Author: Judy Cools

I’m a writer.  One person.  One voice.  While every one of you is tired of hearing it, sick of knowing it, and numb from living it, Continue reading “Four Days”

I was born a Moon Child, so they say.  Astrologists say my “ruling body” is the moon.  Something astrological about Continue reading “Moon Child Musings”

Our dear doggie broke my heart this morning.  Reduced me right down to a puddle of tears he did.  You see, Continue reading “Oh, for the Love of Dog…..”

Everyone seems to have a specific (and narrow) opinion about the “right” ripeness of a banana.  Mine need to be Continue reading “Dead Banana Tales”

As I sit, more-or-less nestled in my house, I’m pretending I don’t have to go out to work today.  We have about a foot of new snow, Continue reading “Brrrr…..”

Here in my little corner of the world stands a memorial to Father Jacques Marquette (“Pere Marquette”), a Jesuit missionary who Continue reading “Cross Over Crosses”

We’ve seen it happen before: the few years of transition as the family finds its way again in the face of change. When we first got married, Continue reading “The Holidays, Unfolding”

Who remembers the slight little women in the circus who entertain by spinning plates at the ends of sticks?  Each will have Continue reading “Spinning on sticks…..”