Last night I celebrated the end of a year. I was clever and giddy last night, consuming food far too rich and drinking too much wine. It was, indeed a great gathering… last night, a few dear friends engaged in feasting, dance and song. I tumbled into bed scarcely past 1:30… Good morning you party girl! I could not […]
Happiness Project for 2014
Starting on January 1st write good things that happen to you on little pieces of paper: *surprise gifts *accomplished goals *the beauty of nature *“LOL” moments *Memories worth saving *things that made you smile *things you are grateful for *Daily blessings Then, on Dec.31st open the jar and read all the amazing things that happened […]
Teetering on the edge
My days seem to drip down more rapidly now, as I am standing near the edge of another New Year… Time drifts in the sand dial as Remembered broken resolutions elicit both sighs and whys; lofty challenges tossed out in the mine-paths of my already too-filled days, get tucked away in the over-stuffed files of […]
The passing of a hero…
Floyd J. Harrison January 8, 1923 – December 1, 2013 CM/Sgt USAF (retired) Floyd J. Harrison passed away Sunday Dec.1, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 90. He was born to Pioneer parents. His mother made the land run opening Oklahoma to settlement, She was aged 6 at the time (1889) […]
We are family~~~~
January 6, 2013 It has not quite been a week since I returned to my blog…planning to continue writing here weekly for all of 2013. It has so far not proved to be too difficult…not with-standing the pain I have sitting here perched on the edge of a wooden straight-back folding chair in this wreck […]
Old lang syne
I love new years…blank pages in a journal, the first pages of a brand spanking unscribbled on calendar. The hope that fills the air as old friends and new aquaintainces hug and kiss goodnite to celebrate the end of the passing year. I spent last evening in the company of fond friends and some friends […]
My Mother told me
Mother told me when I moved into this house twenty plus years ago that I was born into the wrong century. She shook her head as I had Romeo and the boys did up the entire back yard for a garden She might have been right! I spent my weekend off from work first at […]
Happy Independance Day
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of AMERICA. WHEN, in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another; and to assume, among the Powers Of The Earth, the separate and equal Station to which […]
July 1
July 1 ! I celebrate… you bring me rain! I celebrate the tiny splashes on my toes mini rivers race from the roof to splash into our waiting barrels barrels and buckets lest a drop escape no thunder did announce your dropping by… no announcement needed! overcast darkness of morning sky was all I needed… […]