There’s No Honest People Left in The World …
As a Mom, I’m proud to say I have two wonderful, honest and thoughtful sons and daughter- in- laws. This story brings me back to a small town parade that my youngest grandson was participating in with his school. My son and daughter- in-law were walking along the...
Let me Grow Lovely
Let me grow lovely, growing old So many fine things to do Laces and ivory and gold And silks need not be new And there is healing in old trees Old streets a glamour hold Why may not I, as well as these Grow lovely growing old? I shall not pass this way again Through...
By Any Appraisal
The Adventures of Thomas Tierney
It was a day in autumn that three boys came home from school to find their mother on the floor of their family home at Lake Drive in Chicago. Their mother had passed away earlier that day and it had been quite a shock to them. With three boys … Steven, age fourteen,...
Horseback Riding
Sometimes about 20 of us would go horse back riding. We didn’t have enough horses to go around so we’d double up. I was riding behind, hanging on. We stopped. There was a full moon. It was very peaceful and quiet. We stopped for a moment to take it all in. I saw the...
Basketball and Peaches
It was an exciting time to be alive. I was ten years old and in the fifth grade. The year was 1899. I loved school and I loved learning. Unfortunately, I didn't have the chance of going a full term in school. My mother was ill a great deal of the time. In those days...
A Grandchild’s Guide to Using Grandpa’s Computer (Ode to Dr. Seuss)
Bits. Bytes. Chips. Clocks. Bits in bytes on chips in box. Bytes with bits and chips with clocks. Chips in box on ether-docks. Chips with bits come. Chips with bytes come. Chips with bits and bytes and clocks come. Look, sir. Look, sir. Read the book, sir. Let's do...
Auto Biography of Ruth Lehte
Ruth’s Grandmother, Barbara Fetzer came to America on a ship at age 15, and lived with relatives in Rochester, New York. Franz Otto Wolff had come to America at age 18 to avoid service in the Prussian Army. He did stippling (painted borders around ceilings) and was an...
Miracle of the Ashes
In February 2007, a small boat set out from Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii to go past the three-mile limit. On board were James Allmon, married daughter, Amy Allmon Dankel and Jim's two younger children, Shaun and Leilani Allmon. They were on a mission to strew the...
What If?
What if Ginger succumbed to Alzheimer's for dogs? She could no longer decide who is friend or foe She would run after the bobcat till it flattened her She would follow a butterfly all the way to Hornitos She might eat dirt or think the carpet is her toilet ...
Lemat
The village fool as one would say who sits alone while others play oblivious to night or day lemat No truer challenge you will find for those who contemplate his mind a simpleton of every kind le mat He seeks no fortune one can claim he doesn't even have a name and...
Somebody Up There Loves Me
Somebody up there loves me and watches whatever I do He gives me the strength to start once again after I thought I was through Somebody up there helps me when I have a sorrow to bear And somehow I feel his presence is real and it's really his sorrow I share For who...
Little Girl
Do you know little girl? Do you know where you're going? Can you make it on your own? And although little girl Deep inside you're still growing you don't have to grow all alone Love is more than a gift it's a feeling you share When you're planning a future ? You both...
Lilacs
I think of you and lilacs when morning fills the air and tho the lilacs leave us the thought of you is there I think of you and sunshine and when the sun has set I can't recall the sunshine but you I can't forget It often makes me wonder how lonely life can be without...
I Also Cry
You sit alone in quiet fear That strangers might observe a tear no fault or fame Should bring you shame I also cry Don't let another choose to say what often causes your dismay a simple fool breeds ridicule I also cry For sorrow can be such a loss if you...
Tell Him It’s Goodbye
Tell him tell him that I’m leaving Tho I may still love him our affair is through he won't no he won't believe me Must be on my way now what else can i do We had many happy moments and it isn't easy knowing they are gone Let me take along the memories That is...
Flight of the Turtle
A different life it often seems thoughts beyond my wildest dreams to rise above this little town it's me up here, I’m looking down The things that seemed so big and tall are suddenly so very small the things that once were out of reach look now like pebbles on the...
Battle with Your Soul
At night I see the rockets bursting in the sky A soldier praying softly, dear god, don’t let me die I’m fighting for my country, I’m fighting for my land Yesterday I was a child, today I am a man We walked along the hillside, buildings burning bright Some of us will...
I’ve Only But to Look at You
I've only but to look at you to see the sadness in your eyes to see the pain that once again must ever be so hidden And further still into your soul I see the reason why you cry like drops of dew yet tainting you with thoughts that are forbidden I've only but to touch...