As seasons change, I think about one of my favorite children’s books, Four Puppies, a little Golden Book. I have a copy that belonged to Matt. I took it to school and read it to my kindergarteners after Matt outgrew it and I also read it to Sara and Nathan when they were small. I love that book! […]
Oct 23, 2015
What Did You Say?
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I had the oddest dream last night. Sometimes my daily activities invade my dreams. Or at least, mine did last night. In my dream, I was teaching a class of writers. This was their assignment: write a scene using conversation between two people or among more than two people to move the action along. Dialogue! Quotation marks! Actual words of speakers! How […]
Oct 22, 2015
The Ballad of Nemo and the Squirrels
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I’m a devoted watchdog, valiant and kind […]
Oct 20, 2015
Monsters Attack
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Never mind that they are minute. Size doesn’t matter. They are mean. They are yucky. They are decidedly an unwelcome, biting nuisance. Oak tree mites have descended on NWA and also Oklahoma. http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/yikes-oak-tree-mites-bring-chigger-like-bite-outbreak-from/article_23003330-d5bf-5399-9e60-8ceeed670b5b.html The first inkling I had of their unwelcome presence was seeing them on my bird baths in the back yard. Small, white […]
Oct 19, 2015
It’s Coming
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It’s coming–cold weather, that is. My yard is littered with acorns and leaves. Squirrels are busily digging, burying a supply of food for the winter. Chances are, they’ll forget where it is but if they do, I’ll bet it won’t be hard to find more because there’s an abundance of acorns this year. Cool weather […]
Oct 18, 2015
In Between
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I heard an interesting thought on TV last night. Isn’t it amazing how a person can hear or read an idea, just a simple phrase, and it is an “Aha” moment? Anyway, it was about what appears on tombstones. (Don’t worry; this isn’t going to be mournful.) Usually, a person’s birth day is on the stone, […]
