Saturday, February 17, 2024
Della woke up to hear someone knocking on her door. Nobody she knew even knew where she lived. She pulled on her bathrobe and yelled "Just a damn minute," as she fished her feet into her slippers. Guy turned over in the bed. "What's going on?" he said. "Someone's at the door. Just stay put, I'll be... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 16, 2024
IRISH BALLAD
"I'll take you home again, Kathleen, Across the ocean wild and wide, To where your heart has ever been, Since first you were my bonny bride. The roses all have left your cheeks, I've watched them fading one by one. I'll take you home again Kathleen, Before our time on earth is done." Now I may have... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Predictive Dance
The storks are dancing in the shallows at the edge of the lake. They know the date. Valentine's Day among the humans, a day when chocolate and wine dim the edges of the evening into a fuzzy warm glow. Precautions aside, love reigns. And around November 14, give or take, the storks will be very busy,... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
THE HAPPY WANDERER AND...
I love to go a-wandering Along the mountain track And as I go, I love to sing My knapsack on my back Val-deri, val-dera Val-deri, val-dera Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha Ha Val-dera My knapsack on my back and then there's this: Some days I live on the moon, tending a yarn garden and sipping dew from a... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 12, 2024
BEST PROGRAMS ARE AFTER G'MA PATCH'S BEDTIME
It's getting difficult to find a subject to write about that isn't about politics or war or climate change. Oh - almost forgot the pandemic, Covid the invisible dragon, etc. There's so much depressing, frightening or just plain disgusting material any hour of the day on the "news" channels. So, I've... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 10, 2024
EARLY SPRING?
While at the kitchen window waiting for my coffeemaker to brew a cup of decaf, I noticed something moving in the grass near the back fence. A couple of robins, busily tapping for worms. Then I saw a couple more, and a sparrow. And at the edge of the garage roof sat a little hen Cardinal. Other birds... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 9, 2024
ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL
Thank heavens the newsies are doing features on all facets of the Super Bowl, and letting politics, war, disaster and mistrials of the rich and famous rest in their own soup. Fascinating to learn a 30-second commercial will cost about $30 million bucks, that the cheap seats at Allegiant Stadium in... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, February 8, 2024
OLD SONGS - VERY OLD
"K-k-k-Katie, Beautiful Katie, you're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore. When the m-moon comes over the cowshed, I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door." and here's another... "When it's springtime in the Rockies, I'll be coming home to you, Little Sweetheart of the Rockies, With your bonnie eyes... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Berrying
If you were an eagle flying over, you'd see Mill Creek flowing through the valley below the village of Salkum, narrower and deeper in places, but mostly just deep enough for the trout to swim. There were fallen branches where the flowing water hollowed out places along the bank, minor underwater... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
COVID SUCKS
I think I may have caught a cold - probably on one of my shopping explorations in the wilds of Walmart. Surely it could not have been in that high-falutin' top of the line grocery store where they make the tasty oven-fried chicken and fancy Watergate salad, where my appetite took me even though I am... Sign in to see full entry.