Pretty Food
I love to make little desserts that are pretty. We are having company tonight. I wish all of you could come and eat these with me. 🙂
Missing Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day weekend was prefaced by a flood. I’ve written a little about that but have yet to tell of some of the personal experiences associated with it. That Saturday Kris and I were completely oblivious to the horror that was going on around us. W…
Long Toes
A short boy they call little Mose
Has small feet but very large toes
He can’t play hide and seek
‘Cause his sneakers won’t sneak
He leaves toe prints wherever he goes
Century Flood
There once was a town on the riverWhose heart was that of a giverWhen the water would riseThat heart swelled in sizeAnd everyone chose to deliverIt’s not a perfect sentiment but it isn’t Friday either.I’m so proud of our town, of our Volu…
Good Fortune
I am feeling the strange guilt of good fortune that had nothing to do with any foresight or wisdom on my part. Nashville’s flood waters are wreaking havoc around us but we are high and dry on our little hill outside of town. My son will go back to scho…
Lawnmower
I have tried starting my lawnmower several times and it just wouldn’t cooperate. I knew that having gas sit in the thing for months at a time was bad for it, but I didn’t know what to do about that. I didn’t want to siphon it out…I didn’t know you co…
Sad Song
To Alex, dear Carrie Lynn wrote:
“Though the words will not come from my throat,
my pen must be unkind,
for I’m humbly resigned,
to finish our song with this note.”
Remember
Remember when I said, “He’s showing me the clarity I can achieve through discipline and even sacrifice.” Well I am also finding out that the opposite is also true. I taught Sunday school this morning. I didn’t have that clarity. But I did have a…
Uncomfortable
A stout little man named Purdue,
had a problem it seemed with his shoe.
A pebble or bean,
something small and unseen,
found a hole and had somehow got through.
I’m looking forward to what comes today. The sun is out and things are looking so pret…
Frog Prints
Here’s what my sewing machine has been busy at yesterday and today:I have to clean up now, I’m having company tomorrow and I have fabric all over my dining room table.