ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN
I wondered where I’d be when daily drops would stop or end, Since they would slither down my cheeks…
Author: froghavenlady
Fine-Tuning Christmas Joy
From the best of all Christmas crossroads – a card shop – I was immersed in the many different twists…
Renewed Pleasures
Like other families’ homes in the early fifties, ours was a brightly colored mix of multi-colored lights, some store bought…
Seasonal Attitudes, Winter 2011 Still
Part of the joy of living here in the Midwest is experiencing the simple, pure, patriotism that residents share at…
The Seasons Are But Few
You loaned me once a garden, and whispered quietly, See what you can create in it with tools and reverie.…
FROG IN A BLENDER
Forty years ago, I was a new bride, determined to run a home with matching dishes, orderly towels stacked in…
Election Year Interrogation
You’re going to vote for Reagan, aren’t you? Daddy asked the question fully expecting a resounding yes. We’d been down…
Economic Follies
FROGONOMICS 102 I’ve never had enough income to avoid reality; after a short-lived stint as an idealist, I became a…
The Man from Valentine, Nebraska
I’d been in the workplace for better than a decade, and had already worked for some very difficult employers; I’d…