Pulling Taffy
Let’s pull some taffy on a Saturday nightDaddy had the recipe and he cooked it just right In our house, daddy always made the...
November 1, 2020
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...
October 31, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
October 25, 2020