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149. Mother-Daughter Journey: Being a Pill

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May you live to be 100 and may you still know your pills. What a gorgeous day! The humidity broke, finally, the temps are perfect, and I was just about to have brunch when the phone rang. The name didn’t immediately look familiar, but then I had a feeling it was my mother’s pharmacist—it was. And so begins the Saturday pill saga and all the intrigue that goes with it. Apparently, my 101 year old mother who is virtually blind, refilled her prescription and discovered that the pills she usually takes look different. They were. They were the same color … Continue reading →

148. Mother-Daughter Journey: The Heart is Made of Glass

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  It’s time to write about my mother. I’ve diverted myself with photography projects and crossword puzzles; life is so much easier without facing what is happening. In the photo above, I am a child running, with glee, from my mother. If the Universe could take a photo now, what would be captured is my mother running from me. In the photo above there is joy and a moment of independence. Security. the child knows the mother is behind her. If the photo were taken now, the daughter, behind the mother would have a look of dismay, upset, pain. The … Continue reading →

Earworm: If I Could Build My Whole World Around You

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  I had the greatest pistachio ice cream ever, in a cool shop that was streaming Motown. And now this is forever playing in my head … Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel Oh, if I could build my whole world around you, darling First I’d put heaven by your side Pretty flowers would grow wherever you walk, honey And over your head would be the bluest sky Then I’d take every drop of rain And wash all your troubles away I’d have the whole world wrapped up in you, darling And that would be alright, oh yes it will If … Continue reading →