When five women are talking, writing, reading, and giggling, it’s no wonder they don’t notice the afternoon has grown dark and storm clouds are gathering. However, rain held off until the Cozy Critters began climbing into their cars. Then, it rained! Poured! Deluged! (I don’t think there is such a word but that’s what it did.) Carolyn came back […]
Sep 5, 2016
The Return of the Owls and Other Stuff
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Yesterday, I rummaged in the garage until I found a few of my fall decorations. One is a centerpiece I bought at a craft fair years ago. It is pretty with the candle in the center and fall leaves and such around. Through the years,it has grown a bit. Now, it includes some real-life acorns that I’ve found under […]
Mar 31, 2016
You Are a Winner, Not a Loser
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” Sir Winston Churchill. I’ve been thinking about defeat and what is considered being defeated or failing and what is considered being a success or successful. By the time a person reaches my age, she or he has probably succeeded […]
Oct 4, 2014
From Sharon Rose Mierke
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Sharon is my Canadian friend and a fellow writer. She is a published writer, many times over. I’ve read a number of her books and, let me tell you, they are worthwhile reading. Amusing, entertaining, and well-written are adjectives that apply to Sharon Rose’s writing. Blog: A shared on-line journal where people can post diary […]
Oct 2, 2014
Holding a Book in Her Hands
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As a guest blogger, Lola Ward, retired English teacher, mom and grandmother, gives her view on the joys of delving into books and the importance of reading to children. At a recent medical appointment the doctor made a comment about the hardcover novel I had brought with me to read in the waiting room. He kindly […]
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 […]
