I’m circling like a buzzard in a parking lot at a funeral home. I need a place with plenty of space. (I have depth perception issues.) My...

Harps Supermarket, Calico Rock, Arkansas. After putting groceries in the car, my husband (a detail man) notices a man slightly bent in...

Scheduled power outage happened on Monday. Helpful that we’d been forewarned by an automated phone call. Outage to happen between 8 a.m....

I did not put on makeup today. Just didn’t waste the time or makeup. I have a self-imposed deadline. Focused. Busy. Putting a manuscript...

We are in the middle of the story. What is is, but we are not at the end of the story. No more than the hummingbird I’m watching. What...

I live in the Ozarks of Arkansas, but my thoughts and prayers have been in Montana and Florida this week. Before that, they were in Texas...

I have been intoxicated all summer by wonder-winged butterflies. They bring me so much happiness. What grabs me first is how gorgeous...

I keep bumping into people who look fine on the outside. When I stay quiet and listen, they talk on. That person is leaving a familiar...

I woke up at 3:28. Plenty of time to dread the upcoming dental work. A front tooth was loose. According to my dentist, the tooth could...

Summer or winter, I throw open the blinds and curtains. I want light like a sunflower standing tall in a garden. When others think...