Between Friends: Starting Out

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 19 March 2015

When I start a new day

I light a candle

I say a prayer for my returning health

for my dear daughter Emily

I begin my day feeding my cats

who a chirping before they get their food

I walk 300 steps and sit down and drink my coffee

I eat a fig bar

I reconsider my options

The greatest gift is the silence I have

Living alone has its advantages

I write a few lines

I discover my soul on these lines

I call a friend in Chicago

We laugh we cry we are like sisters

I begin my day so quiet

You can hear a pin drop in the forest of angels.

Breathe!

Anita Schiffman Holzberg