Sundays with family are the best and Sunday, my whole family was together with me for lunch. Then, after lunch, Matt, Nathan, and I had a music session. The boys played guitar accompaniment and I sang. Yes, I did. I sang an oldie but goodie, The Tennessee Waltz. They sounded great. Me? Not so much, […]
Jun 30, 2023
Summer Cat
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Lazy Summer by Blanche Manos Slumber softly, summer cat, Dozing in the sunbeams, Needing neither rhyme nor reason To be one with the season, Tawny, yawny, warm and mellow, Sun-drenched days and cat of yellow, Loving lazy daydreams.
Jun 24, 2023
That Tiny Varmint
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It Happened One Summer by Blanche Day Manos All Rights Belong to the Author In my neck of the woods, everything gets ornery in the summertime. Critters, humans, even bugs are easy riled. There’s nothing like the heat of a white-orange sun blazing down from a copper-colored sky to make varmints out of the most […]
Jun 21, 2023
Happy Summer
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Happy first day of summer and the longest day of the year. I sure hate to mention this disturbing fact but now the days will start getting a wee bit shorter and shorter until September and the first day of fall and then, on Saturday, September 23, the days and nights are equal. Next, you […]
Jun 19, 2023
Saying Good Morning to an Early Spring Day
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What is there about an early spring morning before the sun comes up, when the grass is soggy with yesterday’s rain? The air is hushed and listening for the robin’s song and the dove’s call to announce a new beginning. Leaves are still except when the whisper of a breeze stirs them. The wonder of […]
