I almost could not believe my eyes when I saw the telltale two lines.
Author Archives: joannejagoda
Rules for the new normal
find a broken pencil in the back of your kitchen drawer
Just Ordinary People
In their puffy parkas, knit hats,Babies bundled in strollers, bewildered toddlers in tow.Just ordinary people like you and me,Parents and old folk, neighbors and strangers,Teachers and plumbers, students and programmers.Gathered at train stations, huddled in subways, piling on buses,Clutching hastily-packed bags and wheelie suitcases, cellphones in hand.Did they think to grab a few family photos?DidContinue reading “Just Ordinary People”
The Tale of a Fat Ugly Crow on a May Afternoon
The next morning, not a morsel left,
not even a bloodstain, I checked
Morocco Adventure, 10-19 to 11-4, 2022
The dunes rust and orange were endless and magnificent.
Impressions of Jerusalem, March 14-20, 2022
impressions of this pulsing, vibrant city
A Letter From Kitty
I’ve decided to some clean, tell you the truth why I did it.
Love is…
Fifty years married to the same person, and we still love each other deeply….
How did we do it? How did we get this far?
I Would have Called you Oma
I would have called you Oma
Cardboard Cemetery
I pass by them on my way down the hill to Safeway, or Peet’s names inscribed in simple block letters draped on stunted trees in the median or scrawled on cardboard “ grave” markers in a makeshift cemetery on a small rise excised by the cruel scalpel of racial injustice their hollow voices cry outContinue reading “Cardboard Cemetery”