Category Archives: spring

Mothering in Retrospect

It’s interesting being the mother of older children. My roll has changed from one who made things ok, made things happen, knew (supposedly) all the answers, and gave up my nights, my comfort ( wet sandy snuggles at the beach … Continue reading

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2005 mama fishsummer days 034

.flickr-photo { } . Now that it’s spring I am looking forward to some day like this one when I am able to get out there on the lake and catch a nice mess of fish. Memories of fishing with … Continue reading

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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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I HAVE An Irony

“I HAVE A VOICE” was the first thing that made me laugh today.   It is proclaimed from my daughter’s teenage wall. Song hung it up on her return from a rally where she also collected laryngitis. Irony often makes … Continue reading

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anticipation

Apple pie,an old farmer his obese wife , cluttered counters,birds imagined and their imaginary trills, spring with snow still on the ground and undoubtedly the ground is frozen under foot, apple crisp with oatmeal in it, oatmeal with apples in … Continue reading

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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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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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