Month: November 2018

This week’s selection of poems celebrates the upcoming winter solstice—the light and dark, the before and after, the seasons of our lives. Losing Light when I was a child I never noticed October ceilings sliding down to black December nights but now I feel the sunsets of fall crushing the daylight down to the floor … Continue reading Solstice 2018

a one act play Julia, happily married, has carried a torch for her first love. Cliff, a widower, has pined for Julia as well. Over the years they have both maintained contact through Christmas cards. Cliff breaks the stalemate by calling Julia and inviting her to lunch. She sorts her feelings with her hairdresser, Billy. … Continue reading A Christmas Card Affair

A visit to Tanzania challenges Peace Corps nostalgia I climbed out of my seat and crossed the aisle to get my first glimpse of Mt. Kilimanjaro. I’d never been to Tanzania before, but I was as excited as when I went to Guatemala with the Peace Corps some fifty years ago. Of course, it wouldn’t … Continue reading Turn, Turn, Turn

See this owie on my elbow? That kid on the other team pushed me down just when I was ready to kick the ball. No fair. They blew a whistle. My arm hurt. My eyes wanted to cry. But I looked through the glass walls at my daddy. He squeezed his fists in front of … Continue reading SOMETIMES SEAN WEARS A DRESS AND SOMETIMES JEANS