(Watercolor by Rosemary Baron)

from elegant

golden blossom

new pale green babies

evolve

into slick

emerald green

cylinders

joke

of summer harvest

shredded

sliced

chunked

baked

stuffed

fried

casseroled

left on doorsteps

in unlocked cars

overgrown

used

as doorstops

a new ball for catch

a compost staple

besieged with funny jabs

but indispensable

in summer fare—

zucchini!

Rosemary Baron’s first career of 40 years focused on educating children in Michigan, North Africa, Guam and Utah where she served as teacher, counselor and middle school principal. She is a board-certified chaplain and now works with the Palliative Care team at Intermountain Medical center. Her first book, The Gift Within, is scheduled for publication in fall of 2020. She is a proud wife, mother, grandmother and devoted friend. Her recent pursuits are art, writing, poetry, reading, walking, and being.

Click here to read Rosemary’s essay, “We Are Where We’re Meant to Be.”

If you have a piece of art that represents you as part of our creative aging community, or an essay on aging you'd like to share with others on the blog, click here for submission info. Since I also teach “Writing Through Grief” and “Writing as a Tool to Cope with Anxiety,” if you have an essay related to these topics that you’d like to share, I’d love to read it!