Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Every Other Line Of Me There's Something That Hurts


one i ness I lost an L or two along the way

car accident my horoscope lied to me about it being a good day

august heat the shoulder throbbing to its own music

trump rally invite how did I get on the insanity list

goldfinch survives its low flight across a 4-lane highway

last day of school 3 afghan girls walk thru the uncertainty of kabul

every other line of me there's something that hurts

shahada on the new flag what will be the women's testimony after being deserted

childhood family my voice silenced by violence

afghan tragedy words are not enough to save these women


The Taliban Returns

Thursday, August 12, 2021

latest diagnosis my body has a shelf life

Friday, July 30, 2021

running out of july heat the crayfish chimney

Monday, July 26, 2021

sweetgum tree the sidewalk where I fell last autumn

Sunday, July 25, 2021

dad's birthday the swim across the lake takes longer each year



Tuesday, July 20, 2021

oregon's deserted highway the day and night terrors of the bootleg fire


*Bootleg fire named after the Bootleg Spring nearby. It's now become the 3rd largest recorded fire in Oregon's history. The fire is now half the size of Rhode Island. It's creating its own weather including hurricane force winds. 


Bootleg Fire News


Sunday, July 18, 2021

mud splattered hair a german woman cleaning up the debris of climate change


Historic Flooding in Europe

Saturday, July 17, 2021

remembering twa flight 800 we do not close the book on family


this day 25 years ago

TWA FLIGHT 800

Saturday, July 10, 2021

binx the cat returning to ground zero maybe my family's still here

Friday, July 9, 2021

july's calendar

backyard architecture the dirt castles of ant hills

delta variant maybe it's time to mask up again

toads the only patio furniture I have

somewhere between broke and broken the gate and my bank account

mysterious bird illness the vast emptiness of skies without wings

out of nowhere the plastic bag's flight faster than I can chase it

summer invasives nothing's eating those berries

heat and humidity part of july's calendar