cemetery walk

passing through stillness where death has been laid where the crows go to schmooze where the wind blows the grass & tickles the Autumn leaves across the plain---

right on schedule

9 am. & he’s right on schedule, barking up a storm, no doubt happy to be alive, happy to be a big healthy dog doing his dog thing only moments away from one of my windows in

Northwest

I recently moved from NY to WA. Some thoughts.

The Angel Who Looked the Wrong Way

Angels aren’t always what you’d expect: peace loving guardians, bent on making sure you don’t step off that curb and into that oncoming bus.

Promise Ring

When a college student's rejected proposal turns a relationship into ashes, an obnoxious young girl helps him rise again.

Oak

The oak tree that dominates the Marshville Town Cemetery has a nasty habit of getting its roots into coffins and wrenching the corpses out of the earth.

My new cat

Two weeks ago I got a new cat. She's very pretty and I like that. A lady at the animal shelter had a big smile on her face. She was happy because my cat would be living at a new place.

Letting Go-Chapter Four

I'm not scared. I'm just tired. Tired of all of it. The hiding, the silence, the loneliness. If it's going to be like this for the rest of my life, why not kill myself? Really, why not?

The One Legged Man With A Clubbed Foot

Another from: The Book Of Insanity

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