I Need the Light
Summer or winter, I throw open the blinds and curtains. I want light like a sunflower standing tall in a garden. When others think...
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- Jul 31, 2017
Anger at Self
Almost August. My last two months are full of eustress* and distress: a family wedding, reunions, trips, plans broken, lack of rain,...
- Apr 29, 2017
Judy
Judith Stagg Fleming (April 21, 1939 - April 25, 2017) Judith Stagg Fleming, 78, of Jonesboro would like to announce her change of...
- Mar 27, 2017
Letting Fences Fall
I voted one way. He voted another. It skewed our relationship. I did not see his anger coming. When it’s a son, a mother can go blind,...
- Feb 20, 2017
Seeing from the Low Position
I’m exercising on the floor in front of a window. I do “the bridge,” an exercise to strengthen my back. When finished, I lie there...
- Feb 6, 2017
Of Course He'd Show Me
On the way to town, I often talk to God while driving. Yesterday I asked God to open my eyes and my heart and show me a miracle. I am...
- Nov 28, 2016
Thanksgiving
It is either a cyst or the cancer is back. I found it, but my heart is ungrateful. More information after a biopsy and days of waiting....
- Nov 21, 2016
Song of the Paper Burner
It is the week before Thanksgiving, and the oak leaves are yellowing. I am with others helping a friend pack up to move back to the...
- Nov 14, 2016
Saying Thank You
It was after we had voted, after teasing with friends at the precinct, after meeting the man who owned the persimmon tree. Heading home,...
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