In Good Keeping
with a gentle heart in good keeping beauty arrives when boldest can show softness yet lose not strength nor character but find...
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Dec 20, 20191 min read
frayed
The ends of me are stretched too thin from reaching... I'm pale from wanting and weak from waiting too long.... dance shoes in hand , my...
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Dec 20, 20191 min read
it was rain...
There are moments I happen upon, little lovely surprises that at once, captivate me in the present experience as enchanting, and send me...
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Dec 20, 20192 min read
Missin that Down Home Groove
I miss the smell of those tall, thin Florida pines and cypress and scrub. The sun warmed brown scent of pine needles underfoot on those...
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Dec 20, 20194 min read
Comfort Food
That would be Southern comfort food. Food has always called to me as a fascination, a joy, an art, and a way to express love and a little...
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Dec 20, 20191 min read
Dreamscape
Dark marshland swallowed the moonlight, not leaving a trace of light in its depths, silouetted by a border of black twisted cypress and...
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Dec 20, 20192 min read
Ice Cream
She sat there, rage eating chocolate ice cream. Every bite she took hurt me to watch, and there was nothing I could do. It was emotional...
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Dec 20, 20193 min read
Petrus - Dancing in winter
One of the most surreal moments….. As a tiny, eager sophomore, at the National Academy of Arts, I was in love with dancing. In love with...
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Dec 20, 20192 min read
Gifts of Moments
There are gifts I've been given, without knowing, until I rediscover them. My world shifted tonight, in a magical way. Remembering...
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Dec 20, 20191 min read
as girls
As girls we’re told so often - it’s no big deal... did it really happen.... but he only... That we brush it off, bury it away.... forget...
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Dec 20, 20191 min read
little gifts
Giving the little gifts of praise and lifting you up Knowing you give me nothing back Is a hollow slicing ache With each offering But I...
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Dec 20, 20191 min read
the ache remains
Standing here in the wine aisle Feeling emotions well up And writing them down in a hurry Lest they flurry and fly away Flit out of my...
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Dec 20, 20191 min read
Drinking Citrus Vodka
Drinking citrus vodka Not rum Rum is dangerous Rum is hot moonlit nights Rum runners on that Lauderdale beach the moon dancing in...
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Feb 15, 20199 min read
BPAL Halloween & Yule 2019
BPAL October Lunacy 2019- Death and the Maiden I felt like it was time to write up these gorgeous scents again. Here we go! The balmy...
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Feb 15, 20194 min read
In Defense of Stuffing
I wrote this several (many) years ago – and since the Season’s upon us, I’m giving it to you again. The light is changing in the late...
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Feb 15, 20193 min read
THE LIST
A Tale of Holiday Meal Shopping :::::: THANKSGIVING :::::::::: Now, this Holiday is wonderful, no doubt. Generations lovingly reunited...
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