She paid special attention to the way she dressed on her Friday nights out. Tonight she would wear the flowered dress, with the white shawl collar. She wore low heels in a light rose color and carried a small pink lace purse ornamented with pearls. Her make-up was moderate, very natural looking; some light pink… Continue reading Poor Butterfly
Category: Higher Ground
Eden
The meager plants disguise themselves as rocks. But once the three day monsoon lets up, the whole desert turns green. “Hurry up!” Ma Nature warns, “Grow now! Mate now! Quick! Before I return you to sand and dust!” The tumble weeds, sage, and Indian tobacco space themselves in rows… like purposefully planted vegetables. The meager plants… Continue reading Eden
Flo Show Biz
As a first year teacher, she was not aware of the tradition of producing a Christmas pageant in a public school. She was told, “Oh don’t bother about it. The kids will just write some skits and sing a song and the parents will all be drunk and not even paying attention anyway….” And someone… Continue reading Flo Show Biz
Salad Girl
Cheyenne was sitting in the kitchen at the small wooden table holding a huge salad bowl in her lap. She had torn up an entire head of Romaine lettuce, added some chopped radicchio, small bunch of arugula, sliced red onions, garbanzo beans, sunflower seeds, Kalamata olives, one whole avocado cubed, and a handful of cherry… Continue reading Salad Girl
Baba Ram Das
At a certain point in her mid-twenties Kristie became enamored with Baba Ram Das, Be Here Now, various Eastern philosophies, and religions. She read, studied and followed many of the practices in her own way. She became a vegetarian, began meditating, and doing yoga. She heard that Baba Ram Das was going to be in… Continue reading Baba Ram Das