Lemon meringue pie
Chokecherry jelly
Saskatoon pie
Shelling green fresh peas
Aroma of baking bread
Making cookies at Christmas
Homemade salad dressing
Memories of mom on her birthday
“I love you every day. And now I will miss you every day.”
~ Mitch Albom, For One More Day
All the mistakes, missteps ~
fall on my face messes
too often accompanied by
swathes of guilt and shame.
You made your bed,
you can lie in it.
guilt and shame dragged,
getting heavier, harder to
push down year after year,
something had to change .
You made your bed,
you can change the sheets.
Reminded of my change as I
changed the sheets on my bed ~
clean and fresh as sleep settles softly.
Blackened feelings washed away.
“The present changes the past. Looking back
you do not find what you left behind.”
~ Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
.....that today is National Love Your Pet Day. I’m not certain how I feel about being included with all pets - or that I’m even considered a ‘pet’. After all who does run this household, with efficiency and proper timing? And only one day! Are we pets just supposed to be tolerated all the rest of the time? Please! We are really just too loveable every day. Oh, that’s right, I’m supposed to be offended to be considered one of the pet continuum. Well, just don’t forget to feed and love me - and all the rest of the pets (even dogs).
“You cannot share your life with a dog…or a cat, and not know
perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.”
~ Jane Goodall,
primatologist & anthropologist
(1934 - 2025)
