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 […]

A Shining New Month

Happy birth month, all you December angels, everyone born in this first winter month. You really shine with turquoise as your birth stone and tanzanite as your second choice. By the way, your lovely color is blue. Makes sense, doesn’t it? Narcissus and poinsettia are your flowers. Two of everything for you!  Here’s a fun […]

The Mystery of the White Mulberry

The sign of fall ending that I watch for each year–the white mulberry tree is dropping its leaves. The white mulberry by my driveway keeps most of its leaves while maple and oak leaves are falling. Oh, it sheds a few here and there. But, suddenly, one day something tells it that now is the […]

A Lovely, Ordinary Day

My granddaughter gave me a suncatcher. It is an ordinary pink glass dragonfly with an extraordinarily long tail. At the end of that tail is a small prism. I hung the suncatcher in my window and forgot it was there. Until one day as I was going about my chores, I noticed a rainbow on […]

As Time Goes By

Some things grow more valuable with age. Take cars, for instance. Those old models, fifty or more years old, aren’t they lovely? Well-cared for, they still purr down the highway, classic lines gleaming in the sunshine. And gems! Gold never loses its value, diamonds and emeralds still glitter in the sunlight. Their worth isn’t dimmed […]

Confessions and Coffee

It’s confession time this morning, as I finish my first cup of coffee. They used to be on shelves in groceries stores: True Story, True Romance, etc., etc. But, no more. Confessions magazines have gone the way of dinosaurs and World Book. My mother would never let me read one of those magazines, although they […]