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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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,...
Judy
Judith Stagg Fleming (April 21, 1939 - April 25, 2017) Judith Stagg Fleming, 78, of Jonesboro would like to announce her change of...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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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