Abbe Rolnick's Blog: Abbe's Notes

An Awe Gust Story --(August)What we hear is what we believe.I was told I was Miss ChievousAnd that was the name I always used.Proud of the Miss and never noticed the Insinuation.The wind blows a storm in off the oceanWarm air mixed with Mountain breezesThis is Awe Gust Lost between summer and fallNot declaring himself, […]

Abbe’s Ruminations February 2026 A shift in awareness Perhaps that is why I’m struggling with a story inside me that refuses to come out. Instead of writing from a full point of view, I only have the remnants of feelings. I no longer have the smells, the rhythms, or the beauty of dullness.  I feel […]

Planting RootsI’ve been uprooted from my home more than a handful of times.I think of myself as wanderer Grounded not by the place But more by feel.As a humanoidI grow roots by Filling voids.Family isOne anchor, Friends are another, Love becomes a binder. No matter what route I take,By fate, circumstance, or chance,I find a […]

De-collectingDust will always collectAlong the shelves of booksHistories of charactersAnimals, travels, and biographies.Read long ago, you’re sureYou’ll revisit them. References of times past.When I downsized, I let them go.I often sift through bookshelves in my mindKnowing exactly the title, the bent page, Where my marked thoughts exist.Paintings fill my walls.Ones I couldn’t part with. Vibrant […]

Home GrownThere is no recipe forCreating a homeIt grows from the smellsOf chicken soupOr lentilsA slow simmer.The tent of blanketsMade by the fireplaceWhen the electricity failed.Hot chocolate The answer to frostbiteLemonade after a swim In the ocean.The felling of trees that would be curedto become a floor.When all of these beginnings ended,New life comesAs old […]

New Seasons SeasoningsThey say my dad was saltySo appropriate as his name is Morton.Was it because he was in the Navy, But never sailed?He was a sweet man, Sugary with his comicAntics.Anything to get a laugh.My mom with her precise decisions, The queen of eleganceHad a sharpness, pepperyBut not hot.Her personality ran with society.Glazed frosting […]

Abbe’s Ruminations January 2025 I just returned from a trip with the empathetic and heart-warming citizens of Cuba.  Since Americans aren’t allowed to travel directly without a “people to people” tour, I went with a group from the University of Wisconsin. I’m blessed to be fluent in Spanish due to my eight years living in […]

My gift to myselfEach day I view anewEach night I review.I dream of the impossibleSee the twinkling smile as if I’m the starWithin the vast cosmos.When I stumble on the stoneHear the pebble crunch alongMy worn path,I pause,Feeling the road.The stars guide my wayDown an alley.I feel the gift of presenceThe shine of newThe smooth […]

ImpulseI have my routinesThe tried-and-true form That keeps me sane.I’d call it my path to freeness.Once grounded, I let goFind the spacesDiscoverA seagull swallowing a starfishA great blue heronHigh in a tree, hunched in graynessMorphing to elegance as the wings spread wide A gracefully flight To pluck a fish from the water.Soft landings.Nature repeatsNight brings […]

PilesShort sleevesSleevelessWorkout pantsUnderwear SocksLumped or foldedColor coded?Bills Paid and unpaidFuture listsA messy deskDesigned to hide.Decisions with consequencesChoices in life sorted, By preference, reference or essence.Use all to create resilience.