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 15 September 2011

In This Old House - Anita Holzberg

In this old house
  the floors creak
     the air from windows leak
        the fireplace needs the chimney cleaned
             the kitchen floor sags
                  what a drag


      The oven is too small
           The cabinets old and very tall


In this old house
  I chance to meet myself for 26 years
         the cats abounding
            the kids resounding
                 the husband's work done
                            in my study
                       the den a family room
                           the dinners ate
                   at the kitchen table
                          everyone late


In this old house
       the garden fair
            the patio near the barbecue
                  the deck for Picchu


In this old house
     I watch the sun stream in
           the carpets warm my feet
                the new bathrooms shine
                         the floor plan sweet


In this old house
   I chance to meet myself coming and going
          I walk in a sea of comfort
                open a window
                      greet at the door
                 every year love her 
                       more and more.

Anita Schiffman Holzberg
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