A real life mystery this morning…will we actually have a severe thunderstorm or will we not? The weatherman is saying the atmosphere is going to be so unstable that it could produce tornadoes! And, he mentioned hail as big as…well, I can’t even fathom. I was out in one hailstorm in my car and I […]
Apr 25, 2014
A Drift of Snow
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It’s thirty-nine degrees this morning and there’s a snowdrift by my front door! Actually, it’s a snowy drift of azaleas. It is so beautiful this year that it does, indeed, resemble actual snow. And, just in case we were getting tired of temperatures in the 70s and touching 80, the Lord sent us a reminder […]
Apr 23, 2014
No Pecksniffians Allowed
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“I found Mom’s old yellow coffee pot on the counter in the kitchen. By the time she appeared, I was warming my hands around a steaming cup. I poured her a mugful.” “She pulled the coffee canister off the shelf. To her way of thinking, in all times of stress, coffee helped restore normalcy.” “I […]
Apr 18, 2014
They’re Coming!
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Nature itself seemed to recoil at the horror before Darcy Campbell and her mother, Flora Tucker. Trees bowed and swayed to a wild wind and angry clouds brooded over gray headstones. But, there was no doubt about it–a bare, human foot stuck stiffly from a mound of dirt and limbs heaped in the ancient graveyard. […]
Jan 17, 2014
Howling at the Moon
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Now that lovely moon that I wrote about yesterday is waning. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, it is 99% full which, to me, is full! I can’t tell that one per cent has vanished. Also, according to the Farmer’s Almanac, it is known as the Wolf Moon, Yule Moon, Snow Moon, all because this bright […]
Dec 21, 2013
Getting Older Has Its Charms
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Rain is falling steadily on my little corner of Arkansas but that’s OK. So far, the temperature is above freezing although we do have a freezing rain/ice warning going. Believe it or not, thunder woke me last night, echoing around the heavens and bouncing off the clouds. That must have been the arriving cold air […]
