If you remember with a smile...​ when he would drop his ball at your feet,​ asking you to toss it as far as you could.​ If you remember...

I've got to get back to the tall timber soon,​ Back where the big firs saw at the sky.​ Back where I rise to the cries of a loon,​ Back...

I am a person who wants to help you, I wonder how you could be so … Un-wealthy and yet be happy. I hear the cries for food, for water,...

The beauty of a babbling stream cool to the senses, calming to the eyes Talk about Eye Candy! That’s why I pray. A playful moment turned...

We have an older cat. She’s rather chunky, but we refer to it as fluffy, So we don’t hurt her delicate feelings. Yeah, right. A cat...

He once was a puppy who could run all day, And chase a ball ‘til my arm hung like a worn down baseball bat . . . He once was a puppy who...

Some refer to it as Fate. Others call it Hope. I think of it as Faith. It’s not just hoping that today will be a good one— That my...

The future belongs to the next generation— That’s what they say, anyway. And the way things are these days, That’s a tall order for...

As the sun rises, to gently Spread it warmth and comfort-- So, she does, Day upon day, Just as predictably. Carefully She remembers All...

Campfires are a blessing For tired brains; They require No thinking. The redhot coals pulse With life, Ashes lift, relieved Of their...

I am a collector of Merrythoughts . . . For I need all the luck I can gather You only get one per chicken, turkey, squab or game hen,...

Looking at the tree today you would not know why it leans to the left. The trunk, bent when seeking sunlight from behind the billboard...

The trail behind the house is slippery this time of year with coarse dust that rolls out from under your feet. It is so dry that maple...

Pram or stroller? I wonder: Is it more healthy for a child To keep Mama in sight? Feel secure in knowing he's safe? Or face the world And...

Dawn received With piping hot, black nectar In endangered bear and wolf mugs. A smiling chuckle served Between tales of back-pack trips,...

I am the mountain, Set in my ways and not one to be trifled with. I am the mountain, Regal and stately, with my head in the clouds I look...