A million years behind everyone else, I occasionally play Wordle now. I am very bad at it. My vocabulary, for being a reader and writer, […]
Three Thursday Wins
Count your blessings, count your wins: With Love, Natalie
Hope
I don’t trust my intuitionNot like I used toBut when she tells me todayI already knew I hope, I hope, I hopeI hope it’s you […]
Cat Prozac
Grinding up ProzacFor my cat who won’t eat itHe knows all the tricks He’s fine, fine enoughOvergrooming his bellyHi, Anxiety Too much time awayOr too […]
Proud Daughter
One hundred women Half a million donated My mama did that With Love, Natalie
An Anecdote About My Sunday Morning
Two a.m. and two degreesThe alarm that awakened meDoesn’t seem to mean anything is on fireI check anywayMy neighbors have flung their windows openAnd I […]
Like Me Again
Brunch and shoppingLibrary books and an icy runI wash the blowout from my hairAnd the unruly waves make me feel like me again I plan […]
Self Reliance
I am so rarely tempted to a new movie, but Hulu marketing did its job and I watched Self Reliance tonight — a new thriller/comedy […]
Pull joy out of a hat
Pull joy out of a hatAnd it looks like walking through a grocery store7 pm on a Thursday in JanuaryThe aisles clear and peaceful Pull […]
Resolve
I sip hot chocolate brewed from a Keurig cupExtra marshmallowsAnd it’s good, it’s enough I dance when I send an email tonightMy past self told […]