Tag: life
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And Just Like That…

Life returns to normal. Work continues as usual. Autumn arrives, thank goodness. Nights cool enough to require a comforter. A duvet cover without a comforter inside is just a sheet. A travel partner living in another state is just a distant friend. The desert without 18 hours of blazing sun is rather comfortable. Recent rains…
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Anymore

I no longer feel able to do what I am told, what I’m supposed to do according to the ones who seem to know. Their options are to me like ill-fitting clothes with no stretch or room to move. Yesterday, during some hours I thought a particular direction could be right. Later I felt the…
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Pondering and Wandering

Living in Truth or Consequences, as the days grow longer and the temperature rises I walk each afternoon from this neighborhood to the river. Green and gold and red paint pebbled desert soil. Lavender wildflowers and miniature daisy-like faces cluster, whispering and swaying in late spring breeze. Cacti swell as bright green, soft buds sprout…
