Category Archives: friendship

Friends of Mine

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

Friends are wonderful people, all of them different, all with odd quirks that I admire or find amusing. I love my friends and try to keep in touch during the year … FRIENDS OF MINE carry perfume bottles in pockets … Continue reading →

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FaceBook Frazzle

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Joanna M. Weston

I don’t spend a lot of time of FaceBook though I like following what people are doing, admire the successes, and share the griefs. There are occasions, however, when it drives me nuts … FACEBOOK FRAZZLE there’s a pattern                     to … Continue reading →

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3 Grass Haiku

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Joanna M. Weston

Sun and wind have begun to dry wild grasses along the hedgerows and roadsides, in the woods. Hay has been cut, baled, and stored; a second, or even a third, cut is possible … dry grass bends under the wind … Continue reading →

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Keep Friendship

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Joanna M. Weston

The title of this poem is from Boswell’s Life of Dr. Johnson, v.1, p.182. I find it a constant reminder of how I should keep in touch with friends old and new. Sometimes it’s difficult due to lack of time, … Continue reading →

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The Most Essential Thing

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Joanna M. Weston

The title of this poem is a quote from Sir William Osler, a Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. And friends are the glue of life; they hold us together when things go … Continue reading →

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Where Did She Go?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Joanna M. Weston

Friends come and go in life, we’re close for a while then either one moves away or we go in different directions and barely keep in touch. I guess it happens to us all, but there’s often a sadness, a … Continue reading →

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New Year haiku

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Joanna M. Weston

New Year’s Day. Probably most people are tired, having stayed up to see the New Year in with fireworks and celebration. We watched “Royal Canadian Air Farce”, and went to bed happy. New Year resolutions? I make the same one … Continue reading →

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Coffee Friends

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Joanna M. Weston

January seems to me to be a slow time of year, carrying a sense of let-down after the excitements of Christmas. Yet it’s a good time to sit down with a friend or three and visit … a time to … Continue reading →

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