If you want to be rich Don’t gamble If that is your wish Don’t grumble   You may win a hand Once in a while It is not a rule But you may try   The other day The other man won a lottery His…

“…not meant to be perfect,” she mumbled at me, As I hoed out the weeds from around the tree. But in my mind, it was a perfect planting, From start to finish, or someday would be. So I kept digging for the ideal, the end…

Sitting in my cottage, just home from the store A strange heat started to radiate from my core. With each spoon of my porridge, the lethargy got worse I reached for a bottle of meds then zoom called a nurse. Random thoughts flew through me,…

The autumnal colours spattered through the copse Leaves releasing musky essence of each vein’s blood Overhead stayed upon the branches no wind to pare them Were locked in Elven arrangements As might reindeer be to snowy travel Beautiful season it worked its way deep into…

When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke “It came as a great surprise to me.” “I had no objections.” “It came as a great surprise to me.”   Surprise It came as a great surprise to me When I saw the flower on the tree….

music & wine words, secrets, hopes, dreams a warm hug, a quick kiss whispered words a soft caress comfortable silence yet electricity in the air — tilted glasses nectar of the vine, deep conversations feelings, heavy & astute blurring the edges thoughts tumbling in my…

Music and Ideas create something no other would dream of doing. They create something from the soft breathe to the loud thundering yelling. Music has power even without words. Storytelling and music have been together since the beginning. It creates thoughts from dreams and nightmares….

And although I have not earned the right, and never will, perhaps the devils will grant me the indulgence to do so. As Faust found redemption, through the Grace of Germanic Work Ethic and Beatrice, I have condensed the morality of the Tragedy thusly: The…

Behind every veil, behind every self doubt, every angry moment I have tried to block the light, a curtain drawn across the face of love, Yet love always wins, It’s light remains undimmed Light unfolds, illuminates I light a candle in a darkened room I…

In the beginning, we attempted To create a world, devoid of pain. To each our imperfections, we Gave head tags. We didn’t forget To attach the closing tag. For completion sake. But, the work had barely begun. We wanted a perfect world. We only mastered…