What Crosses My Mind

  • Finding Our Way

    Doesn’t matter if we are picking sides, each of us are vulnerable to habit. One is to imagine themselves alone, and the other? Well that’s my reality. I want to be kind to my neighbor. Helpful, compassionate, caring, supportive. all of the above without exclusion. I want to help us define inclusion, and just know,…

  • Peace and Love

    It’s funny how a couple of words can change the tone of an entire piece. I just wrote my view of Christmas, posted it, and then returned to make a couple of small edits. A couple of words changed the meaning with ever so subtle a flare. I suppose one has to decide whether they…

  • Where Are Our Gentle Souls?

    I’ve been in a state of evaluation for several years now, not to speak of my entire life. Since I lost my marriage, I have battled a lot of demons. I’m not asking anyone to feel sorry for me, to be sure, I’m only wanting to lay out from where some of my reflection has…

  • Oh Waukesha!

    I know a person in Waukesha She is my you We all in a mirror See our eyes Know a tear a sword, A knowledge That if we could hear the pain Her pain, his, they, we all feel We sow the empathy Even if rather avoid. Oh her kindness She is my you Our…

  • Waking to Love

    Sweet remedy a kindness draws eyes a wander inside foggy interior. ~ While each passing hour holds promise asks empathy an immediate proposal may suggest in heart sweet peace of mind. ~ Morning sunlight will create shadow that will ask a conscious need to step in guide a soul lost inside a societal nightmare. ~…

  • Relief

    A technique in artistry Raised impression ~ Brings a moment to life We see the beauty ~ In a master’s hands Elegant lines ~ Always a story Being told ~ In Webster’s words Or Collier ~ A comic moment Is designed ~ To break the tension Ease the mind ~ And today I glance freely…