Ice Cream Musings
Ah, once again it’s here–National Ice Cream Month. Yes, really. Even in Portland it’s been hot beyond belief and so an homage to one of the truly divine foods. Here are some ice-cream recollections. In Print
You can hear more about my adventures with fresh peach ice cream. In the meantime, stay cool!
Two More Very Short Stories
Here are a couple of very short stories–under 100 words each. Also see a couple of waiting room stories.
A Quiet Moment
Death brings frenzy, fear or perhaps just quiet. In Print
Only In America
That knee-jerk patriotism was taken away from my generation in our youth. But the world teaches us about America. In Print
City
This piece has changed a lot since I posted it last. It somehow embodies all the feelings I had when, as a little girl, I’d see all those railroad lines moving into Chicago.
I crossed steel arteries stretching
red blood to locales I could never live in
when I tasted city juice.
Her jeweled waterfront disappoints some,
sure, but for millions, it sings
work, wealth and getting by.
Elevated cars, elevated dreams…
Push through two feet of partly cloudy,
and sour summer stockyard winds.
When age dissolves, dis-loves, dislikes,
disrepairs and despairs,
plastic drive-by-dream-crates look good–for a moment.
Come on, City! update your glory.
Glass boxes, frappacined granite, pillars
and designer concrete.
Stilettos, boots and flip flops race.
I’m glad you’re back, City! with your
garbage trucks, permits and little bags of dog shit.
I won’t resent your pretense;
Not so long as my padded shoulders
paint my own miracle on the mile.
Chicago Cello
I thought all families worked the way mine did. I’m still unfolding how I make decisions and where that comes from. But five miles through the snow, uphill both ways–you’ve got to have something to tell your own kids. Small is the new big. From The Passaggio.
City
I love cities–the story of their growth, the declines I remember, and now they’re back again, shining and beautiful–almost too beautiful. But still, it’s good to have them back and appreciated. From Big Words