Joyful Thankful Praise-filled
     Child of a living God
     In this garden
     Met Muhammed Ali when I was a kid!
     Babysat Chicago White Sox players, went to many games with such vigor they had to hire more sitters.
     Then I sat in the wives’ section.
     I had a college radio show 28 years!
     Was a nurse 40 years; hospice, psychiatric, adolescent, rehab, R.N.
     Leonard Bernstein, Frank Sinatra, Keith Jarrett,
     Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and Rene Magritte;

     changed my life.
     Always on Safari.
     The Holy waters at Lourdes.
     The waters of March also Holy. Keeping Ithaka in mind.
     I cheered and cried at the ticker tape parade
     for the first astronauts to walk on the moon.
     Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
     I miss smelling my grandpa Henry’s fresh cut grass
     and sleeping on their porch.
     My son Russell lives in London where I also earned
     my registration to practice nursing.
     He is a graphic designer and owns compoundeyedesign.
     My daughter and 3 grandchildren live in Spearfish.
     all above in no particular order.
     I’ve got the sun in the morning and the moon at night
     the roaring traffic’s boom
     and I’m blessed.