As you know, I love to write. If papers were dollars, I’d be a wealthy woman because of all the notebooks and other written material in my house. Several years ago, I began keeping a book for Sara and Nathan. It’s sort of like a journal only it’s all about Sara and Nathan, the things […]
Apr 11, 2014
Goats and Jonquils
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A dove calls through the morning darkness. A bevy of robins rejoice at the start of another day. And, despite all the troubles and problems in this world, hope rises sort of like the jonquils that bloom, year after year. Have you ever noticed the flowers that keep coming up at old house places? Even […]
Apr 10, 2014
Those Cozy Critters!
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It would be hard to over-state how much I appreciate the ladies who meet at my house twice a month to listen, learn, laugh, and help each other sharpen our writing skills. We missed Nancy and hope her grandbaby is soon well. The news around the hundred-year old table went like this: Peg is reading […]
Apr 9, 2014
Shifting Sand or Bedrock?
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This morning, as I look out at the pre-dawn darkness, enjoying a cup of Folgers, I am grateful for peace and the freedom to get up in the morning, turn on the computer, and follow my dream of writing. But, if I turn on the television news, or check out the internet, I realize that […]
Apr 8, 2014
If Not Now, When?
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All my life, I’ve wanted to be a writer. Oh, I did go through phases of wanting to be a nurse or an airline stewardess but deep down in the depths of my heart, I knew that not only did I want to be a writer, I was a writer. I knew it. The trouble was getting others […]
Apr 7, 2014
Monday Meanderings
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When April showers may come your way They bring the flowers that bloom in May So when it’s raining have no regrets Because it isn’t raining rain you know It’s raining violets This Judy Garland song by Silvers and DeSylva would certainly fit this morning. A gentle rain is falling and, sure enough, wild violets […]
