Migration High up in the sky last night, A promise winged its wedge-shaped flight; A promise of the seasons changing, Of nature’s landscape rearranging. Flying in a V formation, Looking for a new location, Wild geese flew through moonlit spaces Going to their springtime places. […]
Mar 13, 2013
Old Barns
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A post from a few years ago. I liked old barns then; I like old barns now. My Grandfather’s Barn My grandfather’s barn leans to the south. The weathered old boards are gray. The tin roof is rusted and dented and busted; The wind blew the doors away. But once that barn, filled with freshly-mown […]
Mar 12, 2013
Unexpected Beauty of an Ordinary Day
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My granddaughter gave me a suncatcher. It is an ordinary pink glass dragonfly with an extraordinarily long tail. At the end of that tail is a small prism. I hung the suncatcher in my window and forgot it was there. Until…until one day as I was going about my chores, I noticed a rainbow on […]
Mar 11, 2013
What Makes a Mystery Writer Tick?
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Saturday I attended a Northwest Arkansas Writers’ workshop. It was fun and encouraging. I like mingling with other writers and hearing them voice their concerns and triumphs. No matter how old I get, I always learn something new about a better way to write. One of the presenters asked for a show of hands of […]
Mar 10, 2013
Spring Rain
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Rainfall Breathless with anticipation, Sighing at the cool sensation, Field and forest stir and murmur To the rhythm of the rain. And the thirsty grass and flowers Whisper thank You for the showers As their roots drink up the moisture In the meadow and the lane. […]
Mar 8, 2013
The Dining Table
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My dining table is traveling incognito. Sure, it looks like a wood table that has seen a lot of use but it’s actually a lot more than that. Mom bought the table years ago after she saw it sitting on someone’s front porch. She stopped and asked if it was for sale and it was. She […]
