Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Before Crocuses poke, daffodils rise and apple blossoms rise Butterflies return and fat bumble bees flit Green grass grows all around While Scrawny squirrels leap from naked branches Dirty snow slinks to the curb Fickle breezes toss uncovered trash Sometimes You have to look down to find the beauty of an early spring [...]
I set out to Christmas shop on Saturday, but I got distracted by the fog, so I took some eerie pictures and I wrote this goofy poem. You're probably pretty happy right now that you're not on my Christmas shopping list... Once upon a midday dreary While I hummed all Christmas cheery many a quaint [...]
Of all my mother in-law's many accomplishments, including the birth and rearing of nine ridiculously accomplished and consistently kind offspring, one of the greatest remains the book she talked her friend Clarence into publishing earlier this year. Poems of Love and Life, published in August of 2014, celebrates an enduring, love-at-first-sight story and the sweet [...]
Note: I've never been a big fan of Daylight Savings Time, which has always struck me as an embarrassingly mortal attempt to stave off the inevitable shortening of the days. Who are we kidding, here? We can't control time. It'd be nice if we could, though... I'd like to fall back once a year I'd [...]
I enjoyed some unexpectedly beautiful scenery this week on my morning jogs, and I wanted to share them with you in a unique way. Hope you enjoy...