It's minus 12 at the moment Sun is shining brightly A squirrel just ran up a tree oblivious to the temp He's making his rounds just as usual checking his area out Summer's harvest is tucked away awaiting his preplanned visit It’s minus 12 and I'm inside but the house is pretty chilly 66, the [...]
The waiting Father and the waiting farmer have some things in common An idea is born some winter season spoken and comes to being Springtime finds the chosen seeds carefully placed in soil Mothered well tiny plants poke up and drink in sun and water Oh, how they stretch and grow taller and taller through [...]
Oh yes, our bodies 'talk' to us in ways we understand Sometimes adrenalin just plain soars and we thrill to go for the ride but other times we glide Slowly more slowly til we want a place to hide and sleep No telephone a ringin no one knocking at the door Just some time to [...]
Tools of the trade are varied and many Sculpted by hands shiny from use Favorite tools have a special place for those who use them often Some are passed down through generations gaining in honor steadily Oh, the memories that go along with them! Priceless, the tools become as they wear the marks of [...]
Time was, sometime ago, when my vision had a problem Mom, of course, knew the fix I got my first pair of glasses! I learned what I had been missing Time was, sometime ago, when my vision had another problem a retinologist laid me down a nurse held me down and a lazer fixed my [...]
Good news and bad! Another decade brings a date... My favorite Ed and my good ole Doc lay it out quite plain: Do this! It's important! So, I make the appointment and set my mind to go through it once again. Age 50? Age 60?Age 70? Some guy gets to see my insides Colonoscopy, [...]
In the sporting world there is a spot a very special spot it may be a pitch thrown just right a home run hit, just right on the bat a golf ball drive where the ball and the club connected just right the 'sweet spot' It could be life the meeting of love...for a lifetime [...]
I just lost again but it wasn't really personal Not like some ones I love some ones I respect In all of history one loser was the most Mankind did their best to put him lower than low Spit? Beat? Humiliate? Hang naked on a cross on a hill for all to see him [...]
It's that time of year, of course, when farmers gather, ponder Ever notice a row of signs along a field of corn? Company names in bright catching colors with numbers and letters all different A closer look shows some differences in height or breadth or color They're different hybrids the result of skills applied [...]
Depends, I suppose! Grandad and I stood on deck Antarctica 91 Icebergs ringed our spot penguins checked us out Warm, summer, you see, at zero or there abouts.... Fluffy the cat with two inches plus of thick luxurious fur prefers the outside instead of my shop heated to 45 Enter me bundled to nines [...]