Time travel is a reality within the pages of my shabby old address book. This book is well on its way to becoming an antique with a shining amount of provenance. Memories! It holds memories and a record of lives lived. For example, my son decorated several of those dog-eared and ragged pages with scribbles […]
Nov 1, 2022
New November
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November winds sweep up the leaves of October, tidying the yard for the snows of December. November people, you have reason to celebrate. Your beautiful birthstone is the yellow or amber topaz, a symbol of honor, strength, longevity, and wisdom. Your flower is the fragrant chrysanthemum. November’s full moon is the Beaver Moon. Fun Old […]
Oct 31, 2022
Unexplained and Mysterious
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Street lights are blurred and uncertain; familiar sights are alien beings. Swirling with misty fingers, fog lies across the town. Fenceposts, half in, half out of sight, seem to float. Dampness beads mailbox and leaves. This is a mysterious landscape in which nothing seems to be real. All is hushed and waiting. What crouches here, […]
Oct 27, 2022
A Good Helper Says So Long
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We had been together for more than three and a half decades. Through the hottest summers and the coldest winters, she kept humming right along, doing her job, not asking for much, but enriching the quality of life for my family and me. Alas, it seems that all things must come to an end and […]
Oct 26, 2022
Remember Miss Georgia?
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Abigail kept up a continual chatter as she fixed supper. Miss Georgia offered to help. “Thank you, yes. Would you mind making your delicious pie crust? I’ll use these blackberries I canned from last summer. We’ll have a blackberry cobbler to top off our pork chops.” Miss Georgia was surprised to find how much she […]
