In every nook and cranny a particular pair of hands turn a house into a home You can guess whose hands! I've watched them in the kitchen hands on fine china confident, touching with memories of her mom or Gammy toweling that precious bowl The same hands wield a knife chopping or shaping something [...]
Late last evening Bundled against the cold I stepped into a painting I stopped in my tracks To take it all in, a pleasure Fresh fallen snow Thin as a sheet blanket Was skinned over the scene Soft yellowed light From street light globes Snow diamonds sparkling The old drug store restored on one [...]
A Frenchman made his way into a great unknown land, and more land, lakes and rivers and native peoples Westward on he went discovering a land full of wonders A great lake and great lakes like huge inland seas fresh water, fish here would be a place where people could live and well Time [...]
The Great Teacher has his lines and sayings His students know them well so too, his family 'Read the problem!' Good advice. 'You may find this helpful, along life's highway'.... 'If yer gonna be a bear, be a grizzley!" "Do it the easy way!" But one comes to mind nowadays: "I'm hangin' in there!' [...]
Everything is different. Everything, except one, is the same. One is gone. A very special one: Dad Grandad. "B" is for Barney. Professor Perry Colonel Perry A pillar knocked over like a domino a long chain of events to follow. Bring the family home Put all else on hold Do the mundane things while [...]
The room stands quiet returned to its former state all the things carried in are carried out, gone The people those who stood in front those who played their music and those who filed in claiming chairs for a moment have gone to their cars and motored away Quiet reigns In their hearts words [...]
Professor Ken Perry knew how to live life and live it abundantly "If you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly!" he told his students. And so he lived. Focusing was his forte riding on passion... and compassion. So judge him on the outcomes: Students who passed The Test! Therein he set the standard: raised [...]
Set yourself in your favorite chair snuggle down and close your eyes Now In your mind's eye picture these slides through a very long life... A small house in a small Kentucky town dogs and chickens, a cow and a garden Family noises, kids darting here and there the neighborhood like one big house [...]
We've done about all we can do: We chose the seeds most carefully from ten thousand possibilities put the soil, under microscopes and tested for its health amended it, for maximum yield We nestled the seeds into warmth and moisture watched them sprout, grow to fine young plants Watched for bugs, disease, and mindfully [...]
A plethora of thoughts 'letting go', surrounded Pictures race across my mind Of a little one hangin' on to mama's leg a shelter in the time of storm Of a proud papa kissing his daughter giving her to her husband Of airport scenes parting folks kisses and hugs and reluctant goodbyes Of dad, hand [...]