The June Bug and the Firefly

The June Bug and the Firefly

Like the firefly and the June Bug Summer was living for love The June Bug in the low grounds The firefly twinkling above She danced in the treetops And lit up the meadows He watched as she flittered Through moonbeams and shadows He pined and he sighed With heartache...
I Was Seventeen

I Was Seventeen

I was seventeen with dreams I couldn’t interrupt. I saw my father in the past, my mother still cooking chicken. I was ready to put my foot into the river of life, into experience, into conversation, into love, my hair shiny and curly, my eyes open to everything. I...
Garlic and other things …

Garlic and other things …

I was chopping garlic, getting ready to prepare dinner when a waft of pungent flavor hit my nostrils. I stood still looking at tiny bits of a white minced bulb wrapped in it’s own paper. Garlic is packed with nutrients. It is the genie’s bottle. I always use garlic...
The Guitar Picker (song lyrics)

The Guitar Picker (song lyrics)

Here’s a new song we’re working on putting to music and an old photo of my Uncle Eugene (they called him “Zoe”) who died tragically at a young age.  He had a such a thirst for life! This has nothing to do with the song but I wanted to share...
A Bad Boy

A Bad Boy

In the deep dark forest of Mewanabe Lived a boy of character called “Don’t want to see” He was beastly and biting and pretty cantankerous But not so much different than all of the rest of us He don’t like this and he don’t like that He says, “Everyone else don’t know...

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