Lucky you, if you have an October birthday. Your birthstone is an opal and your two flowers are marigold and cosmos. Cooler air is arriving right on time. It’s cooler this morning and maybe, just maybe, a first frost tonight? Brrr. Wasn’t it only yesterday that temps reached eighty degrees? Fall always puts me in […]
Sep 30, 2020
So Long, September
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Preparation Shy and busy meadow mouse, Scamper to your tunnel house. Something in the wind says, “scurry”, Seasons change, it’s time to hurry. Days grow short and nights grow cold; Eat as much as you can hold. Tunnel down and burrow deep; Pass the winter wrapped in sleep. […]
Sep 28, 2020
Hope and Tomorrow
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When night closes in, what would we do without the hope of tomorrow? As the sun slides westward, another day with its troubles and puzzles comes to a close, but tomorrow will be a brand new day. Perhaps problems will be solved or on the way to being solved–tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow the homeless man asking […]
Sep 27, 2020
Coffee with a Squirrel
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As I sat in front of my window, a movement caught my eye. A squirrel with something in his mouth, possibly an acorn, nosed down the crepe myrtle. He didn’t move with a purpose, but in small, jerky runs. Upon reaching the ground, he scurried under the juniper, nosed around a bit, then […]
