Margaret Simon is hosting Poetry Friday today at Reflections on the Teche. Thank you Margaret.
I received a postcard from Diane Mayr this week celebrating the year of the ox, which portrays a bold hard working creature. Thank you, Diane.
A NEW YEAR-- HONEST DAY'S WORK NO LONGER AN OXYMORON By D.Mayer
I came across an article in the Syracuse Post Standard today about a family experiencing their garage floor caving in and I thought I’d use the article as a prompt. That seemed to resonate this week.
JANUARY 2021 Below the floor of her one car attached garage existed an empty space, unknown until today while she ate breakfast, her red Ford hatchback dropped with a crash through the floor, in a heap of cement dust, destroying the car. The garage man had seen this before. Over time, road salt had weakened the floor, he said, as they stared down at the dusty red roof. They made arrangements to excavate the debris as she wiped tears and raged at her house, unexpectedly hollow. © Janice Scully 1/2021
In spite of all the fault lines and hollow people revealed in Washington, I do have hope and think that the government will weather it. I am thrilled that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will soon be in charge. Welcome!
I hope everyone is safe.
