What happened to springtime? When I looked out my back door yesterday morning, I thought I must be dreaming. Fully an inch of snow lay on the picnic table. I listened to see if I could hear Twilight Zone music. But no, the only sound I heard was the cold wind. Sure enough, Old Man […]
May 2, 2013
Winds of Change
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For a time, I wrote feature stories for The Tahlequah Daily Press. On May 5, 1985, The Press published an article I wrote about the tornado that destroyed Peggs, Oklahoma May 2, 1920. The story below is the one that appeared in The Press. It is a long one so I’m going to post only […]
May 1, 2013
Happy May Day
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The stars are still twinkling in an early morning sky. It looks like a beautiful day. Maybe. Will the sun shine? Will we have rain? Maybe. This is the day the little May Bee flies forth and children (and some adults) will use him in their speech all day long. I’ve always pictured the May […]
Apr 30, 2013
First Rose–First Pie
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As I watered my plants last night, just before sundown, I had a welcome surprise: my first pink hedge rose is about to open. It is perfect, nestled among the green leaves and it certainly lightened my heart to see it. I thought of the last lines of a poem by Joyce Kilmer, “Poems are […]
Apr 29, 2013
A Long Ago Sign of Spring
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If you got a blog or a partial blog yesterday about Granny Bohannon, my apologies. I hit the “publish” button before I meant to. Anyway, here is the full version of what should not have gone out yesterday. Each year I look for signs of spring to tell me that winter is actually over. I […]
Apr 28, 2013
Azaleas in the Rain
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A Sudden Shower There’s a scurry in the garden,There’s a rustle through the plants; There’s a scamper, scoot and scuttle Made by bustling bugs and ants The mushroom’s an umbrella For a cabbage butterfly And the pumpkin vine’s a shelter For a cricket hopping by. Then a rush of racing raindrops patter, splatter in the […]
