Today marks the end of my annual grief gauntlet. It starts subtly enough with the passing of summer, my favorite season. The weather gets cooler and the days shorter. Then I know it’s time to get my game face on. On September 29th five years ago, my sister passed away from ovarian cancer at theContinue reading “Grief Gauntlet”
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Haze
A heavy haze hangs over our heads Leaving me heaving and hanging my head. Smoke from infernos, in lands far away, Is drifting downwind, so the weatherman said. Though it drafts fiery sunsets and moonrises here Enflaming and sparking this poetic thread, We sigh for our Oregon sweet summer days Begone smokeyhead, begone with yourContinue reading “Haze”