In this day of technology, libraries are still wonderful places. A wealth of knowledge is housed within their walls, free and open to the public. Any book on any subject is available and if the library doesn’t have it on the shelves, a helpful librarian will be glad to order it through inter-library loan. In Moonlight […]

Purple Treasures
Yesterday’s rain ended and I decided to take that little trip after all. I drove to Oklahoma and picked grapes. They were beautiful, hanging from their vines. Rain glistened on them, birds sang in the tall oaks, and, there were no mosquitoes.Those purple treasures were partially hidden by leaves and, sad to say, a few bushes and […]
Watch Out for the Sturgeon Moon
Some rumble or grumble got through my dreams. Opening my bleary eyes, I looked around. What was that noise? Finally, it penetrated my foggy brain. Thunder! And lightning. And rain. What a nice way to wake up on an August morning. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, there’ll be a full sturgeon moon August 10. What does […]

Mid-Summer Meanderings
Summer – is it at its zenith or is it on its way out? It seems that plants and animals, the very air, have a different feel about them, a sort of sleepiness, sort of lolling in the warmth but with an eye to shorter days and the next season. It’s fun to notice the behavior […]

Memories
A wonderful, cool morning. It’s great to have a pleasant summer, and a pleasant August. I remember August days when I was a child. I remember running barefoot through tickly grass, walking through dusty places and feeling warm dust puff up between my toes, dancing quickly over rocks that were too hot for lingering. Summers seemed to be […]

Fiery Chariots
I was able to collect my thoughts yesterday, decide the day was mine, not Nettie Elizabeth Duncan McNeil’s, and go to church. I was glad I did. The Sunday school lesson was about faith. In many parts of the world, Christians are being slaughtered for no other reason than faith – their faith in Jesus. […]

