“Okay. I leave for Maine in two days.” I said as I put the bowl of green beans on the table next to the platter of meatloaf. I sat down and looked at both my husband Steven and son Alex. “Can someone please remember to water my geraniums on the back deck?” “I’ll do that.”Continue reading “GETTING VACATION READY”
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CHEESE TAX
“Winston’s here!” I called out to my husband Steven and son Alex as I stood by the front window. Our friends were going on a trip and we were going to be dog sitting. I watched as Winston came trotting up our sidewalk, pausing a moment to get some momentum up, before climbing our frontContinue reading “CHEESE TAX”
FINDER OF LOST THINGS
“Do you know where the silver cooler bag is?” My son Alex called to me from the kitchen. I grabbed the remote and muted the show I was watching. “Pantry cabinet, bottom shelf, under my Mom’s blue Dutch oven pot.” I called back from the living room. I kept the show muted until I heardContinue reading “FINDER OF LOST THINGS”
YOU’VE GOT MAIL
I had just finished addressing an envelope to my sister. The stamp was already attached and as I stood up from my chair, licking the envelope closed, I began walking towards the front door. My son Alex caught up with me when I was halfway out the door. “Where are you going?” He asked asContinue reading “YOU’VE GOT MAIL”
ODE TO THE DAY LILY
O fleeting flame of summer. At the end of spring you burst open- One bold flare in a sea of green, Your orange petals whisper heat As the school doors sigh and close. My son Alex came out on the back deck where I was sitting in a rocking chair, my laptop open and restingContinue reading “ODE TO THE DAY LILY”
KNOCK KNOCK
“Oh, no you don’t!” I cried as I saw the back door wide open and a chipmunk standing at the threshold. “You’re not welcome in here!” Seeing me he scurried away and dropped down into his burrow that was at the corner of our patio. “Who left this door open?” I called into the house.Continue reading “KNOCK KNOCK”
SPEEDING WITH A SPIDER
My son Alex and I were in the car driving to the park when I heard him say, “Well, hello little guy.” I looked over to the passenger seat, where he was sitting, and saw his hand up by the top of his window. “What are you doing?” I asked looking back at the road.Continue reading “SPEEDING WITH A SPIDER”
EMBRACE THE POSITIVE
I was sitting on the couch scrolling through my phone. I’d just finished watching a video on how to make crock-pot shrimp scampi. “That’s a keeper!” I said to myself as I tapped the arrow to save the recipe to my messenger. “What’s a keeper?” My son Alex asked as he walked into the room.Continue reading “EMBRACE THE POSITIVE”
911 – WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY
I was in the middle of a dream when my phones wake up alarm went off. I was still groggy as I fumbled to reach for it on the bedside table. I turned off the alarm and was trying to put it back on the table when I missed and it clattered to the floor,Continue reading “911 – WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY”
PLEASE FLY AWAY
I was sitting on the couch, completely engrossed in my book, when there was a loud bang against the picture window just inches from my head. “What the heck!” I dropped my book and got up on my knees to see what had hit the window. When I didn’t see anything unusual I got upContinue reading “PLEASE FLY AWAY”
Slice of Life 