Wide-open spaces across wheatfields we had races The Unending chases Of smiling dirty faces we would fall down and roll around tumbling upside down on the ground climbing trees running from bees gathering small rocks to skip from the docks bare feet making designs in the sand running up hills holding...
As it was coming over the hill-dad saw the tornado coming he had been by the back door all evening looking At the top of the hill, he saw it was dropping down he’d been watching the clouds , When I saw his frown He knew it was close he could...
A girl and her horse is a precious thing riding and galloping the pleasure the horse brings Nothing is like The feel of a horse galloping across a green field He’s 1200 pounds of muscle she can control, and he yields Her reigns to direct the path he goes A natural...
We were cousins all together we liked to Make mud cakesSisters Marilyn and Robin, myself and our cousins Jody and Jake We loved playing together on the top of our big hillContent to sit and talk and play sometimes we just sat still I was looking at a picture my mom...
It happened on a warm late summer nightwe had just gone to bed and turned out all the lights back in the day, you could leave the door unlockedit was an age when neighbors would visit but didn’t need to knock in a small town people always knew each otherthe knocking...
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 candyMom said it was because he was very handy He made popcorn balls, peanut brittle, and taffy the bestEverything else that was cooked for my mom it...
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 dreams in our minds burned with every pull of the handle up and down our eyes were open wide as we all...
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, death, and strife Everywhere you look you see beauty aboundsDesigns and colors and creations sounds I focus on creation when troubles ariseTry...
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 much good on a farm She had a few dresses of pale colors made of cottonThe popular styles of the day she...
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 went across the road and put our feet in the water Mom looked at us and Said guess it wouldn’t hurtAnd after...
