Author: Veronica Hallissey

  • Each One. . .Teach One. . .

          . . . It always is a struggle between the correct thing and the right thing, no matter the subject or the action.  The correct thing is not always comforting nor comfortable.  And it generally is confrontational.  Too much on our plate and we already want to hit delete.   But whooooaaa!!!  We…

  • The Paris Incident. . . .

    So now I write about the  entries and how they are verified.  When we moved from Michigan,  we were aged with health problems.  I tired quickly  accounting for sometimes sparse writings.   I now spend more time reading the journals and making notes  amazed at what was accomplished. The puzzling habit still baffles. . .why was…

  • All Who I Am . . . Our Coats Of Many Colors. . .

    I write again of my coats of many colors.  Because I love and care for those in my life and love life itself, I will repeat those of my posts I feel urgent about.  Since I have memories and dreams of lives lived and have written of them, apologetically lacking  times, I  rightfully attest to…

  • Beneath the Wings. . . . .

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  • just for you. . .you are worth it to me!. . . . . .

    I guess one could call me legitimately broken as a human being this morning.  I sit here with my headband made of 1 inch elastic stretched to the measurement of my head covered with a casing of fabric to look a bit fashionable. It helps a head that hurts with no side effects like pharmaceuticals.…

  • Time’s Gleanings. . .

    All knowledge is applicable to the self.  If it is used to manipulate and maneuver Others  it then becomes a game. ***** Insight implies sight to be applied inward. ***** Genuine laughter cleanses the toxic waste from swollen glands. *****  Only the secure one can afford to laugh at oneself. ***** To laugh at oneself…

  • Throw A Kiss To The Stars. . .

        Younger sisters should play by the rules and allow the elder to leave first.  But my sister stayed as long as she was able and left us this week abruptly. This poem is personal in that love abounds.  I whispered it in reading again with great love in our coming together as adults…

  • Where The Bread Knows. . . the perfect kitchen. .

    The Perfect Kitchen. . . cook’s heaven. . . (where the bread knows the feel of my hands. .)  I have been in  cook’s heaven and I need to get my fill of it.   Son John and in law daughter Lori have given me a taste of that paradisal place every cook knows exists but…

  • The Sages Kick Start. . .

      I keep on hand stenographer tablets  to jot down notes I think important in rereading the journal entries.  I came across this  poem thoughts.  I do not know when I wrote it nor what entry prompted it.  I may have been deeply focused in thought with someone.  I remember the first line glimpse I…

  • An Open Forum . . it takes courage. . . .

    Today I realized that when I watch certain  television programs,  I audit the class.   It is fatiguing with my hearing  problem,  but with certain programs, I work it so that I use television as class time. I realize my head is open, and by that I mean doors are open letting in activity of sound…