Dandelion   Comfortable bed A tiny dandelion Enjoying the thread   Dog   Unfriendly April A faithful, sticky dog drops Enjoying the tree   Smile   I don’t like haikus But I will do one for a Smile on someone’s face   Heather   I think of you in The soft heather of my heart … Continue reading My Haikus →

Thoughts On Healing and Love How swiftly my life slips through the hourglass allotted me I try to make sense of the plots, and characters woven between each line I reduce the monsters to peons one-dimensional and harmless I listen intently for my real name which only my Creator knows. My story flows from my … Continue reading Thoughts On Healing and Love →

Prairie Grasses I’m part of the breeze that carries me Over prairie grasses tall, medium or short. Like the three bears and I, Goldilocks, look for my two sisters in prairie dresses and pigtails No dogs, no cats, only prairie dogs whistle and dive into grasses, tall, medium, and short. Snow falls softly - lays … Continue reading Prairie Grasses →

Kids Kamp Fun   This was the day I had committed to be a crew leader (pastor) to about five out of a hundred children. My age being closer to a hundred years (-30) than most of the leaders there. I prayed for strength, but mostly for the children, the little ones who came to … Continue reading Kids Kamp Fun →

Pantoum Poem Woes by Annie Pauli   I do not like pantoum poems Maybe someday I’ll love them I want to kick off my shoes and run free Perhaps I’ll write a pantoum song   Could be someday I’ll love them Maybe I’ll let out my kite string Perhaps I’ll sing a pantoum song I’ll … Continue reading Pantoum Poem Woes →

Daddy, remember when I held your hand, I was twelve                                                              - you were human then. You slipped away to obscure places where the laughter of … Continue reading Daddy I See You →

The Jesus I knew as a child was part of my Truman Show world; set in the prairies of Alberta Canada. I was four years old when we moved there in 1953. I remember very little about the "outside" world. Our family of five, lived in a college town that had a campus and dorms as its … Continue reading I’ve got my own version to tell →

Last night the toothless old oppressor of souls, a.k.a, the "Tempter", the "Liar", tried to speak his lies into my tired mind. He wasn’t even sneaky like he usually is. He did a full on gut sucker punch. He had me to the mat counting down...one...two...three. I struggled to my feet and faced off. I … Continue reading Grace As I Sit Here →

I take my dog Joey for a walk – sometimes in the evening – to beat the heat. About a week ago while we were walking on the main street, a few blocks from home, I felt my dog begin to quiver.  He began to pull me towards what appeared to be a fluffy cat … Continue reading An Odiferous Encounter →