Thriller on repeat,
parents checking our candy
for razors and drugs.
#80s #Halloween #GenX

I sipped my tea, annoyed at how long CNN and NBC were taking to load that morning. Was it my dial-up connection? No... other #websites loaded as usual. Without a TV, I turned the radio dial to a news station and heard the first reports of a plane crash in NYC. 9/11/2001. #vss365

In the #time it took
to catch her breath, he grew. Next
month, he's 22.

#vss365 #haiku

Sun and blue sky, soft
yarn, quiet hours to knit:
what #euphoria!

#vss365 #haiku

That desire to
be accepted as I am -
it's #insatiable.

#vss365 #haiku

I'm feeling blue, but
not a stormy, slate blue, nor
a starched, navy blue.

It's #cerulean,
like a sunny, Spring sky. Let's
make the most of it!

#vss365 #haiku

Was I #myopic? Or did I simply want it to be true? As it turns out, my hindsight isn't much better.
#vss365

I refused to put on a party dress and brush my hair, so I was
banished to the toy chest for my #obstreperous behavior. But I couldn't face another tea party or game of pretend when I know real life and death. I'm somewhere between now, haunting this Barbie doll until she lets me out. #vss365

Projects, bills, emails -
all #rigamarole. I crave
more time in the sun.
#vss365 #haiku

East of Palm Beach, and a #fathom deep, his morals lie like trash thrown overboard from a day-cruise casino boat. He doesn't miss them. Why should he? He's a star, and stars can do anything they want. #vss365

He'll be a teenager next year. But today, all he wants is to make his Mama smile. His cackling laugh is so joyful, like some type of #sonic therapy for me. #vss365

Forgot to charge his phone,
Spilled frappé down his shirt,
Had to take the local train instead of the express...

That's 0 for 3, he thought. What's going on? Is #Mercury retrograde?

#vss365

#Liberation: When
I accept the things I can't
control and live life.
#vss365 #haiku

I don't need much to be happy, she thought: A #modest place to lay my head, a cup of hot coffee, an unlimited supply of yarn. 🧶
#vss365 #knitting #crochet #yarnlife

#Umbrella? Raincoat?
What if we stayed home instead,
and watched raindrops fall?
#vss365 #haiku

Thoughts #rocket through my
brain like errant fireworks,
randomly, loudly.
#vss365 #haiku

That iridescent blue taffeta confection in the shop's window #conjures memories of school dances and awkward glances.
#vss365