The Woodpecker.

February 9, 2022 This little woodpecker had rammed my living room window. The sound of its impact had startled my sleeping nine year old setter. For the first few seconds it had lain still. Just as I moved to bring it inside, it propped its head by leveraging its beak against the deck’s storage box.Continue reading “The Woodpecker.”

Women’s Health: February is Mammogram Time

February 3, 2022. 7:07 the oven clock shown in the go color of digital green. My appointment was scheduled for 7:30. “ I could be five minutes late,” I reasoned with the half-wit awareness of one’s sleepy brain. “It’s been a long, long time,” I thought to myself. “I haven’t been late in a foreverContinue reading “Women’s Health: February is Mammogram Time”

2022 Begins with a Bill

January 26, 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4 As I drove, I had been entertaining my mind with designs of ear buds and headphones, wondering about styles and sound quality and ear health. You know, substantial thoughts like that.. Three miles away from my destination, I drove under the overpasses. A January midday, below zero but a sunny dayContinue reading “2022 Begins with a Bill”

“It’s Time“

My soul had felt it for weeks. “Don’t wait,” from weeks ago ripened into the phrase ‘It’s time”…

New Gray.

January 4, 2022 I watched a favorite movie as the clock struck midnight. I had been reminded of the movie by what seemed to me to be the signature music of the movie. Beethoven’s Seventh played in the movie’s poignant moment when King George gave his World War II speech to the people of GreatContinue reading “New Gray.”

Not to wait.

I stuffed a change of top and fresh underwear into a plastic shopping bag, dressed into my new surfing-style swimsuit then went to the pool. No, I wasn’t going to look for my gym bag. And no, I wasn’t waiting for the new year…

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a very merry Christmas! Love, Stephanie

What? The Thirteenth?.

December 13, 2021 My mother discovered the small Kentucky candy company which has been known as the creator of Modjeskas. In the late 1800’s, the story is that a beautiful Polish actress toured the southern United States. This candy company created a magnificent indulgence of homemade marshmallow covered in unequaled caramel. The confectioners do notContinue reading “What? The Thirteenth?.”