Aug 14, 2017I Need the LightSummer or winter, I throw open the blinds and curtains. I want light like a sunflower standing tall in a garden. When others think...
Jul 31, 2017Anger at SelfAlmost August. My last two months are full of eustress* and distress: a family wedding, reunions, trips, plans broken, lack of rain,...
Apr 29, 2017JudyJudith Stagg Fleming (April 21, 1939 - April 25, 2017) Judith Stagg Fleming, 78, of Jonesboro would like to announce her change of...
Mar 27, 2017Letting Fences FallI voted one way. He voted another. It skewed our relationship. I did not see his anger coming. When it’s a son, a mother can go blind,...
Feb 20, 2017Seeing from the Low PositionI’m exercising on the floor in front of a window. I do “the bridge,” an exercise to strengthen my back. When finished, I lie there...
Feb 6, 2017Of Course He'd Show MeOn the way to town, I often talk to God while driving. Yesterday I asked God to open my eyes and my heart and show me a miracle. I am...
Nov 28, 2016ThanksgivingIt is either a cyst or the cancer is back. I found it, but my heart is ungrateful. More information after a biopsy and days of waiting....
Nov 21, 2016Song of the Paper BurnerIt is the week before Thanksgiving, and the oak leaves are yellowing. I am with others helping a friend pack up to move back to the...
Nov 14, 2016Saying Thank YouIt was after we had voted, after teasing with friends at the precinct, after meeting the man who owned the persimmon tree. Heading home,...