It was a dark and foreboding time, a feeling that something really bad was about to happen. I remember that feeling well. It was the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. The United States discovered that Russia had missile bases in Cuba, with missiles fully capable of striking the United States. The two leaders of the […]
Oct 21, 2024
Amazing Crafters
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Saturday was a fun day with my brother and sister-in-law at a local craft fair. I was amazed at the amount of creativity and ingenuity on display. How do people think of so many amazing things and then have the skill to make what they have imagined: lovely, hand-made jewelry, crocheted clothes, caps, and animals, […]
Oct 18, 2024
Hunters’ Moon
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The full moon was lovely last night and I’m sure it will be again, tonight. It’s the Hunters’ Moon, a time when hunters used the moon’s silvery light to scout around and try to find meat for the coming winter. It’s also a super moon because it is very close to the earth in its […]
Oct 14, 2024
A Morning Coffee Time
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If they were people, I’d say they were getting together for an early morning cup of coffee and a chat. As they were birds, the coffee doesn’t quite apply and the chat wasn’t all that friendly. Each morning, around 7:30, birds come to my two bird baths in the front yard. This morning, the robins […]
Oct 13, 2024
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A Cat and His Man A Flight of Fancy by Blanche Day Manos Fred the cat was happy in the tumbledown, comfortable house he shared with Jake. He liked the soft feel of the worn floor and the way that floor squeaked when Jake shuffled across it. He liked the sag in the ceiling and […]
Oct 10, 2024
A Staple of Life
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Sometimes when I’m tired or just want to relax, I pour a cold glass of buttermilk. It refreshes like no other drink. My family, sadly, does not share my enthusiasm for buttermilk. But, I inherited the taste for it from a long line of ancestors–southern, that is. When my mother was a child, the farm […]
