A few weeks ago, my friend and former jogging partner Ellen Sweet sent me this snapshot that she had just discovered while scanning old photographs into her computer. I remembered the picture, and I may even have a copy of it somewhere, but it was something of a shock to see it illuminated on my…

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I noticed the elderly man at the store today for a couple of reasons. (And when I say "elderly" I mean late-late 80's, NOT 57 as one blogger wrote recently. Sheesh! Of course, maybe even 80-year-olds do not FEEL elderly, what do I know?) …

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There was an old woman who lived in a shoe

She had so many cats she didn’t know what to do.

 

A few days ago my granddaughter Emma and I were out in the front yard welcoming the latest edition to our cat family. A friend was riding by and hollered out the window, “You’re the old woman who lived in a shoe.” I don’t know what in the world she could have been talking about. Surely it wasn’t the fact that there were a half-dozen cats and kittens…

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A 'Cute' of puppies

 

For over 35 years, we have raised Old English Sheepdogs.

I love them.

To me, they are the perfect breed.

Happy, loyal, smart, easily trained, friendly, protective, gentle.

All of the best qualities of DOG writ large.

And…

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Joanne “Buckshot” Bryant was a notorious bank and train robber and is possibly best-remembered as the Queen of the Rustlers in the American West of the 1800′s. It could truly be said that this queen came from a family of outlaw aristocracy. Her parents ran the infamous Bryant Gang in Australia and may have even known the outback bandit…

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In the history of the Rocky Mountains, there have been many bears that roamed the mountains and fields. Early settlers knew the temperament of these animals, and that it was not wise to sneak up on a bear and surprise him. There was one such grizzly whose story has been told at several campfires to anxious young scouts who want to know about Old Ephraim. He was commonly known as "Old Three Toes" because of a deformity on one foot. He roamed the mountains from Soda Springs, Idaho to the Logan… Continue

The quinces in the garden are blooming. In this intoxicating perfume, Fairy watches the children slide down the muddy slopes through the sour grass on their snow sleds, trampling the oxalis. Fortunately it's a hardy clover. She laughs to see the boys stop to suck the sour nectar from its yellow flower. She follows them to search for tadpoles in the rippling creek but can catch none. They scour the bare branches of the… Continue

Author's Note:



This is a loving parody, not to be taken too seriously. I myself identify as Feminist, but I wanted to try my hand at satire. It is Friday, after all. Apologies are due to God, Moses, or whomever compiled the original text of Genesis.



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In the beginning, God had a good idea. This idea was brought to life specifically so that all might be more equal and that basic prejudices might be… Continue