Her Favorite Things

Purple Any shade of purple will have her glee like a little girl again. As long as I can remember she always wore purple.   Butterflies Moth opposite cousin. She adored the unique symmetrical patterns. Anything with Butterflies sends her flying and fluttering with happiness….

Making Dough

“You need to learn to make dough.” She would say this as she gathered the needed ingredients and supplies. Flour Salt Baking powder and Lukewarm water.   “This is how you make dough.” Adding flour by handfuls to a bowl, then palm fulls of baking…

Always Been There

They’ve always been there. Each and every one of them. The Olympians.   They’ve been watching my every step guiding me with divine interventions   of life-long messages through animals, songs stuck in my head, poetry that flows freely, favorite colors, and unexplained deja vus….

Sleep (Hour 24)

Sleep is coming Sleep is near Sleep is winning Sleep I must Goodnight I say  Good night  I sleep 

A Shiver of Light – A Merry Gentry Novel (Hour 23)

Purple eggs laid on large fern leaves Sunlight dapples across their shells Tiny wings of gossamer gold Emerge just right, just when they’re told When the sun is high and the sky is blue Little fairies chip through Fragile shells of porcelain Broken through by…

Tender Touches (Hour 22)

The touch of a feather across a baby’s cheek Your fingers so lovingly  stroke the curls of my hair   A kittens soft mewl brings mother cat there licking her kit  with tenderness and care To show a true love to form a strong bond…

The Almond Umbrella Tree (Hour 21)

Beauty beyond compare it’s fruit delicious and very rare  There’s only one like this you’ll see planted right there – just for me From whence it came  I haven’t a clue Wait until you see it fully in bloom Almonds they fall down from a…

Echo Husband (Hour 20)

When I was young  so very young you see I could not wait to get married  to a man who would love me Not a beauty nor shapely  at least not that I could see But still in my heart I wanted someone to love…

Southport Glee (Hour 19)

A little sea port town sitting right on the coast  there’s so many sites  I can’t help now but boast  The houses are grand  far grander than most  I could never imagine  being one of their hosts  I’d never complain no not at all My…

Lost and Found (Hour 18)

I found you that day standing there all alone Quite sure that no one would ever take you home  You withered and wilted  having given up all hope The last of your kind lost abandoned no rope  Then along came me and spotted you there…