If they were people, I’d say they were getting together for an early morning cup of coffee and a chat. As they were birds, the coffee doesn’t quite apply and the chat wasn’t all that friendly. Each morning, around 7:30, birds come to my two bird baths in the front yard. This morning, the robins […]
Aug 9, 2025
School Days
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Come Monday, area schools will begin a brand new year. It always seems too early to me. School should begin after Labor Day. Right? That’s just one of the things that have changed since my school days. There are many other differences-my school days belonged to a different time which would seem foreign to children […]
Aug 7, 2025
Olden Times
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I enjoy finding out about my ancestry and how my long ago family lived. One of my second cousins, a dear, kind lady sent me quite a lot of information that I’d never find in history books. Digging through some of the letters she sent me years ago, I found one that sheds light on […]
Aug 6, 2025
Polliwogs and Tadpoles
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“Climb up my rain barrel, slide down my cellar door and we’ll be friends forevermore.” A few years back, when I was at Matt and Dawn’s house, Dawn said, “Come around to the back yard, Blanche. I want you to see this.” And there, inside her rain barrel were dozens of small, black swimming objects: […]
Aug 5, 2025
New Roof
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This August morning is still and golden–not a breeze stirring and so far, no smoke from Canada or dust from the Sahara. Thumps and bumps come from over my head. Remember the hailstorm that tore through more than a month ago? This new roof is the result of that. The small neighborhood cat is absent […]
Aug 4, 2025
Batten Down the Hatches
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It seems that life is made up of one storm after the other, with peaceful stretches in between. When we feel tossed around by circumstances, it’s time to batten down the hatches and hold tight. One of my favorite poems is The Voyagers by Van Dyke: O Maker of the mighty deep, whereon our vessels fare, […]
