Dec 6 – Freedom

Posted on December 6, 2016December 3, 2016 by Laurel Archer

… soup steaming, flatbread fused with broiled cheese bubbling, everything at the necessary super-hot temperature.  I coax Caleb into the chair – finally.  He is dependent on prompts which li... Read More

Dec 5 – Live in Hope

Posted on December 5, 2016December 3, 2016 by Laurel Archer

Cars raced by. I was dawdling, distracted by Caleb’s unease in the backseat as we traveled home from Children’s Hospital.  The doctor had listened but offered us nothing to fix the anxiety that c... Read More

Autism Awareness Month / NaPoWriMo – April 2

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Laurel Archer

You’d think Autism Awareness month would be on my radar — but I remembered when I went on Facebook this morning.  Perhaps awareness needs perspective — some distance; when you live ... Read More

Green Teal Love

Posted on February 14, 2016February 14, 2016 by Laurel Archer

There is a small duck that sometimes appears on a pond near my home with which I have become infatuated.  The Green-winged Teal is the smallest of the dabbling ducks.  The female is very similar to ... Read More

Love me into speechlessness

Posted on March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 by Laurel Archer

Playing with the Sestina The group sestina project has been intriguing, for the reasons I’ve written about, but the Sestina form itself in also intriguing.  At first it was frustrating, because... Read More