Sitting by a warm and cozy crackling fire staring at flames of yellow and red as they dance higher embers falling and ashes stacking little sparks seem to be continually cracking the visions it stirs up in my mind are childish, but comforting I find The warmth envelopes me and wraps...
I loved blackberry picking in the morning right before it got sunny Because it wasn’t only fun but yielded cobblers that we’re yummy A ripe blackberry is a deep black if it is plump and full It will pull free from the plant with only a slight pull If the berry...
when you see ugly everywhere you look It’s time to change directions and open another book Find the source that comforts and soothes you Turn your eyes to the opposite view Put before your searching eyes Something you value and find a nice prize You control the things you see Only...
Old Ben was a little town sheriff, he didn’t have any help If anyone ever needed old Ben they just opened a window and yelped Old Ben would come running with handcuffs hooked on his belt loop Clanking loudly like cymbals, you would think he was bringing a musical group An...
Sister, what were you thinking that dayA teenage girl with a little swag and a little sway With a country stance like you could care lessWhen you had probably just hung all those clothes on the fence You were standing close to where you loved to beBy the southeast corner close...
The day started with a sky that was spirited blue the blackbirds flying over just added to the view the things you could see from my hillside ridge the bumpy iron girders on the top of the old bridge the place where we played many days away swinging under the bridge...
On any given day We all ran outside to play Didn’t matter to mama how long we would stay Down to the spring A small sack lunch we would bring We had what we needed, We had everything Jumping off the rocks Into water cold as ice blocks Belly flopping all around...
When life disappoints you, Look for the good There’s much ugly out there, so why should you brood You already know what you should expect So make it up in your mind what you need to reject They’ll try you and try to get on your last nerve But you shouldn’t give...
1961-1965 He was playing baseball with his cousins that had comePlaying baseball was little Stevies favorite game The boys kept after him to retrieve the fly ballsStevie would run get them he didn’t mind at all His mother kept yelling, Steven stay out of the streetNo matter where the ball went,...
