The Schnauzer—Friday Fairings This Friday Fairing was a Christmas gift from my nephews and nieces in 1999. My squirrel-chasing, “Happy Birthday” singing Schnauzer, Schatzi, went for his last vet visit on September 9 of that year. When I opened the package, my second nephew Asa said, “We wanted to give you Schatzi back.” This Schatzi
Late Thursday Thanks I got a chance today to laugh with God about his sense of humor manifested in penguins, and scientists seeking to study the birds. I also am thankful for the sense of taste.
Isn’t the color too early? Wednesday Windows Wednesday, the week center, and the windows reveal reddening trees. Surely it’s too soon in the year for that. (Yes, I know it has to do with temperatures and light, but it doesn’t feel like that time already). I have an autumn tradition of choosing a red leaf,
Tuesday Tells — Self Worth You say you are a nameless man. You are not to your wife and to your child. You will not long remain so to your immediate colleagues if you can answer their simple questions when they come into your office. You are not nameless to me. Do not remain nameless
Sometimes, the Sky 2—Monday Marvels Yesterday, on the way home from the evening church service, I caught a glimpse of a rainbow. Unfortunately, my camera and phone were both at home. However, this halo and sundog are also lovely.
From Grandpa Ribbens: a Friday Fairing This was one of the Around the World Treasures series of books reprinted by Franklin Watts Inc. It was illustrated in color and black and white by Charles Mozley, with an introduction by author Noel Streatfeild. I’ve had several editions of this story in my lifetime. Once, a Press
The View Holds Hope an Update I was expecting a wait of several more months, but a glance at the computer screen showed me an email. Two of the five poems describing my opinion of winter that I submitted to the Harness Anthology Solstice have been accepted. When the anthology is in print, (some time
Monday Marvels Moths: Such Variety Literary character Elnora Comstock might have gone out with a lantern to attract the Yellow Emperors she collected, but this looks more to me like it might be one of the many varieties of a sphinx moth. It sat patiently on my screen door while I came out to capture