The evening rolls in, sky rich in shades of ombre, twilight softly glows.

Around the corner, all it takes is the right turn, and your life can change.  

The trouble with being alone is Being Alone: There’s no one around to help Scrub the Dishes To help Clean Up Messes (Or even to Make Them) And when you want Take-Out or Quick Meals There’s no one to join you in the eating Everything…

Dear Grandma Pauline, It has been years since you were called home. I miss your quiet strength, and your beautiful, kind spirit. You were always the best combination of Southern sass, heart, and grace. I remember when you would take my hand and walk with…

A wonderful device is the pogo stick you can go up and down and do it really quick As an exercise device, its role is concise and at sixty-one I jump in a very small clique! – Mark L. Lucker © 2020 http://lrd.to/sxh9jntSbd

‘And then it was time to start uphill toward another morning and another home.’ I have never walked uphill toward morning morning, to me is always on the downhill the easy coast homeward after taking full advantage of the solace of nighttime Heading for home,…

Things Everyone Knows: Roses are Red And Violets are Blue Little Girls are Made of Sugar and Spice And Everything-Nice Little Boys are Made of Frogs-and-Snails And Puppy-Dog-Tails The Little Dog Laughed to See Such a Sport And The Dish Ran Away with The Spoon…

Citizens of protocol Watch them follow Let them suffer in peace

Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen. A daemon’s after me darkening my door, No clue if it’s bad or good It lingers in the hall While I try to…

If I ask you a question What’s your reply going to be Would you think it through with purpose To answer honestly Or would my very asking Be only for my gain As you make up an answer Without a truthful grain If I’m asking…