Wednesday, May 04, 2022
Book Writing Question
Monday, May 02, 2022
The Water Bill Dream
Last night I dreamed that I received a bill in the mail for $26,000.00. It was from the water facility in New Castle, where I used to write the newspaper (I freelanced for the paper, but it's not a lie to say I wrote the paper. I did.).
The letter received with the bill showed a contract I'd signed on behalf of the paper (that's how tightly interwoven I was with this freelancing for this newspaper) for water services for the small office.
The company had never paid the bill, and here, more than 20 years later, I was getting it because my name was on the contract.
I panicked. I didn't have money to pay this off. My credit was going to be ruined. This was devastating!
Frantic, I tried to contact the former editor I wrote for. He's retired. I finally found him in a parking lot, and I jumped in his truck and told him I needed to talk to him. He said he didn't want to talk to me. I told him I knew where there were a massive herd of deer and that he should see it. He agreed. (I knew he'd never turn down a chance to see wildlife.) He said we were going to the Northstar (that's a restaurant in Buchanan) to eat breakfast first. Then we came to my house, where there was a herd of about 1,000 deer roaming in front of my house, and I panicked again because they were eating all the grass and the cows were going to starve.
I woke up with my jaw locked shut (happens sometimes) and my heart being over 100 beats per minute.
Now where did that come from?
Sunday, May 01, 2022
Sunday Stealing
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Saturday, April 30, 2022
Saturday 9: As Time Goes By
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Thursday Thirteen
Monday, April 25, 2022
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Sunday Stealing
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Saturday, April 23, 2022
Saturday 9: Dancing in the Moonlight
Friday, April 22, 2022
Periwinkle
I ran across this patch of periwinkle* in the hollow of the lower pasture next to the woods. I thought it a strange place to find a flower I normally associated with a house garden but have since learned it is considered an invasive plant now, having "escaped" from old homesteads and gardens and now flourishing freely along highways and forest edges.
It's still a pretty ground cover, but I will leave it at the edge of the woods and not move it up near the house.
*At least, I think it's periwinkle.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Thursday Thirteen
5. "Jack and the Beanstalk" aka "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" (1734). Jack, a poor country boy, trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, which grow into a massive, towering beanstalk reaching up into the clouds. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds himself in the castle of an unfriendly giant. The giant senses Jack's presence and cries,
11. "The Elves and The Shoemaker" (1812). This fairy tale is about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed help from three young helpful elves.
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Monday, April 18, 2022
Mooving On In
Sunday, April 17, 2022
Sunday Stealing
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Saturday, April 16, 2022
Saturday 9: This is the Way the Bunny Hops
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Thursday Thirteen
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Monday, April 11, 2022
An Even Newer Cow
One of the new cows dropped a calf the following morning.
The baby was eager to get to its feet. It takes them a little while, though. |
Mom was very attentive. |
I received a warning moo when I ventured close to the fence. Stay away! |
A quick kiss before going back to cleaning the little one up and helping it to its feet. |