Unlike Miss Muffett’s experience, the spider didn’t sit down beside me. I sat down beside it, on the porch swing. I didn’t notice it at first because it was so small, maybe l/4 of an inch. When I did see it, I wasn’t sure at first just what kind of insect I was looking at. […]
Mar 24, 2026
A Dark, Rainy Morning
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We haven’t had much rain this morning, just a smattering, but the sky is dark and a mist is falling. I’m thankful for it. Arkansas is too dry once again. Rain has a way of bringing back memories of other wet days. My parents’ home in Tahlequah is where a lot of rain memories center. […]
Mar 23, 2026
A Dog Who Knew
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My little pal, Nemo, was with me for fifteen years, my constant shadow, and a presence at the computer each time I sat down to write. I remain quite sure that he knew a lot of things I didn’t know, and that he tried to get me to understand It was very hard to write […]
Mar 20, 2026
The Art of Gentle Persuasion
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In my opinion, our leaders and would-be leaders could use a course in how to get your point across without name-calling or violent rhetoric. Right now, at this moment, our country could use the logic and wisdom of Ronald Reagan, Will Rogers, and the ageless advice of Aristotle: persuade people through credibility, emotion, and logic. […]
Mar 19, 2026
What a Dream!
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Has anyone seen the film, Duel? I saw it a year or so back. Duel is a 1971 Spielberg film starring Dennis Weaver. It is a nail-biting, edge-of-your-chair thriller and probably caused my weird dream which happened after I turned off the TV. In my dream, I was in a northern state in the springtime and […]
Mar 17, 2026
Hello, Ireland.
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Green fields of every shade imaginable could be the reason Ireland is known as the emerald isle. The country itself is small, about the size of the state of Indiana. Population is 6.4 million with a million of the people living in Dublin. It reminds me of a jewel, truly an emerald surrounded by a […]
