Romance will be in the air this week with Valentine’s Day on Thursday. People will be searching for cards with hearts and guys will be carrying flowers and candy to their sweethearts. But do you know the origin of Valentine’s Day? Actually there are several different legends, but I like this one. Long, long ago, around 268 A.D. in the …
Two Days Left to Enter the Roses are Red Giveaway
Only a few more days to enter my Roses are Red Poem giveaway. I’ve had fun reading your poems and love that so many of you gave verse a try. Last Wednesday I shared a few of the poems that were more than a Roses are red simple verse but I’ve enjoyed them all. It’s fun to just go with …
Happiness is a Poem and a Flower
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” (Hal Borland) “Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk.” (Bill Nye) I’m wishing I could spot some little spring beauty flowers like those above, but not yet this year. Those little blooms are still sleeping under the snow that has stuck …
Roses are Red Giveaway
I sent out a newsletter this week with a late Valentine giveaway. You know some people are always a day late and a dollar short. But it’s never too late for chocolate and Valentine hugs. Okay, so I don’t have any chocolate to give you. If I did, I’d eat it myself. But I’d think about you while I was …