Birdfeeder watching

Our back deck is just outside our kitchen window.  We have a table on the deck, but it has gone to the birds, so to speak.  On the table we have potted plants and a bird feeder and water dish.  Of course, this time of year the plants only serve to provide perches for the [...]

My Paris Dress

© 2002 by Janice Green
ParEEE!  ParEEE!  My daughter, Joni, and I were going to Paris!  A close friend advised that I should dress up in Paris if I wanted to be treated nicely by the locals.  So with my strained budget, I shopped at a special discount dress shop and found a long cotton skirt [...]

The Lament of the Adult A.D.D.-er

© 2002, © 2004 by Janice D. Green

I’m old enough to know myself
To know what I can and cannot do
Don’t fault me for choosing
Not to beat my head against the wall
Yet one more time
Just to please you.

Some things I do well,
Yes, I truly excel.
While in some things I’m slow
Though by now I know
How to compensate for [...]