A few inches of snow, a few inches of ice. Before you go walking, better think twice! It is a balmy five degrees this morning! And, the weatherman hit the nail on the head–right after the sleet stopped, snow began. Needless to say, schools are closed and yesterday, many churches were closed. It was a […]
Mar 2, 2014
A Frozen Morning
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As Dinah Washington sang, “What a Difference a Day Makes.” Yesterday, the children had a great time in my back yard. Matt, Dawn, and I sat on the deck and nobody needed a coat. Today, my whole yard, the deck, every rock and blade of grass, the intrepid little early flowers, all are covered with […]
Mar 1, 2014
Moody, Mysterious March
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If ever there was a month not to be trusted, it’s March! For example, it is a mere thirty degrees this morning, the roofs wear coatings of frost, and a slight breeze barely stirs last year’s leaves. Sounds like a pretty lamb-like start to a new month, right? This is the month when spring officially […]
Feb 27, 2014
Sun Snow
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Sun snow–did you ever see it? Yesterday morning, the sun was shining and only one small, dark cloud had crept up from the horizon, when I glanced out the window and lo and behold! snow was falling. Sun and snow, all at the same time. The other clouds which had been lurking on the horizon, […]
Feb 26, 2014
A Slice of Crescent Moon Hung in the Pale Sky…
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The temperature is a right brisk seventeen degrees this morning! The moon is eleven per cent full and is a waning crescent. The sky is clear but around the horizon hovers a band of blue-purple clouds, ominous in the pale sky. The weatherman is saying that by Friday, we may indeed have another round of […]
Feb 25, 2014
Possibilities
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A weird, ghostly image floats back and forth in the front window of my neighbor’s house across the street. Now, if it were a moonlit night, and the wind was blowing with an eerie sound, and I happened to glimpse that faint, disembodied object, my mystery writer’s brain would go into high gear. As it […]
