You mean to tell me that there’s something I could do better? Really? Have you not noticed all the things you’ve been doing not-quite-correctly? I guess it just goes to show sometimes we only notice the faults in others. Yes, … Continued
What do you know, and what could you learn? Let’s teach each other; we’ll all take turns. I could teach about my life: how to make good beans and rice, how to cook sans rice and beans, how to live … Continued
Across the room, across the hall, the sun is crossing over all the blankets crossed across your bed, the colors, blue and pink and red and purple, too– the whole gamut. Quilts from almost every grandma!
The most fun I could have on a Friday evening with $6.50 in change was most indisputably to take the truck to the carwash and spray and spray and spray.
Am I buying time or giving it time? Only time will tell.
I can sit here and catch up on poems because you are off playing by yourself. So we are both working independently. You are catching up to me; we’re not so different as before, and I know you’ll catch up … Continued
You say, “I’m mom, and you’re the baby.” You say, “Okay?” and I think “Maybe.” Then you, the mom, say “Help me please!” You must not know what “baby” means.
I’ve been hearing this word “gravitas” and I think I know what it means. But do I have it, or does it have me?