por Susan Ternyey, 2008 Soy una tortuga, quizás de Galápagos— vieja, lenta, y tímida— llevo mi caparazón sobre mi espalda; eso es mi hogar, mi refugio, protección: cómodo, a veces confine regido, pero ha ayudado me sobrevivir, y . . . adentro mis partes tiernos, delicados, sensibles, cariñosos— aunque posiblemente duros— tal vez me ayudanContinue reading “Soy una Tortuga”
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If Life Were a Painting, And I Were the Artist
by ST, 2019 If Life were a painting, and I the artist, what would I paint (assuming I had the ability)? A landscape? I do love landscapes, serene landscapes, and dramatic ones. I’m not sure all of life could be shown in a landscape—even if it were a collage. A still life? Such can beContinue reading “If Life Were a Painting, And I Were the Artist”
Grandma’s Gardens: A Parable of Life
by ST, 2019 A New Start A certain woman, a paralytic grandmother of 50, acquired a lot in a certain city, in a subdivision, with certain covenants. The lot appeared level, and was chosen for that reason. But by the time the foundation was dug and poured, it was no longer level, and required aContinue reading “Grandma’s Gardens: A Parable of Life”
Wrinkles Aren’t Ugly!
by Susan Ternyey, 2008 The earth and life are full of wrinkles. And so what that they are? Wrinkles are beautiful! From a fairly featureless molten globe, masses of stone coagulated on the surface of our earth, cooled and hardened into rocky mountains that collided as they rode the boiling undercurrents of lower layers. SuchContinue reading “Wrinkles Aren’t Ugly!”
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