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There’s something in the air that makes me overly aware of age and life’s preciousness. Maybe it’s the documentaries I’ve been watching lately on women in film/media that are in their 80s and 90s, creeping up on the end of an era. Or simply the realization that I’m entering a new age bracket with myContinue reading “Foward”

There’s a chill in the air, that’s crisp and cold in the absence of the sun’s face.Leaves scattered on the ground layers deep, blown over sidewalks, burrying yards of grass. The breeze blows past with a crunchiness as leaves skip over one another in a hurry to get past. My trees take turns shedding theirContinue reading “Fall”

“What happened to your blog?” A friend asked me that tonight, missing consistency and something to read perhaps so late at night. “I have writer’s block” I responded, ideas have sat with me but nothing has been able to run down my fingers out of my head and into words on a page. I don’tContinue reading “Block”

Recently I was in conversation with a few friends, making small talk and joking around and one friend was repeatedly dropping the comment “I’m still single” with enough frequency to irk me. “Can we just drop the still part of that? And just be Single?” I commented back. In the moment I couldn’t tell what it was that botheredContinue reading “STILL”

Overwhelmed. I ran away to find some space,A clearing beneath blue sky. An inhale deep into my lungsThe exhale meant to clarify. Breath. It’s me, myself and I.Found again in this second to quickly passing by. Waiting out the rain in solitary confineA dog, a tent, a peaceable sit inside a hammock. Covid, isolation, lifeContinue reading “Lines”

Anniversary: a date on which something important happens that is noted in some way each year thereafter. Five years ago today, something important happened. My marriage ended. As I sit here reflecting I can’t really reach back farther than five years and recall much of my life in detail. The past has merged with timeContinue reading “Anniversary”

“How are you handling all of this?” we all ask each other as though it’s equal to “what’s for dinner?” but deeper inside I think we all are asking that of ourselves. How am I handling all of this? I don’t really know, I imagine it’s having an effect on me, I can see theContinue reading “Riding in cars”

The sun has been waking me up in the morning, shining through the slats in my blinds. The brightness feels like a giant smile welcoming me to the day. I find myself lingering in bed, taking my time to wake up before putting my feet on the floor. Some mornings it feels that I couldContinue reading “Nowhere”

I can’t shake the feeling of change that’s tingling up and down my spine, it’s eerie. Like a message my sensory system understands, but my linguistic tank has burned up and I cannot grasp comprehension for what it could possibly mean. Sitting on the edge of a vortex and I’m helpless to keep from fallingContinue reading “The storm”

I haven’t thought much on the rarity of my lifestyle. A single woman in my mid thirties, balancing income from more than a full time job, paying bills and a mortgage with the dependence of a dog, living independently without any help. I don’t know that I chose this life directly, but found my wayContinue reading “International Women’s Day”