Well-worn Shoes

We amble, toss questions to each other, consider future plans — travel & leisure, family gatherings, friend trips — and our  pace is slowing as we reminisce about past adventures, a life- time of loving each other, and I think we are like  well-worn shoes, and however unromantic that may sound, I think there  isContinue reading “Well-worn Shoes”

Silent Conversation

“With a bound, the sun of a molten fiery red came above the horizon, and immediately thousands of little birds sang out for joy, and a soft chorus of mysterious, glad murmurs came forth from the earth; the low whispering wind left its hiding-place among the clefts and hollows of the hills, and wandered amongContinue reading “Silent Conversation”

A Beautiful Denouement

The last lingering hour before  bed, stars become twinkle  lights, a gentle wind dances  through the darkened leaves,  and you check the doors,  put the house to sleep,  one room and then the next, until you reach me, one candle left to extinguish, one last kiss, and we fall into dreams until  morning. —C.L. Fisher,Continue reading “A Beautiful Denouement”

Leaf Peeping

“Every leaf speaks bliss to me.” — Emily Bronte In that funny way  that some husbands have of teasing,  in which my husband  excels, today he calls  me a peeping leaf-er, so I laugh and say he means a leaf peeper, but he knows and winks, so I tell him that I’ll wear that title proudly, asContinue reading “Leaf Peeping”