Saturday, March 28, 2015
Is Compromise The Answer?
The early bloomers in our yard don't even care that there are yet no green leaves on the other trees. They are just so glad to see the sun. "I'm sure there is a Mack truck out there somewhere that ran over me." So says Nephew Joel from his hospital bed after finally getting out of ICU. He also says,...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015
The Heart Of The Matter
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes." ~ Unknown Nephew successfully made it through a quadruple heart bypass surgery today! As of about 4:00 p.m., he is awake, alert, fully aware, and joking with everyone around him...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Imagination - Fun Or Frightening
Abby gets her guard doggie to help her keep Little Darling and the other chickens safe from the coyotes, foxes and other Kansas prairie varmints. He's an Anatolian-Shepherd/Pyrenees/Australian Cattle-Dog combo. Abby loves him almost as much as she loves Little Darling. The family is negotiating over...
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Monday, March 23, 2015
The Beauty Of Living
"If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health." ~ Hippocrates Forty-eight-year-old Nephew Joel got onto a fitness jag about the time he turned forty--lost the abdomen he had gained over...
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
A Tea Bag Or Two
Yesterday, I definitely got spoiled by the sunny, 80 o day, out driving around, seeing children playing on Penguin Park toys, and enjoying the blooming magnolia tree. Even though I knew it was coming back, I was not ready for a day like today. The gray grime of a day has gone to my head and gunked...
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