

The Christmas Gift
This was odd. That triangular box sitting there in the corner of the dining room. It was wrapped as a Christmas gift except ‘A’ really...

Karen Frances
Dec 17, 20224 min read


A Fence, A Dog & A Detour
Since May, I have been going back and forth with the HOA/Property Manager where I recently purchased a home. HOA are more the norm here...

Karen Frances
Sep 7, 20226 min read


Dogs and God
When I was much younger, every once in a while, random people would say to me, “Dog is God spelled backwards.” Correct! But everytime...

Karen Frances
May 4, 20226 min read


The Basement
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever Gods may be for my unconquerable soul. In the fell...

Karen Frances
Oct 26, 20217 min read


The Fall
“Hello? Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone home? ….. There is no pain you are receding A distant...

Karen Frances
Sep 14, 20214 min read


Dark Mother
“I see the moon, the moon sees me The moon sees somebody I want to see God bless the moon and God bless me And God bless the somebody I...

Karen Frances
Aug 19, 20214 min read


In Memoriam
“Gotta get down to it, Soldiers are cutting us down Should have been done long ago What if you knew her, and found her dead on the ground...

Karen Frances
May 28, 20214 min read


Night of the Living What?
“Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me Other times, I can barely see Lately, it occurs to me What a long, strange trip it’s been”...

Karen Frances
May 17, 20219 min read


The Mother Within
It has been about ten years since the last time I saw my mother alive. A month or so later, she would suffer a stroke that would prove...

Karen Frances
May 5, 20215 min read


To Know Hunger
It has been my experience that there are three kinds of hunger; the strong desire to achieve or overcome that propels you forward, the...

Karen Frances
Nov 23, 20205 min read







