Can it really almost be the middle of April! After a windy yesterday, this morning is calm and quiet. Not a leaf blowing on the trees and the sky is over-cast. It was slightly over-cast last night as Dawn and I drove out to see the beautiful, pink moon rise. We didn’t find the moon, […]
Apr 11, 2025
One Step at a Time
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As I look out of my window on the world, I am grateful to be able to see another springtime. This one seems especially lovely because I almost didn’t get to see it. I recently came home after two months (TWO months) in the hospital due to a severe lack of sodium which triggered all […]
Apr 9, 2025
Dignity in Defeat
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Dignity in defeat and graciousness in victory. I’ve often wished, if I could go back in time, that I might have been present that day, April 9, 1865, in the parlor of Wilmer McLean of Appomattox Court House, Virginia. I would have liked to see General Robert E. Lee, tall, erect, and dignified, dressed in […]
Apr 8, 2025
A Frog, a Toad, and Friends
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A frog and a toad have inspired generations of children and adults. Although they existed only on the pages of books by Arnold Lobel, these small amphibians taught real life lessons. Frog and Toad were friends and never a day went by that one didn’t go visit the other and, over a piece of cake […]
Apr 5, 2025
Rainy Morning
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Lightning shivers across the the room and rain pounds harder. How much rain have we had this week? I’m not sure because my rain gauge broke and I haven’t yet replaced it. We’ve had a lot of rain and I’m grateful. And, true to April’s whimsical nature, there is a possibility of snow, Sunday. The […]
