This one is dedicated to my daughter, Courtney Marie, who died 20 years ago on Sept 14th, 2000, at the age of 16. I will also include to collages that I created in her memory. Circle of Life Tickled pink, a baby girlA short lived life, a short lived love. Like the Sisyphus’s boulderConstantly pushingContinue reading “Paint Chip Poetry: Circle of Life”
Category Archives: Children
Toy Train Set
My grandfather worked for the railroad. I remember the miniature train village at the Seattle Center inside of the Food Circus. I remember the Christmas window display at JC Penney’s of the miniature train set. If you put your hand against the handprint, you could make the train run or stop. I grew up wantingContinue reading “Toy Train Set”
Getting Old
This was a question and response on Quora and I’ve added my own response to it. “Why do people in their 60s think they are not old when they are about 85% through their lives? I turned 70 last year. If I lived in one of the countries where old people are revered — some,Continue reading “Getting Old”
Mothers
To All Mothers Somebody said a mother is an unskilled laborer . .Somebody never gave a squirmy infant a bath. Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you’ve had a baby…Somebody doesn’t know that once you’re a mother, “normal” is history. Somebody said a mother’s job consists of wipingContinue reading “Mothers”
Spanking Children
Never Violence A story told by Astrid Lindgren[Author of Pippi Longstocking] “Above all, I believe that there should never be any violence.” In 1978, Astrid Lindgren received the German Book Trade Peace Prize for her literary contributions. In acceptance, she told the following story. “When I was about 20 years old, I met an oldContinue reading “Spanking Children”
