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Regret – A Short Story
“Are you alright, Trevor?” I rubbed my head, looking over at the driver’s seat. Trevor’s body was slumped against the cracked window. “Trevor!” The reverberating shrill of my voice frightened me, and forced me to admit that my big brother might be dead. I felt something warm and sticky, and looked down at my left

Mary’s Tears
My cousin Marty, who lives in Texas and is so dear to me, introduced me to the author Francine Rivers. She told me how the author had studied scripture, to know it well enough to tell the story behind the event. I have only read one book of hers, but love the way she brings

Got Him!
When I was a little girl, my Mama used to scold me under her breath, whenever I was so ‘bold’ to speak my mind. But at age four, that’s all I knew to do. To tell it like it is. Some things never change, but I hope since then, I have learned proper boundaries, and

Birding II
For my second time birding, I got a few things together rather than just my binoculars this time. I also wore a jacket. I set up a camp chair near one of the trees, brought out my Cannon with 250 zoom lens attached, and an empty journal to record any birds I saw, and I

Birding!
A year after the 2020 pandemic, we have learned many things. Patience, solitude, resting, minimizing, and how to have fun again. Let’s face it, our usual daily grind is busy – too busy. It took a world pandemic to slow us down. To make us look at what’s important, and… at what we have been

A Legendary Story
My love for horses started with the pony rides at the county fair, and later in Lexington, having my friend Susie Farmer share her passion with them as she taught me to draw horses. She also had horses at her dad’s house in London, Kentucky. It was a wonderful experience to travel with her from