May 30 - Wild Night With The Cheesecakes At The Hot Pink Fundraiser

Oh, those wild pasties!
Shake those rainbow sequins, girls
Peers loves your support

May 29 - Goodbye To Our Panama Flats House, Hello Mom

Vacuum, dishes, sweep
Then one last walk with Ollie
The gypsies move on

May 28 - The First Jody And Paul Show In Vancouver Is Perhaps A Little Lacklustre Due To Reasons That I Like To Think Are Beyond Our Control

I fear we look wan
Me with my pain, Paul's poor sleep
Too dulled to dazzle

May 27 - Vickie And I Hang Out After I Rather Rudely Invite Myself At The Last Minute For An Unplanned Sleepover

Hair white, but grown in
Peace in her eyes though the fight
is far from over

May 26 - Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday

Motherhood's harsh truth:
You cry with them - for lost cats,
lost dreams, broken hearts

May 25 - Rosetta Demonstrates A Preference For Bumpy Walks And A Lot Of Activity To Soothe Her To Sleep On Her First Dallas Road Walk

Our little panda
sleeps as the big dogs rush past
Two wheels in gravel

May 24 - On My Big Bike Ride Along The Ocean

Horse-drawn-carriage smells
linger on the waterfront
The scent of tourists

May 23 - Makeshift Dinner With My Old Peers Pals, Who Are Always Having New Adventures

Old friends, you are rare
My interest wanes for many
But you? Not a chance

May 22 - My Thoughts Turn To The Long Line Of Cars Waiting For The Lights To Change On My Cycle Commute

I won't get there first
No matter. They're left idling
While I roll on past

May 21 - My Speed-Writing Gets A Workout In Back-To-Back Interviews, And I Learn About B Corps

When home, I fall back
on my old reporter ways
It's fun. And it pays

May 20 - Rosetta Gets Her Teeny-Tiny Brace And All The Adults In Her Life Fall Apart

I cry for Rosie
But in truth, she seems unfazed
It's us who suffer

May 19 - Regan's In Town And We All Take Rosetta Out To Enjoy Fernwood

Owen leads the walk
Three-generation ramble
Past tidy gardens

May 18 - We Find Ourselves Watching The Victoria Day Festivities, Although That Wasn't The Plan

I love a parade
Except I don't. But there's Paul
Waving at the clowns

May 17 - The Former Magdelin Street Party Teens Gather At Rachelle's As Parents Who Will One Day Have Their Own Teens To Worry About

The school girls are gone
They're grown now, with their own girls
cradled in their arms

May 16 - Reading Through The Chow Family Memories Gets Me Thinking That If You're Born Outside The Norms, Maybe You And All The Generations To Come Stay That Way

We're Chinese gypsies
Our unconventional roots
Sprouted wild flowers

May 15 - The Turnaround Day

I wouldn't say "healed"
But better, so much better
I bike to Red Barn

May 14 - The Darker Side Of A Panama Flats Walk With A Food-Obsessed Pug

No goose poo is safe
from Ollie. He gulps and runs,
amused by my shouts

May 13 - The Night That We Had A Family Dinner Followed By Two Of The Four Guests Taking Naps

My daughter's sleeping
While her daughter is embraced
By an older man

May 12 - Sometimes There Is Something A Little Nightmarish About The Scope Of The Web Project

One link leads to 10
Then 10 more; the word tangle
binds me by the hands

May 11 - One Of Those Days Where The Hours Pass Quickly Yet At The End Of It All, I'm Not Sure If Anything Got Done

Life without routine
Is the drag of re-entry
I'm always confused

May 10 - Our Mothers' Day Four-Generation Picture Briefly Sends My Thoughts To The Year 2105

We span nine decades
Rosie, may you one day pose
Ninety years from now

May 9 - How Wonderful To Have A Housesit With A Piano

I've missed the feel of
ivory beneath fingers
drawing out my song

May 8 - My Neck Is Finally Recovered Enough To Let Me Get Back To What I Love The Most

Look at me, cycling
Five long weeks without this high
Makes the ride sweeter

May 7 - Little Bean And I Go Walking On Her First Stroller Adventure

Rosie's first journey
beyond the yard. Does she feel
the landscape changing?

May 6 - Many, Many Types Of Birds Are Raising Babies On Panama Flats

Warmed by late-night sun
Ollie and I walk the flats
Flushing mother ducks

May 5 - A Very Pleasant Afternoon With The New One in Rachelle And Aaron's Sunny Back Yard

I do Downward Dog
while Rosie sleeps, breathing in
spring's fevered bird song

May 4 - I Get A Dog For A Whole Month, And Remember How Much I Like Walking With One

Ollie, you and I
Will walk these flats many times
Birds herald our steps

May 3 - Late-Night Break At Mom's Pool Before The Next Housesit Begins

Fleeing the pool cops
I hide out in the sauna
Soothed by hot cedar

May 2 - Mom Decides That Maybe She'd Be Fine With The Long Walk To Rachelle's Hospital Bed

Capture this moment:
Two girls, 90 years apart
Helen, meet Rosie

May 1 - The Scene In Rachelle's Hospital Room, Which Is Taking On The Feel Of A Party Hotel

Flowers pile up, food
extends across the bed tray
Lineups out the door

April 30 - Welcome To The World, Rosie

Like a spring flower
She emerges from winter
To brighten our lives