Recently, I had knees trouble First the right one went and so did CT scans, MRIs, and X-rays, plus I had to ice my knee, heat pad my knee and keep it raised. Eventually, I healed enough to tell the therapist good bye and thanks. Three weeks later, BAM, goes the left knee and the… Continue reading Three on a Match
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The Restaurant
In reading Shurin this morning he mentioned “Patchwork Paths” of sunlight or something––it leaves me at the moment––I thought of the restaurant I grew up in and the floors with a patchwork made up of black and white tiles like argyle socks. Overhead were the fans, whirring their summer-heated air over the customers who brushed… Continue reading The Restaurant
Big Deal
My computer sent me one of those deals––you know, the half-off price for buying or attending something you’d never pay full price for. This one was a gym membership and I was tempted! Two months for only $58 and no small print that sold me more if I stayed an hour too long. I pictured myself running on the treadmill,… Continue reading Big Deal
Oh, Norb, you really left us!
(Written April 23, 2013) I don't think we thought it would happen in spite of the continuing news from Door. This cafe echos with happy voices, greeting old friends and joining in tables of others, and I am alone with my shock that you left us at 8:18 this morning. What was I doing then?… Continue reading Oh, Norb, you really left us!
June 29, 2013 – Jacksonport. Door County Wisconsin
For Norb Blei From this side of the peninsula, we get the sunrise and not the sunset. The morning is rife with heavy clouds just leaking light. The great lake walks with gray feet away from the beach, slowly like an old man sauntering on the sand. What would make this scene perfect would be the man, himself, bounding into the… Continue reading June 29, 2013 – Jacksonport. Door County Wisconsin
Meeting Myself at The Clearing
There is much sadness as I reread this short essay that Norb asked a group of us to write for a book on The Clearing he was planning to write. Norbert Blei passed away in April this year and The Blei-Tribe has been in electronic touch sharing feelings and memories about Norb and The Clearing.… Continue reading Meeting Myself at The Clearing
Tornado at Moore, OK
When does it end? These weather-related disasters and still the lawmakers don’t recognize that we are responsible through our misuse of our natural resources. The latest report on the carbon dioxide levels are already past our being able to fix them. We’ve cut down so many trees, the abilities to make them viable to this loss is impossible and the glaciers are melting… Continue reading Tornado at Moore, OK
I never learned how to braid
Pregnant in the 50s, the test that told the sex of the fetus wasn’t standard––only given for possible problems. So like every woman, I daydreamed the life of my child, a girl, dressed like me, hair in braids that I lovingly plaited right over left, left over right down the length of her long brown hair. Instead the baby was a boy and I… Continue reading I never learned how to braid
What Would I Give
What would I give to be thirty again just married and sober, life beginning to stir inside me once more? That time of first love––what would I give to be breathless when I saw him? To hang on his every word, love to touch him, that soft place below his navel. His tan showing off with the white shirt he wore to work. What… Continue reading What Would I Give
A Sad Time for One and All
Washington Island 2011 On April 23, 2013 our friend and teacher, Norbert Blei, died after a long illness. I haven't been able to write before because the enormity of it took my breath and brain away. It is only now, two weeks plus, that I can even wrap my mind around it. He was always… Continue reading A Sad Time for One and All
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