Category Archives: Food for the Sick the Tired and the Lonely

Shall I Try to Reach A Higher State of Consciousness or Drink the Cherry Wine?

Posted on March 21, 2020 by O

I told my sister the other day that I was profoundly interested in exploring my solitude, now imposed on all of us.  I told a friend that I was embracing solitary confinement with sadness but that I was going to … Continue reading →

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Was it the Scrambled Eggs, the Sun, or Yellowjacket lying on the Windowsill?

Posted on February 23, 2019 by O

I don’t know why but I feel happy again.  This morning.   I did not sit in the chair by the red Chinese lamp brooding.  Staring out the window missing the massive Elms that used to rise up in the air … Continue reading →

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Potatoes, Pasta and a Handful of Tears

Posted on January 26, 2019 by O

I won’t talk about the weather anymore.  But that’s hard.  Because it makes you feel crazy when one day it’s forty degrees and the next eighty-five.  When your garden suddenly jumps up crazy wild before your eyes.   That happens here.  … Continue reading →

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Sleeping in a Bed of Incense

Posted on January 14, 2019 by O

Oh someone is breathing down my back again.  Sending icy chills down my spine.   I can feel them even in my stomach, lungs and heart.  What’s left. This dark dark week when I feel like I’ve already been sent to … Continue reading →

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When Your Mother Had Holes in Her Socks

Posted on November 29, 2018 by O

I woke up at 3:00 a.m. today.  And I don’t know anymore if today is really today. What is today.  Not even sure it merits a period or a question mark.  Or maybe just a blank space.   All the … Continue reading →

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Martini Morning

Posted on April 11, 2018 by O

It’s April 9.  There was that thing I was supposed to do about Christmas.  There was that thing I was supposed to do about Easter.   I will get to it.  And then maybe I will understand something. Christmas has come … Continue reading →

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Food for the Sick the Tired and the Lonely

Posted on January 21, 2018 by O

I ran out of butter.  I wondered how I could possibly eat my toast this morning. Because this was a day I had to have eggs, butter and toast. When I saw there was no butter, I didn’t exactly panic, … Continue reading →

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