Archive

Peeling potatoes, looking out the window,  noticing the robins and squirrels chasing one another in the yard rinsing the kale for this evening’s dinner chickpeas are ready dishes in the sink, baby is asleep, girls are quietly enjoying books and crafts I have a moment of silence from one part of my creative work for…

I lost it. my ring.  the ring my beloved gave me when he proposed. when he asked me to be his forever.  together, as one.  not my actual engagement ring, but a sort of placeholder ring for the one to come later… yes, that ring. I lost that special symbol that my beloved had given…

She loves the water. I am watching her, close by, sitting by the water’s edge observing her carefree spirit enjoying every moment in the sea. Unaware of the rest of the world, caught up in the beauty of Creation. Splashing about, swimming, jumping Dancing She loves the water as much as I do. Five more…

we are lying so close to one another that our noses almost touch I reach out to your face, and gently stroke your cheek and you giggle, smile, coo…  your eyes sparkle Your face leans into my touch oh my child, how I love you, every inch of you How can it be that a…

Two brothers, clutching each other’s hands as they walk with blistered, battered feet… emaciated, skeletal bodies, mouths dry, longing for home, water, food… something I hold my son close and sing to him as he falls asleep Two brothers, wasted, lifeless, half naked roam the deserted streets of Haleb, the older boy carrying their baby…