Seasons
One of us
If God had a name what would it be? And would you call it to His face? If you were faced with Him in all His glory What would you ask if you had just one question? And yeah, yeah God is great Yeah, yeah God is good Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah What if [...]
On Cold
There are moments in the cold when you learn how much bite just air can have. You learn that skin loses feeling just before it freezes. There are moments in the cold when you wonder why you live in such a place. When you look back in awe at those who came before you and [...]
In an instant
There we were, enjoying our last day of holidays before going back to work today. Hubbs and I lounged our way through a lazy morning. I walked past the Christmas tree and confidently said “no” in its direction. Clean dishes waited in the dish rack and a clothes basket sat nearby. “Jimmy Cracked Corn,”I thought [...]
Tinsel
At the end of the season, when the tinsel and wrappings and receipts are put away.. we find that what we yearned for all along was love .. to be loved, to have love, to share love. The rest? Tinsel. The tree’s going up today and yes we’ll add tinsel. But I have found what [...]
Sometimes
Sometimes the most beautiful paintings are found right outside our door. Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus
Making room for pie
Harvest on the prairies. Dust blowin’, combines goin’, suppers in the field. And I was there, back on the farm, the latter part of September. It had been an early harvest for many in the community and this meant more smiles than sadness, more grins than complaints and more than enough pies, cakes and desserts [...]
My commute today …
Will begin and end with this … (hey it’s only 9 miles!) What can I say? I was 14 in 1977 … and the Bee Gees and J.T. were where it was AT. Happy Thursday
Garden of Weedin
Today is overcast and muggy. The soaring heat seems to have passed, for now anyways. With a week’s worth of heat behind us, my plants have limped along but the weeds have flourished. So … water in hand, me and old dog ventured out to the yard earlier today to pull weeds. I pulled a [...]
Purposeful Nothingness
An absence of schedule. Lack of obligation. No particular place to be. Naps. No socks, no clocks, no dress code …. Instead …. frogs singing me to sleep and songbirds chirping in my ear at daybreak, cups of really strong coffee… with cream. No skim, 2% or Flavoring … cream. Old dog snoozing happily in [...]
Happiness
“Happiness is always a choice. You can’t wait for circumstances to get better. You have to create your own good fortune. So look for ways to be happy every day.” – Joel Osteen * * * * Today .. I’m happy I got up early again to do my 8 minute weights routine. 4 – [...]
