as near as winter gets here… Texas; howling wind screaming down the chimney; we did not make Fire tonight. Dawn promises chills in the teens! I promise eggs, grits, and a fire log, We’ll snuggle against nature’s Winter in our winter years…
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Semi-retirement fog
It has been 7 weeks I’ve not really settled in there was vacation at the beach the holidays and the two little part-time jobs Now, there are no distractions I should be getting busy A gigantic household purge looms like the apocalypse; organization is my weakest suit. There are clothes to donate closets to clean crafts […]
Happy New Year
01012015 I am wracked with fatigue following a day filled with largely nothing. I did baby Romeo a little trying to nurse him back to health. I have new health issues of my own I cannot figure out…so I focus on his seasonal one instead. Hope everyone arrived in the new year relatively unscathed. But […]
Magical Autumn
Dawn slips in as I creep out into the crisp autumn morning Our resident crows have yet to stir at this hour, no bird greets me. the air is fresh cool, disguising what will be a record fall day as nineties are forecasted this is Texas, after all… my step is lite sidewalk almost cold on naked feet no sound […]
HELP
hatred will turn a heart to stone try as I will to not let it in some days, days like today, it does not just permeate with the stink of inhumanity. it kicks relentlessly at the chamber threatening to destroy everything to gain entrance Prayers I have prayed for peace on Earth my entire life […]
Texas Summer
I woke up early for a Saturday but not as early as I, as a rule, do. The weather today: typical Texas late June, 90’s with high humidity. This litany of weather will remain more or less unchanged except the final degree of heat, […]
Father’s Day-first year without my Dad
My very wise father, Floyd Harrison, gave me this advice when I was about 16 years old, when weekends cut into dating time, ” find a team and root for that team-win or lose, that will be your team! Learn everything about your team! Men love football and will appreciate a woman who also does.” I could […]
Tragedy strikes
My extended family, a great grandson’s mom, died last night of a heroin overdose. She was twenty one. Her son, Caleb, is five Holli, his sister, is about two. Will they remember and miss their mom? Her Mother is a Facebook friend of mine and she will grieve this loss forever… I KNOW… I grieve the […]
Peaceful rest
The sky, still darkened, sent thunder in waves thunder rolling nearer, louder tucked in for the night I stretched to see the clock early still Yawning, I turn over to await the promised rain
Soft spring morning
No alarm this morning awakened by only soft dappled light streaming through the white curtains Grab coffee- warm creamy and comforting, then out to admire the urban garden we aspire to- rather than lawn that must be maintained. Small chickadees play chase between the birdfeeders and the tall ash tree from the neighbor’s yard, while a squirrel […]
Nancilynn is Writing again 