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Oh, Sweet Child of Mine
There’s a place off Highway 50, about 45 miles east of Sacramento and 60 miles west of South Lake Tahoe, that is pure gold. Well, pure gold figuratively, but also literally, in the past. Placerville is a Gold Rush era town that was a central hub for the Mother Lode region’s gold mining operations. As a hub, it had banks, [...]
Arroccato nell’anima
Suddenly solemn our world did go Shuddering fear fills our hearts Isolate, separate, stay far apart Once blissful, our souls full of woe. […]
Trading Tranquility
Trading Tranquility Loud doesn’t always mean right. Quiet does not make one meek. Fury should not impart strength. Staying calm does not make us weak. […]
Of Central Concern
My son is a homing pigeon. As am I. When little, I didn’t know what ‘sense of direction’ meant, but I knew people often said I had a good one. And besides my dimples, my boy inherited the instincts of a rock pigeon. From the time he could walk, he knew how to find his way to, and from, certain [...]
Bakery Blitz
Teenagers are not always breakfast-loving creatures. Weekday mornings are often chaotic, so a sit-down, well-balanced, post-sleep meal featuring foods from every level of the nutrition pyramid isn’t likely to happen. From about age 15 on, getting Zach to eat breakfast before school became a challenge. Weekends were a different story. He would devour pancakes with lots of syrup and practically inhale [...]
August Departing
by Keri Horon Moonless night Midnight Misty-eyed mums bow their heads in heaviness And sorrow As August prepares its exit Stillness fills the chilling air Sap sticks to melancholy bark While lilies wilt woefully There’s sadness in Summer ending […]
Mother.Nature
‘Tween the glass and the screen, a place does exist where an innocent fly can get trapped and dismissed. The fly in a snap somehow lands in that spot through no fault of its own but there it got caught. […]
Ribbons of the Purest Colors
(Stepping outside of autism for a moment with a poem about Heaven…) I don’t know what Heaven is or what it looks like or where it exists but I know it does It does not have visiting hours or mail rooms or or even phones made of tin cans and cord […]
Heading Into Understanding
His eyes fixated on Zach like a lion’s on an antelope. So much so that he didn’t – at first – see my glaring eyes turn toward him. I stepped slowly behind Zach as he slowly circled the table topped with little ceramic planters and fake plants. Zach ran his thin fingers over the plastic leaves. He was oblivious to [...]
Nobody Nose the Trouble I’ve Seen
A close inspection of Zach’s nostril, something we don’t habitually do, revealed a reddened area of concern. After a month-long wait to see an ENT, in we went. I had tried to schedule a time when Zach’s home program aide could go along. Doctor visits have gone decently well in the past, but a crying baby in the waiting room [...]
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