Ice Cream Dreams
When daddy would make ice cream on a hot Saturday night he would pack in crushed ice and rocksalt just right he would turn and churn and churn vanilla...
- October 31, 2020
October 2020
Grandads Swing
The M I M O S A When she blooms She’s elegant but her smell is her claim to fameThe tree of happiness is just one of its Chinese...
- October 30, 2020
Colors of Fall
When the wind comes up leaves shake and pranceBlowing this way and that, doing a colorful dance Each leaf different from the otherCreating a beautiful rainbow of colors But...
- October 29, 2020
NORMAL
These are different times we’re living inPeople are anxious and wondering when Normal times return againNormal was never there back when We long for unending peaceful livesFree from hunger,...
- October 28, 2020
Mama’s Cotton Dress
My mama wore only dresses back in the dayMaybe in the fifties, that was just the way Wide-brimmed garden hats that had country charmPillbox hats and summer gloves weren’t...
- October 27, 2020
Buckaroo or Cowpuncher
On a late spring morning in West Texasriding through pasture overgrown with brush cowpunchers pushed a calf into a clearingThe animal needed to be roped if it was a...
- October 27, 2020
The Ditch Across the Road
After a good rain, the ditch across the roadWould fill up completely and spill over with its load We begged our mom please what would it matterIf we just...
- October 26, 2020
Come November
Come NovemberI always remember When I was smallI did have it all A big pile of leaves to jump in back thenBeing outside we never wanted to go in...
- October 25, 2020
The Day Bobby Disappeared
I remember the day little brother Bobby disappearedWe had been outside playing but now we all feared It started like any other dayabout five of us kids had gone...
- October 23, 2020
