On the 22nd Day of Quarantine…

On the 22nd Day of Quarantine…

On the 22nd day of Quarantine, my true love gave to me: a walk amidst the Audubon Sea & Sage Society bird and critter sanctuary. There are actually five square ponds in a grid with straight, flat pebble-covered paths between. The circumference of the grid is 5...
Thirty Days in the Hole: COVID-19 Homestay

Thirty Days in the Hole: COVID-19 Homestay

On March 15 we began a requested 15-day homestay. Perhaps because we began with the live-streamed worship service and adult Sunday School service of our church, we were filled with peace and joy and good spirits. Perhaps because that’s our constant life mode...
If Everyone is Irish one day of the year…

If Everyone is Irish one day of the year…

There once was a lad named Larry Whose life had been quite hairy. He chanced a party Where he drank quite hearty And love-at-first-glanced a future wife. There once was a lass named PJ Who’d experienced a separate but equal hell. On Friday she donned her...
The Jacuzzi Coffee Klatch

The Jacuzzi Coffee Klatch

I exercise daily. Though I shop on Saturdays and rest on Sunday, on weekdays I’m dedicated to a regimen of treadmill, then weights, and water aerobics in my local gym’s pool. It helps to offset the weight gain that seems inevitable for writers and women of...