Two woman, Anita Holzberg and Ann Wainwright met over the internet with Bill Costley,
their common friend, whose wife Carolin had been Ann's good friend. Starting in
June '09, Anita sent a Cupcake poem to Ann's website cakecakecake, after seeing
the photo of cupcakes. The poem was about her grandson's first birthday party. Ann
liked that and it was the start of a wonderful exchange of poems from Anita to Ann and
Ann with color, photos, and lay-out savvy, presented them to the blog. Now, in 2010,
the two women so alike in spirit and interests, have started BetweenFriends, a new blog
site where they can combine ideas about their worlds. Ann lives in Northern UK
(Teesside). Anita lives in Northern California, Sunnyvale, (Silicon Valley where all the
computers are.) We share our lives on this blog and hope you will comment and share
yours too, dear readers and enjoy the "ride".

Sunday 5 August 2012

August then and Now - Anita Holzberg 


Quiet mornings
  abound
waking to the wonder
of the world opening
like a soft chord
memory besets my thoughts
August,
the month when Emily was born
yellow shorts
the lake
Rachel 2 years old and then some
the New Jersey heat
I prayed for mercy in that hot humidity
Tomato plants on the vine
A garden full of zucchini
I was married to the master gardener
Tuberous begonias lit my path
Spring Valley does not seem so far away
What is 37 years, I say

Those years were amazing

Now, I move into August
the summer sun does not fade my spirit
I walk taller
This knee replacement was good
I make another barbecue
This time, I am the Master Chef
All things will abound here
Friends of the neighborhood
coming together

I stand in the cool pool
Its been a year
I have my pool pass
I am moving on.

Have a beautiful day!
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