I have to admit things are better than they were a few weeks ago. I am no longer embroiled in a muddled, hysterical conflict with my two of my three brothers over our inheritance.  My third and eldest brother was invited not to be a part of the family business… Read full post »

After a long day of shop hopping with my husband on a chilly windy early spring day in the severely upscale funky perched on a craggy bluff Mendocino, California, I caught a sideways glimpse of myself in a jewelry store mirror.  I actually did a kind of reverse moon walk and… Read full post »

One of the first things I read after “being hurt”- I still have trouble saying “raped”- was that it would take at least five years to recover.  I remember thinking that I didn’t have five minutes to give this, let alone five years.  I did know that I needed to… Read full post »

The sugary mass that assails the throat

‘makes us shiver with its sweet coat

No other cake will ever do,

no other cake has the perfect sweetened goo

We wait anxiously for birthday’s, my daughter and I

then off to Safeway, a frosted cake we buy… Read full post »

Through a train wrecked love life I survived

With one last gleaming gift to give

A shimmering, incandescent expression

A diamond heart illuminating from a silver string

Clouds of dreams, coasts and warm sand

Musical fantasies meant for manifestation

The harmonized… Read full post »

Suffering shadows and the shifts and shimmers of time have woven my contemplations opaque.

Just because you are a gentle breeze from an earlier era does not discount the present.

Just because you know me from a different perspective doesn’t mean this is not white hot and real.… Read full post »

The sun has forgotten how to shine this June

Flowers haven’t found the warmth to bloom

The waters outside my window remain a chilly grey

Inside their homes most people stay

It doesn’t surprise me that winter hasn’t ended

My broken heart will… Read full post »

You may close your eyes but I will linger

I turn only to feel you, inhale you, taste you

Above, in the sky, like the moon, I am there with you feel me

I am sparkly, electric nebulous - I have forgotten to breathe

You… Read full post »

My brain was a little off center, foggy as an El Norte San Francisco morning. I had a hangover, the first one in probably two, three years, the first one that I can remember in a long time. 

He started to pack up his computer and leave… Read full post »

While waiting for my poached eggs and toast on a rainy Sunday in the Lower East side, I had plenty of time to study how New Yorkers use umbrellas. Somewhere between," I'll check on your breakfast" and "the Manager will speaking to you about your order", I noticed that when it… Read full post »