As I was thumbing through past posts for this blog, I came across what I’d written a few years ago. Now, I’m wondering what happened to the chicken after he left this vicinity. Did he have a good life? Did he meet with an untimely end? I can only hope for the best. I’ve looked […]
Sep 19, 2025
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Is this really “Talk Like a Pirate” Day? Just in case it is, I re-print here the swash-buckling story of Pete and Pat. Pete, the Peg-Legged Pirate by Blanche Day Manos Pete the peg-legged pirate lived on the sea. He had a wooden leg beginning just below his knee. A bright and mouthy parrot […]
Sep 15, 2025
Through Other Eyes
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My sister-in-law and I found these old glasses, still in their case, when we were cleaning out my parents’ storage room. I know two things about them: they are old and I don’t know who they once belonged to. They did not belong to my parents and I’m guessing some previous owner of the house […]
Sep 1, 2025
September’s Song
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What is your favorite song of September? “Autumn Leaves”? “September in the Rain”? “September Song”? Do you find yourself humming or singing some of those tunes as the new month comes in? If this is your birth month, two lovely stones are yours: the sapphire and lapis lazuli. You can claim the bright aster and […]
Jul 25, 2025
A Surprise Conversation
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This isn’t St. Patrick’s Day, but, oh well…the world is pretty and green this morning, so here’s a stretch to the imagination. One soft and misty morning, on a day so fine and rare, My heart felt light as birdsong, without one single care, As I strode through the heather into a forest tall, I […]
Jul 22, 2025
My Grandmother’s Bible
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My grandmother, Mary Edna Latty, has been gone for many years. I have her New Testament. The words in that Book are ancient but they still hold true. People come and go but the truths inside this Book never change. Through the years my grandmother had stuck a few things inside her New Testament for […]
