Author Archives: Susan

Dear Lord, I hate fast fluttering things.  Butterflies that fly too close, grasshoppers and frogs that jump nearer rather than away, voles that zip round the floor beneath my stool where I am perched at work. Last Monday it was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I love the five o’clock morning time.  Color only within touch, the horizon a ragged line of black leaves waving gently in a higher wind against a milky blue empty sky.  A bowl of morning curves away from me in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Pouring rain and sunshine, pouring rain.  I am so one with the New England weather it is difficult to separate our moods and say which drives the other.  Conflict reigns within the soul of each. Continue reading →

Working with a long-time customer, fussy with her so carefully stitched embroidery.  We catch up on what’s happened in the time since she’s been here; yes, Jim is working now; no, I graduated school last May. Yes, he’s working back … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Yesterday was a setup for failure; good friend unable to make it to lunch and a wary spouse eyeing the shrimp I served for dinner instead.  Oh, you made them for her… More money than books at the library sale, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just noticed this post was empty on site.  I don’t have a clue what I’d written here as a post and maybe deleted, maybe just lost, or maybe never wrote it at all.  By the title, it appears that it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There are tigers in the woods behind my house.  They tell me no, but I don’t believe it because they say there are bears but I have never seen one there so a tiger or a lion never seen is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The ethics of lawyers, the loyalty of friends, the honesty of family, all coming into question yet who am I to judge?  Understanding the image of right is not same for all, but rather perception and viewpoint and personal understanding … Continue reading → Continue reading →