I escaped to another city for a hair cut. The plot felt like a spy in disguise who set out to infiltrate unfamiliar territory. Neither detail was true. For me …
Enchantments June 25, 2020 Number 13 – Le Compost
It has come to this. You may think I’m referring to this portrait of a mangled papaya and that likely would be enough. But there’s more. Little did I know …
Enchantment June 18, 2020 Number 12 – Top Drawer
A Rummage (verb) to search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle. The particular receptacle is a chest of drawers that I bought in the 1980s. Though it was …
Enchantment June 11, 2020 Number 11 – Free-footed
During a walk around the yard this week, I spotted a gang of mushrooms. They sprouted overnight in defiance of our grass. Still the lot of them looked a tad …
Enchantment – June 5, 2020 Number 10 – Expert
1One deep dark night this week amid revelations of sleep, I heard a chirp – a shriek – a buzz. I struggled to wake up. A bird outside the window …
Enchantment May 29, 2020 Number 9 – Gussy Up
I wistfully gaze at a case of jitters – bitten finger nails, they come and go as raggedy registration of my nervous system. But then I brighten at the sight …
Enchantment May 22, 2020 Number 8 – May Flower
Thich Nhat Hanh once said, “every child is born in the garden of humanity as a flower.” Dalton and I delivered our first exotic bud during the wee hours of …
Enchantment May 15, 2020 Number 7 – Fresh
My farmers delivered the first basket of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) summer subscription today. They placed their weekly art on our front porch like the sacred offering it is. …
Enchantment May 8, 2020 Number 6 – Coalescence
I have always had a preference for old people. Good thing since now I are one. My mother had some sadness as she began to part with her youthful beauty. …
Enchantment May 1, 2020 Number 5 – Fuzzy
As my son-in-law once said about my daughter’s cooking abilities after they married – “This is a bonus!” He was as clueless to that perk as I was to what …