Dear March — Come in – How glad I am – I hoped for you before – Put down your Hat – You must have walked – How out of Breath you are – Dear March, Come right upstairs with me – I have so much to tell – I got your Letter, and the … Continue reading »
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Teaser Tuesday 3
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Miz B of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along. Just do the following: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t … Continue reading »
How It Ends
I am not devastated. Season 8 of MI5 just ended. Nuclear war between India and Pakistan was averted. The team, however, did not come out unscathed. Something bad happened to one of the characters. This time last year, I would have been in tears. But I’m calm. I have discovered the way to peaceful acceptance … Continue reading »
Going Bananas
A while back, WordPress posted a video to explain why some blogs aren’t successful. The video consisted of one word over and over: ME ME ME. Thinking back over my posts for the past year, I thought, Uh-oh. I’ve been working under the assumption that I should write what I know, which happens to be … Continue reading »
Blog today?
I would prefer not to. ***** Image by Joseph O. Eaton and an unknown etcher (Library of Congress) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The Formula
Should I or shouldn’t I? Tell, that is. Experts advise against it. When you tell people you’re writing a novel, they reply. “You still haven’t finished that thing?” “Why is it taking so long?” “How much longer are you going to have to work on it?” “You need to just get busy and write it.” … Continue reading »
Gather Ye Rosebuds…
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he’s a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he’s to setting. … Continue reading »
Dr. Luckett’s Babies
When Dr. Francis Carlton Luckett arrived in the tiny farming town of Fentress, Texas, with his wife and infant daughter, in 1917, he planned to stay for one year. He moved there from Valentine, Texas, to fill the practice of a doctor who was serving in World War I. He said his family had nearly … Continue reading »
Just Wo-ahn Out
Sometime back in the 1930s, my grandmother picked up the telephone receiver just in time to hear the Methodist minister’s wife, on the party line, drawl, “I am just wo-ahn out. I’ve been waterin’ the yahd.” The statement might not seem significant, but my family has its own criteria for significance. And so those two … Continue reading »
Friday
0.9 inches of snow with ice beneath, no power outages, stayed warm, wore turtleneck and roomy pullover with cowl neck and loose 3/4 sleeves to shop, shucked out of pullover in the bathmat aisle, displayed no modesty whatsoever, bought cheap watch strictly on the basis of how big the numbers are, bought plush bathmat for … Continue reading »
