Author Archives: Mary Blyth Jones

Sipping iced tea with a healthy dose of lemon juice, I tip back my head and let my eyelids drift shut. Morning sun pools along the edge of the patio where a pair of doves go through their morning ritual of fluffing and exploring the yard as though they’ve only just arrived. Maybe they areContinue reading “Chickens, Crystal and Donuts”

Leaning on the door for a minute, she waits for any noises to leak through, hoping Bat Boy has finally fallen asleep. Brushing aside the twinge of guilt, she can’t help but be grateful for the silence that settles over the house as three year old Chad finally drifts off for what she hopes willContinue reading “Poppy Seed Cookies”

I sidled into church this morning. Not the first church I’d attended today. I was at the Pres church at 9 for rehearsal and the service where I play music. Then I went over to the church where I am a member. I was excited. It was the first time they had church since theContinue reading “Slipshod Attitude”

shards of glass stud the blue inked sky sprawling tumbling ever spinning through space empty frozen space of silence except the wind howling through my hair breathing stuttered bits of broken dreams trying to hold on to the bits of night shattered in pieces on the crumbled earth orion winks unaware of this end ofContinue reading “lost”

I was the Great Despair at 2920 B Street. My grandmother, “Mama Marge” who was too Young to be called Grandma, made weird little clucking sounds made even weirder by the cigarette dangling from the corner of mouth. She’d peer at me over her glasses and shake her head in dismay at whatever feat I’dContinue reading “Just a Little Yarn”

It’s been a crazy couple of years. I’ve been challenged with some rather hefty physical … ailments which have thrown me off my normal paths and sucked my energy and emotional center dry. I’ve been distracted by self-centered care for which I don’t really apologize but do recognize that my focus has been off theContinue reading “Back in the Saddle (Again)”

April 2, 2014 at 3:37pm Did you ever have one of those times when you had planned something down to the smallest details, only to have the entire thing blow up in your face? John Lennon may have captured the thought best when he wrote: Life is what happens while you are busy making otherContinue reading “Back To The Future”

June 11, 2014 at 1:09pm “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano. He was my first love and impressed me with his many talents and strong resolve. Dad took us on our first camping trip after my little brother was born. He tookContinue reading “My First Guy”

September 23, 2014 at 10:56pm I enjoy reading. I enjoy all sorts of reading: books, magazines, blogs, newspapers, labels in clothing, fast food wrappers, etc. I am chronically afflicted with the desire to read. I have always read, and remember sitting with my brothers and either or both of my parents who would read toContinue reading “Literary Observations From An Old Woman”