A Spider’s Web

(for Shannon)

I’m living with a spider.

Spiders like to be alone.

So she’s living in my shower

where she’s made a Spider Zone.

She seems to do much better

when I leave her by herself,

doing what it is that spiders do,

beneath a bathroom shelf.

It’s a quiet life we’re leading,

just enjoying one another.

I’m behaving quite responsibly.

I am a Spider Mother.

3.8 Quake Off Whidbey!

Whidbey Island had an earthquake.

On the Scale, ‘twas pretty small,

but it made a noisy clamor when

the clock crashed off the wall!

Electronics got all tangled.

Printer had to be re-set.

Google can’t find her location

and there may be more stuff yet.

It was just a little earthquake, so,

on balance, all in all…

we came out pretty lucky.

Only Clock had quite a fall!

The Cookie Elf

Today I had a visitor.

It was the Cookie Elf.

She mixed and baked the cookies.

Then she placed them on my shelf.

She took the flour and sugar,

added in the choc’late chips,

enriched with fine ingredients

that taste good on the lips.

The oven took its perfect part

in turning batter gold.

Warm cookies from the oven

are a fine thing to behold!

So now I can have cookies

with a glass of ice-cold milk….

a taste treat for the ages

that slips down as smooth as silk.    

Please come again, Cookie Elf!