Remembering
I was fine, until I walked into the backyard and saw the little blue pool sitting there…empty. The blue ‘shark’ was empty also; his days...
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Pamela Shensky
May 17, 20232 min read
Ordinary Days
A ‘reminder’ of sorts showed up on my FB feed this morning, a little nudge that has rerouted my day and my thoughts in a more achievable...
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Pamela Shensky
May 13, 20233 min read
'Umbrellas'
A small, brown table sat in my parent’s kitchen for most of my adult life; this is where nearly all my problems were solved. I would sit...
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Pamela Shensky
Apr 30, 20232 min read
Yesterdays
My sister, Susan, was born in Thibodaux, Louisiana on the first day of summer in 1958.I was going to be 4 years old 8 days later on June...
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Pamela Shensky
Apr 24, 20231 min read
Tomorrows
I remember these days, days in spring when my thoughts were light enough to sit on clouds for a bit and then suddenly taken away by the...
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Pamela Shensky
Apr 17, 20233 min read
My Eternal Friend
Some days I feel a bit ‘off’. There is usually nothing terribly ‘wrong’, but it is, as though, I am out of alignment emotionally. When I...
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Pamela Shensky
Apr 4, 20232 min read
1983
It is early, 5 am on a Tuesday in April. My mind is clear as I wait for the water to steam for my coffee, my retreat. The kettle is old,...
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Pamela Shensky
Apr 1, 20232 min read
Art
Nearly every morning, I sit with coffee in a fat old chair near a window in my studio that looks out into our backyard and into the...
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Pamela Shensky
Mar 29, 20232 min read
Where Do They Go?
It was quiet while I walked backed from the clothesline to my house, stopping to gather a few eggs and check on the progress of my...
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Pamela Shensky
Mar 25, 20232 min read
Everyday, We Begin
I try, each morning of clear skies, to walk through the dew and get a secret peek of the remnants of the night before. There is no other...
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Pamela Shensky
Mar 22, 20231 min read
Planting Seeds
The morning was just right for (re)planting sweet peas and morning glories. The seeds were soaked overnight and plump and ready to nest...
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Pamela Shensky
Mar 12, 20233 min read
In The Kitchen
In the Kitchen I am here, still. It is a favorite place, my kitchen. It is a place where I, now, realize life was most ‘real’ within...
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Pamela Shensky
Mar 7, 20233 min read
Remembering
A repost from a few years ago, 2018...a remembrance of my sister and a reminder of the suddenness of life... The fields are yellow, my...
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Pamela Shensky
Feb 26, 20233 min read
Another Good - Bye
I am a bit late on the timing of this column, but I am going with the ‘better late than never’ concept. It is just a simple column urged...
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Pamela Shensky
Feb 12, 20232 min read
French Market
I wish I could remember more about her, like her name. Was she a mother, what kind of house did she live in, how old was she? But I...
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Pamela Shensky
Feb 2, 20232 min read
Pledge and a Winter Day
Today is that day, that day that reminds me of my mom and our house. While folding towels and jeans in my laundry room, I think about her...
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Pamela Shensky
Jan 29, 20233 min read
Winter Scape
In these late days of January, days after the killing freeze, I wait for the sun and sneak outside for a bit to see what winter has left....
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Pamela Shensky
Jan 27, 20233 min read
Real Gardens
Just something I found in some old files that I thought was worth reposting....the gardens of Mrs. Viator, a neighbor, and Joey and...
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Pamela Shensky
Jan 1, 20233 min read
Just "Keeping"
My Sunday Column if you care to read...dailyiberian.net Just “Keeping” I suppose the icy weather last week has put me in some sort of...
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Pamela Shensky
Dec 27, 20222 min read
Journals and Letters...2023?
I am sure I have mentioned, at some time or another, how long I have lived in this house, nearly 38 years. I write this that you may...
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