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What is Real

Some few days ago, I was sitting in my recliner and staring out the nook window at the sky. It was full of sunsetting colors. Blues and greys, and greens and yellows, and pinks of all kinds. It was very pretty. But I was overcome with an odd feeling. I wondered if it were allContinue reading “What is Real”

Losing Bonfire

Bonfire was the sweetest, kindest, gentlest, most generous soul I have ever known. When my mother died, she wanted to get rid of Dad’s stuff. She said it was too painful to keep because it reminded her of him and her loss. But I think it’s the other way around. It’s the absence of allContinue reading “Losing Bonfire”

Bonfire’s Mom Writes

The Maddie in the title of my blog is our dog. But we also have a cat named Bonfire. He came with that name. We couldn’t seem to change it. We tried. But nothing else would stick. We got him in late November of 2012 shortly after we had to put our previous cat, Winnie,Continue reading “Bonfire’s Mom Writes”

So Close

It’s so close I can taste it. I think that’s how the saying goes. Yesterday, I finished proof reading and editing “The Alien Visitation Chronicle.” I took my time. I rushed those aspects of my first novel (“Millie’s Adventures in Time”) and I’m paying the price for that now. It has many errors and IContinue reading “So Close”