Archive for March, 2012



March 26

Published on March 26, 2012

Today is my oldest child’s birthday. I was young and scared, and I grew up fast, matured, became somewhat responsible because I had to; he needed me. There is a special bond there; he was the growing up of me. I look at him and see things that no one else does. This morning, Patsy […]


Strolling about on a Thursday

Published on March 23, 2012

So I’ll do something without pictures of spring flowers. Y’all know this place – it’s the John Dickinson Plantation and I’ve been there many times before, and I’ve been going there since the kids were little. It’s less than 10 miles south of here. I like finding things with texture, and then getting to a […]


So far away

Published on March 20, 2012

Doesn’t anybody stay in one place anymore? It would be so fine to see your face at my door. Doesn’t help to know that you’re just time away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In my head, that song has always been for someone else, someone else from long ago, so far away in time and space. But never apart […]