Hi Friends. If you are here looking for the newest writings about my Dad, they are added frequently to the bottom of the 3/26/23 Alzheimer's Window post.

SORRY.  I know it is inconvenient.  But I find it easier to keep track of things that way.  Thank you for reading and MOST of all, for encouraging.  XO

Looking Beyond the Glass

 

The window above my kitchen sink

is chronically in need of cleaning.

 

But the annual push of yellow,

courtesy of self-sufficient bulbs 

has bolstered my spirits for weeks

through that needy pane of glass.

 

The blooms are shriveling now,

atop still resolute spring-green stems.

I notice the smudges again.

Contemplating vinegar and newspaper. 

 

But above the birdhouses,

the wisteria’s tiny hands are unfolding,

just in time.

 

Looking beyond the glass,

there is always consolation.