The earth's blanket wears different coats Most famous I think is green Poets, singers, laud the richness of lush grass, growing and feeding animals Summer's harsh sun and lack of moisture or winter's cold can turn the green to tan An earth tone is suspect A little coat of snow can grace the grass [...]
Put together over years the island was a refuge the world whirling, swirling in chaotic ways power and money soaring and sinking the island was a place where perspective rested and grew Every shelf, every wall, every cupboard and every drawer spoke smoothly of the couple whose lives were tapestry to see Grandma lived [...]
Little moments come our way like tucking in a little one lovingly smoothing a blanket to cover them just so The early risers do the same to the sleeping loved one snuggled with pillow and blanket for a little more A kiss, a careful adjusting, perhaps a gentle pat and murmured words "I love [...]
Games have their moments In volleyball it's a spike the ball sizzling straight to the floor and a score Yea! All right! and in basketball when an arm arks down and the ball is slammed through the net Swoosh! Yea! All right! Doesn't life carry those moments too? In a movie theatre somewhere a [...]
Early morning quiet as I walk a long hallway Murmuring sifts from some doors as I pad softly past The farmers have come to town two thousand to stew their policy, ideas, and surface direction for another year Couples long together are working their get up routines teams, pulling together raising families, crops and [...]
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 [...]