Pontoon boats glide across the
lake like
prehistoric relics
 
Dinosaurs of the
fresh water and
open-mouthed bass
 
Scooping up
lost lime-green rafts
along their heavy path and
 
Silently returning them
to their
sleepy owners.
 

 
 
 
Wind Chimes
 
 
 
It’s as easy as
lunch on the back deck
the taste of summer captured in a
single watermelon slice
 
We are
sandy and hot, but
hungry for French fries and
the sound of wind chimes
 
And it is a
day like this where
I know there is
no other job
 
I need.
 
 
 
p.s. I’m taking the week off, so I will post again on July 28th. [...]

 
Or not. 
 
Somehow, I can’t bring myself to have Baby #2.  Not just yet. 
 
I just don’t think I have the logistical reasoning to think it all out. I can barely figure out how to get myself and one child out of the house within 60 minutes, let alone two children. Nor does it help [...]

 
It took me three years, but I finally did it.
 
I was finally the neighbor hosing her naked child off in her front yard.
 
And at the end of it, he started squealing,
 
“No more! No more! Cold!”
 
But I kept hosing (for ten more seconds).
 
You betcha.
 
Even when a group of women lumbering out of their [...]

 
 
I have become a walking after-school special. Most people witness every day events and either:
 
a) ignore them
b) stand by and silently watch
c) just laugh
 
Not me. I have to jump in and give my thoughts and opinions on EVERYTHING.
 
My latest need to appropriately shape young children’s minds occurred last week at Berger Park, a lovely park [...]

 
She used to say
 
I see Mama in your eyes
 
And I would search
looking into her dark
almond-shaped eyes
Looking for a glimpse
perhaps a small sighting of 4-year old me
With long, shiny hair and
full bangs.
 
I would finally find an image of me
and the bond we felt was like
liquid harmony flowing between us
the purest of connections
 
And now [...]