A Gift for You

I really don’t think I need buns of steel.  I’d be happy with buns of cinnamon.  ~Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian

Dallas here.

Mama says you’ve all been such good blogging buddies this year that she’s decided to give you a gift.

ME!!!

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Nearly Wordless Wednesday

One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb

Snow outlining maple tree

A snow-covered bush

More snow-covered bushes

This is an outdoor fireplace. I like the way the snow outlines the bricks.

Icicles dripping off a roof line.

Snow, snow … everywhere you look.

Gone But Not Forgotten

We do not remember days; we remember moments. ~Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist

Dog-eared photographs,

Awards and certificates.

Remnants of my past.

 

Movie stubs, medals,

Report cards and recipes.

Moved across country.

 

Stuffed animal friends,

T-shirts, toys, and some trinkets

Preserved, so I thought.

 

Snatched from my clutches

By a cadre of critters.

Can’t steal my memories.

 

Note: This is a series of Haiku. On a personal note, the nasty shed has been hauled off (along with the pesky interlopers) and once again, Dallas is master over his yard. Now, to research what I can plant in its place next spring, keeping in mind the site gets only morning sun — any suggestions?

Where Real and Fiction Meet

We do not remember days; we remember moments. ~Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist

One common question every writer receives is, Where do you get your ideas?

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Last Leaf Hanging

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.  ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

Buffeted by winds,

Rain, sleet, snow, and loneliness.

Tenacious last leaf.