Category: Daily Prompt
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The Emerald Isle Faraway
“If you ever go across the sea to Ireland Then maybe at the closing of your day You will sit and watch the moon rise over Claddagh And watch the barefoot gossoons at their play ” SONGWRITERS GEORGE GRAFF, ERNEST R. BALL, CHAUNCEY OLCOTT I am so happy to write that I have been Read more
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Take Me Home Country Road
Oh how much I love those country roads where I used to live. I grew up in the city, not a very big city but one with a population of about 30,000 people. As a city girl, I never had reason to venture out into the country; mind you we are talking about a few Read more
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Then 1916 and Now 2016
(Daily Prompt – Contrast) Then Now What a difference one hundred years can make!! Would you want to go back in time? One hundred years ago our life expectancy was 47 years. Today we should live to our mid 80’s or beyond! Only 14 percent of the homes had a Read more
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Nature’s Clarity ; Sweet Springtime?
Oh sweet sweet Springtime, you are finally here! What a beautiful sunny day in April!! The daffodils are blooming, the grass is green, the birds are back singing in the trees. But wait!! It’s snow!! As I look out the window I see big white flakes falling gently from the clouds. But it’s snow!! A sereen Read more
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The Beginning
This is all new for me. My first Blog! I am so excited to begin a new chapter in my life. I’ve spent many years being a wife, mother, nurse, farmer and now a grandmother. Life on the farm was a combination of hard work, yet wonderful memories of beautiful sunsets and star-filled skies. Read more