Happy birth month, all you December angels, everyone born in this first winter month. You really shine with turquoise as your birth stone and tanzanite as your second choice. By the way, your lovely color is blue. Makes sense, doesn’t it? Narcissus and poinsettia are your flowers. Two of everything for you! Here’s a fun […]
Nov 30, 2023
November Song
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This last day of November dawns cloudy and rainy. Brown leaves lie on a soggy ground. A wind stirs damp tree limbs. It’s still dark this morning, but Christmas lights dot the darkness here and there. Nemo has been out and is now in, rather wet, but he doesn’t mind the rain as long as […]
Nov 29, 2023
Looking High and Low
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I’ve lost something! I am embarrassed to tell you what it is because I should have kept it in a safe place and I thought I did. So, to help with the frustration, I’ve found a rhyme flitting through my head. Before I lose it too, I’ve captured it and put it on this page, […]
Nov 28, 2023
That Old Moon
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That exceptionally bright and beautiful moon we saw last night was the Beaver Moon. Native Americans called it this because beavers were particularly active at this time of year, building and shoring up their dams in preparation for winter. The fourth Ned McNeil book, as well as the three previous books, deals with meanness that […]
Nov 27, 2023
Home, Sweet Home
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Houses can be bought and sold, but homes cannot. Perhaps a house is no more than a few square feet of floor space but to someone, it’s home. Old houses, large houses, tiny houses and tumble-down houses have histories. As I pass them by, I wonder if love lived within their walls. I wonder if […]
Nov 26, 2023
Old Man Winter
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Yesterday, it was fall. This morning, it’s winter. The brown leaves and dark trees are wet. I wonder if we had a first snowfall during the night but the temperature was so warm, it melted quickly into rain? I remember walking home from the school bus when I was a child. The bus let my […]
