Do you know what will happen in exactly six months? Listen! Do you hear sleigh bells? Is the sun just a bit too much at times and you long for cooler, crisper weather? Don’t despair. You’re halfway there! Today, June 25, is the half way mark in the year on the journey toward that […]
Lots of Whys Without Answers
·Tell Me Why I wonder about lots of things. “Why” is always on the tip of my tongue. So, bear with me in this morning’s ramble. I go from absurd to serious in the blink of an eye! One thing I’ve wondered about is the placement of garages on newer houses. About ninety-per cent of the […]
The Dying Wish of a Murdered Man
·Oklahoma and Arkansas have interesting, sometimes violent or tragic histories. As my niece, two brothers, sister-in-law and I explored parts of the two states, we found fascinating clues to the past. I don’t know how some folk find history dull or dusty and not relevant. It is part of where we are today and how […]
The Fly Who Came to Stay
·The Fly Who Came to Stay by Blanche Day Manos, who takes full responsibility for this goofy piece In my neck of the woods, everything gets ornery in the summertime. Critters, humans, even bugs are easy riled. There’s nothing like the heat of a white-orange sun blazing down from a copper-colored sky to make […]
And That’s the Way It Is
·Good morning. Coffee is perked and Nemo and I are about to go sit on the deck while it’s cool. Today will be another warm one. My Minnesota people are enduring the heat and thankful for air conditioning. How did we do this when I was a child and we had no air conditioning except […]
My Dad, My Rock
His character was as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar. He was stubborn and he could be stern. He didn’t talk an awfully lot but he had a keen sense of humor and liked a good joke. And whatever he said, I knew was the truth. The whole world might be wrong, but not my […]