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When I was much younger I was very scared of spiders. I would have fits of terror and disgust, eventhough I would never hurt one. They must all be carefully relocated. Mama was scared of them too.Once on a visit home I was upstairs tending to Baby Helen, and I heard Mama walking up the […]
I have heard of an ancient blessing that says, “May you not live in interesting times”. I think this means may you come in every night and sit by the fire with the cat on your lap, and not have to worry about wars, or famine, or pestilence. However, I believe we live in very […]
When some people reach a certain age (a trait I have noticed in myself) they may begin to want to downsize their surroundings, to make life simpler. For some, it may mean a move to a retirement community, for others it may mean downsizing in place. Perhaps they will reduce the size of the yard, […]
Why, after thirty years, did my husband William and I decide to sell all our cows back to the farm from which they came? No, ask rather, why we ran those cattle for thirty years? One becomes fond of them. One enjoys being out in the great outdoors, in the heat and the sleet, baling […]
(I’m glad somebody is writing! Good stuff, sister.) Just Laugh At It What do you do when your $1800 new hay mower won’t cut hay, and the people who sold it to you take their own time about fixing it and weeks later when you’re on the phone insisting on results, the owner of the […]
For many years I served as volunteer co-leader of the International Dark-Sky Association. I remember certain conversations in my fight against light pollution, some less positive than others. My very first request for help, after my name was up on the IDA’s website, came from a concerned citizen in Virginia Beach. A new hotel was […]
Blogger’s note: see my post “It wasn’t all cats and dogs” for some backstory on my sister Mary’s pet skunk, whom she named Dallas. I must ask her where she got the inspiration for that name. You’ll notice in the stanzas ahead that it lends itself well to rhyme. To wit: *”Alice” is the collective […]
Found By Laura J. Graham Much has been written about lost hikers. Most of them find their way out on their own; many are found safely by search parties. The most likely cause for getting lost, is that the hiker decides to take a short cut from one part of a marked trail […]
Blogger’s note: My sister Laura has commuted to work from the country to downtown for many years. During those years she has seen many facts of human nature. Read on for two such examples! The Day Laura Snapped It was a dark and rainy evening. I was one in a line of cars inching along […]
Flash fiction from my incomparable sister Laura! They Used to Call Them Stars By Laura J. Graham “Pinpoints of light against the dark,” said the old woman, combing her long silvery hair. And the little boy laughed as he set up his cans again for target practice with his sling shot. “Everybody knows that monsters […]