"I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string." L.M. Montgomery
Fences are made for one reason: protection. I grew up in the country on a small farm, so I know the importance of fences. Their protection serves a two-fold purpose; to keep something in, or to keep something out. Despite what they’re made of, how pretty they are, how strong they are--the singular purpose of …
In Texas, there are FM roads. It stands for "Farm to Market" and harkens from days gone by. I used to live off of FM 1960--which is now a 6 lane road with a turn lane down the middle lined with all manner of capitalism run amok--and several Sonics. Where I live now, there are …
My daughter is alseep in my grandmother's bed. (another found draft. . .from three years ago)
No. . .my thoughts are not polluted. I just have too many OF them. . .like noise pollution. My brain has so many thoughts crammed into it that I cannot even voice them. Some good--some bad--some triumphant--some distressing. They are all jumbled in there in a big gyrating lump like a bunch of bees. I …
I love a good list. In fact, lists are just good all the way around. Here is a Monday list. 1.) Embraced the day warmly. 2.) Had the day bite me in the tires. Sort of. Two of mine were low, and so my fancy tire monitor indicator light came on while I was too …
Our wonderful neighbors had told us about a little house that sold food "up the road." Turns out it's less than a quarter mile, so we hopped on our bikes and sallied forth. It was a nice day--cool and a little overcast. Perfect weather for the menu. They serve soup d' jour (it was seasoned …
We still have no grass in our "yard." I used that term "yard" very, VERY loosely. We have dirt. We have weeds. We have lichens and fungi. We have FLOWERING weeds. We have weeds that do a fine IMPERSONATION of grass but not a blade of real, live (in Tony's book ONLY St. Augustine qualifies) …
