Thomas Cat finally has a bed of his own, which is much better for his arthritic back end than a blanket on a hard floor. I bought it for him yesterday and paid for it out of the settlement money from his

Abide With Me Abide with me in spring’s full blush Twirl in the rain and slop through slush Feel our hearts pound in joyful rush Abide with me, in spring’s full blush Abide with me in summer’s fields Fierce

Slow Dance Their eyes meet across the room Lashes flutter downwards, as Peach tinges her cheeks He winds a nonchalant path Stops to splash sweet liquor In crystal glasses as she waits Cupped in hand, she

We live in a world that seems to have gone crazy, peopled with those who hold little regard for human life. In memory of all those young lives that have been lost, I dedicate this poem .... Today The Angels

Den of Iniquity The sad tale of the dashing Ricardo His lovely betrothed, Rosalie And the dancer who cruelly seduced him From his love, she wanted him free Her love was a Den of Iniquity Where morals were

Thomas Cat - Final Update re Settlement! Claims Facilitation is complete, resolution and settlement reached - and the funds are now safely secured in my savings account! This has been a long and stressful

Ballad of Love Feed me not berries and cream, my dear Though delightful they melt on my tongue Let me drink from the love in your eyes Till the strings of my heart come undone More precious than rubies

My "Vintage" Sewing Years: Part 3 Burlap Figures Creating Burlap Figures is like doing sculptures in fiber. I started with a simple wire armature (like a stick figure of wire as a base, but with

4 million people in Canada experience food insecurity. 1 in 8 Canadian households struggle to put food on the table. In Canada, almost 200,000 tonnes of food ends up in landfills each year, which accounts

What the Reformed Grinch Might Have Said About Valentines Day They did it without fanfare, or buckets of roses Without diamond watches and rings on their noses They did it without Hallmark, Godiva or Ecards

My "Vintage" Sewing Years: Part 2 Wooden Spoon Dolls One of the crafts I loved to make were hand-made Wooden Spoon Dolls. Yes, that would be your plain, ordinary kitchen wooden spoons (new and

My "Vintage" Sewing Years: Part 1 Cloth Dolls When I was much younger computers or IPads and cell phones didn't exist yet. I wrote with pen and paper, drew with pencils and sketchbooks, and crafted

A Villanelle The highly structured villanelle is a nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains. The form is made up of five tercets followed by a quatrain. The first and third lines of

We reached an agreement today through a telephone conference with the Claims Facilitator Regarding my claim for reimbursement of the Vet bills - I was able to speak at length with the dog's owner, and

Wishes If monkeys could fly with the greatest of ease The way that they swing on the vines through the trees And wishes were horses that romp in the breeze Hooves pounding in sand and the surf of the seas

A Pantoum inspired by the Greek Myth, Leda and the Swan This poem is inspired by Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces Leda. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore

When You Were Gone It hurt but only when I moved and when I breathed on bright summer days when gentle breezes brushed through willows It hurt but only when I laughed and when I wept as trees gave up their

A poetic interpretation of Beethoven’s Fur Elise; one of his most popular works. I learned how to play this in my seventh year of piano, and it's always been one of my favourites (in spite of the fact

I was brought up on the Classics - art, music and writing, including Classical Forms of Poetry. They require patience, dedication and attention to every detail, because the rules are very restricting.

Sweet Lila As raindrops whispered in the glen He held her love within his ken Sweet Lila with her flaming hair And skin like silk with face so fair Her cobweb wings all filled with light Cocooned his heart