Author: Ellen Rockne

Wish Children

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Children & Parenting Friends & Neighbors
my kids could draw like this, he said & I said he was lucky they didn’t because I would not wish children like me on my worst enemy & he didn’t have anything more to say to me

Winter Light

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Uncategorized
the light came down like rain & we soaked it in for the winter

Winter Cure

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Uncategorized
he looks fierce mainly because he hates the beginning of winter & the only thing that seems to help is gritting your teeth

Winning Ticket

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Humor & Whimsy
He won the grand prize of a vacuum cleaner & all the canned goods he could carry & when they told him he couldn’t believe it. I thought I was buying drink tickets, he said.

Wide Berth

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Peace & Justice
I bet we could all live in peace for a long time, as long as everyone stayed out of my way, she said. I’d hate to be the one to ruin it.

White Birds

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Animals & Pets Inspirational
I have always thought that stars turn into white birds in the morning light & sleep with their heads under their wings until the dusk begins to walk through the streets.

Whales

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Animals & Pets Personal Growth
I remember when the whales had wings, she said. Whatever happened? I said. It got to be too noisy with all the airplanes & other stuff, so they flew into the ocean & never came back. Some days, she added, I think about going too.

Western Mysticism

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Personal Growth Spiritual
It’s much easier, he told me, if you like the parts you like & you like the parts you don’t like. Is that some Eastern thing? I said & he said not really since he was from Idaho & it worked there just fine.