The view from my front room window is different this morning–lawns are covered in white. So far, we don’t have much but it sure is pretty. It makes the darkness light, covers over the not-so-pretty things, and paints the world with peace and beauty, As we hurry to do last minute chores to get ready […]
Mar 15, 2017
A Small Reminder From the Clouds
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Yesterday, I got a small reminder that winter is still with us. As my sister-in-law Linda and I left the house, she looked up and said, “It’s snowing.” And, it was. The tiny flakes were hard to see but there they were. Dad would have said it was spittin’ snow. Anyway, it was a cold […]
Mar 12, 2017
Winter’s Merry Last Fling
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Actually, I don’t know if it’s the last fling or not, but winter certainly flung around some snow and sleet yesterday. It was such a nice Saturday!A really good rain all morning, lunch with family at a nearby restaurant, then home by the fireplace to read and watch a nature documentary. But, in the early afternoon, […]
Jan 12, 2017
A Hedgehog or a Turtle Day?
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Among the gifts my children gave me at Christmas was this happy little hedgehog. He sits atop my computer and looks on with interest as I type the current suspenseful scene in By the Fright of the Silvery Moon. This hedgehog is more than he seems at first glance. He reverses, and becomes a turtle. […]
Jan 6, 2017
Beautiful, Cold, Deep Freeze Sort of Day
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We are in a deep freeze in NW Arkansas. The snow arrived last night; not much of it in this part of the state, but more elsewhere. When I looked, the temperature was eleven degrees, but it may have dropped lower by now. Streets are slick and hazardous and schools are closed. This is the […]
Dec 18, 2016
Arctic Cold, Old Man Winter’s Breath
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I feel as if I may be in the Arctic this morning! It’s six degrees. There’s only a skift of snow, but under it is ice. Streets, highways, sidewalks are all slick and dangerous. It’s a good morning to stay inside. And read. And write. And read some more. Presently, about the only reading I’m […]
