Slowly, too slowly perhaps, I’ve come to realize that surrounding myself with toxic family members has done nothing to enhance my quality of life. Shoo! Gone! Finit!
Clutter, reduced. Peace of mind, restored.
I will never understand this mindless orange, autocratic, narcissistic attraction…
Iowa’s politburo
gathers ‘round
mittened hands
frozen feet
cell-phone chats
with my son
post-pandemic
camaraderie
eleven inches on the ground
paying for our mild December
more snow predicted
twenty more minutes
daylight broadens
post-solstice magic
A Sawyer's Daughter 
Chit Chat