The sand in the photograph seems to undulate, to move visibly on the paper. Deep furrows of dark curves evenly slicing through the lighter colored sand as if water is flowing, though it is clear from the endless mounds of sand that the photograph is taken in a desert. The title of the photograph is…
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Haiku: California Daffodils
A field of bright gold Like thousands of caution lights Atop grey green poles Triangular flags Surround fluted golden orbs Shimmer in the breeze Gray skies and storm clouds Winter tree limb silhouettes Swathed in golden cloth
Haiku: Treasures in My Living Room
My grandmother’s lamp Shines bright in our front window Shade of green and red My brother Jim’s lamp Stands between two wingback chairs Pink and green stained glass My brother John’s books Fill a Mission oak stacked case Bound in red and gold A china cabinet From my best friend Patricia Filled with memories A…
Flash Essay: My Lack of Eating Discipline & What I’m Going to Do To Change It
I have a problem with self-discipline, particularly around eating sweets. For example, I made a half batch of English toffee today with honey and butter and by now – 10 o’clock at night – I have eaten every bit of it except for the last piece. That means I have eaten 1/4 cup of butter…
Run, Don’t Walk to This Place if You’re Anywhere Near LA
My daughters gave me gift certificates for several massages for my birthday and today Rachael and Liz took me to the “Oasis Relax Spa Foot Massage” location, where we all three had an hour-long massage for 20 bucks a piece. Yes, that was an HOUR for TWENTY bucks and it wasn’t just a quick slam,…
Flash Prompt: Haiku on Night and Sweet Sleep
Silence surrounds me Night’s chill permeates the air A far-off dog barks My body craves warmth Soft bed and heavy blankets Dreams of summer days Sweet sleep calls to me Restorative night awaits Sunrise pink with hope
Flash Prompt: Happiness Is:
Happiness is: A new charger for my computer. A completed term paper for Huck Finn. A completed term paper for Catch 22. A complete term paper for Beloved. A warm bed waiting for me. The possibility of sleeping until at least 7 am. Yes!
Flash Essay: Chest Cold, Students and the Oscars
I have a grand chest cold, one that causes me to seize up when I cough and rattle when I breathe. No fever, no aches and pains, just a cough that makes people instinctively step back, as if to say, “Please don’t give me whatever it is you’ve got.” Besides that, I saw students from…
Flash Essay: What I’ve Learned from Research about Huck Finn
I am helping one of my students with a term paper on Huck Finn and as part of the process, we’ve researched what inspired Mark Twain to write the books he did. Here is some of what I’ve learned: Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) started Huck Finn in order to tell the humorous anecdotes he’d…
Prompt: Haiku about Illness
Sick Sitting this morning Kleenex box right by my side …
20 Minutes a Day 