After Emilee’s Passing
After IT – The Sound of Dirt
Two days later, the day of the funeral is mild and sunny. The hole in the ground is much smaller than he was tall. Or so it seems when vertical is converted to horizontal. But it does seem deep. The casket is lowered in and there is at least four feet between the top…
Read MoreRestless Is The Kingdom
In the beginning, before there was woman or man, there were the animals. Recently, they have been disturbed by the POTUS ignoring scientific information and factual knowledge listening only to the voices inside his own head and the group of ignoramuses that he has surrounded himself with. The animals decided to convene a confederation with…
Read More“IT” Changed My World
I can’t understand why she keeps repeating his name. “Harvey. HARvey. HARVEY.” Louder and louder, after his black and gold wind-up Benrus alarm clock ran down, its bell sounds making a decrescendo from shrill to soft to silent. My mom’s voice swells from normal to loud to shriek. As she keeps saying his name…
Read MoreDear Dad – Happy Birthday
My dad would have been 95 tomorrow. If only he had lived to tell me, to answer my questions, especially, what is life all about? “Dad, you never answered me when I asked about life, when I was 7. Thankfully, I am finding out to some extent now. Better late than never. Maybe you didn’t…
Read MoreOn July 4, Freedom from Tyranny
Keep in mind, before Emilee Klein died, before election day 2016, then Mr. Trump said, “If anyone is terminally ill, make sure you make it to election day to vote for me.” Her response, “If I have to crawl there, I will survive long enough to vote and not for him.” I pushed the wheelchair.…
Read MoreSong – Satin Doll – a favorite
Most of Duke Ellington I love. I always wanted to perform this one. nmitchk@aol.com
Read MoreSong – Anniversary Without performed
First time posting one of my songs on this website, I think, but don’t hold me to that. I have about twenty that I have written and about another twenty covers that I have recorded on my channel. This is a song I just posted to my youtube channel. It is about dealing with anniversaries…
Read MoreAbout the Tree
About the Tree… One of the things we have talked about in my meditation class is impermanence, how things change constantly. And attachment. How getting attached is human. The two seem to go hand-in-hand. As long as I learn to accept impermanence, and learn to accept getting unattached, I won’t be an anxious wreck all the…
Read MoreA Whole Bunch of Shit on Shit (Okay, The Scoop on Poop, better?)
As i continue to age, one of the very noticeable changes has been that often times, i have to expend an extreme amount of effort to produce a limited quantity of poop … the expenditure is totally disproportionate (ridiculous contortions, drastic breathing and blood pressure changes enough to produce a stroke) to the results (a…
Read MorePoem – Chemo At The End
This came out of both a conversation, and remembering. Rather than seeing this decision as a giving in, if it can be reframed in such a way that the person is not feeling defeat, but somehow empowered, then the time remaining is seen with a different set of eyes. It is not easy to do.…
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