With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. Instead of “water, water everywhere” I have books, books everywhere and truly not enough shelf room for them all. The dictionary defines bibliophile as someone who admires or collects books. I guess that would be me because I do both. And, as if […]
Apr 13, 2013
As God Made It
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Dust dissolves in muddy places, Daisies nod their dampened faces, And the earth, aglow and glistening, Is refreshed, renewed again. Yesterday I took a drive through a countryside that was indeed aglow and glistening from recent April rains. Towering pines were a dark counterpoint to an azure sky. New leaves on the deciduous trees looked […]
Apr 11, 2013
Trampling Lions and Dragons
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Have you walked on any young lions or snakes lately? When I read those words in one of my favorite Psalms, 91, I wondered what they meant. Then I thought back to the previous words of this Psalm, the Protection Psalm. The Lord is promising those of us who live under His shadow, those of […]
Apr 10, 2013
Lady’s Best Friend
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Yesterday as I wrote about D. C., I mentioned another cat, Rinehart. This is how he came to be at Manos Meadows. A lot of years ago, a stray cat wandered to my mother and dad’s house in Tahlequah. She was a gray and white Manx and very, very shy. She had long hair and […]
Apr 9, 2013
The Cat Who Came to Stay
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When I look out my front room window, I sometimes see a cat go strolling past. Or sometimes one will venture over to the porch and have a nap in a chair. I have been owned by a few cats in my day. When I say “owned”, I mean that’s the way the cat seemed […]
Apr 8, 2013
When the Wind Blows…
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Above a hushed and waiting world, In high and windy spaces A rumbling, grumbling orchestra Thunders through its paces. Cascading notes in liquid tones, A stormy melody Is played on cloudy instruments In springtime’s symphony. […]
