The Cemetery Club is only 99 cents on Amazon! When you listen to the news, do you ever ask, “Why?” That’s a favorite word for young children whose curiosity leads them to learn. Sometimes, as adults, our curiosity is dulled and we tend to accept events or happenings without asking that all-important question. It shouldn’t be that […]
Mar 15, 2016
“Beware the Ides of March”
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To Julius Ceasar, the Ides of March was not such a wonderful day. To the rest of us, it is only the day that falls in the middle of the month, a short distance from the official start of spring. Here in NW Arkansas, the Ides of March is beautiful, clear-skied and sunny. Trees are putting out new leaves. […]
Mar 13, 2016
Dog, the Height Hunter
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I could hardly believe my eyes. There, across the street from my son and daughter-in-law, a dog stood on the ridge pole of a house. “How did he get up there?” I asked. As it turns out, there’s a wood pile or something against the back of the house. The dog climbs that and scrambles […]
Mar 12, 2016
Soggy Saturday Morning
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A jogger trots up the hill in front of my house, dressed colorfully in red shorts and gray and black jacket, head band in place across his forehead. Two squirrels are doing acrobatics, leaping from the white oak tree to the maple, flushing a downy woodpecker from among the maple’s limbs. Across the street, more […]
Mar 10, 2016
The Key That Unlocks Your Potential
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Most of the blossoms which were on my neighbor’s tulip tree yesterday are now on the ground. Yesterday’s rain brought them down, as I knew it would but that’s okay; it left a beautiful memory. As I look at its green leaves this summer, with no sign of a purple bloom, I’ll remember it has the potential […]
Mar 8, 2016
Stormy Skies and Wicked Weather
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Clouds began gathering yesterday. It was the kind of solemn day that is a forerunner of wicked weather. There was just a feeling in the air, as Darcy told Flora in Grave Heritage. Sometimes, the electric, restless feeling as a storm approaches is far worse than the storm itself. This is true of actual atmospheric […]
