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".

Thursday 21 November 2013

Looking Out - Anita Holzberg


Looking out the rain has finally come
Mocha and me watch it fall
Picchu scurries under the deck
My two cats safe and secure

No amount of loving can bring back what was
I start my day with renewed hope
Hope to win the lottery or write a good poem
or just be with my almond milk piping hot with
  a cup of coffee
Just being is an art in itself
I listen to the leaves rattle
I hear the sing song of the radio
The whish of a hot shower
The whirl of the hair dryer
As being is a simple, yet complicated task
Oh, the door bell. Aya with my soup
I sit and chat while Mocha finds her
as wonderful as I do.

Another day starts
Goodness is bestowed

I salute her!

Tuesday 12 November 2013

staying true - Anita Holzberg


An overwhelming sense of your presence
  came over  me
like a wave, like a crisp autumn breeze
I know I can never forget you
I am staying true

It is three years now, since everything changed

My days and nights not quite the same without you
I read unto the wee hours of the morning
I never go a day without thinking of you

Love is like that. I stay true.