It Happened Like This
When Old Fuzzy, Young Fuzzy and I moved back to the family farm sixteen years ago we received a questionnaire from a government farm...
Sunshiney Shower Won't Last
—Half an hour. And it doesn't. If the sun is shining and a shower scoots through, it almost always only lasts a few minutes. Lately our...
When You Are You
Who are you, when you are you? What do you feel when you are real? What do you do when you are you? It isn't that we set out to deceive...
Along the Way
Like a flower girl at a wedding, sowing petals along the way, some people scatter sunshine and happiness. Then there are the Eeyore s of...
Better Than Precious Ointment
We were Magills by default I guess. Somewhere in these posts I've recounted how our great, great grandmother, Henri-Anna Ewert (Or...
What's In A Name?
We know, or at least we are told that a 'rose by any other name would smell the same'. Years ago a friendly neighbor taught a handicapped...
Make Us Free...
Another year is happening. There is sunshine and I saw a robin on Saturday. Springtime is drawing near, today I saw two birds fighting...
I Wish I Might
As children the song, When I Wish Upon a Star... encouraged us to not be afraid to dream. Dreams were free most of the time. The wish...
Dream Thief
A number of years ago 'dream catchers' became an item sold in gift shops. When I first heard of dream catchers, I thought of all the...
Every Morning
More than platitudes...Not just Christians, but most humans have phrases we fall back on in situations. A current saying is 'living the...
