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Time to spring into SpringMakes you want to dance and singIt puts spring in every stepYou’re full of energy and pep It’s time to turn ahead the clockYou’ll want to buy a lacy frockThings to do—set a goalWeather’s nice, just take a stroll After winter’s long doldrumsWe can’t wait for spring to […]

Spring into Spring

Taking care of me, woman with her mother looking out a window

I’m taking care of meBecause as you can seeIf I’m not very goodYou don’t get what you should I’m taking care of meDespite the entropyJust giving you my allAt your beck and call I’m taking care of meBecause we are a “we”Both of us must be strongThe road ahead is […]

I’m Taking Care of Me

Ruthie Retired Racer wearing her RBG lace

This is the story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg (AKA Ruthie, Retired Racer) came to live with me. I’ve owned six greyhounds since 1990. My last greyhound, George Karl (named after the great basketball player and coach) died from a brain tumor. I was distraught, lost and grieving. He was […]

Ruthie, Retired Racer

Another train derailmentIn only 90 days!I wonder to myselfIs this the latest craze? Rail has always beenThe safest way we traveled. But lately, seems to beThe mode has now unraveled. It isn’t just the accident.Are trains no longer safe?It’s toxic waste that’s presentI think there’s something “treif.” Also, there’s too […]

Transportation Woes — March 2023

Two women with a cup of tea between them.

By A.C. Cargill Nothing is more hospitable in the world, or so my travels have taught me, than a cup of tea with a congenial host. That little gesture, seen in British television and movies, is best experienced in real life. I had such an occasion – so comforting at […]

A Cup of Tea

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Love gone wrong as the sun sets on a relationship with a guitar player

Looking for a composer to put this to music and make a hit song! Contact for details by clicking here. How did our love go oh so wrong?It’s why I had to write this song. How did such a beautiful thingjust become a venomous sting? There was not even a […]

Love Gone Wrong

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Eduard Mörike, spring poem

Below is a German poem I used to love as a teenager, with a professional translation and my own very loose one. ∼ Er ist’s ∼ Frühling läßt sein blaues BandWieder flattern durch die Lüfte;Süße, wohlbekannte DüfteStreifen ahnungsvoll das Land.Veilchen träumen schon,Wollen balde kommen.– Horch, von fern ein leiser Harfenton!Frühling, ja du bist’s!Dich […]

It’s You, Spring

Momma,I sniffed the candlethat once was yours,inhaling the fragrant lilac scentyou loved so much! The aroma smelledlike lovely lilacs,one of your favorite flowers. I lifted the lid,with a little tug,to open the candle housed in the jar. How tight the lidwas since it had not been openedfor quite some time. […]

The Scent of Mom

Happy Purim poem

A laugh, a smile a funny jesteran uncle, an orphan a wife. A king alone without a queen A nation about to lose its life.  The seeds of hope had been planted Still our fate seemed rather bleakUntil Mordechai so wise understoodthe disguise and said, Estherit’s your turn to speak.  A laugh, a smile a funny jester, a divine plan is finally revealedA celebration for our […]

A Freilichen, Freilichen Purim

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