Merry Christmas

Dashing through the snow...Yes, it is blanketing the ground. I just went outside in these first few minutes of christmas and was the first to traverse the white shroud that is already two inches with more expected. I tell you, it is a real christmas treat for me to see this. My favorite christmas tradition …

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…

So I've come to Cleveland for rain. The snow is holding up in the west just to tease me. You want me to beg. Is that it? Well, forget about it. I've better things to do. Ask me tomorrow. As for mom and me,it's all raw and fresh and open which is new. Last night …

mothers and daughters revisited

There are all the memories a person could want hanging on your wall. Pictures of the strangers that share our blood...pictures of us. The family tree ain't what she used to be. You say that it's your fault and for this I agree. You are sitting there crying about what? I do not know. You …

bad day

I am tired and angry and I have no idea why. I come home alone... I can't park in the driveway because two people who don't even pay rent are parked there. I hate parking on the street... I am locked out - the deadbolt locked even though it is obvious I am not home, …

Another country

Standing in front of the St Igesius Catholic Church surrounded by the purple cactus and the Bofecillos mountains watching a Texas Tornado sweep toward the Rio Grande. Headed to another country. Like that other country acorss the Rio Granda, you too are a foreign land... how you carelessly hold my hand or kiss my cheek …