The Monarch Butterfly and Autumn Joy Autumn Joy is a perennial which faithfully shows yearly; and produces a very pleasant purple flower, which will last through a good portion of the autumn. The problem with the plant is that when it begins to bloom, I know summer is over. Thus I have a bit…
Grown Up “… and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of a child; and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago; and how…
Perfection – the Last Act of Rebellion She knew it was an act of rebellion,nevertheless,she finished setting the tableand stepped back to take a look;the linens, china, silver, crystaland even the flowerswere all perfect,exactly as she had envisioned it;though she knew that she was all butalone in her appreciationfor what lay in front of her.…
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur “Le shanah tovah tikateiv veteichateim,” Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on September 29th and ends at nightfall on October 1, in 2019. The New Year is ushered in according to Leviticus 23, with the sounding of the Shophar, calling Jews to seek God’s forgiveness, reflecting on…
A Family of Turtles Okay, they may not be family, but when I spotted this group, sunning themselves, on a log, to me they looked like family. Regardless of their relationship to each other, they certainly made me smile. I so love when I get to observe creatures in the wild.
Autumn Has Arrived Over the summer, while standing in line to check out of a national chain store, in California, I noticed they had a display of Halloween candy. It made me a bit sad; I was enjoying the summer and not ready to think of fall; I actually thought of saying something to the…
A Birthday Wish to Me I actually carry this card in my Bible, though not in Proverbs; perhaps I need to change that; I still find comfort and inspiration in her words and more importantly, His word. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your…
To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Field Hospital by Eastman Johnson Created in 1867, the painting captures a woman, a volunteer of The Sanitary Commission, comforting a Union soldier, by helping him to write a letter. The idea of…
Ms. Magazine Way I was walking down 3rd Avenue, in New York City, in the rain, when I looked up and noticed Ms. Magazine Way. I did not take out my camera, but used my phone to snap this photograph, and truly wished I had someone there with me, to share the moment. So…
9/11 Memorial of Maryland When I was a child, I remember adults talking about where they were on December 7, 1941, the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, and on November 22, 1963, the day President Kennedy was killed. I am honestly a bit embarrassed to say so, but I also remembering wondering what my generations,…
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