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Memoirs of a Past Life Tourist
Past Life Tourist: Remembering Love
I coax no fish today. There will be a hollow in my stomach as I have run out of brown food and the winter months continue long past the time that spring is meant to appear. It is… Read More
Beautiful, Wretched Longing
“Unrequited love’s a bore and I’ve got it pretty bad. But for someone you adore it’s a pleasure to be sad.” Rodgers & Hart I had a crush on a boy when I was 14 years old. He was… Read More
The Empty Chair
The table is set with the finest china and crystal. My Izzy has outdone herself. She works diligently to keep our family happy during this holiday season, though in the moments she allows herself to be still she… Read More
Far Better Things
Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house So that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart So that fresh, green leaves… Read More
The Light Enters
“The wound is the place where the Light enters” Rumi There comes a time in most every life when our apple cart is upset, dumped over, or even smashed to smithereens. Seems we are just rolling along minding… Read More
Lavender
‘As Rosemary is to the Spirit, so Lavender is to the Soul.‘ – Anonymous Gnarled and spotted thumb draws circles upon the worn linen sachet. Careful, careful, I remind myself. The yellowed fabric now so thin the contents… Read More
The Saffron Wars
“Pitiful, foolish son! Why have I been cursed with such a child?” I close my eyes to shut out the sound of her voice. My father’s sunken face sits behind my eyelids. “More flower! Do not shame my… Read More
The Empty Chair
The table is set with the finest china and crystal. My Izzy has outdone herself. She works diligently to keep our family happy during this holiday season, though in the moments she allows herself to be still she… Read More
Waiting Always
I coax no fish today. There will be a hollow in my stomach as I have run out of brown food and the winter months continue long past the time that spring is meant to appear. It is… Read More
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