by Abbe Rolnick | Jan 29, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
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...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jan 22, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
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...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jan 21, 2026 | Abbe's Ruminations
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....
by Abbe Rolnick | Jan 15, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
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...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jan 8, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
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...
