Last night I was rummaging through some things that I had years ago stored in my antique dower chest. I came across a large plastic bag in which I found my Granny's amazing little vintage black hat from the 40's and her fur stole. (I have accumulated so much shit that I didn't even realize I had, it's unbelievable.) Anyway, I repackaged the 2 ( Read more... )

To one who has been long in city pent,
'Tis very sweet to look into the fair
And open face of heaven, - to breathe a prayer
Full in the smile of the blue firmament.
~ John Keats, Sonnet XIV

Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass
and smelt the earth made ready for the seed, you are never again going to
be fully happy ( Read more... )

Midnight ... the first few minutes of December the 8th, the fourteenth anniversary of my father's death.

I miss you, Daddy.

I'll light my candle for you as I always do on this day. Watch over me, my sweet Daddy, and visit me in my dreams whenever you find the time. I hope you're having fun up there with your old pals. I know the harp section must ( Read more... )

Prince Charming is a nonexistent character invented by
fanciful men of letters centuries ago in order that
gullible, innocent girls would grow up to believe that
peace and fulfillment would be their reward as they turned
over their doweries, their hearts, their hopes and their
hands in holy matrimony. Prince Charming is a mere pigeon
disguised in ( Read more... )

A copper from a poor woman is worth more than a gold piece from a rich man.

I'm only here for the express purpose of dropping in on Nat's journal from time to time.
(A mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do, yo.)