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 […]

Those Classics

Some things grow more valuable with age; cars, for instance. Those old models, fifty or more years old, if they’ve been well-cared for or restored, still purr down the highway, classic lines gleaming in the sunshine. And gems!Antique jewelry that has been well-loved through the years is just as valuable, if not more so, than […]

Ah! The Wonder of It

I’ve always been a shy person. I mean, bashful! When I was a child, I was sure I didn’t know the learned and sophisticated things other people knew, so I remained quiet, not to disclose my lack. But now–ah, the wonder of it! I am young no longer. In fact, I’m older than most people […]

The Older I Get

The older I get…the more I value family and friends and life and the less concerned I am about surface stuff,                         …the more I appreciate old values, old friends, old remedies to ills, physical and emotional, and spiritual.             […]

Looking High and Low

I’ve lost something! I am embarrassed to tell you what it is because I should have kept it in a safe place and I thought I did. So, to help with the frustration, I’ve found a rhyme flitting through my head. Before I lose it too, I’ve captured it and put it on this page, […]

Growing Older

Growing Older

    I have a sun dial in my flower garden. On it is an inscription from a poem by Robert Browning, “Grow Old Along With Me; The Best Is Yet To Be.” I’ve always liked that line. I suppose Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning had a wonderful marriage and did grow old together. Some […]