To anyone looking at the puddle under the eaves yesterday morning, it was just that–a rain puddle; but to Sara, when she was small, it was a wonderful wading pool. She delighted in splashing through it after a spring rain. To me, it was just two tacos and an order of cinnamon twists, but to […]
Apr 21, 2014
The Mystery Deepens
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Decoration Day will soon be here–just next month, in fact. Attending Decoration Day has been our family’s custom for many years–well, actually, I guess for more than a century. It is a celebration of those we’ve loved who have died before us. We go to the cemetery to place flowers on their graves, not because we think their […]
Apr 18, 2014
They’re Coming!
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Nature itself seemed to recoil at the horror before Darcy Campbell and her mother, Flora Tucker. Trees bowed and swayed to a wild wind and angry clouds brooded over gray headstones. But, there was no doubt about it–a bare, human foot stuck stiffly from a mound of dirt and limbs heaped in the ancient graveyard. […]
Apr 17, 2014
A Little of This and of That
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Tiny black intruders have, once again, invaded my kitchen. Black ants do this every spring. I’m not sure why they do. They seem to have no purpose. They dash off in one direction, stop, and run in the opposite direction. They wander here and there, always at top speed, always going somewhere but I don’t […]
Apr 16, 2014
A Lesson From the Maple
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The maple tree by the mail box did an odd thing this year. It kept its brown, dead leaves, all winter long. And, when the maple tree in the back yard began to put out leaf buds, this one in the front didn’t. Then, a few days ago, during an extra strong wind, that tree […]
Apr 14, 2014
Just In Case We Missed It
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After a stormy night, winter has paid a return visit. The temperature is only 39, and not supposed to rise above the low 40s today. It is cloudy this morning, dampish, and it wouldn’t surprise me to see a few snowflakes. Maybe this is the last little excursion winter will take into spring. Let’s hope […]
