Remember I told you I’m taking a computer course? Yesterday, amazingly, I learned to do two things on my computer that are brand new to me. I realize that many of you knew how to put up sticky notes on your desk top and making mailing labels is old hat for you but not for […]
Feb 9, 2015
Mild-Mannered Monday Morning
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My neighbor’s tulip tree across the street is putting out buds on this mild-mannered Monday. Soon it’ll blossom. That’s the only tree I know that puts out the lavender and white flowers before it puts out any leaves. As I’ve mentioned, robins are back (far too early because a lot of them will starve if we have […]
Feb 8, 2015
Moonlight Can Be Murder
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Moonlight Can Be Murder A Ned McNeil Cozy Mystery by Blanche Day Manos My car’s headlights cut a yellow swath through the swirling snow. Forty years ago, Uncle Javin’s driveway had not seemed so long but memories dim with time. Gray clouds […]
Feb 7, 2015
Exciting Interview!
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Some of my fondest memories are sitting at my parents’ kitchen table, drinking coffee and talking with them. Something about being in their presence, of a simple conversation, cheered me like nothing else. They were my re-fueling station. I wish I could remember each word that we said so I could re-play it in my mind, rather […]
Feb 6, 2015
Philosophical Friday
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Is there a particular time of day when errant thoughts wander into your head and you start remembering and wondering and realizing there are lots and lots of things in this old world that you’ve only glimpsed? Or perhaps that you’ve not glimpsed at all but puzzled over? When the sun slips toward the western horizon […]
Feb 5, 2015
Warm Hearts, Snow Dusting
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A dusting of snow lies across my deck like a drift of talcum powder. The temperature sank below freezing last night and everything outside is cold! Bird feeders are full so when the feathered and furry creatures wake up, they can at least get some fuel in their tummies. As Peg and I journeyed to […]
