took our walk. It was that funny time between...

There is a sense of air rushing past, of acceleration. A thought might flash by even as the scenery does OH  SH-T! There isn’t time to...

I’m not sure there is anything I can tell you, for my life is my own and not yours. But, if pressed, I might say... Listen to the words...

Salty and bitter at the same time, filling your mouth with oily sweetness -- smoooooth -- some with a snap when you bite down, some...

One whiff can transport you across continents, across decades. Can recreate a person – for better or for worse – so completely that you...

At first taste, the richness of butter followed by the persistent echo of lemon, orange and rum. The tangy labor of yeast. The grittiness...

It is snowy, windy, -10 degrees. Between my naked warmth and the frigid day that would steal my heat in a moment, there are many careful...

Step thru the front door into the day. The air outside has the delicious clean non-scent of autumn, brown and crisp with a touch of pale...

Bottles blue against a grey sky -- some dug from dusty cellar holes, two or three rescued from the dump, the rest passed down from other...

The velvety softness of my hound dog’s ears. The gritty sweetness biting into a pear. The heavy warmth of a sleeping babe. The cool...