I thought about calling this post “ruminations” but one meaning of that word is to think seriously or deeply and another meaning is a cow chewing her cud slowly, swallowing, burping and chewing again. I don’t much care for the picture of me chewing over my thoughts. And I’m not sure my meditations are that […]
May 27, 2013
Camping Out Long Ago
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Memorial Day! I’m grateful to be living in the best country in the world. I am grateful to God for the defenders of our freedom, those who have put themselves between their families and harm. And I am grateful to be able to celebrate with my family. Some people go camping during this first holiday […]
May 26, 2013
Clint
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His name was Clinton Lee Day. He was my oldest nephew, Mom and Dad’s first grandchild and we thought he was pretty special. He had big, brown eyes with amazingly long lashes. He was slim and quick and had a laugh that made everyone around him want to laugh too. He visited us often when […]
May 25, 2013
Cars
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For some strange reason, my mind is stuck on cars this morning. Maybe it’s because of yesterday’s Mobile Mystery of the Month. A couple of days ago when I drove into the garage, I noticed that hot metal smell that every driver dreads. A rivulet of water and antifreeze oozed from under the car and […]
May 24, 2013
Endings and Beginnings
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“Oh, better than the minting of a gold-crowned king Is the safe-kept memory of a lovely thing.” —Sara Teasdale Spring is here. One season has ended and a new one is underway. I guess before there can be any kind of a […]
May 23, 2013
The Artist and the Farm Wife
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She was born Lydia Head in South Carolina in 1824 and married James Barker in 1847. Lydia and James worked hard on their farm in Georgia. Children came along, one of them being my great-grandmother Serepta Catherine Barker Willis. Life must have been hard but good for Lydia until something happened to change it all. […]
