Haiku in Anticipation
We’re meeting my son’s girlfriend Our son, visitingFor the first time in a yearWith his new GF. New to us, that is:They’ve dated since pre-COVID,And now we’ll meet her. Not Continue Reading →
Discovering the Fountain of Youth
Well, more like the fountain of not so old I’m not a young thing anymore, and I’m okay with that Considering what a befuddled twit I was in my youth, I Continue Reading →
Emerging From the Pandemic
Lessons from the last year I hope not to forget The dark winter of 2020–21 is behind us, giving way to an uneven spring. Depending on your circumstances — your profession, your Continue Reading →
Dropping the Mask, Not
Post-vaccination masking motivations We’ve been shot! Twice! Thank God As an educator as well as a woman of a certain age, I’ve been fully inoculated for a month. My husband is Continue Reading →
When Life Is a Waiting Room
Haiku for patience A stimulus check,An appointment for a shot,Independence Day? Where are the markers?What will tell us it’s over?And can we trust that? Like newborn bear cubs,Drawn yet blinded Continue Reading →