My students come to learn to play, They must also practice everyday. They cast their eyes down to the ground, When they play and make an awful sound. Did you practice? I ask of them, As they try to play the piece over again. A few minutes here, a few…
Basura Cat and the dog next door, Are fighting, trying to even the score. The dog barks all hours of the night, My cat complains, “It’s just not right!” Just when we all settle down to bed, Sounds of the barking dog fill our heads. He barks at the leaves,…
Phone Rings: Sofia: “Hi, I’m just calling to see how you’re feeling today.” Me: “Well, I didn’t sleep well, feeling tired, not going to run any marathons today.” Sofia: “You never run any marathons” And onward we go… ***The 2nd shot hurt, when in pain, I sing, so many heard my…
I need space in my mind and in my heart upon this day, As I listen to what people have to say. As Americans’ we demand our rights, Trying to do better causes many a fight. They say it’s the hand not the gun, That takes the live of someone.…
How high will the mountain grow? With lives lost of whom we know. Entwined with strangers never met, As Prayers are whispered, heaven sent. It’s just another day in the land of guns, 2nd Amendment rights for everyone. Nowhere is safe, not even our homes, As laws go unchanged, as…
Basura Cat came to me with a frown. Asking, “Did you see that President Biden fell down?” He slipped on the stairs getting onto his plane, And now mean people are saying his name. Why would they make fun of something unkind? I slip and fall all of the time!…
Oh how I miss the world that I used to know, Wild abandon out the door I would go. No fear of shootings at my school, My biggest worry was if I was cool. We behaved or were paddled and sent to our room, Upsetting our parents filled us with…
Basura Cat refuses to “Spring Ahead,” She doesn’t want to lose an hour in bed. “You mean 8 will be 9 and 9 will be 10?” “Oh My God, you humans are doing this over again?” I said it has sometime to with the crops, She shakes her paw and…
I’m busy doing what I’m always doing, looking at music, trying to learn, trying to write, trying to stay one step ahead. A text from a guitar student’s mom, asking if I am home. I always hesitate since the Pandemic started, not much for socializing, my choice. She states that her…
I think it’s the most wondrous thing, When I hear my telephone start to ring. “Aunt Katrina” is how they start, It’s like an arrow straight into my heart. To know that when they have a choice, They chose to hear the sound of my voice. I quote their Grandmother…