Writing Freestyle--living dangerously!!! |
Nancy and Rusty--good friends of ours for many years--spent Sunday afternoon and evening with us.
How good it is to be with friends who understand, love and support you! Not that th...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:53:00 GMT |
Gregory Panagakos, age 79, May His Memory Be Eternal |
My father, Gregory Panagakos, age 79, passed away this morning. After two years of pain and his body wasting away until he was just a bag of bones with a heart and soul...well, who can deny that...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:39:00 GMT |
Where Does the Pain Go? |
Where does the pain goafter you've brought itout of the closet,announced itto your friends,held it closeto your heartand carried its stinging songall the way, deep,into the clearestparts of your head?...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:02:00 GMT |
THE GOOD OLE SUMMERTIME & EATIN |
Ah, the good ole summertime! Well, not for me. I go flying from the heat and humidity and have several serious layers of sunblock AND a big hat on when I'm in the sun. It's not that I'm not utterly G...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:48:00 GMT |
A Life in Food & FOOD FOR THOUGHT |
Some of my writing has to do with food--the preparation, the cooking, the eating and all of the emotional pieces that surround it. Currently I'm close to completing a book of stories with relate...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:29:00 GMT |
Bring Me My Heart/Freedom Again |
Bring me my heart
And bring me my soul.
Bring me the laughter
And all that time stole
&from me.
Bring me some happiness,
Take all my...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:46:00 GMT |
One Hand Washing the Other |
Last year, over a period of several months, my father was in and out of the hospital. During one of my overnight stays with him, I was walking the halls to stretch. It was early in the mor...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:42:00 GMT |
The Fall&for Faith, Hope, Love and Kindness |
So, the next day began the Fall,
The great beginning of releasing,
And the releasing was good.
The letting go gave a sense of relief,
A feeling of unburdening--
A brand new and gentle start.
For the w...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:54:00 GMT |
I Woke Up on Rosh Hashannah |
I Woke Up on Rosh Hashannah;
I woke up to a brand new world.
The air was cooler and much fresher;
Here I felt like a brand new pearl.
In a shell and in the darkness
I'd been living, so it seemed,
And...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:12:00 GMT |
KHAOS THEORY |
Chaos! Yes, it exists and I know it well.
Chaos lives in our home and at work. The chaos at home is normal stuff, but the chaos at work is so bad that it actually begins with a capital "K"...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:32:00 GMT |
