by Deb Farris | Mar 23, 2016 | Musings
I remember that his hand was still warm as I watched my father take it into his own, wrapping it—warmth against warmth. Sometimes that’s all we can do is hold on… And I remember now, the bird with the yellow crown—like the yellow cap my brother wore—which sat in the...
by Deb Farris | Mar 22, 2016 | Musings, Uncategorized
I dreamt of mosquito net canopies cascading from tree branches overhead in the wild and woke up in my bed in Mexico to buzzing in my ear. I picked up my phone hoping it would say 5:00 but saw 3:00. AP flashed across the top of my screen that there had been a bombing...
by Deb Farris | Mar 21, 2016 | Musings, Uncategorized
“No, I can’t have my coffee yet,” I say to Todd who is walking all tall and handsome like towards me with a freshly dripped cup of coffee, just the right temperature and color. “I haven’t had my pill yet.” “Which one?” He asks. “Your Hair...
by Deb Farris | Mar 20, 2016 | Musings, Uncategorized
Scouting out dinner locations tonight was a challenge. Everywhere we went had a 30 degree sloop, single lane–up and up and up. Our Mitsubishi March rental with its manual transmission and the reverse in the wrong place didn’t help. I was nervous. So Todd...
by Deb Farris | Mar 19, 2016 | Musings
She stood waiting, unaware of the world watching. Shifting her weight from foot to foot, her line took on that of a dancer. Fine hair swept off her brow revealed the elegant bone of her cheek pointing upward toward her perfectly placed bow. She was protected by the...
