Category Archives: April

April 23, 2007

Pain and Poetry on a Drizzly Day

“I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me and what can be the use of him is more than I can see”,Robert Louis Stevenson   The day began with awareness of the feeling of broken glass … Continue reading →

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April 21, 2007

One Hand for Sorrow Another for Joy

  <!–[if !vml]–><!–[endif]–>   It’s still spring!! I marvel at that because of our late snowstorms which made me wonder if I was in “The Long Winter”. I’ve often read Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Long Winter” but had no burning desire to experience … Continue reading →

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April 19, 2007

Ask Mom

“Did you listen this time? You are so annoying…”   “It must be so scary to be pregnant with triplets.” (Heard by Mom as question. Please tell me about birth and pregnancy.)   Well it can be. I wondered every … Continue reading →

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April 13, 2007

spring?

  I hear a faint tick tick tick tick tick tick. No it isn’t my watch. It is the steady drip I discovered today from snow melting off the roof and dripping in through a missing shingle, onto my hutch … Continue reading →

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April 13, 2007

Hello world!

Welcome to Wouldn’tchaknow it!   The sun is shining and I am starting anew with this my old column from my newpapering days!   I’ve been considering it for a year or more and today with #6 and #5 having … Continue reading →

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