Friday, August 26, 2016

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Bits and Pieces - a try at stand up comedy

Bits n Pieces
LATELY I am realizing that wow people are brutal – just plain mean spirited – I thought about therapy but then I realized why tell my troubles to some over schooled overpaid book learned individual when I can pour my heart to many other individuals who are also broken and broke but want more than anything else in the world JUST to make people smile if only for a little while –
Most of you know who I am – but we will get to that later on in my bits n pieces
Heated Seats –
How awesome if our heated seats recognized us when we jumped into our vehicles – Hey I know that ass he/she likes it 73 degrees ahhh with a touch of lumbar right there Radio tunes to Barry White- pretty soon things are heating up- (if ya know what I mean)
Dressing School –
I have always told my friends I was going to open Debbies Dressing School the art
Of WHAT NOT TO WEAR in public – Like some of the fashions from the 80s –
Seriously we left them there for a reason – Not everyones body is made to wear spandex n leg warmers
Leave that for the girl in flash dance –
When you get ready to leave your house and you don’t take time to look in the mirror don’t be
So offended when my face says “What that hell are you thinking wearing that in public” if your\
Friends tell you – you look good – get NEW FRIENDS -   
In Traverse this summer - I looked over and saw this woman wearing what was suppose
To be a polka dotted dress - I said large woman should never wear polka dots but imagine
My surprise when out of my smart assed mouth popped = “Large woman should never
Wear “Porkadots”  total slip of the tongue but well you get the picture –
that was a you shouldn’t laugh and drive moment
Another woman was walking down the street in full length fur –
I heard someone comment – whoa – thought she was a deer – almost shot her – maybe we
Really should reconsider the right to carry and who gets to??!?!?
UPS man –
We were shipping packages via UPS from our shop one day -  had them already to go – labels on themwhen the UPS man got there (not our normal one) he says to me “Are those packages for us from you” Uh no… they are for FEDEX – but the label on them says Ship UPS with a tracking # for UPS with our return address on them – sometimes you just GOTTA say hmmmm at the brilliance of hummanity

HI – Im  this boys Mom
seems I lost my true identity when I was born I then became
So n So's Daughter
Then I became so n sos girlfriend
Then I became husbands wife –
Then I became boy and girls mom – after becoming a parent
you never regain your real identity again
Seems now when we see people in public we are Sons Mom and Dad or if we are seen
Separately we are either sons Mom or Sons Dad – it really happens ask Scotty, ask Heather!
So YES I am said sons Mom-  he comes from a long line of smart asses… not that  - that is always
A good thing but hey our pasts helps to make us who we are today right – let me tell you a bit about the
Past that has made me whom I am today -  
Im sure it started way before this but this is how I remember it;
Growing up and thru my pre/early/late teen years I was tiny –
like when I graduated high school I weighed 99 Lbs soaking wet -  but every Sunday morning I would get
up get dressed for church go downstairs
Crisco –
There would be my dad sitting at the breakfast table saying “Good Morning Crisco” how was your night CRISCO – you know “Fat in the can” -  this coming from the man whose shirt front buttons were hanging on for dear life to one last thread before them became missle launched across the room – seriously watch it Dad you could poke an eye out with those things
Then there was sometime during those stable – secure teen years when I graduated to the nameHorse Hips – I owned a horse at that time I think maybe he was confused as to whose hips were whose-As tempted as I was to show him the difference between a hairy ass and not – I never did It wasn’t until I met a potential boyfriends at one of the church conventions I used to attend with my family that I discovered how much my dad really loved me and loved showing me off to others – This guy says to me that is so cool that your dad carries a picture of you around in his wallet-  I was Shocked and just a wee bit touched till I discovered that the picture my FATHER carried around in His wallet of his ONLY daughter was the back end of a horse (Hips) with its tail braided – Seriously I have the picture –
SHOW PICTURE -I found it in the album my mother made for me when I graduated high school that was displayed at my graduation open house – seriously you can’t make this crap up –

So now I blame my “Crisco” on him – after all your past helps define who you are today right ;-)

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Blank Pages

looking at the white of this page
is like looking out across the fields
of never ending snow
white... 
with exception that this 
page is blank
waiting for all that is in my heart to 
finally give way to words
the fields tell a story of
 trees,fence posts and drifts
~~
This past year was one of loss
not the never healing kind that comes with death
but the kind that comes from betrayal
the kind that comes when a friend (or two)
 that you call a "best friend" or bff
suddenly shoves you out of her life
returning all of your things - 
costing you a job you loved
 - with no word 
you don't have to be married 
to know the feeling of 
divorce
~
the kind of loss
 that comes when someone
that you have only tried to love
to be there for 
and to help
SLAMS the door in your face
cuts you off without a trace
~
so you ponder 
every aspect of your friendship
over the last few years and wonder
what lead you to this point
and you ask questions of her
you ask questions of those that you have mutually in common
you ask questions of some that you thought would have your back for sure
still the questions remain 
unanswered
~
you ponder
over your lifetime
has anyone ever
stood their ground for you
knowing that it would cost them something
stood up and said
NO YOU ARE WRONG
you don't know her at all
I think back over the times that 
I have had friends backs
I was adamant
I was vocal
and no matter what
I WAS RIGHT
the accusations were false
I take time to get to know my friends
inside and out
and when push comes to shove
I will HAVE THIER BACKS!
but in pondering
I realize that in reality
I have never known 
ANYONE
to have ever
HAVE "MY" BACK
its heart wrenching
I put great value on 
"friendship" 
and when its 
tossed away like trash 
I can't just let it go! 
It eats at me
"what did I do", "what did I say" 
"what didn't I do", "what didn't I say"
and on and on
so if I seem reclusive 
its because
of loss
and even loss in the faith
of humans as a race.
I know I shouldn't care so much
but I have a big heart
too big
I'm not sure how to fix that




Thursday, April 26, 2012

Chains

Penciled words...
trembling letters 
Flowing from a heart that once loved 
Petals of skin quivering 
memories
 Of us
Heart, mind, body soul... 
Captured Sweet torment ...
when you turned... 
Walked away ... 
Pictures before my heart in her gown of flowing waves... 
Tore hope from my grasp... 
Might have been ... 
You didn't stay 
Now your back Stilted words leave emotional Questions train wrecking my mind
 ears hearing "I love you"
echos from Long ago... 
 Chains my being...
Never letting go. 
GEL 4/2012
KIW

Monday, April 16, 2012

Little Things

A glancing touch
Grazes ones skin ...
Memories rush in
A sentence spoken with
Careless ease
Take my breath away 
Buckle my knees
Words I love you 
spoken into the phone
With you're eyes on me
words meant for my
Heart alone 
Memories etched forever
In our minds 
Those and little things
Are the ties that bind GEL2012

Friday, March 16, 2012

...followers

if you are following me here... patience... the best is yet to be

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Its been awhile

Poems... sentences... half phrases 
run thru my head...
Happiness...Elation...sadness
run thru my heart...
So much to say and yet 
I sit down to write my pen is still
I gaze in wonder at the beauty of the
creation that surrounds me... 
anxiously waiting for 
the ink to flow again...

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Summer Solstice


summer scents seep
 thru my senses
sail away...
pine needles dewy, wet
bay breezes glisten 
sail away...
beckoning
wanting to caress my skin
sail away...
my mind trips to
a time 
when life 
simpler
meant days ...
warm sand, waves teasing toes
strolls along moonlit way
sail away...
humid smoke rings 
guitar songs
sail away...
chocolate melting
marshmello glow
sail away...
plaid blanketed bronzed bodies
midnight skies
star night lights
misty kisses
sparkling eyes
sail away...

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Given you everything

Sometimes life throws a sucker punch that 
rocks you to the core....
takes your breath away
and leaves a pit in your stomach the size of Texas....


Each day I wake up... my first thought is of you...
I turn to you - caress your skin... 
assurance you are mine... you are still here....
we have our "time"  we talk....
we discuss the day.... 
As the day  goes on I ponder...
little things
what to make you for lunch... dinner....
keeping your house in order so theres never any chaos
...neat and in order.... the way you like it....
clean socks, clean clothes...
what can I do to make your life easier..
the chores, weed the gardens, mow, rake dishes, 
shovel snow....
Never once would I ever consider "ME" frst
that is not how I am that is not how I roll
Yet you have had an offer you can't refuse....
and offer that was part of 
OUR DREAM...
yet you are going without me... 
To say I am hurt does not even begin to 
describe the pain I feel - - 
this was OUR dream ....
but because you can be bought... 
its your dream now....

Monday, January 3, 2011

I

Snow falls gently
caressing the ground with its cold white feather
gently thoughts of you touch my mind
taking me to another place, another time...

Life wasn't simple then ... it was quite complicated in fact
but I felt beautiful... loved.... worshiped and adored
Winters didin't seem long, summers were way to swift...
Falls and Springs were just another romantic season... 

Though you are gone - I learned from you ...
What true beauty is, that I am still,,, loved... worshiped and adored
I learned that in this life long committed relationship that in giving...
I am given... I loving... I am loved... in taking I am taken... 

Now in this place I am content...
Gently as the snow falls and winters aren't so long... 
DLW 1-3-10

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Autumns Visit


She was up before dawn 
with all  hues of fall...
so many trees to paint... 
she had to paint them all
So she started with the maples painted them all red...
she had to paint quickly before all the leaves were shed
She colored up the birches with 
splashes ... canary yellow...
the hickories and elms were a  bit more mellow
She painted all the ferns in tones of brown...
then without a whisper
she quietly left town...
DLW, October 3, 2010

Sunday, July 18, 2010

somewhere

in a box hidden
 somewhere
is a book full of memories
that I want to share...
in that book you will find
musings and writings of
another place
another time
some of the words just
flow in black and white
others  colorful
filled with incite
some  wet with
ragged tears
some  jaded with
sarcastic fear
some  awestruck
filled with passion
others  tumbling
in an angry  fashion
some just lyrics from
... the right song
others are heart-wrenching ...  long
penned words from
... Green Eyed Ladies
soul ... (if she found them
again would she then be whole?)

Friday, May 7, 2010

RAIN SONG



Listen to the thunder...
as it rolls on by...
Voices of  clouds 
speaking from the sky
Listen to the birds
down in the lane
they are singing songs
 ... in spite of  the rain
So when your feeling pain
Listen to the rain song
natures playing you
making pretty flowers
 & 
the pastures new.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Missing me?

So you have missed me...

Missed words like
perscription glasses
letting you see clearly
glimpses of the real me
Life
halted poetic pen
 thoughts avalanche
spiraling, overwhelming
...