Five Minute Friday: Exhale

Today’s prompt is: Exhale Inhale…exhale. Repeat. From the moment we are born till our last breath we measure life by the number of breaths. Always, the exhale signals the end of a breath. We hold our breath in anticipation, in dread, and on exertion. In labor, we measure the contractions and ride each wave by … Read more

Faith

  In the spring and early summer the night birds start up early, before morning. Tuning up to greet the day as it approaches. Now they are silent. The reason for their silence is a cat. I hear that cat, caterwauling, letting the world know it is not happy for one reason or other that … Read more

Five Minute Friday: Lost

It’s Friday. We write.  5 minutes. That is all. There’s a whole group of us that write. Today’s prompt: LOST Lost and found. Forever lost. Forever found.  Lost is a black hole in my mind. Lost love, lost homes, lost time, lost things, lost memories. They all seem to find themselves down that hole like … Read more