I had started to the store for a batch of groceries. Rain fell gently and the sun shone too. “Oh,” I thought. “This is perfect weather for a rainbow!” Glancing out of my car’s window to the west, I saw it, a lovely, large rainbow that looked like it arched over the whole town, north […]
Aug 30, 2014
An Interview with Darcy and Flora
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Roving Reporter: Thank you, Darcy and Flora, for taking time out of your busy day to talk to me about your first venture into a rather desperate situation. May I add, by the way, that I’m happy you came through unscathed. Flora: We weren’t exactly unscathed as you put it, young lady. You should have seen […]
Aug 29, 2014
A New Day Dawning
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My parents were early risers. They beat the sun out of bed and by eight o’clock, they had done what I would consider a full day’s work. Of course, since they were up, they certainly expected their children to be up and going as well. When Mom fixed breakfast, she fixed it for everyone at […]
Aug 28, 2014
No Gardyloo Here
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Words are like people–they have interesting backgrounds. Yesterday’s word of the day was gardyloo. Without telling you its meaning, let me say that it has been around a long time, its origin was France but it was used in many countries as a warning that something was about to happen. What, you may ask? Well, something […]
Aug 26, 2014
Dragonfly Days
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I’ve been noticing a dragonfly in my front yard as I water plants. To me, that’s a sign of summer ending. In Minnesota, where Tracy and Carlene, my brother and sister-in-law, live, dragonflies come out much earlier in the spring. Years ago, when my husband, son and I lived at Manos Meadows, I would look out […]
Aug 25, 2014
Echoes, Images, Rambling Reflections
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A dictionary definition of reflection is “a thought or writing about something, particularly in the past, or what one sees when looking into a body of water.” I’d like to add that reflections can be what others see in our eyes or hear in our voices, or see in our actions. My granddaughter is, in many ways, […]
