Today is the birthday of the very first President of the United States, George Washington. Happy birthday, Mr. President! With Lincoln and Washington being lumped together on Presidents’ Day, I’m afraid that people will one day forget these two men had separate birthdays and our first President was born seventy-seven years before the sixteenth one. […]
Feb 21, 2015
Soggy Saturday
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The rain has washed almost all the snow off rooftops and grass. The ground drinks up the rain like a thirsty person downs a glass of water. The day is beginning in a dark, damp way and who knows what kind of weather will follow this soggy Saturday. This morning I watched part of a Smithsonian documentary […]
Feb 19, 2015
Not What It Seems
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I woke up this morning expecting to see another clear day dawning, as yesterday was. Instead, the sky is pewter gray, snow still covers rooftops and lawns and, actually, the weather looks as if more snow is on the way. If a very red sunrise is any indication, the day will be wintry. Does anyone […]
Feb 16, 2015
Snowy, Blowy, Frozen, Frigid
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Old Man Winter has not forgotten us! He remembered that with all the snow and cold he is dumping on New England, he certainly can’t forget us just a little farther south. And, lest we feel slighted and neglected, he turned his frigid attention on us today. Yesterday was pretty cold all day and long […]
Feb 15, 2015
A Valentine for My Country
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If I could, I would give a Valentine to my country, the United States of America. Even though I am fearful of the direction this old Ship of State is going, I have faith, not in men but in God, that we will once again turn to Him as our Captain and He will steer […]
Feb 14, 2015
That Pesky Moonlight
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OK, I’ve battened down the hatches so to speak. Groceries are laid by, I’m waiting for the frigid north wind to blow in snow and freezing rain! Will it get here? Meanwhile, here is a continuation of Moonlight Can Be Murder. Remember that I posted the beginning of the first chapter a few days ago. Nettie […]
