Yesterday, Hal Minyard died. Hal was my sister’s husband. Guess that makes him my brother-in-law. Never though of Hal as a brother. Hal was 85 years old. Up until about a year ago, he smoked. For the past few years, he was attached to an oxygen machine. I remember him disconnecting to it to go outside […]
February is almost over. We have had 74″ of snow this winter. That is almost four feet more than normal! Enough! We took the dogs for a walk in the woods. The woods were beautiful but hard walking in the deep snow. Zoe picked up a few snow balls.
The following poem was inspired by Robert Frost and Rita being away on Valentines Day, which was the first time that happened in 20 years. I was lonely and created this for her. Thank you Robert for providing a base for my creativity outlet. Whose woods these are I think I know.Our house is near, […]
For the past three years, Rita and I make pottery and impress groundhog footprints in the clay. Rita takes the pieces to Punxsutawney on Groundhog’s day and sells them to people who come there to visit that day. Why anybody would want to come to Punxsutawney to see a groundhog being manhandled by some guys […]
First it was my mother, breast cancer then brain cancer. In 1986. She went home to die and it wasn’t pretty. She was 66 years old. Her Dad and Mom both died of some form of caner. Not a good sign for genetic makeup.Then, my twin sisters, Dawn and Diane, both had breast cancer […]