Not in My Neighborhood???
"I can't believe this is happening in America." "This isn't who we are!" "We are better than this....." All of these statements are understandable, given the anxiety and fear that has gripped the nation, and much of the world, in the past few months. The Covid-19 pandemic, colliding with increasing support by many in positions…
A One-Man Job
A number of years ago, my husband was showing his Great Uncle Abie the house we were in the process of building. To appreciate this story, it's necessary to understand that my husband has a tendency to do things on a grand scale, usually without worrying much about the emotional and physical fallout that any…
Shadow Woman
These fields were fertile long ago When I could labor hours ten. Now they trip me, walking slow, For no more harvests I will know. Where was this Shadow Woman then? Was she in the dew-wet dawn? Waiting there and knowing how When days had passed and years had gone My visage would become…
A Colorful Gentleman in Black & White
An old family album that was put together at least 100 years ago portrays my mother's parents and grandparents in St. Albans, Vermont, when my mother was three or four years old. Most of the pictures are formal, even the ones where my grandmother was feeding the chickens. She wears a clean dress and her…
