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Poetry Tuesday – There I Abide
Will you remember me In some distant land, Where we walked by the sea, Hand-in-hand? Will you feel my kiss Tender on your lips, Though years amiss? Green to red turn tips, As autumn claims her lot. Time slips away, And I am not The same as yesterday. Weary and worn, Years upon years, Tattered…
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Excerpt from Latent Infection (continued) – Short Story
You can read the first part here. The first floor had a living room with furniture covered in sheets, the perfect hiding place if Cora had been ten years younger. When Tom pulled open the heavy dark green drapes covering the large front window that overlooked the front lawn of weeds and overgrown grass, dust particles…
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Book Review of Finding Kate by Pamela Humphrey
Kate Westfall thought she was done with her family’s secrets. Think again. Finding Kate is the second in the Texas Hill County series by Pamela Humphrey. It immediately follows the first book, Finding Claire, which I highly recommend you read before diving into Finding Kate. Otherwise, Finding Kate won’t make much sense! You can read…
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Tuesday Poem – Rag Doll
A verdant symphony echoes Above, around, below, Encompassing her free form, A tender touch, An ardent dance, But an embrace that withers When blows the cold tempest. Life is ripped, Their brown, broken skeletons exposed In a forest of death. She stops — alone — Falls to barrenness. The floppy rag doll tears — The…
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Excerpt from Latent Infection (Short Story)
The infection in the house’s rickety bones began as a latent virus. Buried in the deepest marrow, the first stirrings were creaks, like a joint popping and settling. Age hid secrets with wrinkles of peeling paint and a history forgotten by a foregone mind. The disease was dismissed as the consequence of being time-worn, the…
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Poetry Tuesday – Always Hope
When doubts and fears are closing in, And I feel I simply cannot win, Let the Lord be the only portion for me, To clear my blind eyes, so I can see, More deeply the plans He has for my life. We are not guaranteed no hardship or strife, But rather than trying to demand…
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Excerpt from Arianna
The sky was vibrant orange and pink over the lake as Marc and I sat on his couch. “You have a million-dollar view,” I said. “I’d like to think it’s priceless.” I turned toward him and smiled. His right arm was draped around me as I sat with my legs pulled up on the cushions.…
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“As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on – in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were…
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Poetry Tuesday – Dual Unity
I spiral inward, Extending outward, Spilling out on to myself And folding back in, Placid, breathing life, Life beyond death, Embraced and embracing, Everywhere and in one place, Forever and a mere moment, Blinking away breath From the mirror, Face-to-face, And knowing beyond earthly wisdom, Finality achieved in an instant And captured and set free.…
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Excerpt from Arianna (WIP)
Friday evening, after closing the book, I went to my familiar place at the vanity and sat. My tattered journal was now full, so I reached for the paper bag that held a new one. On the way home from work, I’d taken a detour to a historical part of one of the western suburbs…