Of Hearts and Roses—A Valentine Story
Hearts and Roses for My Beautiful Wife on Valentine's Day, 2014It was the day after Valentine's Day in 2014 when I decided to share this story. This is a true story and this is how it happened as written here. Yesterday was Valentine's Day and like so many other...
The Writer Who Saved Santa
Thomas Nast's 1880s interpretation of Santa Claus is in the public doman.The Writer Who Saved Christmas With apologies to Clement Clark MooreTwas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a keyboard was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were...
Mother’s Day 2013
Mom at an Upper Peninsula Michigan Waterfall on a Fall Day Trip. This was a beautiful fall day that I'll never forget. I am so glad I have this memory of my Mom and Dad spending a day with my wife and I exploring this waterfall.Photo Credit: Margaret WilliamsThe Ones...
Ye Ole Fishing Hole
"Water Lilies" by Claude Monet 1919 PaintingYay I say to the ole fishing holeThat pond over yonder with the sky in bluewhere lily pad blossom cloudsfloat like dreams past giant oak tree Like sky above we ponder its depthsnot birds of wonder but bass to plunderPole in...
Water Dog
"I'll just swim across the lake and bring this log back so you can throw it for me." ~ Willy the Wonderful Water Dog.Photo "Willy's Log" by Margaret Williams © 2011 All Rights Reserved. No Republication without Consent.There is nothing more amazing than watching a...
Valentine
Photo by Margaret Williams copyright 2011. Card Frame by susan-lu4esm at Pixabay.comOh sure, I know that St. Valentine's Day is February 14th, and this is April 25th. But how could I do all this writing and not write about my sweetie, the lovely Mrs. Goodwife, the...
Untold
C-119 Fairchild "Flying Boxcar" Troop CarrierThe untold stories that fill my head should keep me busy for the next decade or so. By the time I use up what is up there now, I'll have another batch to share. I could even stretch a few true stories into tall tales and...
Peace
Peace is a Hope that Never Materializes, Like the Wispy Images of a Dream at Awakening ~ MJ Logan A Dream Catcher Hangin From a Tree as the Sun Sets. Photo by Aline Berry at Pixabay.comPeace is a fleeting glimpse of heaven. Throughout history, mankind has dreamed of...
Porcupine Quills
Porcupine Quills in Various Lengths. Imagine them entirely transluscent without color.Quills. Usually I associate a quill with a porcupine. Their quills are actually hair. Long, thick, hard and sharp. Popular belief in years past was that a porcupine could flick his...
Tromp On It
1975 Buick Electra Park Avenue. My 76 Park Avenue was the best car I ever owned. The very definition of 1970s luxury.As in "Tromp" on the accelerator. Tromping is almost like stomping, except your foot is already on it and you press down hard. When you tromp on the...