A goal for 2012 is to paint all kitchen and back-hall cabinets & drawer fronts (now chocolate) and shelves (yellow)--to beige. This picture shows both an unpainted section and three of the painted ones. It's already July; I'd better get busy on the rest.


Poems about the old homestead

first-time homeowner
at age 71
--a heady feeling
~~~

"So It Goes"
I work
the whole morning
in the brush & brambles
with not one scratch on old, thin skin
of arms.

Inside,
I scrape my arm
on the countertop edge,
gouging the skin. Blood spurts beneath,
on top,

like blood
does when aspirin
(low dosage but daily)
is consumed. (Doctor's order!) Quick!
 Band Aids!
~~~

trash hauler's motor
vibrating the thin windows
of this old, old house
~~~

living here 6 years
before ripping out
the old shelf paper
~~~

through the bare window
of the old house on the hill
a computer screen
~~~

"It's About Time"
Painting--
 finally--the
faded-to-gray mailbox
flag with red, sparkly fingernail
polish.
~~~

c 2012 by Pat Laster dba lovepat press