This morning I woke up before the sun (naturally). Robins are the first ones I hear each morning, singing their little “cheer up” song. In fact, it seems that the town is full of robins chirping in the dark. Maybe it’s just that the world is a quieter place early of a morning and I […]
Apr 14, 2013
The Things We Can’t Hold in Our Hands
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Yesterday I sat with a group of people who, like me, love freedom and are concerned it may be slipping away. We were from a lot of different backgrounds and a wide age range but we had one thing in common: love of country and our Constitution. And I thought about freedom. What is it? […]
Apr 13, 2013
As God Made It
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Dust dissolves in muddy places, Daisies nod their dampened faces, And the earth, aglow and glistening, Is refreshed, renewed again. Yesterday I took a drive through a countryside that was indeed aglow and glistening from recent April rains. Towering pines were a dark counterpoint to an azure sky. New leaves on the deciduous trees looked […]
Apr 12, 2013
The Child in the Middle
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Sarepta Susie Lee Latty Day The child in the middle is somewhat a riddle; A little of that and of this; Sometimes she’s thoughtful and sometimes a handful, This fun-loving, dreamy-eyed miss. God made the flowers, the sunshine and showers; And surely God must have smiled When He fashioned this keen one, this come-in-between one, […]
Apr 11, 2013
Trampling Lions and Dragons
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Have you walked on any young lions or snakes lately? When I read those words in one of my favorite Psalms, 91, I wondered what they meant. Then I thought back to the previous words of this Psalm, the Protection Psalm. The Lord is promising those of us who live under His shadow, those of […]
Apr 10, 2013
Lady’s Best Friend
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Yesterday as I wrote about D. C., I mentioned another cat, Rinehart. This is how he came to be at Manos Meadows. A lot of years ago, a stray cat wandered to my mother and dad’s house in Tahlequah. She was a gray and white Manx and very, very shy. She had long hair and […]
