Getting Acquainted
I spend most of my time playing alpha female for my pack of dogs. Lucy (Boston terrier), Harley (chihuahua). Hershey (miniature dachshund) and Jasper (standard schnauzer) are my entertainment and sometimes muses. Jasper is a puppy mill rescue dog and I'm in the intital stages of writing a series of vignettes of his life since the rescue contrasted with eduaction about rescues and puppy mills. I do actually have other interests than writing and my dogs. I love to scrapbook, watch ice hockey, listen to a variety of music genres and reading. My parents both were avid readers and passed that love on to me. I'll read a cereal box if you set it in front of me!
Prairie Waltz
Prairie Waltz

Frail dandelion,
alone on the prairie,
pretty in yellow
and green
waits for a partner.
As time passes,
her head turns
from butter to white.

Black cloud,
rotates overhead,
rumbles and crackles,
roars and swirls.
Rain drives hard.
In moments--
devastation.
.

Raspy grasses,
bow and sway,
to and fro.
Black fury
flattens them
to the earth.

Blue sky,
spotlights little
dandelion,
standing tall
even though
seeds are sent
to carry on
the dance.




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