Last night as I sat on my deck listening to cicadas and frogs, I thought how many generations of my ancestors had heard these same night noises. These were age-old summer sounds: the jar flies as we called them, the frogs, a whole chorus of them. I felt as if I could close my eyes and be […]
Jul 11, 2016
The Way I See It
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…may be different from the way you see it but then, that’s OK. This is America and we still have freedom of speech, don’t we? The English language is rich with meaningful words and phrases, but it’s easier not to hunt for them. Sometimes a catch phrase will become popular and it’s sort of like a […]
Jul 10, 2016
Peaceful Sunday
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If you haven’t yet subscribed to my Darcy, Flora, and Ned newsletter, you can do so by sending me an email at manosmeadows@sbcglobal.net. With each newsletter, I’ll give away a prize; there’ll be a recipe, publishing news, and other juicy tidbits. A squirrel came out of nowhere. He flashed in front of my field of vision in […]
Jul 7, 2016
A Special Place
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Fran’s luncheons are always a special time and her house is a special place. I am convinced she and her husband have green thumbs because their front and back yards are a-bloom with flowers and vines. Inside the front door, a warm welcome meets each guest as friends call hello and Fran is ready with a warm hug. Today, […]
Jul 6, 2016
Vacations and Imagination
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What do you do when pressures mount and you can’t Get Away From It All? Television news is depressing and scary, money pressures, health worries; sometimes it all gets to be a bit much and you want to run away somewhere but, for one reason or another, you can’t? You need a vacation! When you can’t […]
Jul 5, 2016
How Far Back Was That?
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When I was a very young child, back in the days before television, what did we do for entertainment? At the end of the day when the chores were done, we gathered in the living room and Mom read to us. Believe me, nothing much beats sitting with Dad and my brothers and sister, a […]
