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Proverbs are the wisdom of the street. (A proverb about proverbs) I’m sure most of you knew most of the usual endings to the familiar proverbs in my last post that got amusing new endings by the kids. But in case you didn’t, here they are in parenthesis beside the kids’ answers. At least these are what sounds right to …
Do you remember that guy on the Popeye cartoons who always said he wanted a hamburger on Tuesday when it was Wednesday or something? Oops, looks like I’m not remembering it too well myself. So, of course, I had to go look it up. His name was J. Wellington Wimpy and his famous hamburger line was “I’d gladly pay you …
“Snowmen fall from heaven… unassembled.” – Unknown Here in my part of the world we’ve had snow this week with a half inch of ice on top of those six inches and then about two or three inches on top of that! In recent years we’ve had mild winters where we might get a little snow, but it never lasted …
“Do you like to read?” Years ago, I was first asked that question by a member of a New York book club I was visiting via phone. Since it was back in 2009, they may have read my first Shaker book, The Outsider, or it might have been Angel Sister. one of my books that has been a popular book …
Snow! You either love it, endure it, or hate it. Or maybe like me, you like it sometimes, maybe even most of the time, but get tired of it if the snow overstays its welcome. I’m sort of the one good snow a year and that’s enough, but I know some people love snow so much they want the ground …
Happy New Year! Can you believe it is actually 2025? Two thousand twenty-five. If you are just a youngster, say 50 or younger, you’re probably thinking of course it’s 2025. You might have been just a kid when we switched from 1900 something to 2000 something. For some of us that came a little later in life and was a …
“What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.” ~Walter Scott I can agree with Mr. Scott on that. I’ve made good use of several diaries when working on this or that book. But keeping a diary …
Merry Christmas to you all!! I hope you have a wonderful day with plenty of love and laughter and the joy of Christmas all around. Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it – You feel it. You know it. You believe it. ~ Kevin Alan Milne Thank you for stopping by here to read my words. You are a blessing …
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different.” – J.B. Priestley I like living in an area where the landscape takes on new looks as the seasons change. That’s not to say that I’m not ready …
One of the best thing about sending out a newsletter is getting to hear from so many of you in return. I’ve enjoyed reading about the special Christmas memories and family traditions shared with me. I hope you will enjoy these I’m sharing forward from Kay and Linda Sue. Kay shares a couple of stories. First let’s hear how her …