This is a reprint from a few years back. I remember when I read it to my Cozy Critters and they were wondering what sort of animal would begin with the letter Y. Canebreak ABC’s Red ants, black ants marching all together, through a canebreak by the river in the lovely summer weather. Many-colored butterflies drift or dream […]

A Goofy Flight of Summertime Fancy
·I first published this about four years ago so this is a re-run. Let me tell you I do not believe in reincarnation and hope I don’t offend anyone with this flight of fancy. My only excuse is that I wrote it much longer than four years ago, probably in some idle moments, and since […]

It Happened One Summer
·It Happened One Summer by Blanche Day Manos All Rights Belong to the Author First off, let me tell you that I do not believe in reincarnation. This is just a silly flight of fancy and I hope I don’t offend anyone. I wrote it strictly tongue-in-cheek, just for fun. I had no one in […]

In the Good Old Summertime
The picture is a reminder of the first week of May and the first-ever snow (for Arkansas) on that date. When summer sizzles like it did yesterday and probably will today, I go back and look at those snow pictures. But if looking at a picture of snow in May doesn’t cool me off, I […]

Hollyhock Girl
How many of you ladies remember making hollyhock dolls? One wilted bloom for the head, a full blossom for the dress and there was a flowery girl, all dressed up for a party. Hollyhocks are old-timey flowers. Mom had lots of hollyhocks by her garden gate when I was a child. I believe that Ma […]