Unexpected
Two old cats chase each other through the house awakened by spring’s arrival. I throw open shuttered …
Christmas Reflections
I remember our handsome family visiting in the guest parlor of our ancestral Queen Anne home, festively decorated …
Haiku
a fiery red moon in a glacial autumn sky shines effectual …
Tombstone Seven
“Looking at those tombstones gives me the shakes,” Bobby Dunn said to his live-in companion, Marcus Clinton. …
The Night The Pixies Danced
Pixies dance beneath golden ring of moon. Meteoroids sail through space gleaming in autumn starlight. Misty …
Autumn’s Child
Her cheeks are Macintosh apples. She has corn silk hair, eyes green as leaves. A bright …
Where Is Percy
A shrouded figure slipped along the catwalk of the vast heating chamber in the Nelson-Clarke Museum. With gloved, …
In No Hurry
I am in step with the child chasing clouds raindrops wind sun a fragile tinted rainbow
Not Suitable Viewing for Children
“Study this photo, class, and tell me what you see,” instructed Lewis Golden, a math teacher at …
The Rescue – Completed
There it was, the cow shaped mailbox Claude knew so well, it’s neat black letters spelling …
Last of the Blueberries
Flannel-jacketed campers huddle against rough winds buffeting the lake’s edge filling tin pails with last of …
Life With a Maine Coon Cat
Suddenly the hammering in the breezeway had stopped. “Odd,” I thought. Then I heard a high-pitched …
The Rescue
Marley, his long white hair unkempt, dressed in loose-fitting workpants and a foul-smelling flannel shirt, sat in the …
Flowers, Flags and Fireworks
The full moon is in attendance to a regalia. One star shines queenly among the luminous …
Hot Summer Day
The rustle of ivy against a cool brick wall. Wisteria and clematis spider out of hanging baskets …
A Catty Arrangement
Maya Bull raised opera glasses to her wide green eyes. She adjusted the lenses until they focused …
The Wedding Reception
Julie raised an impish face with ‘wise owl’ eyes to newlyweds, Dianne and Hugh Levitt. She wished she …
Blue Jay
Crested bird too big for his britches streaks through woodland a brilliant blue
At The Drop of a Shoe
532 Words AT THE DROP OF A SHOE Congressman Mel Hooper, his family and political staff, attended the …
Old Bottles
OLD BOTTLES Whispery legends of days gone by. Sunlight refines a soft …
A Pinch of Spice
Dressed in musty skirts, high-necked blouses and sturdy shoes, Clara and Dory Marchand sat at their linen-covered table …
Great-Grandmother’s Rose Trellis
Passing a newly painted trellis, wild roses clinging to each square, an old-world fragrance perfumes the …