Yesterday, I rummaged in the garage until I found a few of my fall decorations. One is a centerpiece I bought at a craft fair years ago. It is pretty with the candle in the center and fall leaves and such around. Through the years,it has grown a bit. Now, it includes some real-life acorns that I’ve found under […]
Jun 7, 2016
The Robin Who Refused to Leave Home
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Home is many things to many people. Generally speaking, it’s a place where one feels loved, accepted, safe, and happy. Never having been a bird, but observing them flying about, I’d say home for them is usually a warm, high nest with plenty of worms or seeds or mealworms. Mealworms? Not in a robin’s natural diet but […]
Jun 6, 2016
Heart, Help, and a Chilling Mystery
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Yesterday was a near-perfect day, recalling the James Russell Lowell poem, What Is So Rare As a Day In June. Matt and Dawn, Sara and Nathan came, bringing a lot of heart-healthy foods for lunch and later. Dawn and I packed serving-size lunches and put them in the freezer. Nemo was glad to see everyone together […]
Feb 10, 2016
Is Love Really Forever?
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We take so much for granted, don’t we? On Facebook yesterday, I re-posted what someone else said about Grandmas making each grandchild feel that he or she was her favorite. Two of my nieces commented that was how my mom, their grandmother, made them feel. And, I agreed. Yes, she loved each grandchild for his or her individuality, uniqueness […]
Oct 27, 2015
This, That, and T’Other
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Sometimes my undisciplined thoughts skitter here and there, like autumn leaves when a wind blows through. With no encouragement or urging, my mind hops from one thing to the other, a little thought here, a larger thought there. A potpourri of unconnected subjects skitter from this to that to the other. One of my favorite verses […]
Jul 3, 2015
Quizzically Speaking
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Our Framework: First, the Declaration of Independence: In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, […]
