Coffee Grounds

Does “coffee grounds” always refer to those that have been spent. Ground coffee before, and coffee grounds after? Coffee grounds stink once the juice of the bean has been steeped.  They make a huge mess when being dumped from the filter, they hit the edge of the garbage can and land sprawled across the kitchen … Read more

Cherry Jam

Prompt: Cherry Jam   Forget that!   I love  strawberry freezer jam.   It almost always  comes out perfectly,  and tastes like  berries picked from the vine.     One needs to keep  vanilla ice cream  in the house,  for those times  when the fool proof recipe  doesn’t work, and  the sticky goo runs all over the place. … Read more

How I lost my feet

How I lost my feet   I lost my feet this very day   as I stepped off of the bus,   running a little late for class.   I tripped somehow,   and before I realized I was on my way down,   there I sat in a puddle of salt and sand,   my dress wicking the whole mess ,   … Read more

First Sign of True Spring

First Sign of True Spring Still waiting Crocus and daffodils poke their heads through the detritus remaining in the garden. It snows. Birds are fooled into thinking that the fickle warmth has come to stay. It snows. Magnolia and dogwood buds, prove too much for the branches to bear following one last heavy snow The … Read more

Being one with the tree

Swayingwiththebranches leaves rustling tepid gusts of wind shaking water sparkles to the ground.   Insects drone beyond the melodic chorus of birdsong and symphonic wind chimes twinkle and crash while cool clawed little feet skitter about my branches having a nibble on the way.   A hanging plant sways in my breath as it battles … Read more

Washing Off the Pieces

Washing Off the Pieces   It’s been months since I shattered into a million shards of self-reflection. I’m still picking up the pieces. Slowly, and with great perseverance I wash off the pieces, examine them one by one, and glue myself back together. Once a shiny glass orb of fragility dropping the glitter of bygone … Read more