shared secrets
the camaraderie
of friendship
it matters
an indifferent silence
what’s left, unsaid
insensitively impolite
learning to thrive
single-digit cold
and yet, at times,
I welcome the chill
not resolutions; not exactly, anyway
she mapped it all out
several bullet points
paths to self-improvement
affirmations
let’s meet for drinks, she said
I’ve missed you
eyes wide open, I left the pub
more aware than when I’d arrived
falling, falling
soft is the sky
from whence
this beautiful
white snow
Happy New Year, Everyone!
out with a whimper & a sigh,
the old year slinks into the past.
here’s to new & improved,
oh, so much better days ahead!
slickory
sloping concrete slab
plunging mercury after the rain
our cautious morning steps
not good
pinochle with the in-laws
Norma & I, seventy-two in the hole
one lousy day of cards
with cranberry chutney & brie
crostini, six darling bites
toasted to perfection
my mouth, still so happy…
A Sawyer's Daughter 
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