Is there someone that has said or did something that greatly affected you? I have that someone. I have no idea what his name was and nothing else about him other than the story that follows. Continue reading ‘My Most Memorable Person’
Back in the 40’s my parents moved from Chicago, Illinois to Soperton, Wisconsin. This was indeed a shock. Chicago was a huge metropolitan area, with all of the trappings of a large urban city. Soperton was not even a real town. It was a tiny 4 street suburb of another small town Wabeno. In Chicago we had running water, bathrooms, public transportation, sidewalks, and such. There was little resemblance to that where we moved. Continue reading ‘Tears in the Wood Shed’
One of the best parts about living in a rural area is the wildlife that off and on wander the property. I have seen coyotes, skunks, deer, grouse, a cougar, lots of free range cattle, and an occasional elk. Continue reading ‘The Elk in the Yard’
When I travel, I try to allow myself ample time to get lost, sight see, and explore. Unlike the younger me, I do not go from point A to point B using the fastest roads and the shortest distances. Now that I am in my “Golden Years”, I love to drive the out of the way roads. Occasionally they are not even paved and sometimes they barely travel in the direction I am going. Continue reading ‘Driving Miss Cassie’
“If I were to live my life again,
I would live through the moonlight nights,
Holding your hand as I did in the past,
Sitting with you in the dimming lights. Continue reading ‘If’
“She lay herself beside him on the bed–
Placed in her hair a daffodil– Continue reading ‘Beside Him’
