A few weeks ago, when my sister wasn’t looking, I liberated these metal garden chairs from my parents’ basement. I remember playing in my grandparents’ yard while my father and grandfather sat in them, under the trees at the end of the grass. There were other dogs then ~~ three huge German Shepherds ~~ Mitzi, Bruno and Seta. My…
3000 B.C. ~~ long before we were using the glorious SUNFLOWER to adorn our dishes and tabletops ~~ ~~ and long before van Gogh and O’Keeffe were inspired by its beauty ~~ van Gogh O’Keeffe ~~ Native Americans in the southwest had domesticated it and were pounding and squeezing its seeds into flour and oil, and using various parts of the plant for…
What do I do when my little pink bundle of joy is having a birthday and I can’t share this most special of days with her? I find her favorite old friend ~~ doggy ~~ (who is also missing his girl) and I dress him up with a new pink bow. I think about the day she received Doggy from…