by minervarising | Aug 20, 2012 | Blog
I lost my keys. How is it possible that after I pulled my car in the driveway my keys completely disappeared? I’ve searched through every drawer and underneath every cushion. Nothing. Perhaps my lost keys are symptom of a much larger problem. Maybe losing...
by minervarising | Aug 13, 2012 | Blog
I started work young – thirteen I think. Chambermaid at the Redwood Motel. It did not go so well. In fact I hated it. While others, including my sister, seemed to gain pleasure from making the bathroom shine, I would wipe it down with the dirty towels that were...
by minervarising | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
“Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love?” – Pearl Buck. The answer seems to be – it depends on who you ask. If you ask a poet, he or she might say My love is like a Red Red Rose Or You only have to let the soft animal...
by minervarising | Jul 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have a pain in my neck. I mean a real pain in my neck, like the kind Mary Shelley must have been having when she envisioned the character of Frankenstein; his head being held on with a bolt that went clean through from one side to the other. Sometimes, it keeps me...
by minervarising | Jun 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
I declared a writing retreat for myself this weekend. A conspiracy of seemingly unrelated events was to leave me home alone from Saturday morning to Sunday evening and I had little choice but to make good on my blah blah blah for why my writing over the past few...
