The Canebrake

Canebrake ABC’s Red ants, black ants marching all together, through a canebrake by the river in the lovely summer weather. Many-colored butterflies drift or dream or flit among tall stalks for the very fun of it. A caterpillar wriggles and a cricket creaks a song, surrounded by the river cane, thick and green and long. Dragonflies a-dazzle with […]

Little Cedar and the Big Storm

Fierce winds tugged at Little Cedar. His scrawny boughs bent and swayed but he dug his roots deeper and hung onto the rock buried beneath the mountain soil. “The wind is so cold,” said Little Cedar. He shivered from his topmost limb to the bottom of his twisted trunk. “It must be nearly Christmas again.” […]

‘Possums and Rain

‘Possums and Rain

Wonderful rain this morning! So far, two inches. We had 3/4 of an inch yesterday, so this is great! Trees, houses, yards are all a soggy gray, but that’s a good color. Something else soggy and gray was a big ‘possum I saw this morning–I’m glad he escaped Nemo’s notice. He was moving at a […]

What Do You Think?

So, what do you think they are–those mysterious drones that are appearing in swarms over many of our northeastern states? Isn’t it strange that no one knows what their purpose is or where they came from? It seems odd to me that if anyone does know, they aren’t saying. That’s just one of the puzzling […]

The Christmas Barn

The Christmas Barn The 200-year old barn sat empty and lonely. No longer did horses stamp their feet inside his walls; cows didn’t warm the stalls with their breath; no sheep snuggled against each other to sleep the night away.      The barn missed these animal friends. He missed the  chickens who used to gossip […]

Music Speaks

Where words fail, music speaks. – Hans Christian Andersen. Last night, I was privileged once again to go to my grandson’s Christmas concert at his school. I was impressed by the professionalism of those young singers as well as their talent. Beautiful voices. The songs were old favorites, songs I knew and loved. Many of […]