Queen for a day

I went to a writers workshop yesterday. The poet in charge, Bill Brown, spoke to us about life changing events. I decided to write about my wedding since getting married is a life changing event. I also wrote about my wedding since my cousin who has schizophrenia went AWOL during the event. It is my cousin who caused me to feel forever interested in sever chronic mental illness. He is responsible for my eventual choice to work in psychiatric hospitals.

Queen for a day

The bride wore a sparkling white crinoline gown holding roses and peonies.
She performed the ceremonial kiss and danced the wedding March
Over current for the day

Cousin John wore a white light sparkling brain
Wilting scents and compelling confusion lived inside his absent facial features
He was seeking rhythm
Consistency
Normalcy
The under current for the day

Cousin John knew what he needed
Not Haldol! On the contrary, he needed home.
A psychotic man flees from a wedding in Ohio to a home in California.

How much can a Queen control?
Familiar clasps of congratulations
Receptive lines of Champaign drinking well-wishers
The Queen holds court in the over current

The under current rises
Phone rings, it’s the police
A caravan line to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Receives the absent cousin

Cousin and Bride
Over and under blending
The Queen, gracious and forever curious
The cousin, confused and forever beholden to grace.

Check out the new blog

Please note that I added a new blog to my favorites list. This blog is by Greg Griffy. He is going to Wake Forest university in a few weeks to start a graduate degree in Divinity. I met Greg at southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute where he I was working as a clinical social worker and he was working as a librarian. He is talented and wise. I encourage you to visit his blog.

2 small quilts

Here is a small quilt that I made for Gabe. It still needs to be quilted.
I don't know why these words are underlined and I can't seem to figure out how to make the underline go away.

This is the baby quilt I made for Summer's soon to be born baby boy. I used some of the same material in this quilt that I used in the quilt I made for my son in law.

Satire

I like this satire about voting. I have said this for years but this is the first time since Reagan that anyone has listened.