I enjoy reading poetry. For a long time, that’s all I ever read. I have a first-edition book called The Ballad of the Brand written by Robert William Service. It’s exceptional. My favorite poem that he wrote is Carry On. I would peruse poemhunter.com and read the poems of Langston Hughes, John Keats, Walt Whitman,Continue reading “The Footprints”
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The Ah-see
Remember how I mentioned that I have been drinking coffee since I was two years old? Well, Son #2 has me beat. He’s heard us talking about coffee, and sometimes he will get his cup of apple juice and pretend he’s drinking it with us. He calls it ah-see. He’ll say, “Momma, Dada, I ah-see!”Continue reading “The Ah-see”
The Canoe Trip
2009. Summer. July. Monday. The river. A friend of mine invited me to float a river with him. I had to work at three-thirty. We agreed to meet at eight-thirty at his house, and we’d go straight to the river. I showed up at eight-thirty sharp and knocked on the door. The man was stillContinue reading “The Canoe Trip”
The Creek Bed
In the woods next to our childhood home, there is a creek bed. It’s dry during the summer as there is little rainfall, but it flows wide open during the fall and winter months because of more rain and the occasional snow. As mentioned in my previous post, I rescinded my membership in the “playingContinue reading “The Creek Bed”
Writing Every Day
You might have noticed that I’ve been posting a story here every day. Maybe you didn’t. But if you did, and you are tired of it, I’m sorry. But I must persist. I was encouraged at the end of last year to do something that I’d wanted to do but never had. And that wasContinue reading “Writing Every Day”
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